The Call of Agon

By: Dean F. Wilson

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

The last line. The last words. The last chance.

Ifferon is one of the last in the bloodline of the dead god, Telm, who imprisoned the Beast, Agon, in the Underworld. Armed with a connection to the estranged gods in the Overworld, and a scroll bearing Telm's powerful dying words, he is tasked with ensuring the god's vital legacy: that Agon remain vanquished.

Yet there is something just as powerful: Fear. Ifferon abandons his duty and tries to hide away from the world. But when Agon's armies find his monastery refuge, he is forced to find his courage and embark on a life-changing quest.

Join Ifferon on a journey across the world of Iraldas that will lead him to brave new companions, through the struggles of many peoples, the siege of many lands, and to discoveries that could bring hope to some - or doom to all.

Experience the unforgettable start of an epic fantasy adventure perfect for fans of Will Wight, AC Cobble, and Michael J Sullivan.

©2013 Dioscuri Press (P)2019 Podium Publishing

Familiar epic feel

Full disclosure: I received this book in exchange for an honest review.

The Call of Agon quickly shows it draws inspiration from Tolkien's works. The story definitely fits as the first story in an epic tale. Their is an overarching struggle of good vs evil, large armies battling, characters making valiant sacrifices, and suspicion throughout about the motivation and alignment of several characters. There are interesting battle scenes and of course a looming dark entity that spells doom if awakened fully.
SPOILER
Characters in this book do die off. Some deaths did make me feel sad that the character died while another is bittersweet. In this last case, the individual may finally find peace in death that they couldn't find in life.

There were a lot of characters and it became hard to distinguish a few of the characters by voice from the narrator. Add in the fact that in the beginning, there were two characters with similar sounding names and it was a little confusing for me for a while. Even though I mentioned this book takes inspiration from Tolkien's work, don't expect several different races that were present in the Middle Earth stories.
Overall the book was enjoyable.

One other feature that I really enjoyed in this book and I hope to see more of was named chapters. Normally, audiobooks just have chapter numbers, but in Call of the Agon, the chapters actually had names. This was a pleasant surprise and I hope more books have this feature in the future.

Beautiful poetic writing and an interesting world.

The author writes in a beautiful poetic and formal high fantasy style reminiscent of Tolkien.
Overall I enjoyed the book, but I never felt much of a connection to the characters, which left me indifferent to their fate. Despite this, the world building was good and the excellent narration by Simon Vance make this a book worth listening to if you enjoy high fantasy.

(Full disclosure- I was given a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.)

Amazing, can't wait for book 2!

If you love epic fantasy, you can't go wrong with this story! It comes highly recommended!

I gave it a shot.

I tried to like the book but I could not. I found it quite boring and had to force myself to finish it.

For me just an average story

As a simple disclaimer: "This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review."

The story was ok. But I found the characters under developed and lacked the draw I love. The story behind it was ok but felt rushed as sometimes it became hard to follow. The narration could be a part of the issue for me, because it felt like he was rushing to tell it a bit too much.

I did enjoy the end (not sarcastically) as that's where things got my interest a bit. Sadly for me it was right at the end.

Many will appreciate the straightforwardness of the story and for those who want a story like that, this would be a great read.

Excessive descriptions!

How many words does it take? When a few sentences will do, we get 50! I couldn't keep track of what the point of the book was for sooo much, too much, was all about the many 'Great Evils' they had to deal with! I was drowning in descriptions!

Pretty good

I enjoyed this title. It had me going through all of my emotions. I liked that back and forth between the group. Narrator was great. Definitely worth the credit!

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

Lots of action

Was excited to get a free copy in exchange for a review. Simon Vance is one of my favorite narrators and as expected he does a good job. The story was OK and has potential to improve as this is the first book in a new series but for me I never developed an attachment to any of the characters. The action was non-stop but I felt it needed more time spent on character development.

Interesting story just not for me

I listened to the book and while it is an interesting story it is just not for me.

really good story

if you like Tolkien you'll like this book, there is a lot going on in this book it doesn't start off slow, you have multiple characters and you get all of their back stories. Dean Wilson has created a new world with history that you learn about at the same time you learn about the characters. I like that the main character is not a boy trying to find his destiny, he knows who he is and what he has to do, no spoilers listen to the book. when the next book comes out I will be listening.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review