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The Diamond Throne

The Elenium, Book 1

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The Diamond Throne

By: David Eddings
Narrated by: Greg Abby
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 Sparhawk, the Pandion Knight and Queen's Champion, returns from a long spell of exile to find his native land overrun with evil and intrigue, and his young queen grievously ill. Indeed, Ehlana lies magically entombed within a block of crystal, doomed to die unless a cure can be found within a year.

But as Sparhawk and his allies - who include Sephrenia, the ageless sorceress, and Flute, the strange and powerful girl-child - seek to save Ehlana and the land, they discover that the evil is even greater and more pervasive than they had feared.

Listen to another gem in David Edding's Elenium series.©1989 David Eddings (P)2008 Audible, Inc. Fantasy Fiction Royalty

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Critic reviews

"[A] graceful, fluid style of storytelling." ( Publishers Weekly)
"[Eddings] draws once more on his particular strengths, combining heroic yet humorous characters with exotic settings and tangled politics to create a fast-moving fantasy that will appeal to his large readership." ( Library Journal)
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I read this many years ago, thought it would be good and nostalgic to revisit on audible. The story itself is still good, classic fantasy but the writing is abit dated now. Still enjoyable if it wasn't for the narrator, I don't know who thought he was a good choice as he is terrible. Might be me being English but I struggle with American narrators. The voices he puts on are all similar variations and some are just downright annoying, which is even more annoying when it's a main character. They should have got someone like Sean Barret, Simon Ambrose or Steven Pacey to do it.

Old school fantasy but with terrible narrator

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We'll gloss over the monotone delivery and minimal characterisation and get straight to the thing I can't get over.

The narrator pronounces the word "worship" as if it was a naval destroyer, he says "warship". It's infuriating and the crowning glory of a dreadful performance.

Dreadful narration

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as the title says, almost unlistenable bacause of the narrator.
He has the most monotone voice that makes it almost impossible to differentiate between characters and if it is supposed to be an intense scene or just a normal conversation,

Good book, horrendous narrator

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OK but could've been better a female voice for the female roles for instance

sparhawk

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This is an good book, join Sparhawk and his companions in the quest to find an cure for Queen Ehlana who has been poisoned. Recommended!

Epic Fantasy

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Could not get over the narration and the level of fantasy thrown at you from the beginning.
The narration is awful, way to bombastic.
You can take a listen in the sample and see if you can stand it.

Pure BOMBASTIC fantasy

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This kind of humour just makes the story so enjoyable the interaction between the characters I find fun and believable

Humour

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One of my favourite series ruined by truly awful story telling. Lasted 2 chapters before I quit it.

Awful narration

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Glued to every moment and enjoyed the portrayal of each character. On to the next..

Superbly performed

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There is a wide range of narrator quality on Audible, but this is one of the worst. Flat, dull and lifeless, sucks the joy out of a really entertaining story. Cannot understand why someone listened to this guy and said “Yep, that’s the one!”.

Please will someone re-record this?

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