The Wizard's Butler

The Wizard's Butler, Book 1

De: Nathan Lowell

Narrado por: Tom Taylorson

Winner of 2021 Voice Arts Award, Audiobook Narration — Fantasy

"He thinks he's a wizard," they said.

For five grand a month and a million-dollar chaser, Roger Mulligan didn't care how crazy the old geezer was. All he had to do was keep Joseph Perry Shackleford alive and keep him from squandering the estate for a year.

But they didn't tell him about the pixies.

©2021 Nathan Lowell (P)2021 Podium Audio

Soothing to read, gripping to follow...

... and Excellent in Execution.
Strangely enough, reading this reminded me of some of the American Gothic classics, like with Poe that I read in school. the vibe is orderly and understated, rather than decrepit and sinister. the book takes place in a mansion who's story is "old wealth in America," empty, but NOT lifeless or lonely.
our MC, Robert Mulligan, describes himself as having come off multiple tours of duty in Afghanistan, and one "tour" as an EMT stateside, that came to an abrupt end.
Cue the Nosey Niece of Mr. Moneybags with a gilded job offer in hand. At a loss for finding work (and seemingly still somewhat reeling from both of his former occupations,) he reluctantly interviews for the butler position to a man quite advanced in years and supposedly a little bit sideways.
"He thinks he's a Wizard."

***SPOILER WARNING (MINOR)***

Unsuprisingly, the most attractive and delightful part of Nathan Nathan Lowells latest work is his talent for finding the human and mundane side of the incredible and extraordinary. I came to this author through the "Golden Age of the Solar Clipper" series, which charmed me by taking the fantastical "space opera sci-fi" setting and highliting human pleasures and working class delimas, illuminating the genre's staples more startlingly by making the operation of such scientifical fantasticism somebody's daily routine.

He has done much the same here. incredible magical reality humming along understatedly, with and in the routine of an *admitidly* ostentatious setting. Every quiet glimpse of magic is heart-thudding for its unobtrusiveness, and its almost unthinkable-- almost *more* beyond the pale for all that-- to realize that at least one quiet, kind, and cunning practitioner is wrestling with the dark backlash that threatens those who take shortcuts to power.

The Wizard’s Butler, beautifully done storytelling and narration.!

Served as a treat in the midsts of it all right now,,,more please..Bravos to the author and especially to the narrator for the sparkle..Thanks Audible,,,Gwen S.

This is now a “comfort” book for when I’m down

This was a rare find… It wasn’t recommended by a friend, I didn’t pick it up because of a review. I liked the cover and the concept looked intriguing. I think this is probably going to be my most recommended book for 2021. The characters are delightful, the story is fun without being stressful, and full kudos to the narrator… I could not imagine more perfect voices for any of the characters.

Simply lovely.

The narration was on point, the story eventful but not too dark (which is what I was looking for), & the world being built is one I look forward to visiting again soon.

Just wonderful!

The performance was one of the best I’ve heard and the story was superb! Now to listen again to see if I missed anything and enjoy the characters again.