A Quest of Heroes

The Sorcerer's Ring, Book 1

By: Morgan Rice

Narrated by: Wayne Farrell

Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

The #1 Bestselling series!

A QUEST OF HEROES (BOOK #1 IN THE SORCERER’S RING) revolves around the epic coming of age story of one special boy, a 14 year old from a small village on the outskirts of the Kingdom of the Ring. The youngest of four, the least favorite of his father, Thorgrin comes to learn he has mysterious powers he does not understand, that he has a special gift, and a special destiny. An epic tale of friends and lovers, of rivals and suitors, of knights and dragons, of intrigues and political machinations, of coming of age, of broken hearts, of deception, ambition and betrayal. It is a tale of honor and courage, of fate and destiny, of sorcery. It is a fantasy that brings us into a world we will never forget, and which will appeal to all ages and genders.

Books #2--#17 in the series are now also available!

©2013 Morgan Rice (P)2013 Morgan Rice

Critic reviews

“ THE SORCERER’S RING has all the ingredients for an instant success: plots, counterplots, mystery, valiant knights, and blossoming relationships replete with broken hearts, deception and betrayal. It will keep you entertained for hours, and will satisfy all ages. Recommended for the permanent library of all fantasy readers.” ( Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos)

A bit too simplistic

The book started off really well. I was looking forward to a good listen, but it didn't really live up to the expectation.

I think that the problem I discovered was the simplicity of the story line. The line is too thin and too straight. There's no real branching. Nothing much happens in parallel. There's not too many twists. The plot develops simply. The main character suddenly and inexplicitly rises to the next level after each challenge.

There are holes in the plot which just leaps ahead without much in between and there is a rush of events. For example the protagonist arrives at court and is suddenly the centre of attention. Everything seems to happen within a handful of days, with almost no intervening time for thoughts or emotions to develop. Just struck me as odd

The story had a lot more potential which could have been realised with just a bit more attention. I'm glad that it only cost me half a credit. Not sure that I would pay a full credit for others in the series.

forced to reply

loved it
very interesting
wanting to read book two, a very good story line.
thanks

I'm not sure about this series yet

It's an ok storyline, a little predictable and the main character seems a little too naive to be a hero of any sort. The narration is ok. I think I'm going to risk the second book just to see if things improve any.

Best sci-fi/fantasy since LOTR

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes! - this is the best sci/fi/fantasy book since Lord of The Rings. It's freak'n awesome. It's part of a 10 book series. I LOVE this series. It's soooo good. The reader of the audio books is awesome too. I wish audible would produce audio books for the other 8 books...hopefully soon.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Totally, I love it. I listened to it all the time. It's the nobility and chivalry of the characters. The story line is so captivating and entertaining. You feel so close and bonded with the characters.

Any additional comments?

Buy this audio book! you won't be disappointed.

clear,

nice that it keeps track of where you are and easy to continue at any time

Good for what it is - a young adult novel

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

The narrator was probably my least favorite thing about this book. I think he portrayed the voices of different characters well- but he has a tendancy to be overly dramatic and he elongates words - it kind of sounds like he's trying to read poetic verse sometimes instead of a novel. "Soldiers" became "Soooldiers." I will admit that I'm partway through book two and he's kind of growing on me- but every now and then I want to shake my tablet and be like "YES, YES I KNOW YOU HAVE AN AMAZING BRITISH ACCENT! QUIT TRYING SO HARD TO SOUND LIKE YOU HAVE AN ACCENT!"

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Actually I listened to this book strictly during my commute and while at work during mind-numbing data-entry sessions. I didn't feel the need to listen to it while doing more enjoyable activities- and it wasn't one that I just HAD to listen to RIGHT NOW to see what happened next. That being said, I DID enjoy it- I just wasn't rivited by it.

Any additional comments?

Please don't buy this expecting it to be a brilliant example of fine literature. Don't buy it if you're looking for the next Medieval Harry Potter, WOT or the next LOTR. Don't expect sweeping story arcs and completely developed characters.
DO consider this book if you're looking for a simple story and the cliche of "country boy makes it big at the king's castle" appeals to you. I enjoyed this story. I LIKED the characters (even if they were silly teenage kids for the most part and the "older" characters - at 25 years old or so - were either complete asshats or ridiculously melodramatic.) Yes, there were plenty of places where I quite literally rolled my eyes at things the characters said to each other or events that transpired. Yes, there were instances where I giggled at some pretty bad writing ("He was going to face death- in the face!") But I have a 14-year-old kid at home, and this book reads like a Disney movie- it's entertainment, but not a whole lot of substance. It's about a boy having every other young boy's daydreams come true.
So if you're willing to give this a shot- be willing to overlook it's flaws, quit being so uptight with all the "this would NEVER happen like this, not in a million years" overthinking, and just enjoy it. Let Thor have his moments of greatness without whining about all the rest- for the sake of every young person out there who ever thought "wouldn't it be cool if this happened?"

Good Series!

Would you listen to A Quest of Heroes again? Why?

Yes, good characters and good twists in the plot

Who was your favorite character and why?

Thor

Any additional comments?

I enjoyed reading the books. I can not wait for the next one.

Is this really a whole book

What did you like best about A Quest of Heroes? What did you like least?

Seems to me that the first and second book, in fact the most of the series is really just a single book. These books are broken into little and I mean really little peices, of the whole often ending in very poorly designed places in the story arch. I can only believe greed is to blame for why it's done this way. It's a good series but shouldn't be 5 books. Maybe 2 books but not 5

liked story voice very bland

he was very bland in attempt to do voices, practically monotone.the story however was very good.

Refreshing!

A Great story! The narrator did an amazing job with all of the many voices!