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- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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- The Congruent Mage, Book 1
- By: Dave Schroeder
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 769
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 700
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 695
Young wizards coming of age in a time of war... Will they be ready? Eynon was excited to leave his village and set off on his wander year. He’d turned sixteen today, and hoped for at least a few adventures. At high noon, he arrived a crossroads and saw a shimmer of silver in the mud. It was a thin and dirty oval, about the size of his palm. He washed it with squirts of water from his goatskin, then marveled at what was revealed.
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4 out of 5 stars
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cliff hangers
- By Amazon Customer on 03-19-18
By: Dave Schroeder
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Shadow Prowler
- Chronicles of Siala, Book 1
- By: Alexey Pehov
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 394
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 295
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Story4 out of 5 stars 301
An army is gathering; thousands of giants, ogres, and other creatures are joining forces from all across the Desolate Lands, united, for the first time in history, under one, black banner. By the spring, or perhaps sooner, the Nameless One and his forces will be at the walls of the great city of Avendoom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This Thief will steal your time away
- By Joshua on 03-29-10
By: Alexey Pehov
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Ink Mage
- A Fire Beneath the Skin, Book 1
- By: Victor Gischler
- Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,709
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,463
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,468
In the first installment of the A Fire Beneath the Skin trilogy, the city of Klaar has never fallen. No enemy has ever made it across the Long Bridge or penetrated the city's mighty walls. Even when a powerful invading army shows up at the gates, the duke and his daughter, Rina Veraiin, are certain that it poses little threat. But they are cruelly betrayed from within and, in a horrific spasm of violence, the city is brought to its knees.
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5 out of 5 stars
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mixed feelings
- By Elvira on 10-28-15
By: Victor Gischler
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Quillifer
- Quillifer, Book 1
- By: Walter Jon Williams
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 147
Quillifer is young, serially in love, studying law, and living each day keenly aware that his beloved homeport of Ethlebight risks closure due to silting of the harbor. His concerns for the future become much more immediate when he returns from a summery assignation to find his city attacked by Aekoi pirates, leading to brigands in the streets and his family and friends in chains.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The opposite of George R R Martin (in a good way)
- By A reader on 10-30-17
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First Lessons
- Medieval Tale 1
- By: Lina J. Potter
- Narrated by: Tiffany Morgan
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 205
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 161
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 162
Being a genius Medical school graduate and a sporty and active girl, Aliya dies suddenly in a car accident... only to find herself reborn in a completely different body in the middle of a half-ruined castle during Medieval times. While confused and dismayed, Aliya realizes she has been given a second chance in life - so she rolls up her sleeves and gets to work on restoring the castle and her new life.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Reads like a high school project
- By P on 07-04-20
By: Lina J. Potter
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Dark Lord of Derkholm
- Derkholm Series, Book 1
- By: Diana Wynne Jones
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 401
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 351
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 349
Mr. Chesney operates Pilgrim Parties, a tour group that takes paying participants into an outer realm where the inhabitants play frightening and foreboding roles. The time has come to end the staged madness...but can it really be stopped?
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of my Favorite Fantasy Books
- By Jake on 08-09-19
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A Bad Spell in Yurt
- The Royal Wizard of Yurt
- By: C. Dale Brittain
- Narrated by: Eric Vincent
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 80
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Story4 out of 5 stars 73
The tiny kingdom of Yurt is the perfect place - or so it seems - for someone who barely managed to graduate from the wizards' school, especially after all that embarrassment with the frogs. But Daimbert, newly hired Royal Wizard of Yurt, senses an evil spell at work. But who could be responsible? The beautiful young queen? Her flighty aunt? The dour chaplain? The old, retired Royal Wizard, who seems to know more than he's saying? Or someone from out of the castle's past?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eric Vincent did a great job
- By Connie on 10-22-13
By: C. Dale Brittain
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The Fairy Godmother
- Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, Book 1
- By: Mercedes Lackey
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,464
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,312
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,325
Elena Klovis was supposed to be her kingdom's Cinderella - until an accident of fate left her with a completely inappropriate prince! Determined not to remain with her stepfamily, Elena set out to get a new job - and ended up becoming the Fairy Godmother for the land. But "Breaking with Tradition" was no easy matter. True, she didn't have to sleep in the chimney, but she had to deal with arrogant, stuffed-shirt princes who kept trying to rise above their place in the tale.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An excellent start to a new series
- By Captain Skurvy on 01-16-13
By: Mercedes Lackey
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More Than a Game
- Fayroll 1
- By: Andrey Vasilyev
- Narrated by: Adrian Niro
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 155
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 144
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Story4 out of 5 stars 145
Tasked with a new assignment, journalist Harriton is given explicit orders to write a series of articles on the Virtual Gaming World of Fayroll and its developers. Harriton grudgingly accepts the assignment but soon finds himself enthralled by the virtual fantasy world and its amazing quests, unpredictable challenges and nearly endless possibilities.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Story seemed good but the reader...
