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Prince of the Blood

By: Raymond E. Feist
Narrated by: Peter Joyce
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Set twenty years after the events of the Riftwar, Prince of the Blood follows the adventures of Prince Arutha's sons in the dangerously unstable Great Empire of Kesh.

Twenty years have passed since the end of the Riftwar.

Prince Borric conDoin and his twin brother Erland have been summoned back to their father’s court in Krondor. Prince Arutha has decided he needs to tame his spirited progeny and teach them statecraft and responsibility. Shortly after they arrive home, therefore, he orders them to Kesh, to represent the Isles at the Empress’ seventy-fifth jubilee. But before the new ambassadors depart, they are attacked.

The foiled assassin’s suicide reawakens fears that the Nighthawks – a brotherhood of killers for hire – are active once more. But the truth is far more disturbing: the assassin was a member of the Royal House of Kesh…

Despite the dangers, Borric and Erland’s mission continues, it being vital to sustaining the fragile peace between the two nations. But the brothers have little idea of the exotic world of Kesh, the strange players at this alien court, nor the hidden forces intent upon tearing the empire apart.

©1989 Raymond E. Feist (P)2014 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Action & Adventure Dark Fantasy Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Royalty

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“Epic scope… vivid imagination… a significant contribution to the growth of the field of fantasy.”
Washington Post

“Well-written… intelligent… intriguing.”
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Great Story, well written and we'll voiced. I have long searched for this series of audio books.

Brilliant

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It was good to see what has become of Prince Arutha and this is about his two sons - both on separate paths, -one a fugitive and one a future king--make their journey toward maturity, honor, and duty. It was a good story and a nice fantasy political thriller. Not gripping but an enjoyable read

enjoyable

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Not much, but the narrator has a limited voice range and accents. However he does read well

Story

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I think pronunciation is important.

for example, this narrator, amongst other discrepancies, miss pronounces combatants.

he says comba-tants rather than com-bat-ants. if I'm wrong, then my apologies but I like to listen to the kings English, not some evolutionary bastardisation that's occurred because his teacher was incorrect!! bad pronunciation in narration is as bad as bad spelling and grammar in writing. it takes away from the enjoyment of the story as I get fixated. especially when the word is repeated throughout the book!

I just wish some narrators could use a dictionary

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A couple of spots audio was jumbled or quiet but still great to listen to

Audio

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typically great story from Raymond Feist but let down by poor pronunciation of characters names.

Great story poor narration

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loved it all from start to the all encompassing story that weaved throught the other books in the series

the suspense

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loved the whole series so far. Absolutely great listens.
I would recommend this series to anybody

Great!

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I absolutely love this series, I think I must be on the 9th or 10th. Hopefully there's quite a few more to come 😊

awesome

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A great adventure to foreign lands transforms two boys into the future rulers they will become.

boys to men to rulers

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