The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

De: Brandon Sanderson

Narrado por: Michael Kramer, Kate Reading

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson—creator of the smash-hit science fiction and fantasy series Skyward, The Stormlight Archive, and Mistborn—comes a new science fiction adventure. Narrated by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading.

A man awakens in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, where he came from, or why he is there. Chased by a group from his own time, his sole hope for survival lies in regaining his missing memories, making allies among the locals, and perhaps even trusting in their superstitious boasts. His only help from the “real world” should have been a guidebook entitled The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, except his copy exploded during transit. The few fragments he managed to save provide clues to his situation, but can he figure them out in time to survive?

Note from Brandon:

Sometimes an idea just won’t let go of you for years. The initial seed of this novel was the title that eventually turned into The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England. At first there was no story go to with that title, but I wrote it down and kept coming back to it, wondering what that book could possibly be about. Something else I thought about off and on for years was the classic concept of a man waking up in another time and another place, with no idea how he got there. It was when those two ideas came together, and I placed a book with that title into that man’s hands, that this novel was born. I hope you’ll have as much fun with it as I did!

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A well balanced Medieval Sci-fi novel

Sanderson masterfully wove elements of Sci-fi into what is effectively a medieval Isekai. Featuring a relatable underdog you can't not root for even when he's not rooting for himself.

sci-fi/fantasy with a touch of philosophy

This story is a wild mix of fantasy and sci-fi. I enjoyed the ad like sections, which are very funny, but the idea that will stick with me is that we can get into such a mind set we can sabotage our own success. It’s so true, and yet can be impossible of us to see.
This character was fascinating, and I’d love to hear more of his adventures.

Great!

I loved nearly everything about this book! The story was fresh, new and I can’t recall another story in fantasy or scfi that is similar! The combination of futuristic technology meets old gods with a mafia twist was amazing! Great job!

Great story. Narrators are fantastic

Story is intriguing and the narrators are fantastic and made listening a lot of fun. Highly recommend

Loved it!!!

I love the quirkiness, the excitement and the laughter. The narration was good and the story was better

Overall Plot

This was such a new twist from Brandon! I'm a huge fan of all of his books that I have read so far, and once again, I'm blown away not only by his writing, but by his ability to create worlds. Paired with Michael Kraemer's voice, this book was fantastic. 5/5, amazing read. ;)

Unique plot

we loved it. Such unique world building and plot. I expect nothing less from Sanderson, but was still pleasantly surprised.

Good Stand alone

I will begin this by saying that the story was outstanding just like the usual from one of my favorite authors.

Now about the narration, why do narrators persist in whispering when the character is whispering. it's not like I'm sitting around being quiet with it turned up, if you turn it up loud enough to hear The whispers then the original volume Will Blast you away when they start speaking normally...
Not to mention atrocious, homemade accents that blur and muddy the words and make it hard to hear!
I know you're trying to make it dramatic and like a TV show when all I want to do is listen to the book and I'll put my own voices and just like I do when I'm reading a book. I'm not listening to a bedtime story.
So the narration was okay but not something to brag about between the horrendous accents and the constant up and down the volume that the voice actor was attempting it actually ruined the story in many places where you couldn't understand what was happening unless i rewound it and re-listened to it at a higher volume.
The narrator needs to apologize for messing up what was otherwise a good book.

A wonderful alteration to futuristic fantasy

It really is the year of Sanderson, after burning through the storm light archive and the Novella’s, mist born, and finishing the sunlit man this was a beautiful change of scenery and dimensions. It was fun, thought provoking, and was truly a historical altered mystery full of enjoyment and wonder.

Brandon Sanderson should write more sci-fi

Brandon Sanderson is one of the few authors of recent times who rarely dissapoints and the narators make any book sound good. The best narration duo on Audible