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The Sapphire Rose

The Elenium, Book 3

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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. Fantasy Scary

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

sapphire rose bk 3

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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.

Stands the test of time

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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.

Another Great Eddings Fable

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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.

Irritating pronunciation by the narrator

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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

Oh this is even worse. ruined a brilliant book

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The story flows so well with good characters and the vocalisations add another level to the immersion.

vocalisations

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I do really like the Sparhawk stories though. Excellent dialogue and very engaging characters. Brilliant!

David Eddings is excellent!

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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!

A classic fantasy favourite

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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.

Awesome story, sub par narration

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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.

Again the mispronunciations distract from the story

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