The Orc King

Transitions, Book I

By: R. A. Salvatore

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's summary

Drizzt is back, and facing a world changed forever!

An uneasy peace between the dwarves of Mithral Hall and the orcs of the newly established Kingdom of Many-Arrows can't last long. The orc tribes united under Obould begin to fight each other, and Bruenor is determined to finish the war that nearly killed him and almost destroyed everything he's worked to build.

But it will take more than swords and axes to bring a lasting peace to the Spine of the World. Powerful individuals on both sides may have to change the way they see each other. They may have to start to talk. And it won't be easy.

This book wasn't just the next installment in the long-running saga of the famous dark elf, but the beginning of a bold new trilogy that will help change the face of the Forgotten Realms world forever.

TM & ©2023 Wizards of the Coast LLC

Don't forget to listen to more adventures of the Forgotten Realms.

©2008 R. A. Salvatore (P)2009 Random House

Good story, change in narrator hard at first

Nice transition toward the future of the series. The narration is fine but after 17+ books with Victor B, the voice changes and especially the pronunciation of names and places can turn into ear worms. overall a good product

new narrator takes a few chapters to get it close

at first, I was shell shocked by how robotic and foreign the initial reading sounded, but you can tell halfway through the book that he learned the tempo from previous books. some of the pronunciations were rough to hear, but don't let that discourage you from finishing the book. by the end, it wasn't that big of a deal.

Pretty good

The narrator was very good except for pronunciations. I am not sure that is his fault.

sorry mark

sorry i just have grown to used to victor... enjoyed your reading still. Great storyline..

Not a fan of the narration

Good story bad narration. Probably will read instead of listen to. A little bit of a spoiler style story but we shall see.

Story Great! Awful Narrator

Love the story but really bothered by the change in narration. Took me over half the book to get adjusted to the new pronunciations and in that time I felt like I missed parts of the story.

It’s all on the narrator

I find it hard to get into the book with the odd narration. Fourteen fifteen

Poor Performance

What didn’t you like about Mark Bramhall’s performance?

Very disappointed with the performance on this one. I understand that things are going to change when a new person is reading... but this just shows a great lack of effort. After spending hundreds of hours listening to this series I was appalled that the Bramhall, or someone in charge of production, couldn't take the time to at least maintain the previous pronunciations of the characters' names. The reading is flat, almost as though Bramhall is reading through a list and not a story.

More Drizzzt

If you have read Salvatore and have grown (like me) to enjoy the dark elf and his adventures then this is for you.

If not then read up some of he older books otherwise its like watching Die Harder with no idea who John McClane is.

It's like fantasy porn with descriptive fights, philisophical rants that mirror our society and evil beings getting stabbed.

It is like a cliche but I happen to enjoy a grumpy dwarf and if you do then this is the book for you.

So So in Away

What disappointed you about The Orc King?

The Narrator is all.

What did you like best about this story?

All of the story.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Did not like the way he tried to change his voice for the charators was very bad.

Any additional comments?

I guess listened to many books where Victor Bevine was narrator, I Love all the R.A. Salvatore books, but a few have had to return was not what had expected. Other wise enjoying the the books.