Black Prism (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Lightbringer Saga, Book 1, Part 1

By: Brent Weeks

Narrated by: full cast, Richard Rohan, Joe Brack, Christopher Scheeren, Kimberly Gilbert, Karen Novak, Lilly David, Lily Beacon, Andy Clemence, David Coyne, Steven Carpenter, Drew Kopas

Gavin Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. But Prisms never last and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live: Five years to achieve five impossible goals.  

But when Guile discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must decide how much he's willing to pay to protect a secret that could tear his world apart.

Performed by Richard Rohan, Joe Brack, Christopher Scheeren, Kimberly Gilbert, Karen Novak, Lilly David, Lily Beacon, Andy Clemence, David Coyne, Steven Carpenter, Drew Kopas, Eric Messner, Elizabeth Jernigan, Ken Jackson, Jeff Allin, Tim Getman, Dylan Lynch, Yazmin Tuazon, Terence Aselford, Michael John Casey, Scott McCormick, Michael Glenn, Nanette Savard, Ren Casey, Colleen Delany, Mort Shelby, James Lewis.

©2010 Brent Weeks (P)2011 Graphic Audio, LLC

Love the story as always, but..

The sound effects are overwhelming and ultimately very distracting from the narrator and other performers. The rage goes to high and loud as to be uncomfortable (because the narration is eclipsed by the FX)

Go get the regular audiobook, I wish I could refund this one.

Love Brent Weeks !! Its been a while

Great Dramatization Part 1 went by in a blink. Only regret is I didnt save it fer a roadtrip.

the music can overpower the dialog sometimes

I love the story, however the sound engineer didn't balance out the music and sound effects with the dialog very well. Sometimes I couldn't, or struggled to, hear the narrative.

Chill on the SFX

Good story overall, good performance.
But maybe avoid having the sounds of pigs squealing be louder than the narrator for an entire chapter…

the damn music

lower the volume of the music and tell the narrator to slow tf down. the music is constantly blasting and the narrator is speed reading through one of my favorite stories.