The Troll Hunter

By: Keith C. Blackmore

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's Summary

A warrior with a secret. A band of cutthroats. And a monster of legend.

It is a time of war. After years of relentless and pitiless battles, the tired country of Sunja realizes its spine is close to breaking. Desperate for aid, the king dispatches a company of soldiers to the north in a desperate plea for help from its neighbors. 

A Sunjan cavalier called Bloor has the unenviable task of protecting a mysterious and heavily armored koch destined for the northern kingdom. Under his command is a mixed force of heavy infantry, horsemen, and the king’s own hand-picked guard, all entrusted with escorting the koch and ensuring its safety. Not only does Bloor have to be ever watchful of their enemy’s movements, he must maintain order among the men under his command - and temper their obvious dislike for each other. 

And Bloor must contend with a rival cavalier, a man bitter and resentful over not being chosen to command the mission.

Despite the tension throughout the ranks, orders are orders. 

Take the koch to the north. Protect it at all costs. 

The doomed and divided company will soon discover it’s not the war-torn northern wilderness they will have to be on guard against, or the legions of hated Nordish soldiers who seek to capture the koch and its true contents. 

A much more sinister threat awaits Bloor and his soldiers, just out of sight of Sunja’s high walls, one that will rip Bloor and his command apart. 

A story of heroic fantasy. Some graphic violence and language.

©2010 Keith C. Blackmore (P)2019 Podium Publishing

My opinion:Blackmore,is the best in the business!

“The Troll Hunter” solidified my growing hunch, that Keith Blackmore is the most talented and entertaining author in the business! I have all the “big names”,1100 fantasy titles in my library-Keith is the only author, I can state: has never disappointed. Granted,”The Song of Ice and Fire” is just not fair to compare to anyone,but GRRM’s other stuff ,has never appealed to me. Especially, his forays into different genres. Judging by the reviews of other customers-I am not alone...
Keith Blackmore has never disappointed( at any subject he chooses to tackle)! The dude is a bottomless well of talent!
Write on ,Mr.Blackmore! I will be ready to grab up whatever you got for us...
Spread the word about Blackmore,so you can claim:”you knew him when”...

Not for me! Not even John Lee could save this.

I came into this with an open mind because I saw John Lee, I said well it started out great and I liked it at first. Then the author wanted you as the reader or in this case the listener to like the monster of a princess who terrorizes the people around her. I say give me my credit back, please. I ask this question of the author then, do you want me to like Hitler because he was a failed artist and feel bad for him because his dreams of being an artist are crushed as he is killing and ordering the deaths of millions? This could've been so much better, but the turn of forcing the listener to empathize and feel anything but hate for such a monster is wrong and it caused me not to be able to focus on the story due to you trying to ram that bitch down my throat, while telling me to like and feel bad for her because she has everything she wants but has to stay in a guarded castle and have 24-7 guards. PS remember you might be royalty but the rest of us commoners don't feel bad for a spoiled brat with a golden spoon, so don't try to force us to feel bad for one.

Great read

I just plain enjoy Blackmore’s books. The story is great, the narrator does a wonderful job of drawing you in & I look forward to his next creation. You know a book has drawn you in when you think about it after you have stopped listening or reading it.

Equine Slaughter Romance

This is a sad addition to the wonderful 131 days series. It should have stayed unwritten. The book is a strange mix of predictable romantic hero and heroin interplay mixed with an obsession with gruesome equine slaughtering. Bad mix to say the least.

sucked

this book is horrible can't believe i wasted a God Damn credit on this pos

More of a romance than anything else.

It's a good book, superb performance from John Lee, but this is more romance than anything else, the troll is barely in the book at all making it seem like it was thrown in there just to be able to add that fantasy tag.
To me it was very misleading as I expected something very different to what I got.

It was also difficult to figure out who the main character were supposed to be until about 3 hours in.

Excellent Story! Excellent Performance!

Alexander Z
This is a Grim Dark Fantasy story of love loss and redemption! I was completely enthralled, thank you Keith and John.

I love his other works but....

I rarely give up on a story, but this just did not work for me, I gave up.

great book

great book really enjoyed it, kept me wandering what was going to happen next, love everything from Keith c blackmore that I've listened to so far. great narrator as well he really gets into the story. I've listened to it twice back to back.

Wow!

I can’t recall the last time I disliked a character only to end up feeling sorrow and liking the character at the end. I hope this is the start of a series because the characters have been given a back story so great!! This was a different type of story that I usually don’t follow. I’ve fallen for it and I hope there are more books in this series!

Brilliant story

So loved this book ..very graphic but very exciting to..funny in parts but sad too...can't wait for next one..John Lee brings the story to life as always

Good story terrible narrator.

As the title says I liked the book, but the narrator felt like he was struggling with reading it stumbling on words

One of this Author's best

This Author is excellent. This is a stand alone story set in the country of Sunja which the Author has used for many of his books. The author is excellent at describing battle scenes and likes to kill off characters at a regular basis so you never know who will survive in his books. All the characters are excellent and 3 dimesional theres a love story in here but it does not get in the way of the action. I have found with many fantasy author's the first book starts off brilliantly and then I am bored by the 2nd or 3rd as they allnstart to fit a common pattern. However with keith c blackmore you never really no which diirection the story is going. Also his charcaters are not usually a bunch of super powered prople trying to sace thw world which seems to be the standard in fantasy nowdays. I really think this author is original.in his writing style. Excellent narrator who has a good range of voices I actually prefer him to R.C Bray who is also good and did this author's mountain man series.

Damn you Keith!

A great story. with so many twists and turns you'd think you're riding a corkscrew!
There's a lot of POVs in this book and character you'd immediately dislike, end up being some of your favorite...though I loved Alduin right from the start and his drunk scene just made me like him even more XD

This is awful. I returned the title.

No likeable characters in this book, whatsoever. That's the biggest issue for me. Story was boring most of the time and had a half-decent ending but that doesn't make it worth listening to. Narrator is good but takes a bit of getting used to, I love the 131 Days series and this, basically, has nothing to do with it and is not similar in any way. Avoid this.

Great story

when I first listened to this I couldn't get into it as there are a lot of characters in a short space of time ... I made the effort to start again after about an hour and that's the point where it all clicked! it's a really good story and it takes a good while to decide who the hero's are all the characters have something about them .... well worth a listen but if you are like me and often listen in the background while doing something then I suggest really focussing on the first few chapters to learn the characters as it's well worth the effort
narrator is perfect

Such a vial beast needs a new hero.

Hunt the most vial creature ever. That would be a troll. Think not? Well have them eat your loved ones and think again..

Loved it!

Finally a book worthy of the Dark Fantasy tag.
Well crafted serious story with intresting characters that will keep you on the 'edge of the seat' . Loved it, from the first minute to the last.
The narrator did a superb job voiceing all characters .
If you're looking for a dark fantsy story with the ephesis on 'dark', you will definitely ejoy it.

Listen up you maggots

Good story with interesting well developed characters. Wasn’t quite sold on all of John Lees voices but that’s subjective. Would recommend for anyone who likes earthy low fantasy

a twist that for once i didnt predict

firstly narrators are important they can kill or make a book,this chap has gone on my golden list and i will be seeking more narratives from him.
i loved the malcontents books by blackmore.
i this again ticked all my fantasy reading/listening boxes.
i was a bit worried it was going to be a testosterone, gut spilling decapitation, with some amusing insults fest,but i had already become involved with a few of the characters.
then suddenly the story backtracked and the story flowed.
over to soon,i dont normally do stant alones,but glad i did for troll hunter.
thankyou again my blackmore