The Sorcerer's Torment

The Sorcerer's Path, Book 2

De: Brock Deskins

Narrado por: William Turbett

Forced to flee The Academy after killing another student, Azerick sets sail to start a new life and a new home from where he can continue to grow in power so that he may avenge his father's murder.

However, the fates have not finished with the young sorcerer. A massive storm blows his ship into the clutches of a terrifying creature with the power to control the minds of others and enslave them to its will. Azerick becomes the pawn of this creature, but what happens when an irresistible force meets an indomitable will?

©2011 Brock E. Deskins (P)2018 Brock E. Deskins

the sorcerer on a new experience

I like the way the author and narrator made this story plot. being captured and made to do the slavers bidding was a good touch. beating the dragon was great. loved the story

Hold on to your hats

Classic Turbett— the narration is spot on! The story felt more disjointed this go round. Azerick spends so much time being hatefully serious you’d think the dude was Batman. Still an enjoyable mostly fast-paced addition to the series but the almost random feeling of hopping from one story to another was a bit jarring. Hopefully this was more set up for book three and everything will come together!

Parents: light on language, heavy on violence. Ignoring gore this would be a solid PG13 movie.

—I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

A Series of Unfortunate Events

This story's main character shares much in common with other downtrodden modern contemporary magic users. Though his name is not Harry, like 'Harry Potter' or 'Harry Dresden' the unfortunate events in his life and his witting or unwitting resolution of them propels him into a legendary status that he neither wants, nor feels he deserves. Also like the previously mentioned contemporaries, the things he actualy does desire have either been taken from him, or experience and personal self-loathing tell him are not feasible for him to have.

Although the narrator does an adequate job, there are certain negatives that hurt the storytelling. He has a good range of tones and voice differentiation, but his pause choices along with the 'I have a stuffed up nose' quality of his voice frequently break the immersion of the story, often at critical or dramatic moments.

From what I have listened to in this book, the main character has that root for the underdog feel to him that makes me hope that I can get access to more installments of this story. I want to see what he is able to build from the ashes, some of his own making, of the destruction around him. The author also leaves open several possibilities for unexplored connections to be further built upon and my curiosity is itching to see where those will lead.

Better than the first.

After leaving the Academy, Azerick has no choice but to go on the run. He seeks a ship to take him away, but things don't go smoothly at sea and Azerick and the crew are kidnapped and taken to a strange island. There they are forced to either be slaves or fight in an arena. Azerick can fight, but his opponents are getting tougher as it progresses. He doesn't want to kill people, but how can he escape something that can control every aspect of his mind?

Having enjoyed book 1, I was eager to see what was in store for Azerick, well the author didn't disappoint with this edition! It was a lot darker and more action packed than the first. I flew through this one!!

The plot was pretty much non stop. Azerick finds a captain that knew his father and allows him to come aboard his ship, but he must pay his way by working. So he helps by using his magic when he can. But the crew are attacked by Minotaurs and taken prisoners. From that moment, the action is non stop.

Character wise, Azerick has really grown up during this book. His character development was awesome!! He goes through a lot of and it seems that each event leads to him becoming more of what I hoped he would be. I loved that this one was focused on Azerick more than the first. We get to connect with him more and become invested in his story. There are plenty of other characters but Azerick is still my favourite.

In all, a great second book. I loved everything about it and am really looking forward to the next one!

As with the first, William Turbett read this well. He is clear and easy to listen to and his tones and cadences were good, but I still found his voices for certain characters too similar to truly identify who was talking at any given time.

I was given this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. This in no way affected nor influenced my thoughts

A good follow up to the first book

I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

As the second book in the series, I thought this one held up quite well to the first. In fact, I thought the author has started to truly find his path better in this book. By that, I mean, the story felt smoother, and less inconsistent. I thought the narrator did a decent job as well. All in all, an entertaining experience. I will definitely look for the next in the series.