The King's Ranger

The King's Ranger, Book 1

By: AC Cobble

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's Summary

A ranger’s duty. The rotten heart of a king. Rebellion spilled from the blood of family. 

Rew, the king’s ranger, accepted a role on the far edge of the realm to avoid the morass of intrigue and betrayal that bleeds from the heart of the kingdom. His only desire is to shoulder the burden he’s taken, to protect the village of Eastwatch, and to monitor the wilderness beyond. 

When three youths are arrested for petty theft in the village and beg for his help, Rew’s oldest friend insists he take responsibility for them. By ties stronger than steel, Rew is forced onto a path he knows leads to chaos and death. Through a resurgence of monsters summoned in ages prior, war between the royal line, and back-stabbing treachery, the king’s ranger will battle to grant the youths a life he never had a chance of. 

But as they venture farther from the wilderness he calls home, Rew can feel the magical pull at the center of the kingdom, demanding he return to face his past and his family’s terrible legacy. Only he knows the secret of the king, and the risk it poses to the entire realm. 

The King’s Ranger is a classic fantasy adventure, perfect for fans of Michael J Sullivan, Brent Weeks, James Islington, and AC Cobble’s Benjamin Ashwood series.

©2020 AC Cobble (P)2020 AC Cobble

Ranger Fantasy

The plot line is generally similar to high fantasy adventure stories, but there is good world building and creative plot devices to keep the story interesting. The narration is good, creating a smooth flow to the story line. Characters have little depth but are likeable. it is worth your time.

Good Story, Interesting Characters, Well Acted

When I purchased this book, I assumed I knew how this story would go. I was wrong. It’s not as cliche as I assumed it would be, but took to a direction I really enjoyed. The main character, Rew, is the standard, mature, deep, and silent tough-guy that one would expect from a character type like this. But the story takes a left turn as you get to know more about Rew. It makes for an interesting story.

As always, Simon Vance does an excellent job telling the story. He’s a fantastic story-teller and brings it to life.

I recommend this book to anyone considering adding it to their collection.

Great book

This book was amazing , straight to the action , good character building , a lot of adventure and interesting unique sounding creatures . Definitely worth the read and listen !!!!

a outstanding fantasy novel... this will be fun

I've read so many fantasies in my lifetime it's always hard to find something that is fresh and new and this certainly is. it's a great first effort in a series I really look forward to the second it has lots of elements that we've all read before but the story is interesting and complex and the performance was good... I look forward to the second book in the series

Could not get into this series

I really enjoyed the simplicity and fun of the Benjamin Ashwood series and have since tried the Cartographer and now this one. I couldn't finish either. In this case, I think that the author made a fundamental error in the YA genre; underestimating the reader. I look forward to another Ashwood.

But tell me you are working on fourth book

it was a awesome some series but just let us know if there is one more chapter you can't leave it like that.

Breath of fresh air

I liked this story and will continue in following Rew with every new adventure.

Battle Crazy

If you like battles, this book is for you. There's one fight after another, separated by a couple of minutes of character interaction. The narration is superb, of course--its Simon Vance, after all. But for me...meh.

Wow super warrior who waits until it 's too late

This is dumb. Worst story ever. Wait until the bad guy isn't busy and totally focused on and THEN ATTACK. Right. Stupid stupid stupid.

Repetitive

I had a really hard time finishing this book. the author had the bad habit of repeating himself ad nauseam. something would happen to the main character. he then think about it at great length. they need to have to talk it over with someone else. it drove me crazy.

WoW

it kept me gripped right from the word go normally when I listen to this genre of books I tend to get a little bored after halfway through but this one was different.

Disappointing

Just finished the Cartographer series, which I really enjoyed, and Simon Vance is one of my favourite narrators.
However, in this performance he give all the main characters a really quite naff American accent, while reading the main plot in his usual voice. Combined with the story not really pulling me in, I gave up on it before long.
I really wanted to like this, but found both the story and character voices really disappointing :(