A Kingdom Besieged

By: Raymond E. Feist

Narrated by: John Meagher

“Feist has the universe firmly under his control.”
—Contra Costa Times

“Feist has a natural talent for keeping the reader turning pages.”
—Chicago-Sun Times

Midkemia’s fifth and final Riftwar—the devastating Chaoswar—explodes in the opening volume of Raymond E. Feist’s spectacular new epic fantasy trilogy of magic, conflict, and world-shattering peril. A Kingdom Besieged is a breathtaking adventure that brings back Pug—first introduced in Feist’s classic debut novel, Magician, and now Midkemia’s most powerful sorcerer—who faces a major magical cataclysm that forces him to question everything he’s ever held as true and dear…including the loyalty of his beloved son Magnus. The Chaoswar promises to be the crowning achievement in the three decades-long career of a New York Times bestselling master fantasist who rules the sword and sorcery universe along with Terry Goodkind, George R. R. Martin, and Terry Brooks.

Narrator improving, but still bad

This book is best listened to using speed of 0.85, otherwise the narration is way too fast for actual enjoyment.

After that, you can look forward to rabid and consistent mispronunciation of midekemia specific words such as Keshian (KESH-ee-uhn, NOT KEESH-ee-in).

Sounds petty, but the truth is that hearing poor pronunciation is like someone tying rope around your waist and then tugging on it randomly in random directions while walking down a hallway: you cannot get anywhere fast and it ruins an otherwise nice walk,

Very annoying, and now I wonder why I paid money for someone to connect my testicles with wires and then plug it into an electrical receptacle in the wall.

Do you smell something burning?

enjoyed the book but the narrator is horrendous

This narrator does not have the necessary skills to do his job. He reads past the breaks for point of view changes so you cannot tell he is either on a new chapter or changed scenes.

His Voice does not pull you into the story at all, he is boring, and his character voices are terrible.

the publisher needs to have these readings redone. His reading is detrimental potential fans as it makes the book not enjoyable to listen to.

Will it ever end....

Is there anything you would change about this book?

I'm half way through this book and I must say the narrator was a poor choice. He's not too bad when performing some of the characters voices, but he's insufferable any other time.

What didn’t you like about John Meagher’s performance?

nothing......really......nothing

recording quality is shockingly bad

I can't believe they would actually allow a recording this bad to be published. I loved the book and it fit with the rest if fiests work.

Ugh this awful narrator again

The story is wonderful. The narrator is terrible. I’ve listened to over 250 audiobooks. This narrator is the single worst one out of all of them.