Day of the Dragonking: The Last American Wizard

De: Edward Irving

Narrado por: Bill Powers

"Mystically powered terrorists unleash volatile magic on the world, turning Washington, D.C., into a politically-charged fantasyland ripe for human sacrifice.

A trio of suicide attackers with magical abilities bring down a 747 by summoning a dragon to rip it from the sky, using the hundreds of lives lost as a sacrifice to initiate the Change. The country morphs into a new landscape of swords and sorcery. Now computers and other machines are coming to life, and regular people have started to turn into mythical creatures and forgotten deities, creating a chaotic world easily seized by whoever - or whatever - set this shift into motion. Hope appears in the nation's capital where, along with transforming Democrats into potbellied elves, Republicans into cantankerous dwarves, and Tea Party members into trolls, the Change has granted struggling freelance journalist Steve Rowan the abilities of the Tarot Arcana's Fool card, making him a powerful, yet unreliable, wizard. Realizing his potential, he is "hired" by the trivia-obsessed sentient computer Barnaby and coupled with the attractive, no-nonsense female Navy SEAL Ace Morningstar to uncover the puppet masters behind the plane crash. Irving (Courier, 2014, etc.), a producer of Emmy Award-winning news television and a journalist well-acquainted with the Beltway, makes good use of clichéd Washington stereotypes by mashing them together with fantasy tropes, breathing new life into political satire.

...Like many first books in a genre series, the novel foreshadows a greater enemy behind all this madness while barely hinting at its identity, offering a wonderfully bizarre consolation prize as its denouement.

A clever, humorous fantasy...." (Kirkus Reviews)

©2016 Edward B. Irving (P)2016 Edward B. Irving

Different... but fun and entertaining

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Just a really fun, humorous and entertaining book. Completely different and unusual in a good way. Not quite sure how to describe this book. Political satire, magical post apocalyptic, science fiction urban fantasy. However you describe it, it's worth a listen.

When you need a change from your usual listening preference or your just in the mood for something a little different this book will definitely fill that slot.

The world has been changed by a group of mystically powered terrorists and chaos ensues. The book synopsis tells you the gist of the story except for the fact that it's a really fun , quirky, enjoyable listen.

This is the first book by Edward Irving I have "read". I will definitely be continuing with future installments of this series.

This is the first time I have listened to a book narrated by Bill Powers. Fantastic job. Great character voices, and there are a lot of characters. Pleasant voice, easy to listen to. He was able to capture the humor and sarcasm of the characters. He doesn't just read the story. You can tell he put an effort into bringing the story to life. Really enjoyable to listen to.

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Interesting story, just not my thing.

Interesting story, but just felt like something was missing.



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Pretty Funny

If you’ve listened to books by Edward Irving before, how does this one compare?

I have not. I thought his timing/spacing was good.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

This book made me laugh.

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And Now for Something Completely Different

This is a strange book. Seriously. It's part political satire and part "Metamorphoses." Reality and non-reality collide, and no one is the same as they were. (I recommend you read the various plot descriptions in other reviews.) The "wizard" of the title is a journalist, not a wizard, and is totally unprepared and disbelieving when he's informed he's the only person with the magical ability to save the world. There is lots of action, a healthy dose of humor, and I suspect a lot of inside jokes that went right over my head.

Interesting way of finding yourself in a new world

At first I wasn't very sure about the story. But the more I got into it the characters grew on me. Not knowing anything about Tarot cards it was a different approach to magic. Steve is not sure he is cut out to be The Fool, and Ace is the only thing keeping him alive for the most part. The idea of the world changing along fantasy lines and keeping it funny does its job. I know this is part of a new series but the ending really was kinda anticlimactic. It just we defeated the bad little guy but still not sure about the Big Bad Guy. I hope in the next installment we find out more about who is really behind things or at least start to see the curtain he, she or it is hiding behind. It was a nice lite bit of reading and I would read more when it comes

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