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Storm Warning

Valdemar: The Mage Storms, Book 1

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Storm Warning

By: Mercedes Lackey
Narrated by: David Ledoux
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With her phenomenal Mage Winds trilogy, bestselling author Mercedes Lackey captivated fans across the country. Now in the first volume of the series sequel, she continues the same storyline, returning readers to a war-torn Valdemar in preparation to confront an ancient Eastern Empire - ruled by a monarch whose magical tactics by be beyond any sorcery known to the western kingdoms.

©1994 Mercedes R. Lackey (P)2012 Audible, Inc. Epic Fantasy Wizardry Magic Fantasy Epic Fiction Action & Adventure Royalty Historical
Engaging Storyline • Detailed Worldbuilding • Pleasant Voice • Interesting Characters • Favorite Trilogy • Good Accents

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Thought the story line started slow it made sense after you getting further in the plot.I increased the narrator speed and was more comfortable with listening. I will listen again, I also bought book 2 and ,. with the same narrator plan to speed up those also.

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Was Storm Warning worth the listening time?

Once the narrator was speeded up.

Story good but.Speed up your listening speed

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the story is a good one but I was disappointed. I was looking forward to reading about heralds and companions and there were none in this book.

no herald?

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I enjoyed this book, but probably just because I'd already read the prequel trilogies. alone this book wouldn't have been as entertaining, but I enjoyed it nonetheless

good, not as great as others

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The book itself is a good part of the whole Valdemaran tale; but, the storyteller this time is far less than I have come to expect related to these books. His voice is pleasant and mode of reading is decent, but he has changed the pronunciation of many names, cultures, places, peoples, etc. Add in the overdramatized and totally changed speech style he gives to various characters, the Performer himself becomes a distraction to the story.

A new Performer should be required to listen to the most recent story, at least, to maintain basics like pronunciations and speech styles for characters.

a good tale with a distracting performance

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The story is one I've read multiple times and love, so this review is for the narration.

The narrator has very odd pauses in his reading that occasionally cause inappropriate emphasis. Also there are words that are pronounced incorrectly. In addition, the voices he does for the non-human characters don't fit with their personalities. I think, with more direction he could have done better.

Narration is odd

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