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The Red Knight

An epic historical fantasy with action, dragons and war, a must read for GAME OF THRONES fans

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The Red Knight

By: Miles Cameron
Narrated by: Matthew Wolf
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 Forget George and the Dragon. Forget Sir Lancelot and tales of Knightly exploits. This is dirty, bloody work. This is violent, visceral action. This is a mercenary knight as you've never seen one before.

Twenty eight florins a month is a huge price to pay, for a man to stand between you and the Wild.

Twenty eight florins a month is nowhere near enough when a wyvern's jaws snap shut on your helmet in the hot stink of battle, and the beast starts to rip the head from your shoulders. But if standing and fighting is hard, leading a company of men - or worse, a company of mercenaries - against the smart, deadly creatures of the Wild is even harder.

It takes all the advantages of birth, training, and the luck of the devil to do it.

The Red Knight has all three, he has youth on his side, and he's determined to turn a profit. So when he hires his company out to protect an Abbess and her nunnery it's just another job. The abbey is rich, the nuns are pretty and the monster preying on them is nothing he can't deal with.

Only it's not just a job. It's going to be a war ...

Read by Matthew Wolf

(p) 2013 Hachette Audio©2012 Miles Cameron Dark Fantasy Epic Fantasy Fiction Historical Military Classics Dragons

Critic Reviews

Terrific medieval fantasy with three-dimensional characters, realistic battle scenes, intricate plotting and attention to the minutiae of medieval life.
Want to know what it would really be like to fight a dragon on horseback? These are the books for you.
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I usually hate too many POVs. I can even say I lost a bit of interest in while I was reading George Martin A Song of Fire and Ice series (don’t get me wrong I love the series). Somehow got hooked despite all of the povs it was all interesting. The main character is also very likable. I suggest this book to anyone who likes fantasy genre

A Great Read So Far

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The first two books are narrated excellently by Matthew Wolf.

From the Third book onward the Narrator is replaced and the performance/mixing/audio quality drops significantly. I had to abandon this series due to this change.

This is a real shame because the first two books were fantastic to listen to.

BE AWARE If You are Looking For A New Series

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It's pronounced WHY-VERN
Not 'wiiven'

Aside from that little issue it's great.
9.9/10 would listen to again

Great list but there is just one niggling peeve

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I really enjoyed this book. The story was fantastic and well written with 'historical' accuracy in relation to knight armor and weapons it seems. Good battles and sorcery with lots of creatures! The narrator was brilliant. In fact, I would say this writer/narrator team are close to being as good as my favorites Abercrombie/Pacey but alas Cameron/Wolf seem to only have Book 2 together before it appears another narrator takes over. I will go on to Book 2 and will attempt Book 3 even though the narrator is apparently different and reviews are not good. For now, I can honestly say that this book/listen was wonderful!

Great Story and a great narrator too!

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Excellent narration, the characters actually have their own voice and accents so you can really put your self into the story.

Most of the books I prefer to read are single pov or a few povs, how ever this book had many character pov it jumped between. I was happily surprised that I enjoyed it! It was skillfully written in a tight sequence so I never felt that parts were added to catch up to the main characters and the entire book was a nice and smooth read

Wonderful!

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