• Ordination

  • The Paladin Trilogy, Book 1
  • By: Daniel M. Ford
  • Narrated by: Michael Kramer
  • Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,820 ratings)

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Ordination

By: Daniel M. Ford
Narrated by: Michael Kramer
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For generations, warlords fought bitterly for dominance in a land without a king, leaving a fractured, war-torn country plagued by thieves, slavers, and the servants of dark gods and darker magic.

Allystaire Coldbourne travels a treacherous path toward his Ordination as a holy knight of legend, a Paladin, a savior of the people. But to fulfill this role, he - and the unexpected allies he finds along the way - must face the demonic, sorcerous evil that stalks the land, the wrath of gods and men, and his own dark past.

©2016 Daniel M. Ford (P)2017 Podium Publishing

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Great writing with a simple story.

The story of Ordination is classical, as in this is fable level of classical, with few truly original elements. Yet you could be forgiven for forgetting this with the writing. Archetypical characters are given depth and nuance without breaking the mold, and even when you can see what's coming from a mile away, you still want to read on. Still, my one major complaint is that this is an unsatisfying book 1 if only for an abrupt ending. I still recommend and plan to read the rest. Also Michael Kramer could read the yellow pages and and his wife the White Pages and I'd listen to both.

Highly recommended, but I might wait for book 2 as to not have to deal with that sudden end!

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NOT fantasy. Religion.

Michael Kramer is the only reason I've listened as long as I did.
This is NOT a fantasy book. This is about religion and only about religion. The "hero" got converted from atheist to believer by an all powerful goddess that "he could not refuse if he had wanted to". Way to go... Anyway, he becomes basically a fanatic self-righteous preacher who starts a religion and has to fight against the existing religious groups that are not happy about the new power in town. From being an independent if somewhat arrogant knight he turns into this fanatic that keeps going on and on and on about said goddess, constantly wondering about what she thinks, what she wants him to do etc, that I've been wondering how he's able to still get up and pi*s without asking her first if that's OK with her. The story is not even actually interesting. At one point I thought "oh here we go, now we might get somewhere with this" but nooooooo! Back to preaching, building temples, praying and worshiping within a few sentences. Oh hell!

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Hang in there for a GREAT ADVENTURE!

Ok- right away let me say that any low star or bad review must ONLY of come from impatience!!! No true fantasy lover could give this book less than 4 1/2 starzzz! This book was AWESOME! The first chapters (1-6/7) were admittedly “slow” and I even had begun to think “ugh, ok but boring” as I couldn’t yet really connect to the characters or storyline. However, like other GREAT novels, once the foundation of this book is established...wow! I would compare it to Melissa McPhail’s A Pattern of Shadow & Light series or even Brandon Sanderson’s Various series... (all of which are worth every moment)
This is not the typical coming of age fantasy although it has the goods that matter; sorcery & magic, war, gods, good vs evil all set in a medieval type world with dwarves, knights, & lords as well.
The main character is Alistar, a knight whose given up fighting for a selfish Baron. Like the other territories with overlords, the Brain hopes to continue fighting (a never ending war) hopes to become king (as do his opponents). Without thought to the lives wasted and/or used to accomplish these goals. Well, Alistar has had enough and leaves. His journey had no destination until he started recognizing “the regular folk” suffering, and for reasons he doesn’t understand himself, he begins helping and fighting for the little people (for lack of a better term & not to give away whole plot). He is rewarded for this by a goddess and I will say no more for spoiling the storyline! This is a GREAT listen and I Am downloading the 2nd book as I type this lol. I’m always looking for great listens in the fantasy genre so please send me your recommendations! I listed a couple of my own above and will add authors Anthony Ryan (both his series), David Hair (mageborn series ROCKS), Jim Butcher Codex Alera & Cinder spyres series. Ooh also The daughter of the forest series, and author Brent Weeks are incredible, along with Wheel of Time by the late great master Robert Jordan! A shoutout to what was my 1st & favorite foray into the
SCI-FI fantasy genre; that is Dan Simmons Olympos & Illium!

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Starts off strong, then meanders

The story starts off strong, then meanders, then loses all focus.

Michael Kramer is top notch as always, idk what the other reviewer meant, but Michael is one of the finest narrators of our time

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Ends on a cliffhanger

Overall, I enjoyed the book until the end.
There are some editing and continuity errors and it's certainly not a tightly plotted work,but things generally move along without too much dragging. The best part of the book for me was the main character, who's generally fun to ride along with (and some of the supporting characters grew on me as well).
There's some squick as a 10 year old girl is one of the faces of the Goddess (who always appears in the nude and is the "epitome of feminine beauty", though thankfully there's no explicit description of said beauty).
The thing that really killed my feelings for the book was it ending on a cliffhanger. I know it's common for some series writers to do this but it's one of my pet peeves. I loved the characters enough to want to go on more adventures with them, but an author I can't trust to finish a story is hard to overcome.

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give it a chance

the first 6 chapters were kimd of slow and a little boring but once the characters were built I was totally invested and couldn't stop listening. i can't wait for the second book.

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Really really good.

It's been a long time since I enjoyed a book as much as I enjoyed this. Worth the credit and every minute spent listening to it.

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BEST STORY IN A LONG TIME!

This was by far one of, if not, the best I've ever heard. I am sooooo ready for the second book it has me wanting more and wanting more....well done!

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In line with the greats

if you like Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson Patrick rothfuss, and Kel Kade this is another great series that you'll want to tell others about

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Michael Kramer is the reason I picked this book..

I am a huge Brandon Sanderson, James Islington and WOT. I found this book because of Micheal Kramer narrated it and was hoping it might be on par with these other books It wasnt. This book was not a Sanderson level book. I would give it a C. It seemed like it never really went anywhere. I wont be listening to book 2.

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