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A Darkness Returns

The Dragonwar Saga, Book 1

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A Darkness Returns

By: Raymond E. Feist
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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As worlds collide…

Hatushaly, last scion of the Firemane dynasty, his beloved Hava, and their dubious friend Donte have been transported across space and time from the war-torn world of Garn to the relative peace of Midkemia.

There, on Sorcerer's Isle, under the guidance of the magician Magnus and his erstwhile father Pug, in his reincarnated form, Hatu will explore and expand his unique magical abilities.

With the evil Pride Lords defeated, the Church of the One has risen to bring death and destruction to his home world. The Church is sending forces against Marquensas, where Daylon is now king, and Declan Smith finds himself suddenly and unexpectedly raised to the status of prince and war commander.

But an even greater menace than the Church of the One lies in wait, a creature from the Void, bent on the destruction of all living things.

Pug, Nakor and Magnus will need to join forces with Hatu, Hava and Declan if they are to save the worlds of Midkemia and Garn from everlasting darkness…

A spectacular new epic series from the globally bestselling author of MAGICIAN.

©2024 Raymond E. Feist (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers
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Magic

I liked how atushalie continued to grow in power and abilities and that pig and the others returned

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nearly 20 yrs later and I'm still hooked.

I think it was 2005 when I first read Magician and I was hooked not even half way through the first chapter and I am still as excited for the next 1 now as I was back then.

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Another great one by Feist

I am loving how Hatushali's story connects with Magnus, Pug and Nakkor. The only thing I find a bit annoying is how, having listened to all the books in the Magician series, this narrator pronounces names and places differently. It took me a while to get used to Crydee now not being Crydee and Midkemia not being pronounced the same way as in the other 28 books. But that's it, the narrator does an excellent job.

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Quick moving, action filled and entertaining.

Good story with likeable characters. The story jumps around a bit but does all tie in nicely in the end.

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Great characters, and a brilliant beginning to an epic tale

Story is fantastic. Narrator was good, but sometimes too quiet to hear. I felt that he needed to up his volume a bit even if the characters were speaking quietly.

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Great book, felt a tad rushed

My only issue was the big bad of the book was defeated within a 2 minute action sequence. Great book just felt a little ripped off. Where’s my “Hatu going crazy firemane berserk moment”

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man's good

good book. worth reading. hits the nostalgia in the right places. typing to hit that 15 minimum words cause I just want to recommend this book

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It was rushed.

30 years ago I was introduced to pug/macros the black. A well written series of books building on one of my favourite magicians of all time.
Unfortunately this story was rushed, left me scratching my head as to why. Hatu goes from zero to hero with a thought and no real building of the character! I really didn’t like this book.

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Terribly Read

If you're going to pay someone to read the book out loud and publish the result, make sure they take a few minutes to do some research and actually know how to correctly pronounce the names and places in the story. The butchery of the reading completely ruined this story for me. Take a few minutes and do your job correctly instead of being lazy and making it up as you go.

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Amazing Story

I really enjoyed this but struggled to get past alot if the mispronunciation of names and places. while I understand narrators will come and go during such a long series they could have listened to earlier books to hear how to pronounce them.

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