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Sword of Destiny
- Narrado por: Peter Kenny
- Duración: 12 h y 48 m
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Geralt the Witcher battles monsters, demons and prejudices alike in Sword of Destiny, the second collection of adventures in Andrzej Sapkowski’s groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the Netflix show and the hit video games.
Geralt is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless hunter. Yet he is no ordinary killer: His targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent.
Sword of Destiny is the follow up to The Last Wish, and together they are the perfect introduction to a one of a kind fantasy world.
Witcher collections:
- The Last Wish
- Sword of Destiny
Witcher novels:
- Blood of Elves
- The Time of Contempt
- Baptism of Fire
- The Tower of Swallows
- Lady of the Lake
- Season of Storms
Hussite Trilogy:
- The Tower of Fools
- Warriors of God
Translated from original Polish by David French.
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Beautiful Queen Inos married the loyal stableboy Rap and made him her king. They were very much in love, and they lived happily ever after. Fifteen years went by. Rap and Inos were comfortable, secure, and truly happy, raising their family in the little backwater kingdom of Krasnegar, well removed from the hurly-burly of great affairs.... But in far-off Hub, the old Imperor's health - and, some said, his sanity - deteriorated inexorably. The borderlands were seething....
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High expectations
- De Ryan M. Kelley en 04-08-14
De: Dave Duncan
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The Book of Kells
- De: R. A. MacAvoy
- Narrado por: Alan Robertson
- Duración: 14 h y 56 m
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A contemporary man, John Thornburn (a meek, non-violent and unpredictable artist) and woman, Derval (his tough, confrontational, strong and warrior-like lover) time travel to ancient Ireland to avenge a Viking attack. Packed with fascinating details of historical time and place in Irish history and delicately balanced on the border between realism and fantasy, the story centers around one of the most famous and beautiful illuminated manuscripts in history, the legendary but entirely real Book of Kells.
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The Book of Irish Fantasy
- De S. Wells en 12-10-12
De: R. A. MacAvoy
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Dragons of the Dwarven Depths
- The Lost Chronicles, Volume 1
- De: Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
- Narrado por: Sandra Burr
- Duración: 15 h y 38 m
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The companions believe they have slain the evil Dragon Highlord Verminaard. They have rescued the refugees from Pax Tharkas and taken them to a valley in the Kharolis mountains.
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Loved the book. Loathed the narrator.
- De Customer en 06-02-15
De: Margaret Weis, y otros
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The Grim Company
- De: Luke Scull
- Narrado por: Gerard Doyle
- Duración: 15 h y 39 m
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The Gods are dead. The Magelord Salazar and his magically enhanced troops, the Augmentors, crush any dissent they find in the minds of the populace. On the other side of the Broken Sea, the White Lady plots the liberation of Dorminia, with her spymistresses, the Pale Women. Demons and abominations plague the Highlands. The world is desperately in need of heroes. But what they get instead are a ragtag band of old warriors, a crippled Halfmage, two orphans and an oddly capable manservant: the Grim Company.
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Pretty bad, but not actively terrible
- De Travis Lamkin en 09-13-15
De: Luke Scull
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Witch's Boy
- De: Kelly Barnhill
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 9 h y 58 m
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When Ned and his identical twin brother tumble from their raft into a raging, bewitched river, only Ned survives. Villagers are convinced the wrong boy lived. Sure enough, Ned grows up weak and slow, and stays as much as possible within the safe boundaries of his family's cottage and yard. But when a Bandit King comes to steal the magic that Ned's mother, a witch, is meant to protect, it's Ned who safeguards the magic and summons the strength to protect his family and community.
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Not as good as expected
- De ladybug en 03-19-17
De: Kelly Barnhill
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Morningstar
- De: David Gemmell
- Narrado por: David Monteath
- Duración: 11 h y 41 m
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A country in desperate need of heroes. Angostin invaders surge through the Highlands, laying waste to everything in their path. Darkness follows in their wake as a mad necromancer resurrects the eons-dead Vampyre Kings. Only the bandit Jarek Mace, and the magicker and bard Owen Odell, have the courage to fight the Angostins and the undead. Whispers soon spread that Mace is the legendary Morningstar, a saviour who will protect his country in its hour of need. Yet Mace seems nothing more than a thief and a liar.
