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  • The Diamond Throne

  • The Elenium, Book 1
  • By: David Eddings
  • Narrated by: Greg Abby
  • Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (533 ratings)

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The Diamond Throne

By: David Eddings
Narrated by: Greg Abby
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Summary

Sparhawk, the Pandion Knight and Queen's Champion, returns from a long spell of exile to find his native land overrun with evil and intrigue, and his young queen grievously ill. Indeed, Ehlana lies magically entombed within a block of crystal, doomed to die unless a cure can be found within a year.

But as Sparhawk and his allies - who include Sephrenia, the ageless sorceress, and Flute, the strange and powerful girl-child - seek to save Ehlana and the land, they discover that the evil is even greater and more pervasive than they had feared.

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Critic reviews

"[A] graceful, fluid style of storytelling." ( Publishers Weekly)
"[Eddings] draws once more on his particular strengths, combining heroic yet humorous characters with exotic settings and tangled politics to create a fast-moving fantasy that will appeal to his large readership." ( Library Journal)

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Old school fantasy but with terrible narrator

I read this many years ago, thought it would be good and nostalgic to revisit on audible. The story itself is still good, classic fantasy but the writing is abit dated now. Still enjoyable if it wasn't for the narrator, I don't know who thought he was a good choice as he is terrible. Might be me being English but I struggle with American narrators. The voices he puts on are all similar variations and some are just downright annoying, which is even more annoying when it's a main character. They should have got someone like Sean Barret, Simon Ambrose or Steven Pacey to do it.

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Dreadful narration

We'll gloss over the monotone delivery and minimal characterisation and get straight to the thing I can't get over.

The narrator pronounces the word "worship" as if it was a naval destroyer, he says "warship". It's infuriating and the crowning glory of a dreadful performance.

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Good book, horrendous narrator

as the title says, almost unlistenable bacause of the narrator.
He has the most monotone voice that makes it almost impossible to differentiate between characters and if it is supposed to be an intense scene or just a normal conversation,

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sparhawk

OK but could've been better a female voice for the female roles for instance

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Epic Fantasy

This is an good book, join Sparhawk and his companions in the quest to find an cure for Queen Ehlana who has been poisoned. Recommended!

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Pure BOMBASTIC fantasy

Could not get over the narration and the level of fantasy thrown at you from the beginning.
The narration is awful, way to bombastic.
You can take a listen in the sample and see if you can stand it.

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Humour

This kind of humour just makes the story so enjoyable the interaction between the characters I find fun and believable

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Awful narration

One of my favourite series ruined by truly awful story telling. Lasted 2 chapters before I quit it.

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I wish I'd read the reviews....... 😒

Brilliant story line, absolutely awful narrative!!! Merlin crossed with a spaghetti western springs to mind!!!

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This should be a fantasy classic!

absolutely an awesome story, knights, magic and a really nice twists. keeps me coming back to it. This version is really nicely read, I am about miffed about the random music bits at the beginning of some chapters.

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