Lord Brocktree

Redwall, Book 13

De: Brian Jacques

Narrado por: James Faulkner

Brought to you by Puffin.

The thirteenth book in the beloved, bestselling Redwall saga - soon to be a major Netflix movie!

Salamandastron, under the guardianship of old Lord Stonepaw, is under threat from an enemy of immense and terrifying power. Ungatt Trunn, the wildcat who can make the stars fall from the sky, has attacked with his Blue Hordes and is determined that the fortress should be his. The mountain's defences are weak and it seems that nothing can stand in his way.

Nothing, that is, but the badger Lord Brocktree, who is drawn to Salamandastron by an undeniable sense of duty. But if he is to rescue the mountain from Trunn and his verminous hordes, he must gather about him an army capable of defeating them in battle. Together with the irrepressible haremaid, Dotti, and a host of brave creatures, Brocktree journeys to Salamandastron to fulfil his destiny.

©2022 Brian Jacques (P)2022 Penguin Audio

Different but splendid

For those accustomed to the author narration and full cast versions of Redwall audiobooks, this will take a little adjustment. That being said, the story is as solid as ever, as we’re regaled with the tale of the indomitable Lord Brocktree. Mr. Faulkner does a great job bringing life to a hefty cast and his cadence is splendid.

Great to have 1 of the gaps in this series filled

Redwall has been one of my favorite series ever since I read Mossflower 20 years ago. Now as a busy adult I dont have a lot of time for reading but I can listen to Audiobooks while commuting or completing tasks, and I enjoy going through the Redwall series every couple years. It's always disappointed me that 3 of my favorites (Lord Brocktree, Pearls of Lutra, and Marlfox) weren't available on Audio so I was so excited when I saw this was available.

I really enjoyed the previous books full cast so I was concerned about having a new narrator, but overall he did a fantastic job. I really hope he records the other missing Redwall books as well.

Excellent story, but narrator struggled with pronunciation and accents

Great to see the audiobooks continuing. Hope for future ones, the narrator will prep for on Jacques’ pronunciations and accents. It brings you out of the story when things are mispronounced.

Good reader

I'm used to the full cast performance recordings but I still enjoyed this reader.

Excellent

A wonderful prologue to the Redwall series. While I enjoy a full cast recording of the Redwall stories, the narrator did an excellent job.

Great story of Salamandastron's early history

I think that the story is great, like everything else in the world of Redwall! The narrator did a good job, even though he mispronounced some things, like "GUOSIM, Salamandastron, and Eulalia." Altogether an enjoyable listen.

An excellent job for a single reader

Another rip roaring adventure from Jacques. humor and danger, courage and sacrifice. just a good time for young listeners that their grown ups can listen along with them.

While I also loved the cast versions, I think this reader did a good job all things considered. his voices can be a bit hard to understand when they get low and growly if there is background noise or on a car trip.(that's the star deduction) but as someone who has read these out loud myself he does admirably.

One major gripe I have is with his pronunciation. the producer of this should have at least listened to the other recordings. unlike "Smaug" we have a recording of Jacques saying "Eulalia" or "Salamandastron". that's just complete carelessness on behalf of the production. especially as they are constantly repeated throughout.

One of our favorite redwall books

The Bark Crew and the Hares and Skiggles were good. No parts that we really disliked.

Great read and character voices

Prepare for a full cast and immersion of animal character voices. Worth the listen for sure.

Amazing!

While I enjoy the full-cast audio books, this was still incredibly narrated and acted!