The Thousand Names

By: Django Wexler

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 22 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

With this stunning series opener, Django Wexler leaps to the upper echelon of today’s best fantasy authors. The Thousand Names opens his Shadow Campaigns series with a tale of bloody rebellion that will reshape an empire -- and a world. Captain Marcus d’Ivoire and Winter Ihernglass see their fortunes rise under the command of military genius Janus bet Vhalnich. But Janus’ obsession with the supernatural portends a dire fate for the realm.

©2013 Django Wexler (P)2013 Recorded Books

Excellent storyline and Narration

This book was amazing and left me in tense anticipation for the second installment of what I understand will be a 5 book series.

This is a great series!

This second book in the series is better than the first! It has the makings of a great epic series. It's definitely worth a credit. The narration is also fantastic!

New

live the book. it has war, politics & magic. a great new series that has the GOT series potential and if u do not no what is GOT it is game of thrones.

great fantasy in another realm!

i love good ole orc and elven fantasy, set in a medieval-like period. but it really is refreshing to find excellent fantasy living in a wholly different time and place! and for that time and that place to be 18th century... esque colonialism is very exiting! i am hooked!

Awesome unique fantasy.

I thought that I just didn't like this time period as a setting. Thanks to this book I'm now all but obsessed with it. The narrator is fine but many of his voices sound very similar which can be confusing. Otherwise great, I'm starting the next one immediately.

Solid

Very solid first book that lays the foundation. Flintlock fantasy with teasers of a magic system to come.

Good. Not great but quite good

If you could sum up The Thousand Names in three words, what would they be?

solid military fantasy.

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

No. I spread it out over three days.

Any additional comments?

the story is interesting and well paced. the author may not be a Brandon Sanderson or a Patrick Rothfuss but still did well. Bearing that in mind the only two things that I found annoying in the story itself were. 1 the two POV characters personalities seemed to have been taken somewhat to extremes, one is the solid workhorse captain gallant and loyal to a fault and not overly bright. the other is the woman running away from an unpleasant past and pretending to be a man to join the army, pessimistic and haunted. 2 there are no surprising twists, there are always plenty of hints to see them coming. Also while this is not a bad thing you can picture the commanding officer as a Pendergast who joined the military.

Fun new series! YES!

Finally a new series that I'm excited about!

This is a promising first book that I hope will lead to a great series. Its edges are soft (no hard emotional punches or grit in this plot line) it is a fun book with enjoyable character development, plot, and ideas.

While there are some extended military/battle scenes, there is also plenty of personal story line and interesting development of a grand mysterious magical/religious conflict.

Solid

A solid book to start the series off. Has characters I love and some I hate as well. The narrator does make it not quite as good as it could be. Character voices are quite similar and there is very little emotion reflected in his reading.

Great Story but Sub-par Narration

Great book with rich characters and a great pace. Filled with a great balance of action and character development. The only downside was a poor choice in narrator. Even with that I plan to start on the second installment of the series immediately. I would have easily given this book a 5 star rating down the list if one of the more capable narrators would have been enlisted to tell the story. I definitely recommend picking this book up.