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Sheer Magnificence!
- De Carol en 11-29-18
De: David Gemmell
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The Path of Anger
- The Book and the Sword, Book 1
- De: Antoine Rouaud
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
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Year 10 of the new republic, in the remote port city of Masalia: Dun-Cadal, once the greatest general of the empire, has been drinking his life away for years. Betrayed by his friends and grief stricken at the loss of his apprentice, he's done with politics, with adventure, and with people. But people aren't finished with him - not yet.
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Great Epic Fantasy!
- De Bob-o en 08-31-15
De: Antoine Rouaud
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Fatemarked
- The Fatemarked Epic, Book 1
- De: David Estes
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 19 h y 11 m
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They are the fatemarked. Misunderstood. Worshipped. Hated. Murdered at birth. Their time to step into the light has come. An ancient prophecy foretold their coming, the chosen few who will bring peace to a land embroiled in a century of mistrust and war. When kings start dying, that hope and belief swiftly turns to fear. Roan Loren is one of the fatemarked, but has hidden his mark of power his entire life, fearing the damage it might cause to those around him. A great evil is coming. He can't hide anymore.
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Written to fit an ideology, not the story it tells
- De znidarsic.blaz en 04-30-18
De: David Estes
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The Fate's Forsaken Omnibus
- Books 1-2 and Prequel Novella
- De: Shae Ford
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 37 h y 58 m
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Books 1, 2, and the prequel novella of the Fate's Forsaken series. The series follows the adventures of Kael: a young man who is thrust from his home in the Unforgivable Mountains and onto a hero's path. The journey is long, the battles are fierce - nearly all of his companions are outlaws. And Kael's rotten bad luck seems to make everything worse. This is his story.
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Fantasy with light romance
- De Skipper en 09-23-15
De: Shae Ford
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Magic Casement
- A Man of His Word, Book 1
- De: Dave Duncan
- Narrado por: Mil Nicholson
- Duración: 13 h y 20 m
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Princess Inos lived an idyllic life in her fathers' sleepy, backwater kingdom, and she was best friends with her childhood companion, the stableboy, Rap. But when a prophecy seemed to say Inos should be married, she was exiled to the Impire to learn to be a lady. She was far away when Rap's magical talents began to emerge, and it was he who told her of the fate awaiting them both.
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One of my favorite Fantasy Series
- De Sean Dustman en 10-12-12
De: Dave Duncan
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Amber Magic
- Haven Series, Book 1
- De: B. V. Larson
- Narrado por: Mark Boyett
- Duración: 5 h y 51 m
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The humans have no magic and are hunted for sport, but that is about to change. War is coming.... The Sun Dragon spawned nine lesser dragons which devoured their parent for the power the elder possessed. These young dragons fought for choice bits of the Sun Dragon, but each only managed to eat a portion, thus giving them specific powers. Over time, these foul dragons were hunted down and slain by heroes of old.
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Not Undying Mercenaries Thats for sure
- De John en 10-21-15
De: B. V. Larson
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A Darkness Forged in Fire
- Book One of the Iron Elves
- De: Chris Evans
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 15 h y 17 m
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Konowa Swift Dragon, former commander of the Empire's elite Iron Elves, is looked upon as anything but ordinary. He has murdered a Viceroy, been court-martialed, seen his beloved regiment disbanded, and been banished in disgrace to the one place he despises the most---the forest.
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Pleasantly surprised...
