The Sleeping Dragon

Guardians of the Flame, Book 1

By: Joel Rosenberg

Narrated by: Keith Silverstein

Captives of Sorcery...

It began as just another evening of fantasy gaming with James, Karl, Andrea, and the rest ready to assume their various roles as wizard, cleric, warrior, or thief. But sorcerous gamemaster Professor Deighton had something else planned for this unsuspecting group of college students. And the "game" soon became a matter of life and death as the seven adventurers found themselves transported to an alternate world and into the bodies of the actual characters they had been pretending to be.

Cast into a land where magic worked all too well, dragons were a fire-breathing menace, and only those quick enough with a sword or their wits survived, the young gamers faced a terrible task. For the only way they would ever see Earth again was if they could find the legendary Gate Between Worlds - a place guarded by the most terrifying and deadly enemy of all....

©1983 Joel Rosenberg (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

A classic must read fantasy

An absolute must read! Treat yourself today!

Loved the book but hate having a world requirement for the review....

A solid if dated fantasy.

A good story but does have several of their time bits. SA of female characters to motivate male characters does not fly any more. The rest of the story is still interesting.

Great audio book!

Excellent narration of one of my favorite books!

Engaging and exciting without the normal boredom!

this is a fantastic book. little dated.

the text is a little clunky hearing read out loud. I read this when I was in 7rh grade and loved it, great to hear it again.

One of my favorite series.

I enjoy how Rosenberg celebrates and reinforces the values on which our country's been founded.

Ahh memories

This story always makes me feel content and brings memories of playing D&D as a teenager. The power of dreams…

The beginning of the greatest story ever told!

This is a fantastic story. It has the perfect amount of fantasy, drama, and intrigue. The details to surroundings, characters, and the story makes it easy to put yourself there. It has romance, struggles of life and death, as well as moral struggles of the ages. I promise after reading this you will be compelled to read the next one, and the next one, always wanting more. I have read this book, and the series as a whole, at least 30 times for the past 15 years and plan to keep coming back to it. I recommend this to every person I can. It may not be one of Walter's rules, but it is one of mine.

Perfect book for D&D geeks! (myself included)

Read the series for the first time back in high school in the 80s. Characters are believable and a great story. Closest and best series I have found for those of us that dreamt, what if....

Worth a Credit! Good Story (7 out of 10)...

Narration made it very difficult to put Voices to Names / Characters. I had to replay several minutes of the first two chapters to clear it up. But it was fine from then on. A bit dated (1983) but no harm to the content.

a story of its time

this book is deeply flawed, if looked upon using modern eyes. it's spirit, and the time it was written, was earnest, heroic, and also flawed. worth the nostalgia