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The Best of the Realms, Book II: The Stories of Ed Greenwood
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- Narrated by: Katharine Gibson
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 01-08-13
- Language: English
- Publisher: Audible Studios
Regular price: $24.95
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Publisher's Summary
This anthology presents thirteen of your favorite Ed Greenwood stories taken from over fifteen years of Forgotten Realms novels. In addition, this anthology contains three brand new stories by Ed Greenwood!
Adventure across the myriad faces of Faerûn with warriors like Mirt the Moneylender and Alusair the Steel Regent, and with wizards like Elminster the Sage of Shadowdale and his three charges, Dove, Storm, and Laeral, as they roam the Realms, protecting the innocent from villainy, the ignorant from deception, and the insane from themselves.
Contents "Not the Most Successful of Feasts", "Dark Talons Forbear Thee", "The Whispering Crown", "So High a Price", "One Comes, Unheralded, to Zirta", "A Dance in Storm's Garden", "A Slow Day in Skullport", "Bloodbound", "How Wisdom Came to the Maimed Wizard", "The Eye of the Dragon", "Nothing but Trouble", "The Grinning Ghost of Taverton Hall", "The Place Where Guards Snore at their Posts", "Living Forever", "The Long Road Home"
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The narrator brings Ed Greenwood's stories to life
Where does The Best of the Realms, Book II: The Stories of Ed Greenwood rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Top 5.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Best of the Realms, Book II: The Stories of Ed Greenwood?
I've just started this book, though I know I'll enjoy memorable moments in this series of stories, as I have with other Forgotten Realms books from Ed Greenwood.
What about Katharine Gibson’s performance did you like?
Everything. Katharine Gibson's articulate and pleasant voice paired with her dynamic pacing brings these stories to life! I was trying to choose between three Ed Greenwood compilation books and her narration made it an easy choice. When listening to books written in the fantasy-genre, it's hard to find narrators that enhance the story as well as she does. The best way I can try to describe it: Gibson's passionate delivery makes it sound like she's truly enjoying the story she's reading to you-- I love it!
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
I'll let you know when I finish the book...
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LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! <br />
ED OF THE GREENWOO DOES IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AWESOME KEEP IT UP! ROCK THE REALMS!