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  • Lord of the Silver Bow

  • Troy, Book 1
  • By: David Gemmell
  • Narrated by: Thomas Judd
  • Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (400 ratings)
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Lord of the Silver Bow

By: David Gemmell
Narrated by: Thomas Judd
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Summary

Three lives will change the destiny of nations. Helikaon, the young prince of Dardania, haunted by a scarred and traumatic childhood. The priestess Andromache, whose fiery spirit and fierce independence threatens the might of kings. And the legendary warrior Argurios, cloaked in loneliness and driven only by thoughts of revenge.

In Troy they find a city torn apart by destructive rivalries - a maelstrom of jealousy, deceit and murderous treachery. And beyond its fabled walls blood-hungry enemies eye its riches and plot its downfall. It is a time of bravery and betrayal; a time of bloodshed and fear. A time for heroes.

©2017 David Gemmell (P)2018 Orion Publishing Group

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Weak plot, predictable storyline

I am not sure who this book is aimed at. If it weren't for some sexual content, I would plug the target audience as "young teens dipping their toes in adult fiction". It isn't a grown-up book. Characters are Bronze Age, but their natures are imbued with very modern and western sensibilities and thus lose credibility. They lack depth and nuance. The plot is entirely predictable. I listened all the way to the end for the right to say "told you so". The reading is good. Clear and well modulated. I could listen to the reader again, just not reading this series.

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Excellent story, narrator a bit weak

Excellent story, narrator a bit weak. I love this trilogy so will persevere, but the narrator is a bit grating. His delivery is quite flat and women's voices are not his strong point. A shame, as it really is an excellent book.

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David Gemmell

David Gemmell what can I say absolutely brilliant. when David died the world lost a great story teller.

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Great fantasy book familiar Greek myths fresh view

Fantastic book. Familiar backdrop of the Greek myths told a new by David Gemmell.

I loved it so much I bought the 2nd book before I finished this one so I could give stright into part 2.

Swords, battles, gods, love, blood; all the right ingredients of a classic fantasy novel spun together in a new modern voice by words-smith Gemmell.

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Beautifully written but awful narration.

I read this trilogy a decade ago and have waited all that time for the audiobook. The narration is tedious with little expression, just a rhythmic reading with so many mispronunciations that it grates on the nerves. I still bought all three books as my Mother's eyesight is so bad that she can no longer read and I have wanted her to hear one of the greatest modern versions of the Trojan War for a long time. If you can put up with the narration you will get to enjoy Gemmell's best work by far.
He brings the oldest written story alive with characters you not only invest in but fall in love with. The age of heroes and of love.
It is worth investing in the written version of you haven't already, that way you will picture the Tojan world in your own way and understand the characters even more as the narrator doesn't do them justice.
I still give a good rating for the story alone.

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awesome

great book and very well read with good accents, greeks aounding english is great !!!

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brilliant

I thought this was a very enjoyable version of the events that might have taken place around the time of King Priam and Troy!

The story was very well told and extremely enjoyable
Thank you! David!

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What an amazing book!

Great characters, particularly the heroic but vengeful "Golden One". His portrayal of love and friendship is bitter sweet; glorious yet tinged with sadness. Could not put this book down!

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Secularising the myths

When confronted with a gargantuan diy task this summer, I chose the Troy trilogy as my escapist fantasy while I performed acts of redecorating heroism. I loved David Gemmell's Waylander series, his prose has a melancholic, elegiac, turn of phrase and he doesn't seem to have the extremely low opinion of human kind that George R R Martin's insists on illustrating at every possible twist and turn of his admittedly brilliant realised vision. How refreshing it was to discover an ancient world where no supernatural things happen whatsoever (save Cassandra's prescience, which is so well done you never see the culmination of that character's arc until the very end). There are no gods or monsters save the darker nature of some of the villains and the heroes. A simply stunning secularised retelling of the Illiad, the Aeneid and aspects of the Odyssey without any divine guiding hands. Brilliantly drawn characters wrestle with superstitions and human foibles as they seek to negotiate a treacherous recognizable political reality. Some very famous legendary characters, Odysseus, King Priam, Hector, Achilles and King Agememnon interweave with Gemell's literary creations and all are giving spectacular revisioning (save Agememnon who remains a trenchant villain). Helen is given a total makeover but remains the de facto cause of the war. She has a character arc and a nobility that far outweighs her miserable fat in the myth. Helekaion is a brilliant central figure who's both cruel an noble, but Gemell finds the heroic in most of his characters. Moving, stunning, brilliant. A magical secular reworking of much loved legends. The narrator has many convincing regional british accents to draw from and his northern irish accent was pure Stephen Rae. If you love greek mythology, love being transported to a fully realised ancient mediteranean world, you'll simply love the twists and turns in this expertly realised series. I didn't want it to end.

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Great book, bland narrator.

I read this trilogy a couple of years ago and as I don’t have much free time anymore, decided to buy the audiobooks in order to enjoy them again.

The story is still as great as it always has been, however the narration is terrible. Having listened to other audiobooks on here and heard how well they can be performed, this trilogy has really missed out on its potential as an audiobook. For some reason they opted to have someone read it who barely makes an effort to change his voice to give him 4 or 5 different tones/accents to serve hundreds and hundreds of pages worth of dialogue and characters.

If you can stomach the tedium of that then you will enjoy a great series of books which do deserve re-reading every now and then. If you can’t, then buy the paper/kindle versions and you won’t be sorry.

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