The Impossible Wizard

Aegis of Merlin Series, Book 1

By: James E. Wisher

Narrated by: Joe Hempel

Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

With magic, nothing's impossible.

Everyone knew it was impossible for men to do magic, until it happened.

Conryu Koda is a young man of modest ambition. All he wants is to work on bikes and practice Kung Fu. His modest dreams die on the day of The Testing when it's revealed he has wizard potential.

When the Department of Magic announces that a male wizard has been found it draws the attention of the Le Fay Society, a radical group of wizards that view men as little better than animals and Conryu as an abomination. The Society will stop at nothing to see Conryu dead.

©2017 James E. Wisher (P)2017 Tantor

great story.... narrator need training

the story was great. good plot and characters, but the narrator has one voice and doesn't put any inflection on anything.

Good story, performance ruined it for me.

The story was well enough but I couldn’t differentiate from who was talking. Could of been a great book if the narrator would have been more committed to delivering a good performance.

sidetracked

I can only give this book 3 and 1/2 Stars hopefully the second book will have the main character and not be sidetracked it again. and hopefully the main character will get more enthusiastic about being a mage.

The Dresden Files for 9 year olds

I was looking for some books to replace the Dresden Files or The Iron Druid and stumbled across this series. it sounded like an interesting concept and the characters are not too bad the problem is the writer struggles to make the story so safe for very young readers that it becomes ridiculous. unless you're under 12 don't waste your time

Exciting concept 

The story caught me from the very first sentence. I enjoyed the characters and the narration was wonderful.

great story. Merlin lives

good story, I like that the MC is not a weakling but has good skills.lots of potential to mix magical abilties with physical fighting. narrator did very well. good range dealing with Male and female voices.

good story, bad narrator

I really enjoyed these books, although I will admit that the first book should really probably be half of the first book. The narrator on the other hand should be replaced.

Is this a story about ryou or whatever his name is

Was this book about the side characters???? Cause I know more about them than I do about ryou or whatever his name is, i don’t even remember his name? What does that say about this book,


Overall not the greatest, a little difficult to finish and boring

a good listen

good enough to interest me in the series. not great yet but could grow into a good series.

held my attention completely

The Impossible Wizard: Aegis of Merlin Series, Book 1 by James E. Wisher and narrated by Joe Hempel is the first in a trilogy of books. The author has crafted a new and complex world created where magic is real and it can only be wielded by women. Creating a strongly matriarchal society that wields powers in government and all sectors of society. In the last year of school all students are tested for magical potential, even boys, this year one boy named Conry Koda upsets the apple cart by having the highest potential for magic ever.

Conryu is as upset by this as those in the Department of Wizards. Who either views him as proof of their pet theories of wizardry or other view him as an aberration that should not exist. His plans for a simple life of going to a technical school and going to work in a repair shop are gone. If it is at this point you’re thinking Harry Potter nope thing is nothing of the sort. I like the world we have it is a huge world and the book has a massive cast of characters.

This can be problematic for some people because in the world building we don’t focus the entire story on who we believe to be the main character Conryu. There are a few subplots that are followed and might be of less interest to the casual listener. It is all part of the world building by the author putting things in place in the narrative for the other books in the series. The book held my attention and I really had a hard time putting it down and take the headphones off. I really enjoyed this world created by Mr. Wisher. The concepts, characters, and action in the story held my attention completely. This is one of those books for me I shocked it over so fast the 6 plus hours just flew by.

The narration is provided by Joe Hempel. Mr. Hempel provides an outstanding vocal performance in this audiobook. He not only delivering a compelling narration but also provides a range of vocal character’s interpretations. Each character was recognizable with their own unique voices done in a natural manner. The production quality by Tantor was top of the line as always they never fail to produce a high-quality audio product. Not a single glitch, hiss, or pop that this listener was able to hear.

Audiobook was provided for review by the narrator.

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