• The Ambassador's Mission

  • Traitor Spy Trilogy, Book 1
  • By: Trudi Canavan
  • Narrated by: Richard Aspel
  • Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (578 ratings)

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The Ambassador's Mission

By: Trudi Canavan
Narrated by: Richard Aspel
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Sonea, former street urchin, now a Black Magician, is horrified when her son, Lorkin, volunteers to assist Dannyl in his new role as Guild Ambassador to Sachaka, a land still ruled by cruel black magicians. When word comes that Lorkin has gone missing Sonea is desperate to find him, but if she leaves the city she will be exiled forever, and besides, her old friend Cery needs her help. Most of his family has been murdered - the latest in a long line of assassinations to plague the leading Thieves. There has always been rivalry, but for the last decade the Thieves have been waging a deadly underworld war, and now it appears they have been doing so with magical assistance.

©2010 © Trudi Canavan 2010. (P)2011 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

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Gay and Lesbian politics

This book wasn???t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

gay and lesbian

Would you ever listen to anything by Trudi Canavan again?

i dont know it i will listen to her again, especially if she is going to pack her books with gay and lesbian rights instead of fantasy story line.

You didn???t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

all the redeeming qualities of the first trilogy (action and actual magic use) were not present in this one. i cant express how disapointed i am in this trilogy.

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the first trilogy had a tolerable amount of the gay right plugs in it. but this series is chuncked full of the "go homo!!!" theme. its not a story of fantasy with magic around every corner, its a story of a political statement with gays and lesbians around every corner and hederosexuality is an after thought.

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Talking About Chick Lit, Talking and Talking and..

Listen to the five minute sample. In the first hour and a half that does not change. Oh, you have other characters talking, but it is the same. They talk about feelings and the weather and grass growing and... I got too impatient to go longer than an hour and a half.

Canavan has several books at Audible, several in different languages. Most of her ratings are over 4 points, so there is a happy audience for her books, but it is not what I care for.

I actually liked the narrator, but several did not. I guess I am 100% off on this.

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boring

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

a better reader would of been a great start however it would of needed a lot more as well to make it an interesting read

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Ponderous and poorly edited

I enjoyed the three books in the Black Magician trilogy. But this book insults the reader/listener by repeating the same points over and over again. Most of us can grasp a point after reading/hearing it once or twice. A good editor would remove that mind-numbing repetition, which unnecessarily slows down the plot. I finally gave up and returned the book, because the pace was so grating.

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