Theft of Swords [Dramatized Adaptation]

Riyria Revelations, Book 1

By: Michael J. Sullivan

Narrated by: Amanda Forstrom, Andrew Quilpa, Andy Brownstein, Andy Clemence, Bradley Smith, Bruce Alan Rauscher, Chris Genebach, Chris Stinson, Christopher Walker, Colleen Delany, David Jourdan, Dylan Lynch, Henry Kramer, Jeff Allin, Jonathan Feuer

Theft of Swords contains The Crown Conspiracy and Avempartha, books 1 and 2 of Riyria Revelations. The Crown Conspiracy is the first book in the captivating Riyria Revelations.

They killed the king. They pinned it on two men. They chose poorly.

There is no ancient evil to defeat, no orphan destined for greatness, just two guys in the wrong place at the wrong time. Royce Melborn, a skilled thief, and his mercenary partner, Hadrian Blackwater, make a profitable living carrying out dangerous assignments for conspiring nobles until they become the unwitting scapegoats in a plot to murder the king. Sentenced to death, they have only one way out...and so begins this tale of treachery and adventure, sword fighting and magic, myth and legend. Avempartha is the second of a six book series entitled the Riyria Revelations.

The secret is in the tower. The problem is the beast. The answer is two thieves.

When a destitute young woman hires Royce and Hadrian to help save her remote village from nocturnal attacks, they are once more drawn into the schemes of the wizard Esrahaddon. While Royce struggles to breech the secrets of an ancient elven tower, Hadrian attempts to rally the villagers to defend themselves against the unseen killer. Once more, what begins with the simple theft of a sword places the two thieves at the center of a firestorm - but this time the outcome could change the future of Elan.

Performed by Chris Genebach, David Jourdan, Laura C. Harris, Ken Jackson, Colleen Delany, Andy Clemence, Nanette Savard, Michael John Casey, Andy Brownstein, Todd Scofield, Amanda Forstrom, Bruce Alan Rauscher, Chris Stinson, Dylan Lynch, Henry Kramer, Jonathan Feuer, Richard Rohan, Jeff Allin, Terence Aselford, Ren Kasey, Lawrence Redmond, Andrew Quilpa, Michael Glenn, Nora Achrati, Bradley Smith, Christopher Walker, Nick DePinto, Mort Shelby.

©2008 Michael J. Sullivan (P)20217 Graphic Audio

Great Bad Guys

Wasn't sure what to expect on this one. The characters grow on you quickly as the story progresses from the initial plot onto one far deeper. The main cats are whitty and it kind of reminds me of the gentleman bastards. I usually do not like the dramatized books because of music and background noises but this one is done so well that i can't imagine it without. I have stsrted the second book as i am hooked. Well done by the writer and all the performers. Fuggin Awesome Job!!!

WORTH YOUR TIME

not only being intensely entertaining and well read the, sound affects envelop you and draw you in!

Did not enjoyed the 2nd book as much

I quite enjoyed the first book of this series. However, the second book left me a bit unsure and I don't think I will continue the series. There isn't much character development for the two main protagonists. We got more backstory and character developments on side characters than we do on our main MCs. There are things done in the second book that made no sense to me. But there was one scene in book 2 that really bother me. SPOILER ALERT: In the second book, the two MCs are helping a village defeat a magical creature that had been terrorizing and killing the village. At one point, one of the two MCs went into the elven tower to retrieve part of a sword needed to kill the creature (which turns out to be unnecessary because it was killed by only half of the sword) as well as saving the captured princess. Came with him was a wizard. Anyways, the creature flew off down to the village where the other MC is. Instead of returning to help out his companion, he pretty much left his companion to face the creature alone and potentially die after the wizard pretty much told him "oh he is probably dead anyways". This was the companion he supposedly always has his back. At this point, all of the characters start to feel like devices to move the plot along instead of fully fleshed-out characters which makes me don't care to follow their story.

I did enjoy the narration and all of the voice actings with sound effects/music. I think if I have read the book, I would have never finished the second one.

The fast past and sound cast amazing book

The fast paced and sound and cast amazing books. Adrian was awesome and unique and the librarian was funny thinking there was a blue horse

predictable but fun

setting the rest of the series up for an epic scope has me eager to read more. I feel like this is geared towards younger reads with how obvious the author makes plot points though. the plot so far has been easy to guess, but a few twists have kept me on my toes.

I also wish the author would explain the systems of magic, given the wizard has no hands to cast, but still can?