Immortalis, Part 1: The Demon Wars | |||||
R.A. Salvatore | |||||
Multi-cast production, adaptation | |||||
GraphicAudio, 7 hours | |||||
A review by Gil T. Wilson
He also uses his world-building skills to create several forms of government and develop various religious
doctrines which interact with the characters to provide conflict and motivation for the actions of various
personalities. This gives the characters depth and allows them to grow throughout the series. Often,
excitement within the story occurs when heroes are the ones taking action while the government and
religion stand idly by and do nothing.
Throughout the adventures I have grown quite fond of the central characters. A favorite is Jilseponie (Pony)
who, as a child was left alone to die after goblins raided her town, eventually becomes Queen of the kingdom
of Honce-the-Bear. But now she finds herself in exile at the hands of a son she thought had died in
childbirth and is determined to uncover the mystery of how and why this is happening to her and her kingdom.
There is also Bellimar Juraviel, an elf that trains rangers to protect the humans of the Land of Corona. Now
in love with one of his lost kinsfolk, he looks forward to the arrival of their first child and hopes to
reunite the lost clan of the Doc'alfar with that of his own elven people, the Touel'alfar. But the new
king of Honce-the-Bear may be a threat to elven as well as human kingdoms.
As for the new King Aydrian, his murderous past starts to haunt him when he awakes from dreams of those
coming back whom he has slain. But that does not seem to keep him from plans of future conquest and
reformation of the Abellican church.
As usual with this series, the first part ends with many unanswered questions, leaving the listener
anxious to begin the second part. The nice thing about listening to these audiobook productions from
GraphicAudio is that they are divided into six or seven hour installments. This helps break up the
action and offers listeners a breather before plunging into the excitement and turmoil of the next
adventure. The drama is made more exciting through the superb production from GraphicAudio. They
use excellent voice actors that not only express the emotion and action of the characters at the
moment, but also seem to be able to express the character's history that led to this moment in
time. The music and sound effects also move you along through the saga, leaving you on the edge
of your seat for the entire run. So strap in and enjoy this beginning of the end of the saga.
Gil T. has spent a quarter of a century working in radio and has lots of spare time on his hands and reading or listening to books takes up all that time. Check out his blog to find out what he's up to at any given moment. |
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