Three Fates

By: Nora Roberts

Narrated by: Bernadette Quigley

Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

When the Lusitania sank, more than 1,000 people died. One passenger, however, survived to become a changed man, giving up his life as a petty thief but keeping a small silver statue that would become a family heirloom to future generations.

Now, nearly a century later, that heirloom, one of a priceless, long-separated set of three, has been snatched away from the Sullivans. And Malachi, Gideon, and Rebecca Sullivan are determined to recover their great-great-grandfather's treasure, reunite the Three Fates, and make their fortune.

The quest will take them from their home in Ireland to Helsinki, Prague, and New York and introduce them to a formidable female professor whose knowledge of Greek mythology will aid them in their quest; to a daring exotic dancer who sees the Fates as her chance at a new life; and to a seductive security expert who knows how to play high-tech cat-and-mouse. And it will pit them in a suspenseful fight against an ambitious woman who will stop at nothing to acquire the Fates.

©2004 Nora Roberts (P)2004 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Fantastic Book and Narration

Fun, engaging, and thoroughly satisfying right to the very end. A wild story of revenge and justice mixed with falling in love.

Great Narration

Older Nora Roberts title that tells a great story. She follows her similar formula of 3 people meeting their soul mates. Great character development and story lines with just enough twists to keep you guessing. The narrator stole the show with her accents!

Good, Entertaining "Trilogy" -- Under One Cover!

I picked this up on the Beachcomber sale and saved my credits, and I'm very happy I did! This is a classic Nora Roberts story with strong family ties, Irish roots, characters carrying childhood baggage, and a mystical legend to tie it all together. Unlike some of Roberts’ series books and trilogies, all three relationship stories are included in a single book. I personally liked that because the character perspectives and differences are more immediate, and the relationships progressed without endless filler pages of introspection. Combining the stories gives a more integrated feeling to the plot and action, and the story seems to move along with more purpose. Another bonus is there are three happy endings and the suspense gets wrapped up without a cliff hanger (that's no spoiler if you're a Nora Roberts fan). The humor and suspense are there as well. On the downside, it was over way too soon.

The narration was awesome with excellent male and female voices. For the reviewer who was disappointed in the pronunciation, the traditional Irish name Malachi is not pronounced the same as the Biblical name with the long “I” at the end. It is truly pronounced “Mal-a-kee to rhyme with key,” and kudos to Bernadette Quigley for getting it exactly right.

All in all, a good entertaining story.

Excellent story—Excellent narration EXCEPT…

Every time the narrator read Malachi, she pronounced it as Malakee. It was a distraction.

Good but predictable

I secretly enjoy the absolutely, happy, predictable roller coaster. Perfect read for when you want the good stuff to happen.

Ok story

I was not a fan of the readers different US voices. I did like the Irish accents but when other characters we speaking I was pulled out of the story.
It also took a very long time for me to get invested in the story. Second half of book was better than the first half.

Great story and enjoyable listen.

Read the hard copy over 17 years ago and loved the story. Actually still have the book. Was thrilled to purchase the audio version. The story and characters, even though I have already read, have come alive in a whole different way. The narrator brought each and every character to life with their own unique style, voices and nuances. Which was quite an accomplishment since there are at least 18+ characters. The storyline plot touches on so many of life's lessons - faith, compassion, tenacity, companship, justice, love and everything in-between. Nora Roberts wrote great books, back in the day.

Great Listen!

Loved this story! It had the mystery, thrills and romance. Nora Roberts knows just how to combine all "Three Fates". Would like to have more like this.

Nora Roberts usual..

I love Nora Roberts writing and this book was her usual good production. A bit like having a meal at a restaurant and when someone asks you a week later what it was like and you honestly can't remember.. It wasn't bad, it wasn't fantastic, it was acceptably ok.

Nora Roberts never disappoints!

What I like about all the Nora Roberts books is that she usually develops a story that has some significance to what goes on in the world, and she uses a different scenarion for each book (or series).
I like, as well, how she handles the love scenes - romantic, but not too descriptive to the extent that they would become somewhat soft porn.