Anvil of God

Book One of the Carolingian Chronicles

De: J. Boyce Gleason

Narrado por: Michelle Carmen Gomez

It is 741. After subduing the pagan religions in the east, halting the march of Islam in the west, and conquering the continent for the Merovingian kings, mayor of the palace Charles the Hammer has one final ambition - the throne. Only one thing stands in his way - he is dying.

Charles cobbles together a plan to divide the kingdom among his three sons, betroth his daughter to a Lombard prince to secure his southern border, and keep the Church unified behind them through his friend Bishop Boniface. Despite his best efforts, the only thing to reign after Charles's death is chaos. His daughter has no intention of marrying anyone, let alone a Lombard prince. His two eldest sons question the rights of their younger pagan stepbrother, and the Church demands a steep price for their support. Son battles son, Christianity battles paganism, and Charles's daughter flees his court for an enemy's love.

Based on a true story, Anvil of God is a whirlwind of love, honor, sacrifice, and betrayal that follows a bereaved family's relentless quest for power and destiny.

©2013 J. Boyce Gleason (P)2019 J. Boyce Gleason

The narrator

Despite the fact that It has more battle scenes than I usually, like Anvil shed some light on a lesser known period of history. The narrator, however, mispronounced so many words I won’t read the second book.

Compelling story despite the narration

The narrator was flat and seemed to struggle with the performance but the story was interesting enough to keep me listening. I intend to continue the series. I wish that the characters could have been brought to life because they were well written and the plot was fascinating.

Great Story! So so Narrator!

I was totally captivated by the story told in Anvil of God. J. Boyce Gleason has a winner on his hands. I can't wait to read his next installment in the Carolingian Chronicles. I found the story and character development to be fabulous. I am a history buff, and you can really see how much research Gleason has put into his settings, character plots and developments. The only fault I found in the audio recording is the narrator, but that is my opinion. Keep up the good work, J. Boyce Gleason, your storytelling is wonderful.

Too graphic

This book was too graphic, sexually and with violence. Would not recommend this novel to friends or family.

Not Ken Follett

My wife and I have listened to several books while traveling in our motor home. Ken Follett as great. Reviews of this title suggested this as similarity good, not so! The reader is hard to listen to. We have listened to 34% and have stopped. Had we tried this on the road, road noise would have made this impossible. I am not sure how to return an Audible book, as I never have, I am though going to find out. The story may be ok to read , but the Audible version is a mistake.
Hugh Rhine

Horrible

The performance was so terrible I couldn't even finish the first chapter
I don't even know if the story is good

Poor performance

Story line difficult to follow because audio performance is poor. There are many characters but the readers voice inflections never change for each character. A disappointment from what was advertised

Can’t finish

Even though I’m interested in this story, I can’t finish due to the lacklustre narration. I have listened to so many stellar readings of books, this is just too boring for me. Sorry. I may get back to it later.