Blood Feud

A Legends of Ansu Novel

By: J.W. Webb

Narrated by: Andrew McDermott

Cursed by a witch, scarred by a bear. Introducing Jaran Saerk. Three misfits against an empire.

Exiled from his home, rebellious Northman Jaran Saerk serves Imperial Shen in the long-running war against the Cardalan Republic. After illegally killing a man, Jaran falls foul of his Shen leaders and finds himself with enemies on all sides. His only desire is to find and kill the witch Sheega, who stole his inheritance and murdered his kin. But first, he has to overcome the creatures she keeps sending his way.

Recently captured slave Savarna hides a dark secret and doesn’t plan on staying a slave for long. Once she’s escaped, she’ll slip inside the Golden Palace and kill the empress of Shen. Easy. Unfortunately, plans change. Things get complicated for Savarna when she meets the belligerent Northman Jaran Saerk.

Finvar the Droll is a retired thief and former gang member. The talkative trickster allies himself with Jaran Saerk whom - he insists - he can help in the Northman’s vendetta against the witch Sheega. But can Jaran trust this talkative conniver? Reckless Finvar says he has a plan. If employed, it could well result in the death of them both.

Blood Feud is the first book in a new trilogy starring the characters above. The novel is also the latest edition in a stunning new fantasy series called Legends of Ansu. If you like tough action featuring gritty, humorous characters set to a vivid fantasy backdrop of war and vengeance, then you are going to love this new tale by JW Webb.

Buy Blood Feud to begin listening to this exciting series today!

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Great story!

I really enjoyed listening to this book. As I've mentioned before, anything Andrew McDermott narrates is a book I'll listen to! This story fortunately can stand on its own as well! The characters are interesting and well developed. The story world is detailed and interesting. The book is well written and I recommend it for sword and sorcery or fantasy fans! I'm looking forward to the other books in the world of Ansu!

AWESOME READ!

I absolutely loved it! This book caught my attention from the very beginning and held it throughout the entire book. This book was full of action, adventure, drama and suspense! The narration was outstanding and gave the story that extra flair! It will keep you entertained! The author did an amazing job with the character builds and plot! This author is by far one of the best! I look forward to reading more books in this series! I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

good

no need to read previous stories this is a standalone in itself. I go like the narration as it just adds to the story. I do reccomend listening and/or reading.

Didn't like narration

Alas I didn’t enjoy this Audio book.
I listened to over an hour and gave up.

I didn’t like the narration at all.
Everything sounded the same, with the same emphasis on the last word of each sentence. (which was very annoying)
It felt to me like the narrator wasn’t involved or connected to what he was reading.

The accent of the narrator was too heavy and I had trouble understanding everything he said.
I do need to mention that English is not my native language (and that might play a part), but I’ve never had so much trouble understanding someone as in this Audio Book.

After listening to over an hour I still don’t have any idea what I listened to.
The story switched between characters too quickly, and I experienced it as one confusing blur. (maybe I would have experienced it entirely different with another narrator, I don’t know)
Because I didn’t finish the Audio Book and the narration was so distracting, I can’t really say anything about the story.
So I’ll give ‘Story’ and ‘Overall’ a 3 star rating (neutral in my opinion).

I would advise other people to listen to the entire sample, and see if you like the narration.
I did check out the Book before requesting to review it, but apparently my estimation about whether I would like it was off (and I’m truly sorry for that).

I got this Audio Book for free (thanks!). I'm voluntarily leaving this review.
Opinions and ratings are my own and not influenced by how I got the Audio Book.

Great writing, sword and sorcery adventure, wonderful addition to his ever expanding world

Author J. W. Webb has expanded his ever growing universe. I read the Legends of Ansu books and really enjoyed them. This book Blood Feud is a backstory of a character from the previous books. It is a trio of unlikely characters on a quest to help Jaron to get revenge. It is well written and has lots of surprises. New countries to add to his expanding world. My favorite character was Finvar a thief traveling with Jaren. I thought he was funny and surprising . It is worth reading . You will enjoy it.