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The Eyes of the Dragon
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 01-01-16
- Language: English
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $22.67
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Publisher's Summary
The Kingdom of Delain is at stake when King Roland is murdered and his son and rightful heir, Peter, is framed for the crime. Plotting against him is the evil Flagg and his pawn, young Prince Thomas. Yet with every plan there are holes - like Thomas's terrible secret. And the determined Prince Peter, who is planning a daring escape from his imprisonment.
Stephen King has taken the classic fairy tale and transformed it into a masterpiece of fiction for the ages.
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- jston
- 03-19-16
A Great Place to Start
If you haven't read Stephen King and you've been meaning to start, this would be an excellent book for you. It's also appropriate for younger readers. Featuring a villain familiar to anyone who's seen or read The Stand, or The Dark Tower series, this story stands alone and is a favorite of many of King's constant readers. Fans of Ronnie James Dio, and Game of Thrones should enjoy this.
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- johnny F
- 06-25-16
Nice change of pace as I read all things dark tower
I'm currently reading through the dark tower series, including some of the books that tie into it. Before this I had just read:
Salems lot
The gunslinger
The drawing of the three
The stand
I've liked each book so far, but this one was very different from the others. The book is told as a bit of a fairy tale, with the narrator stopping to comment on the story, teasing what will happen next and asking you to stop and think about how you would feel if you found yourself in the story.
I very much enjoyed the narration, and while the story was simple, it was a short and pleasant change of pace.
While the book does tie in strongly with a character found in other king books, you don't need to have read anything else before this one.
If you're like me and still early on your journey through all things dark tower, I think you'll look back on this one as a nice little side vacation.
22 of 23 people found this review helpful
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- David S. Mathew
- 03-10-17
King pulls a Tolkien
Eyes of the Dragon is Steven King's first departure from Horror into the realm of Epic Fantasy. It is different from King's standard fair and I admit I only picked this up because the book's principal antagonist, Randal Flagg, later reappears in King's Dark Tower series. That said, I was very impressed with what I found here. Eyes of the Dragon is fantastic and stands as a great novel all on its own.
Also, Bronson Pinchot's narration is absolutely terrific. The echo he uses when voicing the dark wizard Flagg is particularly bone chilling. Highly recommended!
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- Sue
- 01-30-16
Wow
I don't believe I've ever before heard a narrator so good that I could, as they say, listen to him read the phone book. That it's Bronson Pinchot, who I've known for his many well-remembered silly-voiced characters is amazing. I'm going to go and look for more that he's done.
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- Jonathan Kessler
- 01-20-18
What a performance!!!
I have listened to dozens and dozens of audiobooks in my life, but I have to say Bronson Pinchot’s performance on this book was just incredible and was very possibly the best I’ve ever heard. Plus the story is great. Having read most of King’s books, this one is easily one of my favorites. All around, great. Very different from King’s typical horror realm. I really enjoyed his take on a fantasy story. You should definitely give it a try!
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- Krystyna
- 10-05-18
Narration ruins a favorite book
Wow. What can I say, I love this book and have for 30 years. That being said, I cannot stand how Bronson Pinchot narrates Flagg. I’m not sure I can even finish the book here and that’s a rarity. It bums be out because I was so excited to listen and introduce this book to someone special and he can’t stand the narration either.
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- Joe Joe
- 11-20-17
Fun story, tough narration to listen to
I read this book to catch up on books that relate to the Dark Tower series. I have now read quite a bit of Stephen King, and this was totally different than any I've read to date. He dedicates this to his daughter, and the book reads like a story that he's writing for a young child. It's very well written and a very fun story, especially if you enjoy Medieval Time stories.
The story gives a very good description of Randall Flagg, even better than The Stand, in my opinion. It definitely makes sense why this is a story to read before the DT series, and it's pretty short, so I would recommend.
The worst part about this audiobook was the narrator. This is only the 2nd audiobook that I've really disliked the narrator, and I don't remember for certain the other. His voice for Flagg is horrendous and for some reason all the drunks and poor people have Irish accents.
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- Justin
- NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, United States
- 09-26-17
A Murder fantasy of epic proportions
A who did it must read. Was it the King's eldest son or the king's magician? When the king's youngest takes the power his conflicted between sibling rivalry and a secret that could bring that could silence the whispers and gossip through out the land.
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- Adam Benedict
- 08-09-17
Please re-record this book
The book was outstanding, absolutely no complaints about the content. But the performance was laughable. The recording quality was varied, which is not a good sign. There were many parts that had very clearly been dubbed in afterwards, because they sounded completely different. The narrator gave Flagg a voice that could barely be heard half of the time, or screaming the other half.
I will purchase many more Steve King books, but will never buy another book read by this narrator.
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- James
- 06-01-17
Stephen King's foray into medieval fantasy is a w
inner. Listen to it with your children.
Many great memories of this book.
I am trying to make the 15 word minimum at this point.
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