- By Kindle Customer on 03-21-18
By: Andrey Vasilyev
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The Serpent Garden
- By: Judith Merkle Riley
- Narrated by: Alison Larkin
- Length: 18 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Susanna Dallet is the daughter of a Flemish painter and wife to a philandering husband, living in the court of Henry VIII. When her husband is murdered, Susanna is suddenly left with a household to provide for and nothing to her name. Her days of anonymity are over when Susanna finds that guild rules preventing women from working do not apply at the king’s court, and she manages to secure a position as a miniature-portrait painter. Before long, she has not only made a name for herself, she is close to those who surround Princess Mary. But even in this lofty company, Susanna is not safe....
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3 out of 5 stars
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DON'T FALL FOR THE PRINT VERSION AMAZON REVIEWS
- By The Louligan on 03-06-14
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Sabriel
- By: Garth Nix
- Narrated by: Tim Curry
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,258
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,008
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,001
Ever since she was a tiny child, Sabriel has lived outside the walls of the Old Kingdom, away from the random power of Free Magic, and away from the Dead who won't stay dead. But now her father, the Mage Abhorsen, is missing, and to find him Sabriel must cross back into that world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enraptured
- By T. HICKS on 06-20-09
By: Garth Nix
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A Vision of Light
- A Margaret of Ashbury Novel, Book 1
- By: Judith Merkle Riley
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 121
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 120
Margaret of Ashbury wants to write her life story. However, like most women in 14th-century England, she is illiterate. Three clerics contemptuously decline to be Margaret’s scribe, and only the threat of starvation persuades Brother Gregory, a Carthusian friar with a mysterious past, to take on the task. As she narrates her life, we discover a woman of startling resourcefulness.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Old fashioned heroine
- By Margaret on 06-22-13
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Glory Road
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,870
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,668
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,671
. C. “Scar” Gordon was on the French Riviera recovering from a tour of combat in Southeast Asia, but he hadn’t given up his habit of scanning the personals in the newspaper. One ad in particular leapt out at him: "Are you a coward? This is not for you. We badly need a brave man. He must be 23 to 25 years old, in perfect health, at least six feet tall, weigh about 190 pounds, fluent English with some French, proficient with all weapons, some knowledge of engineering and mathematics essential...."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heinlein's great story, a glorious spin by Pinchot
- By BRKyle on 09-19-12
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The Wide-Awake Princess
- By: E. D. Baker
- Narrated by: Emily Bauer
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 211
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 173
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 175
In this stand-alone fairy tale, Princess Annie is the younger sister to Gwen, the princess destined to be Sleeping Beauty. When Gwennie pricks her finger and the whole castle falls asleep, only Annie is awake, and only Annie-blessed (or cursed?) with being impervious to magic - can venture out beyond the rose-covered hedge for help. She must find Gwen's true love to kiss her awake. But who is her true love? The irritating Digby? The happy-go-lucky Prince Andreas, who is holding a contest to find his bride?
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4 out of 5 stars
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review by 10 year old AWESOME
- By T. R. Humperdink on 01-11-17
By: E. D. Baker
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Oath of Fealty
- Paladin's Legacy, Book 1
- By: Elizabeth Moon
- Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck
- Length: 17 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,131
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 933
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 937
Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter follows her dream of becoming a hero out of legend by running away to join the army. Military life and warfare aren't anything like she imagined - yet she holds to both her duty and her dreams. Sheepfarmer's Daughter, Divided Allegiance, and Oath of Gold tell of her rise to become the paladin who saves a kingdom. In this new trilogy, Paks's former comrades in Duke Phelan's Company assume new roles and the story turns to follow their adventures.
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4 out of 5 stars
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More Moon Magic
- By James on 04-20-10
By: Elizabeth Moon
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The Sword-Edged Blonde
- By: Alex Bledsoe
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,395
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,157
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,143
It should have been a case like any other: a missing princess, a king willing to pay in gold for her return. But before he realizes it, private investigator Eddie LaCrosse, a slightly shopworn sword jockey with a talent for discretion and detection, is swept up in a web of mystery and deceit involving a brutally murdered royal heir, a queen accused of an unspeakable crime, and the tragic past he thought he'd left behind.
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2 out of 5 stars
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No Redeeming Qualities
- By MightyMite68 on 09-27-20
By: Alex Bledsoe