Pilgrim

A Medieval Horror

De: Mitchell Lüthi

Narrado por: Alan Turton

Set in 12th-century Jerusalem, Pilgrim follows the treacherous journey of a German knight and his companions as they return home after seven arduous years battling for God in the Holy Land. Within this sprawling tale lies a tapestry of medieval horror, intertwining history and folklore, encompassing both a metaphysical and literal odyssey.

Inspired by a rich blend of Arabic, Christian, and pre-Islamic traditions, Pilgrim delivers a pulse-pounding story of action, adventure, and bone-chilling horror.

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Good story

I like the period. The story is good and the pacing is quick. I wanted more. The climax was ok. The performance was very good.

weird but good

a unique book. I've read hundreds of loosely historical fictions and none are quite like this.

Meh

This book made me realize I’m a very character driven reader. This title had one uninteresting character with no real depth, and a couple others who were just thin cannon fodder. Couple that with a narrator who was just reading instead of preforming the story, it was really hard for me to stay engaged. A cool idea for a story, completely fell flat for me.

…dang…

Amazing read. It took me awhile to recover from the cosmic despair. As soon as I recovered I want through it a second time. Just as good the second read if not better.

a personal favorite!

fantastic world building. a journey that took me places I didn't know I wanted to go. I'll need to come off my emotional high and give a more academic review at some point. this book get stars across the board!

Great, weird, disturbing story

I haven't read any books quite like this and was new to the author. I love the theme (medieval horror) and it was well-written, frightening, with great characters and world-building.

Once it grabs you it doesnt let go

I normally dont like horror books. But this one grabbed my attention because medieval horror and crusades.It starts a little slow but around chapter six the book grabs you and doesnt let you out of its maw until it decides to. Lovecraft plus the oddessy. Visceral descriptions that sit to you long after you put the book. down. AND I love LOVE the mix of early Christian myth with Islamic folklore and myths . Pick it up you won't regret it unless you like sleeping well. And shout out to not romancing the medieval ages west or east

Brilliant Fiction that merges with the deepest parts of Reality.

This came into my recommended a few times, I passed it up probably because the price. I usually don’t spend more than 13 bucks on an audio book. The cover art perplexed me, blood red with a wild eyed Wolf-monkey…so a possible “creature feature” than set in medieval times. I can understand that at least and there are many more like it so I justified holding off on it. Something about it just stuck with me, the summary promising an adventure horror set in Crusade-era Jerusalem was such a unique hook that I took the chance with my next monthly credit.

God’s teeth…(inside joke from the book) this is a Homer’s Odyssey level tale of multiple worlds, deep character development and absolutely riveting World Religion esoteric lore. That comes out to hunt. It’s like if “The Witcher” was set in real historical locations and with closely held and cherished belief systems that we still have with us today.

I just finished the audio after 20 odd hours of getting to know these poor bastards and now that’s it’s over…I feel a tad lonely.

An instant medieval horror classic

The narration is well above average, and does a lot to help give the listener a better understanding of the characters.

The story is amazing to the lovers of the medieval horror genre and is now tied with Between Two Fires for my personal favorite book. Most of the characters are well developed, in truth I would give the story a 4.5 stars instead of 5 if I was able to because, there are characters who are mostly ineffectual to the story and some are kinda 1 dimensional and it seems that when the author doesn’t really know what to do with the weaker written characters he just makes them go away. If you are not that into real history, especially the crusades, then the first 3ish hours of the book will be a drag as the author takes his time setting up the plot by using and explaining actual crusader politics. If you like history and middle eastern religious lore, then you’ll love the book all the way through.

My favorite thing about the book is how much knowledge and work the author put in to making real life legends fit into each encounter and the overall plot. I found myself looking up and researching every unfamiliar name and location I heard in the story and I learned far more about the location and religious stories these things are based on.

Incredible read!

Great feel

This was a great ride. Steady tempo leading you deeper and deeper into madness and then out again