A Looming of Vultures

Ruritanian Rogues, Book 1

De: Richard Storry

Narrado por: Jake Urry

While an ugly war with its neighboring realm continues to rage, the insulated members of Ruritania's upper class laugh and dance their way through their superficial lives. Some people, increasingly disillusioned by the pointless conflict, start to consider how the King might be persuaded - or forced - to end it.

Meanwhile, an increasing number of items of great value are going missing from those attending these high society gatherings. At whom will the finger of suspicion point? Who can be trusted? With so many competing, yet intertwined, agendas, what will be the outcome of this looming of vultures?

©2016 Richard Alan Storry (P)2017 Richard Alan Storry

Highly Recommended!!!

Ruritanian Rogues Book 1 “A Looming of Vultures” By: Richard Storry is a bit outside my normal genre, however, I really enjoyed the story. There’s loads of action and suspense, with enough humor to keep things fun and a twist to keep things interesting. Narrated by: Jake Urry who does an amazing job bringing individual characters to life. Highly Recommend!

double crosses

The games the idle rich play to amuse themselves at the expense of others!! What can one expect? But, more serious crimes are afoot. In the scheme of things Rudy was the lesser of the evils for his deeds and a hero of sorts (along with Willy). The twist at the ending had me on the edge of my seat in anticipation! I enjoyed Willy's spunky nature in dealing with Rudy. Very amusing story. I voluntarily listened to a free copy of this and am giving an honest review. The narrator did a great job bringing it to life.

Great Story, Great Twist.

This story was very interesting. Initially it started out like it was going to be all about royalty and the lavish events they throw. Then it began to morph into a who-dun-it mystery. But it is not a who-dun-it. I can't say more without giving it away, but the plot twists and morphs and in the end, I found myself smiling and anticipating where the flow of the story would go. Very well thought out progression, I am definitely looking forward to book two.

The narration was executed very well. Jake Urry did a fantastic job with the many different voices and characters. His narration really brought the story to life.

I would recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of mysteries or anything with a twisty plot and surprise endings. I also like the short bookend story about the Vulture and his flight for food.

I requested a free review copy of this audiobook and I am leaving a voluntary and honest review.

Entertaining Story

I received this audio book for free in return for an unbiased review.

I enjoyed this book for the most part. I love mysteries and read them often. This plot for this was kind of all over, but the author did a fairly decent job of wrapping it all up.

There was one think I found really irritating. I hate it when otherwise seemingly intelligent people do something really stupid and the rogue thief in this book had one stupid habit that I think an intelligent person would never do. Unfortunately, a lot of the plot hinged on this stupid mistake so I see why the author did it, I think it would have been a better book if the author would have spent more time and figured out a more subtle way of accomplishing the same goal.

The narrator was very good, lovely, velvety English accent, although it probably would have been more accurate to have been a German accent throughout based on the heritage of the people. It didn't bother me as I much prefer listening to an English accent rather than a German accent.

Women didn't add anything

Storry has written a very fun and suspenseful novel! I enjoyed the quirkiness of the two main characters. They have a suave kind of vibe to them and have a lot of fun in this novel! I enjoyed the suspense with the crimes, to see if they would get away with it all. I laughed a lot during this story, which isn't what I was expecting. But I was glad for the laughs. It made the overall experience much better. It flowed pretty well, although I do have to knock a point and a half because of the women. They were very boring and didn't seem to add anything to the story except to exist. I'd like them to be more vocal in Storry's future works. I give the novel a 3.5/5.

The narration is done by Jake Urry! Who is amazeballs! I love his voice. And honestly I could listen to him narrate really anything. Urry has a lot of skill and this story showcased a large range of it. I hope that I get to listen to him in more works going forward. If you're looking for audiobooks just to listen to because of the narrator I highly recommend Urry! Seriously, he can read anything and I will sit for hours! 5/5 stars!

I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Jake Urry. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.