The 13th Paladin Boxed Set

Books 1-3

By: Torsten Weitze, Tim Casey - translator

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson

Length: 43 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

Ahren: Ahren's life consists of being beaten up by his drunkard father or bullied by the village lads. But at the annual suitability tests for apprenticeships, the young boy finds himself selected by Falk, the guardian of the forest, to be his apprentice and his world is turned upside down.

From his new master, he learns the skills of archery and how to fight the Dark Ones. And then, on the day of the Spring Ceremony, there is another unexpected turn of events. He touches the Stone of the Gods and it illuminates for the first time ever. It isn't long before a cantankerous wizard turns up and urges Falk and Ahren into action.

The Naming: Two Einhans have been found but the third is still at large. Time is of the essence. Ahren's Appointment as the 13th Paladin - assisted by the three Einhans - must occur by the winter solstice. If not, He, Who Forces will awaken before his time and plunge the unprepared peoples of Jorath into the depths of darkness.

The Brazen City: The saga of the 13th Paladin continues. Join him and his friends on their adventures in the Sunplains and enjoy meeting his old friends in Deepstone again.

Note: This audiobook includes Books 1-3 in the 13th Paladin series.

©2017 Torsten Weitze (P)2022 Tantor

l Ioved it

the book was very enjoyable and I appreciated the growth of the main character and the amount of time and effort the writer put into making him relatable.

great story

love the books wish they were all on here and can't wait to finish them

Mute

Why is the hero a young idiot widiot when do they grow up a status just showing spurts of intelligence I know hes young and hes growing but my goodness

Great series I’m hooked

Definitely going to have to listen to the rest of the series. Great fantasy with great lore and world building

An entertaining Tale. Worth a Listen.

While it may not be some epic in the same league as a lot of popular fantasy authors out there, it was still quite enjoyable for me. I look forward to more from this series. We get to watch a fifteen year old boy learn about the vast world outside the small isolated village he grew up in. While it shows how naïve he can be, it also produces some truly comical moments. All of this while coming to terms with that he is a member of an ancient order to fight an evil god. The action and fight scenes are not over the top or unbelievable for the genre. Over all it is well written and has a decent story. Wasn't so sure about the narrator when It first started, but he grew on me as the book progressed.

Engrossing story

Loved the characters, wanting more paladin story! The wolf/ boy dialogue is awesome. Good read

Loved it, continuing with the next book

So I really like these books. Very interesting world. Builds out the paladin concept from DnD in a very interesting and plausible way. It's an extremely cohesive world where why the races are the way they are makes sense. The back stories on the characters is also extremely well thought out. Who they are and why they are the way they are makes sense.

My one gripe is a spoiler, and it doesn't detract from the book, it just makes me mind of angry at the supporting characters. It's completely realistic that they could be that way, it just makes me think less of them.

Spoiler alert:
So, I get being firm and strict with the main character when he's in training for his apprenticeship. His master is gruff and somewhat disaffected. I don't get the fact that every other mentor he has treats him like a whipping boy. These people are kind, considerate, thoughtful and compassionate with everyone else, but if Ahren barely puts a toe out of line they are furious with him. I'd get it if he was slow on the uptake. If they'd explain things to him and he still didn't get it so tempers rise. Or if he had a pattern of repeating his mistakes, but he doesn't. So these people who've been alive for hundreds of years expect Ahren to understand things before he's been taught them, and jump down his throat when he gets something wrong the first time he encounters it. Makes me want to slap them. Maybe they are stressed because he's the chosen one and use a different standard for him (unfairly), but it doesn't come across that way.

It's still a great read with tons I enjoyed, and even though this is a theme in the books, it's infrequent enough not to detract much from the overall experience. It's just irksome because the kid has done some pretty impressive things over the course of two years and the first reaction from the people around him is they get angry and tell him he's thick.

Just OK

Good principle for story. The first book I thought was very good. The second and third books came across as the main character had no emotional or social development.

Enjoyable

Fresh and enjoyable read, albeit similar to many other series of the same genre
Well written, well performed

Good series

This series has a good mix of fighting, magic use and bonded animals that support their partner.