The Chosen

Rise of Cithria Book 1

By: Kris Kramer, Alistair McIntyre, Patrick Underhill

Narrated by: Kevin Clay

Three kingdoms at war. Three stories of hope, sorrow, and sacrifice. Three groups of heroes, whose personal quests lead them to discover that a fourth kingdom, long forgotten, lies dormant. But no more. Unless these heroes, bitter enemies of each other, can put aside their enmity, then Cithria will rise again, and everyone else will fall into the abyss.

©2013 Kris Kramer, Alistair McIntyre, and Patrick Underhill (P)2015 Kris Kramer

The Chosen

Three Kingdoms at war with WAY too many characters to keep track of.I enjoyed what I could follow.I gave up in the end because I couldn't keep them straight.Kevin Clay is a great narrator.
I was given this book free for an honest review

A fresh, new epic fantasy!

I was impressed by this- it's a fresh new epic fantasy (It sounds as if this book will be one of five or six!), at least to me. There is a lot of action, but there are also a lot of thought provoking events going on throughout. We have a handful of characters and it's very intriguing to see how they will meet, will they be allies or enemies?

I would definitely consider reading the next installment in the series.

The narrator did a good job differentiating most characters, and I would absolutely listen to more of his work in the future.

I received this book for free from the publisher, authors or narrator in exchange for an unbiased review.

Very Confusing

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

The story started out great! I'm still intrigued by "The coward's " story & his entourage. But suddenly that storyline just went in like 5 different directions with all kinds of characters who have very complicated bloodlines & stories. I think the authors really messed up! They could have expanded on one or two groups , completed this story with happy readers/ listeners & then added these others in with the next book.

What about Kevin Clay’s performance did you like?

He made listening to this audiobook more enjoyable

Excellent narration! Intriguing story.

good story, can't wait to read the next book. The narrator was awesome - his voices were great. His narrating flowed smoothly, very easy to listen to.

Engaging

The authors begin the book by explaining that their work is different than other books and contains many, many characters and would end in a cliff hanger. If I had heard that before receiving the book, I would have passed on it and thus missed a very exciting book. The first chapter gives the history of all the people, lands and conflicts. Since I hated history class in school, all I heard was blah, blah, blah. Thankfully it was short and the story became interesting to me after that. There are indeed many characters and subplots. At first I tried to remember who was who and where and why but ended up frustrated. After I stopped trying so hard the story began to flow and all the characters and actions began to converge toward a central point. The action was almost constant without any boring lulls. The narrator did an excellent job giving each character a unique voice and personality. It ended in the promised cliff hanger which had me shouting 'Nooo, not now!" I will be purchasing the next book in the series, something I had not planned on doing before listening to this one.

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