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  • The Sapphire Rose

  • The Elenium, Book 3
  • By: David Eddings
  • Narrated by: Greg Abby
  • Length: 21 hrs and 20 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (191 ratings)

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The Sapphire Rose

By: David Eddings
Narrated by: Greg Abby
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Finally, the knight Sparhawk had come to possess Bhelliom, legendary jewel of magic that alone could save Queen Ehlana from the deadly poison that had felled her father. Sparhawk and Sephrenia, ageless instructor in Styric magics, made haste to free Ehlana from the crystalline cocoon that had preserved her life while they desperately sought a cure.

But Bhellion carried dangers of its own. Once the stone came into his hands, Sparhawk found himself stalked by a dark, lurking menace. Whether the foul Zemoch god Azash was behind this threat, or some other enemy, even Sephrenia could not say - only that the sapphire rose held powers too dangerous for any mortal to bear.

Restoring Queen Ehlana would only be the beginning of Sparhawk's mission. With the aid of four stalwart knights, one from each Militant Order, he must thwart Ehlana's poisoner, the Primate Annias, in his plot to assume the throne of the Church. For, as Archprelate, Annias would serve his secret master, Azash, and deliver up to the dread god the one thing Azash thirsted for - Bhelliom itself!

©1991 David Eddings (P)2008 Audible, Inc.

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"Eddings should satisfy his many fans with the final volume of his Elenium fantasy trilogy, an adroit mixture of the exalted and the mundane." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Oh this is even worse. ruined a brilliant book

ok, first two books read by this performer where poorly served.
this book us even worse with an audible add in the middle of it... we pay for these books to be read, not adds

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Irritating pronunciation by the narrator

Great books by the master Eddings. The narrator constantly mispronounced words like Basalt, influence and even Roof and Hoof. It just detracts and you wonder what he was thinking.

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Another Great Eddings Fable

Great story by Eddings.
Although it takes a little while to get used to the narrator he grows on you. Some of the pronunciation is interesting / comical but he is consistent.

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Stands the test of time

Story is still great, even after this time. David Eddings adds just the right amount of humour and his characters are consistent, no WTF moments because the actions if a character di not make sense. They do interesting things that seem out of character but makes sense in the moment. Skill of a good author. Enjoyed the narrator also.

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The final book of The Elenium

Great story by Eddings ruined by poor narration and very questionable production. Greg Abby's constant mispronouncing of words, e.g. Gnome (the G is silent yet he uses it????) is ridiculous and makes me wonder why the production staff didn't do something about it. Abby's silly female portrayals seem to become confused at times and are totally unnecessary.

Glad I persisted to conclude the trilogy BUT I'm relived to be past this poor attempt of narration.

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Awesome story, sub par narration

This is a fantastic story, but the author’s mispronunciations had a tendency to trip me up. He pronounces worship as warship, which gives the theological discussions a very different twist. Also pronounced roof as ruff, apricot as Appricot, and there were quite a few other silly ones. I’m hoping the next Trilogy is a different narrator. This story deserved better.

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sapphire rose bk 3

In this book all that has been building up to comes to its conclusion

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not a bad read

good but the pronunciation of 1 word drives me insane and it gets repeated quite often through the book.
Ramshorn. it should be pronounced, Rams-horn.
it's annoying because it's even described as a sheep's horn throughout.

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Again the mispronunciations distract from the story

Enjoyed the conclusion to this trilogy, but the narrator still mispronounces words - weapons are apparently kept in a cachet not a cache- and now randomly speeds up, quite markedly at some points. Maybe he’s had enough and just wants to rush to the end. He often forgets to stop the character voice so says “he said” in the same voice he just said it in. The other really annoying habit is not to apply the emotion. For example the story says ‘and why should we, she said with deep contempt’ but he just states it without the contempt. I’ll actually make a note to avoid any books with this narrator.

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A classic fantasy favourite

The whole of this series is enjoyable from start to finish. David Eddings created a fascinating medieval-inspired world full of knights, royalty, gods and magic and brought it to life with a classic epic quest fantasy storyline interwoven with light hearted humour and loveable characters. A favourite!

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