• Dragonslayer

  • The Dragonslayer, Book 1
  • By: Duncan M. Hamilton
  • Narrated by: Simon Vance
  • Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,012 ratings)

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Dragonslayer

By: Duncan M. Hamilton
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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BuzzFeed Greatest Fantasy Book of the Year author

In his magnificent, heroic adventure fantasy, Dragonslayer, Duncan M. Hamilton debuts the first audiobook in a fast-moving trilogy: a dangerous tale of lost magics, unlikely heroes, and reawakened dragons.

Once a member of the king's personal guard, Guillot dal Villevauvais spends most days drinking and mourning his wife and child. He’s astonished - and wary - when the Prince Bishop orders him to find and destroy a dragon. He and the Prince Bishop have never exactly been friends, and Gill left the capital in disgrace five years ago. So why him? And, more importantly, how is there a dragon to fight when the beasts were hunted to extinction centuries ago by the ancient Chevaliers of the Silver Circle?

On the way to the capitol city, Gill rescues Solène, a young barmaid, who is about to be burned as a witch. He believes her innocent...but she soon proves that she has plenty of raw, untrained power, a problem in this land, where magic is forbidden. Yet the Prince Bishop believes magic will be the key to both destroying the dragon and replacing the young, untried king he pretends to serve with a more pliable figurehead.

Between Gill’s rusty swordsmanship and Solene’s unstable magic, what could go wrong?

The Dragonslayer Trilogy:

  1. Dragonslayer
  2. Knight of the Silver Circle
©2019 Duncan M. Hamilton (P)2019 Macmillan Audio

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Show, don’t tell

I love Simon Vance’ narration. I see his name associated with a story and I’ll nearly always give it a try. Sadly, this book did him no favors.

I have done a fair bit of writing and a major tenant in the craft is to “show, don’t tell”, I don’t think Mr. Hamilton knows that, or he just doesn’t understand how important it is in writing something marginally good.

Honestly, the massive info dumps make it unreadable, and the narration boring. The whole plot moves forward by information not by actions or conversations.

It’s second issue are boring POV’s. I found it hard to believe that with a good premise the author couldn’t present this in a more interesting and concise way. It was a drudge getting to chapter 14, but I pressed because I truly hate giving up on a story. But I have laundry that is more interesting than this.

I’m getting my credit back then I’m going to wonder how many of Mr. Hamilton’s friends and families gave this book so many rave reviews. I don’t understand why any writer would want someone to lie to them about the weak points in their writing. The truth may be brutal but if it improves your writing, soak it up!

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I didn't expect to love it this much

I HIGHLY recommend this book for anyone into fantasy or dragons. I usually don't enjoy books where the dragon is the bad guy, but honestly, Hamilton pulls it of PHENOMENALLY. He allows the reader to understand WHY the dragon is burning villages and killing people; he gives him character, and I love that. In addition, every character is well formulated and has a detailed backstory that allows you to understand them in a deeper way. I went out of my comfort zone a little for this one, and I made a great choice. This book is VERY well written. The only reason I have performance four stars is because some names were hard to understand, especially at first, and I didn't enjoy the voice he used when reading dialogue the main villain. However, he did a great job at making sure you knew who was talking and when and was consistent with recognizable voices for each character.

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Great Book about a pissed off dragon.

Wish there was more POV of the Dragon. Great story. Story telling was wonderful! Highly recommended.

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Blah

While the narration was good, I had to force myself to finish. I try to finish almost every book I've purchased, so I did. I Had to listen again, because I couldn't remember any of the story. I now know why. Not memorable.Unfortunately I already purchased the sequel. I hope it will be better.

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A glass of water

I can’t figure out the world that this story is trying to build. There are kings, dragons but the also mention Austria and “glass of water”. The author mentions a “wicked”scar, which strikes me as a poor choice of words. Like so much of this book, you can’t get a grip on the sense of time and place. I’m going to stop reading/listening before I just get annoyed.

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This was a book

It was OK. Maybe a little YA so not my typical preference. Narration was excellent.

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A Good listen, with a dragon, and some magic.

It has some undertones about the main character's flaws. He has let himself go and drinks to much, but he manages to beat his demons in the end. A little predictable, but I am looking forward to the 2nd book in the series.

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Authors take note

Write from the POV of the dragon or the enemy (see Rodorf in the Wolfric series)... this is the only way to write. Too much SF is written from good guy POV see just about anything read by RC Bray and that’s garbage even if the character is flawed. 5/5 to everything Duncan Hamilton

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Not sure why? So so

So I should preface that I am writing a series of reviews to reduce the unfinished books in my collection.

This book is well written but it just didn’t hold my attention. I may go back and give it another try , but after several starts/stops I am giving up here.

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another great book

Duncan M. Hamilton never fails to enthrall me and Simon Vance as always a great performance looking forward to the next two books

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