Oath of Swords

War God, Book 1

By: David Weber

Narrated by: Nick Sullivan

Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

Bahzell is no knight in shining armor, and besides he has too many problems of his own to be messing with anybody else's problems - let alone the War God's. Unfortunately, the War God has other ideas for him.

©1995 David M. Weber (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Weber builds [worlds] with a nice eye for detail, above-average knowledge of history, and a pleasing amount of wit." (Booklist)

atoll atoll

great book. well worth the listen. narrator is very good.
story is good
caused me to buy the next book

Good story, great narrator

Good fantasy novel with a building universe. Have read and listened to entire series several times now and enjoy it it more and more.

Fast, Fantastic and Funny!

Wow... I couldnt put it down! I finished the book in 2 days time. I loved the banter between the two main characters! The world is interesting and the fight scenes are fast and furious! I cant wait to get the other books in this series on my Ipad!

A good tale of a warrior who does the right thing

Would you consider the audio edition of Oath of Swords to be better than the print version?

I have never read the print version of this book but hearing it read I find it easier to get a picture in my mind of the characters.

What did you like best about this story?

I liked the way the two main characters who are supposed to be enemies stick by each other even at the risk of their own life.

What about Nick Sullivan’s performance did you like?

Nick Sullivan brought a certain depth to the characters that kept it interesting.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

If my wife would have let me I could see myself listening to this in one sitting.

Nice fantasy

Nice fantasy-story but not really my cup of tea. I like sci-fi better. This was more a normal fantasy book.

Not a bad little story

I liked the story line very much. Overall good read. I like story's like this with gods and powerful characters.

Simplistic, one dimensional story that is just ok

Ok to listen to, but I would not recommend it. Every character is one dimensional - either 100% good or 100% evil. Got tired fast. The world the author created was interesting, so a star for that.

Not bad

The first five hours of this was more or less descriptive fights and a really slow laying out of the situation. It wasn't bad, but it was like the equivalent of fast food of reading. There was no need to keep track of what was happening as it was just background noise. Still it was decently written background fast food. As the fifth hour of reading or so passed, an actual storyline and interesting events started to happen. I didn't dislike this story, but I don't think I'll continue with the series as the sword battles just didn't do it for me. If you like that type of thing, the story might be more intriguing for you. This wasn't my favorite Weber series, but his Prince Roger series was more up my science fiction space opera lane. If you like sci/fi space adventures and you like Weber's writing, look up his Prince Roger series which I had trouble putting down once I started reading.

Great performance by Nick Sullivan!

Greatly story by a truly awesome and amazing author. Nick gave the characters life and real texture.

Conan like char in epic fantasy

Picture Robert e Howard’s Conan, star of short stories and a novella or two in an epic fantasy. Narrator nick sullivan was excellent.