Spellmonger
Spellmonger, Book 1
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Spellmonger
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Verteld door:
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John Lee
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Van:
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Terry Mancour
Nominee, Audie Awards - Fantasy, 2018
Minalan gave up a promising career as a professional warmage to live the quiet life of a village spellmonger in the remote mountain valley of Boval. It was a peaceful, beautiful little fief, far from the dangerous feudal petty squabbles of the Five Duchies, on the world of Callidore. There were cows. Lots of cows. And cheese.
For six months things went well: He found a quaint little shop, he befriended the local lord, the village folk loved him, he found a sharp young apprentice to help out, and, best yet, he met a comely young widow with the prettiest eyes.
Then one night Minalan is forced to pick up his mageblade again to defend his adopted home from the vanguard of an army of goblins - gurvani, they call themselves - bent on a genocidal crusade against all mankind. And that was the good news. The bad news was that their shamans were armed with more magical power than has been seen since the days of the ancient Imperial Magocracy - and their leader, a mysterious, vengeful force of hate and dark magic, is headed directly to Boval Vale, along with a massive invading army of gurvani. The good people of Boval and their spellmonger have only one choice: To hole up in the over-sized Boval Castle and hope they can endure a siege against hundreds of thousands of goblins.
When the people look to him for hope, Minalan does his best, but the odds are depressing: There are multitudes of goblins, and they want Boval Vale as a staging ground for a vengeful invasion of the whole Five Duchies. Add to his troubles a jealous rival mage, a motley band of mercenaries, a delusional liege lord who insists victory is at hand despite the hordes at his door, a dour castellan, a moody, pregnant girlfriend, and a catty ex-girlfriend who specializes in sex magic - all trapped in a stinking, besieged castle with no hope of rescue, and you'll understand why Minalan is willing to take his chances with the goblins.
All that stands between the gurvani horde and the people of the Five Duchies is one tired, overwhelmed baker's son who wanted nothing more than to be a simple village spellmonger.
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I had high hopes that the story and characters would materialize more in the later parts of the book, however that's when it really breaks down. I've already seen that there are many books in this series, so maybe it starts gathering steam later an, but this first glimpse unfortunately has scared me off.
The performance by narrator John Lee however is beyond reproach and lends even the most mundane passages a weighty feel.
Mediocre and dragging
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Spellmonger as the first book in The Spellmonger series is probably one of the, if no the, weakest installment of the series. Nonetheless it is a first step into a great world (getting bigger and greater as Mancour expands the franchise). The Spellmonger is for you, if you like promising things getting started and are okay with them taking their time getting finished. This goes for the series itself and the stories in the books. There are projects in the books (like castle and town building, side stories etc. ) that are started in book one and not resolved or finished in book 10.
As others have pointed out, the depictions of female/male relationships in the series is problematic. The fact that Mancour describes a feudal society historically excuses some of that but not all of it. Female characters, even the strong and inspiring ones, tend to get reduced to their private parts quite some time. Although the same goes for the male characters, so one could argue, that Mancour just identifies sexuality as a strong human motivation.
The series is well written and wonderfully read, i had no trouble listening to it for hours on end.
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Solid story that makes you want to continue listening, which is all I'm asking for in a story. We can't all be Gaimans.. .
Solid story but mediocre reading
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