The Summoner

Chronicles of the Necromancer, Book 1

By: Gail Z. Martin

Narrated by: Peter Ganim, Gail Z. Martin

Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

The comfortable world of Martris Drayke, second son of King Bricen of Margolan, is shattered when his older half-brother, Jared, and Jareds dark mage, Foor Arontala, kill the king and seize the throne. Tris is the only surviving member of the royal family aside from Jared the traitor, and he flees with three friends: Soterius, captain of the guard; Carroway, the courts master bard; and Harrtuck, a member of the royal guard.

Tris harbors a deep secret. In a land where spirits walk openly and influence the affairs of the living, he suspects he may be the mage heir to the power of his grandmother, Bava Kaa, once the greatest sorceress of her age. Such magic would make Tris a Summoner, the rarest of magic gifts, capable of arbitrating between the living and the dead.

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Loved the book!

I am totally involved with the characters now and am anxious to go on their journey with them! Thank heavens something finally came together for them at the end of the book so there is hope to move forward. Now on to book 2!!!

Voice actor is odd

Multiple things, biggest problem for me is that he pronounces “Revenant” like “renault”. With that French pronunciation. Drives me insane

Not bad

Narrated not the best. give 4 out of 5 for that reason. however series is amazing.

great story

my first audio book, I was nervous to buy seeing all the bad reviews about the narrator. give this book a chance, it starts slow but you won't be sorry if you give it a try

Quite enjoyable.

This was a very fun listen. I enjoyed the characters and their adventures. I'm onto the next book.

When a bad reader hurts the story

I think the story is really cool. But this dude reading it needs to find a new profession. His voices are not horrible but is narrating voice is weird for the story.

not a fan of the narrator

the narrator's over acting is distracting from the story. read with vigor but stop trying to imagine what the voices of the characters voice sound and imitating

Mage coming into his power

If you like Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series...you will like this book.
Narrator does a good job (not annoying)....and the story is interesting and has good development.
I kept imagining the Necromancer Avatar in Diablo II (computer game by Blizzard) while reading. It made Tris Seem more badass to me. It's like when I see a lame movie, that is from a good book. If I see the movie first i can't get the actors face out of my head and annoys me. So having some reference pictures in mind make the listening experience that much better.

Gripping!

This series is excellent. The story is well thought out and the characters are rich. Also, I appreciated the way that the ending was not rushed. So many authors either run out of steam or are ready to move onto other things and the ending brings no satisfaction for the reader. This series allowed for good closure for most of the characters. I would have relished a little bit longer to enjoy the wrapping up, but I am a woman, so I suspect that I just like the joy part dragged out a bit to overcome the exhaustion of prior torment. The narrator was pretty good. His pacing was usually good and his voices were effective. Warning, though. His is an American accent. It took a little getting used to, for me, and I am American. :)

Exceptional

Simply exceptional. On par with the Mist Born books and other series I have read.