• Oath of Swords

  • War God, Book 1
  • By: David Weber
  • Narrated by: Nick Sullivan
  • Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (1,979 ratings)

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Oath of Swords

By: David Weber
Narrated by: Nick Sullivan
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Publisher's summary

Bahzell is no knight in shining armor, and besides he has too many problems of his own to be messing with anybody else's problems - let alone the War God's. Unfortunately, the War God has other ideas for him.

©1995 David M. Weber (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Weber builds [worlds] with a nice eye for detail, above-average knowledge of history, and a pleasing amount of wit." (Booklist)

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Early impression

Story might be okay, but the narrator leaves a little to be desired. Can’t put my finger on it, but it seems like they’re over dramatizing every phrase. It’s distracting.

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Great Book!

The performance makes a fine book great. Weber creates a brilliant fantasy world. Enjoy a fine book!

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An Enjoyable Romp

An exciting story combined with a great narrative performance creates a rollicking tale. Weber uses his talent for detailing battles to good effect.

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Great story that grabs you from the start

This may have been the only "pure" fantasy (vs urban fantasy) books I have read in a long while. I have read Weber's Reef series but that has a serious SF element. Not that I haven't read fantasy ever (100's of books disagree with that estimate) but it's not my primary genre.

I gotta say that I liked this book. The story kept me interested the whole way through and I turned around and bought the next book in the series right after finishing this one.

As to the story? It helps that it is an interesting world, populated by both the standard races (humans, dwarves, elves) as well as the unique (like our lead character and sidekick, who are hridani, a tall human like people with different ears). Bahzell is at his core a good guy, and therein lays the problem, as his tendency to do good gets him into deeper and deeper trouble. And then the Gods and Mages get involved....

I very much look forward to reading the next book.

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Loved reading this epic adventure

Really great book with plenty of action, laughs and thrills. David Weber did a great job and I look forward to reading them all!

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This is the Bees Knees!

Where does Oath of Swords rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Oath of Swords is among my top 5 favorite books. And right next to Agent Pendergast, this is my second favorite series. I couldn't put it down!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Oath of Swords?

Turning down the God of War.

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Well worth the price.

Would you listen to Oath of Swords again? Why?

Give it a go, if you like fantasy well written this book is for you.

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Wasn't too Shabby

What made the experience of listening to Oath of Swords the most enjoyable?

Good Story few slow parts!

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

No

Any additional comments?

Ending felt rushed but rest of book was spot on. This book really gave you a feel for the world and its races which i'm sure will help with next few books in series.

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Enjoyed

It's enjoyable. Nothing special but well written and well narrated. Good for long trips as the story flows easily around you.

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Thank You

Terrific story and great narration I have read 10000 books in my 80 years sometimes 2 a day and this one is definitely in the top 5%. I will definitely look for more by this author and the narrator.

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