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The Way of Kings
- The Stormlight Archive, Book 1
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer, Kate Reading
- Length: 45 hrs and 29 mins
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Summary
According to mythology, mankind used to live in 'The Tranquiline Halls': heaven. But then the Voidbringers assaulted and captured heaven, casting out God and men. Men took root on Roshar, the world of storms, but the Voidbringers followed. The Almighty gave men powerful suits of armor and mystical weapons, the Shardblades. Led by 10 angelic Heralds and 10 orders of knights known as Radiants, mankind finally won (or so the legends say).
Today the only remnants of those supposed battles are the Shardblades, the possession of which makes a man nearly invincible on the battlefield. The entire world is at war with itself - and has been for centuries since the Radiants turned against mankind. Kings strive to win more Shardblades, each secretly wishing to be the one who will finally unite all of mankind under a single throne.
On a world scoured down to the rock by terrifying hurricanes, a young spearman is forced into the army of a Shardbearer, led to war against an enemy he doesn't understand and doesn't really want to fight.
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- M
- 01-02-14
Excellent story, well worth a listen
Very engaging, well paced story that trots along keeping you listening for more. This being my second book of Sanderson's but my first fantasy read, I am now, without doubt hooked. Sanderson creates very inventive "magic" worlds with very engaging characters that allow you to explore that world. Micheal Kramer is great but Kate Reading is absolutely abysmal; at her worse she sounds like a really awful droning computer generated voice that has almost no expressive inflection, has terrible timing and no natural rhythm. She sounds incredibly robotic and truly annoying. I really do hope that she is not included in the next book in the series . That said it's still worth suffering through her chapters as Micheal Kramer reads the majority of the book and the story is definitely very worthwhile despite this. So, be warned but not put off spending a credit on this listen (plus it's very decent value for money)
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- Locke
- 04-08-16
Great story
Great story, I love the imagery. Michael Kramer works really well as the narrator, but I struggled with Kate Reading. she always sounds frantic and stresses sentences that don't need it. It adds unneeded tension and drama to scenes I envisage as being quite calm. It just pulls you out of an otherwise fantastic story.
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- loke
- 08-09-17
Poor audio performance by Kate Reading
If you could sum up The Way of Kings in three words, what would they be?
Catchy, exciting and well written.
What did you like best about this story?
Brandon Sanderson managed to enthrall me all the way untill the end. I never anticipated what was going to happen in the story.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Kate Reading's voice in the audiobook was crisp which made it annoying to listen to. It made the part where she read less exciting than the rest.
Michael Kramer did an extremely good job as a narrator.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Haha, hell no. Way to long for that.
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- caleb pakeman
- 16-01-22
Couldn't put it down!
I work as a food courier, so I enjoyed listening to this on the go for hours! Finished it within the week, and I'm excited for the next book, Words of Radiance
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- Adam Bennett
- 24-04-19
Amazing book but did not enjoy the narration
I wasn't a fan of the narrators at all but thats just personal preference. I continued reading the book and it's fantastic. Well worth a listen if you like the narrators, if not I highly recommend reading the book.
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- Kexin
- 07-04-13
absolutely epic
Although a moderately slow start, the way of kings will not disappoint. Brandon Sanderson does a fantastic job in creating the world in this novel and spectacularly delivers in all aspects be it character development, plot twists, detailed narratives, and character interaction. The voice of Kramer and Reading does a fantastic job of breathing life into each character. However there are one or two instances where pronunciation of certain names and places differ between the two narrators therefore it may cause some confusion.
the narration is 45 hours ling and is worth every single penny. Probably the most value for money book on audible. This narration include BOTH part one and two of book 1 of the storm light archive.
Brandon Sanderson's best work yet! Can't wait for the next installment.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-06-18
amazing!
from story to performance an a amazing journey I'm sticking to this book series simply fantastic
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- Mattias
- 29-01-19
Probably the best book I've ever "Read".
Hours and hours of buildup made me wondering where this was going but it was so worth it. Love the story development and the depth of all the characters.
Looking forward to part 2!
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-02-19
Epic fantasy story
An epic story that I would recommend to anyone and everyone 10 out of 10
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- Mike Hancock
- 20-09-19
Amazing
Fantastic storytelling. Only minor negative on performance is it would be great if voice actors on the same book got together to agree pronunciations of names beforehand. There are a few occasions where they discuss the same character or place but pronounce the name completely differently.
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