- De Chrystal en 11-06-08
De: Chris Evans
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Luck in the Shadows
- Nightrunner, Book 1
- De: Lynn Flewelling
- Narrado por: Raymond Todd
- Duración: 18 h y 6 m
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Spy, rogue, thief, and noble, Seregil of Rhiminee is many things, none of them predictable. And when he offers to take on Alec as his apprentice, things may never be the same for either of them. Soon Alec is traveling roads he never knew existed, toward a war he never suspected was brewing. Before long he and Seregil are embroiled in a sinister plot that runs deeper than either can imagine and that may cost them far more than their lives if they fail. But fortune is as unpredictable as Alec's new mentor.
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Fantastic Series! Homophobes, shut up!
- De Ted en 09-23-11
De: Lynn Flewelling
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Great book poor marketing
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Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.
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This classic deserves better
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For three days battle has raged in the snow around the great city of Tar Valon. In the city, a foretelling of the future is uttered. On the slopes of Dragonmount, the immense mountain that looms over the city, a child is born, an infant prophesied to change the world. That child must be found before he can be killed by the forces of the Shadow.
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Read it after reading others in the series
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Hyperion
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On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all.
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The Shrike Awaits. Enter The Time Tombs...
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Firefly: Big Damn Hero
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The Battle of Serenity Valley was the turning point that led the Independents to their defeat at the hands of the Alliance. Yet the Browncoats had held the valley for weeks against all odds, before being ordered to lay down their arms. Command stated they refused to send in airpower because the ground war was "too hot". But the soldiers who were there insist that was not true.... While picking up a new cargo on Persephone, Captain Malcolm Reynolds is kidnapped by a bunch of embittered veteran Browncoats who suspect him of sabotaging the Independents during the war.
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Take me out to the black!
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The Colour of Magic
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Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place that might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different. Particularly as it’s carried though space on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown). It plays by different rules. But then, some things are the same everywhere. The Disc’s very existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight: the world’s first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land.
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TERRIBLE Narration!
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Shōgun, Part One
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After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen—Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin, Blackthorne must negotiate not only a foreign people, with unknown customs and language, but also his own definitions of morality, truth, and freedom. As internal political strife and a clash of cultures lead to seemingly inevitable conflict, Blackthorne’s loyalty and strength of character are tested by both passion and loss.
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Great book poor marketing
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Dune
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Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.
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This classic deserves better
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New Spring
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For three days battle has raged in the snow around the great city of Tar Valon. In the city, a foretelling of the future is uttered. On the slopes of Dragonmount, the immense mountain that looms over the city, a child is born, an infant prophesied to change the world. That child must be found before he can be killed by the forces of the Shadow.
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Read it after reading others in the series
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Hyperion
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Powerful and Disturbing
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Excellent AU period fantasy
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Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Sword of Destiny
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Outstanding performance
Peter Kenny is an amazing voice actor. Is performance truly brings Sapkowski's characters to life. I hope they can he performs the rest of the series as well.
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- Charles
- 12-25-16
Great performance by Peter Kenny
What did you love best about Sword of Destiny?
The origin of Ciri and how she came to meet Geralt
What other book might you compare Sword of Destiny to and why?
It obviously compares to The Last Wish; same main character and book format of a few short stories with one main arc. However, this one fell a bit short for me. It bogged down a bit changing focus from story to story, but made up lost ground when Ciri came into the picture
Any additional comments?
The Witcher books are great, quick reads, but they really take off with the performance of Peter Kenny. He puts energy, character, emotion, and feeling in his voices. Each character sounds and feels different, a rare talent among the many audio performers I've listened to. This is a fantastic series so far, fantasy fans can't go wrong with these.
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- Rocky Pabillore
- 09-29-17
Witcher 3's Prequel
This is mostly geralt's story on how he found the young ciri.. amazing story! can't wait for the next one!
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- Kaare
- 09-18-17
I'm a grown up man, and it almost made me cry.
Well written short stories about our favorite witcher.
Brilliant performance by the narrator.
Fortunately I was wearing sunglasses, or the other motorists might have seen me tearing up on the freeway.
You bastards.
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- 05-18-17
If you like the games, Read the books!
