The World Walker

The World Walker Series, Book 1

By: Ian W. Sainsbury

Narrated by: Todd Boyce

Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

Just outside Los Angeles, a prisoner hidden away for 70 years sits up, gets off the bed and disappears through a solid wall.

In Australia, a magician impresses audiences by producing real elephants. Nobody realizes it's not an illusion.

Across the world, individuals and ancient organizations with supernatural power suddenly detect the presence of something even they can't understand.

At the center of it all, Seb Varden, a 32-year old musician with a secret in his past, slits his wrists, is shot dead and run over on the freeway. He's had better days.

Seb is about to discover the universe is a far more complicated place than he'd ever imagined.

©2016 Ian Sainsbury (P)2016 Audible, Ltd

it was a decent book

the narration was ok the story was pretty good overall I'd say a solid B

Unique and intriguing

Any additional comments?

This was a real surprise. A great story with good narration. The main character is complex and has a great back story. The setting for magic and how Seb is thrust into the magic is unique. Can't wait for the next installment.

Fantastic Fun Book

Loved the book. Great adult fun... performance needed some work though. Worth reading the next book.

Decent story, mediocre narrator

What did you like best about The World Walker? What did you like least?

The story is engaging at times but the fact that the main character's name is so similar to one of the other character's name and the fact that the narrator is lazy when differentiating between the male voices made listening to the story a chore. The strange thing about it is that the narrator does a decent job with female voices.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Todd Boyce?

Bronson Pinchot, Christian Rummel, R. C. Bray

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Yes

Pure fun, easy read.

Story captured me, excellent superpower unlike any other, narrowly misses loosing the game to the fantasy problem of then he waved his wand and it was all better. l will continue the series.

Great Storytelling and Villains Trump Poor Science

I like some science in my science fiction. No amount of tech hand-waving will compensate for the scientific non-explanation for Manna, the power that drives the plot. Yes, I know, any technology sufficiently advanced will seem like magic (A.C. Clark) and yet SOME explanation for the absurdly god-like capabilities that ignore entropy and energy would be appreciated. When characters can do almost anything, then consequences fade away and so does tension.

And yet, through intelligent plot maneuvering, Sainsbury manages to create tension and danger. And his character development is excellent. I really cared when sympathetic characters meet their doom, and I really despised the villains, who were not just cardboard characters.

We still have to deal with that super-villain nonsense cliche often seen in movies and here to, wherein any mistake by a minion is punished with death. I would just once like to see a bunch of henchmen, upon being ordered to shoot one of their own, quit enmass thinking, "hey, I could be next".

Sainsbury spends some time talking about meditation, and instead of yawning or skimming, I read with pleasure his descriptions of techniques and results. On an unimportant note: you can tell the author is British when he skips between feet and centimeters, and talks about automotive wings instead of fenders. No big deal.

The narrator is wonderful, and I have never heard a better English accent from an American, or, if I am being double-fooled, a better American accent from a Brit.

great story - sorry it ended<br />

book was delightful and surprisingly good. performance was consistently entertaining. the bad good have me chills.

A Secret Society of Magic Users With Seb The...?

What did you love best about The World Walker?

My favorite part was how the World was crafted. It has many believable tangents to reality but it also expands on so many interesting things and eludes to so much more that i couldn't help but be lost in all the possibilities that may come to pass.

What about Todd Boyce’s performance did you like?

I really liked the way he brought life to the characters. He doesn't have the best range or variety I've heard but he is no doubt up there. I could very clearly distinguish who was talking.
He also did a good job at expression the various emotions the characters go through. There was never any confusion with what people were suppose to be feeling with him at the helm.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

The very beginning of this book was very deep. It shows a cruel reality that many people have to face.

Within the first chapter Ian W. Sainsbury had me 100% invested in Seb. The way he introduced Sebs character makes it so that you can't help but root for him and hate everyone who is chasing after him.

Any additional comments?

This is a good book to read and more than that it is a good series to invest in.
The series have 4 books and the first 3 a really enjoyed, the 4th i have not read yet but i have the assumption that it will be just as good as the first 3.

intriguing

The story was intriguing but slow to action. I wanted more action but received lots of inaction. The main character could of been developed more.

lots of fun

tons of fun to listen to, characters actually developed and each character has complexity from sorted pasts,