Ok, so like many people I picked this up after playing The Witcher 3 video game. That's been my only exposure to the world of The Witcher, although I tried to play the first game in the series, I had to give up because the gameplay was just so bad. Nevertheless, if you're reading this and haven't played The Witcher 3, you probably should. It's one of the greatest games ever made. Propelled a tiny Polish video game studio into one of the most respected developers in the world, and made the Witcher franchise a national treasure of Poland.
I decided to read this book first, because it was the first one published in it's native Poland, and I wanted to be exposed to Geralt of Rivia in the same order that his original fans did. I'm already planning on reading Last Wish next, and the Witcher Saga books after that.
This review will be more about my impressions of the Witcher world as a whole, now that I'm being introduced to it as stories as opposed to video games.
So, this is a collection of short stories rather than one continuous narrative. Although they're not necessarily connected, they all do share the same theme of Destiny (with a capital D) at their core.
As this was my first introduction to the characters outside of the video games, I was happy to find that for the most part they lived up to my expectations. The games are pretty faithful to the source material and I can see where the inspiration came from now.
Having read these stories too, many of the characters and events of the game now make more sense. I have a better feel for the nature of Geralt and Yinnifer's relationship, and the history they have together. In these stories, you see much more of the tender, warm side of Geralt and Yinnifer's relationship, whereas in the videogames it's very cold and confusing for the most part. Also, these stories introduce Ciri, which is great background if you've played The Witcher 3.
Since the video games are so action-heavy I was expecting these stories to be thick with fight scenes, but they're mostly a lot of talking. It's really good talking though. The dialogue, even through the English translation, is superb. It's a much higher caliber of discourse than you normally expect from fantasy novels. There's a philosophical and emotional weight to most conversations, but I always felt like the character's voices were distinct, and that they were speaking like real people. Actually, on the note of the character's voices being distinct, Peter Kenny's reading of this is phenomenal. He's a real chameleon of a voice actor, and adds a lot of emotional weight to the characters.
Geralt of Rivia is one of the most interesting characters in both fantasy and video-game history. He's complex and deep, but remains an upright champion of justice, despite his anti-hero tendencies. Geralt reminds me of nothing so much as an old-fashioned, hard-boiled, noir detective. I got this impression from the video games, but it's reinforced very heavily here. He has that grizzled, stoic persona, and has a history with many colorful characters in his past, as well as a long trail of broken hearts and tossed-aside women. Just like a hard-boiled noir detective. It's stuff like that and a few other things that make the world of The Witcher different in small ways, from any other fantasy universe I've encountered.
For one thing, the world of The Witcher is incredibly capitalist. The Witcher might be a hero, and one who is at his core, a heroic personality, but he is still a mercenary hero, and his world is full of mercenary heroes, mercenary antagonists, mercenary sorcerers, and tricksters, etc. Everyone seems concerned about money, and one of these stories, is almost entirely about playing the stock market, and manages to be really entertaining despite it.
After these stories I've got to say, I can understand why they've inspired the media frenzy they did with the videogames. The Witcher series is a classic of modern fantasy, and I'm looking forward to reading as much of it as I can. Even if you don't have any experience with the videogames or other stories, I would highly recommend checking this out.
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- 01-22-18
Get that tissue box ready!!
Omg guys, the last 3 stories are freaking awesome, made me laugh and if you play or know the Witcher games it helps you understand the relationship between Geralt and Ciri even more. Very touching.
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- colt penner
- 01-09-18
Love it
Love it so much the story is fantastic
better then the game at some some
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- Alesha Unpingco
- 04-09-18
fantastic voice acting
another fun stroll through the world of the Witcher. it's like the fantasy version of Patrick O'Brien's Master and Commander series.
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- Alex Ralls
- 08-03-18
Video game fan
I played the video games and am embarrassed it took me so long to listen to this, very worth it.
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- Joseph McGuire
- 09-01-16
Much More Character Based
It does a good job of interweaving different stories and overall developing the characters. Some of the first few stories can be a little slow, but the character's are engaging and the dialogue is good.
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