Emissary

Name: Emissary
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Thomas Locke
ISBN: 9781490656304

Author: Thomas Locke

Series: Legends of the Realm #1

Narrator: John Keating

Unabridged: 10 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/06/2015

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic

Synopsis

Hyam is a likeable lad who will make a fine farmer someday. But he carries a burden few can fathom. As his mother slips toward death, she implores him to return to Long Hall, where he spent five years as an apprentice. It was there that Hyam's extraordinary capacity for mastering languages came to light-and soon cast him into the shadows of suspicion. How could any human learn the forbidden tongues with such ease? When Hyam dares to seek out the Mistress of the Sorceries, her revelation tears his world asunder. He has no choice but to set out on the foreboding path-which beckons him to either his destiny or his doom. An encounter with an enchanting stranger reminds him that he is part hero and part captive. As Hyam struggles to interpret the omens and symbols, he is swept up by a great current of possibilities-and dangers. With lyrical prose that unveils a richly imaginative world, Thomas Locke takes readers on a journey into the Realm. There he invites them to awaken their sense of wonder. This cracking adventure moves like a contemporary thriller but harkens back to the enduring genre of classic fantasy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jerry on October 19, 2024

Veteran author Davis Bunn, under the pseudonym Thomas Locke, ventures into the realm of fantasy and allegory with this book, the first of a planned series. There's plenty of adventure to go around in this novel...but the story itself is only getting started. (I received Emissary by Thomas Locke compl......more

Goodreads review by Ana on April 03, 2016

Emissary tells the story of Hyam, who up until his 21st birthday was a plain farmer's son who enjoyed hunting. And that is all I could tell of who the guy was. He was dull and his emotional range appeared minimal to say the least. Anyway, it's his 21st birthday and it appears that he is not a regul......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on January 07, 2015

From my fantasy-loving 16-year-old son, Matthew: "The story is well written and very enthralling. The story following Hyam leaves you with a sense of wonder, but has enough realistic properties that it does not become insanity. Though the story is meant for a younger audience, members of an older au......more

Goodreads review by Jim on October 20, 2018

High fantasy that was just too predictable & easy. It started out well & held my interest well for the first half, but it just became a drag. Everything was "a thousand years ago" & there wasn't a lick of tension. It had every over-used trope I could name, too. Still, I got through it & the first pa......more

Goodreads review by Paula on January 18, 2015

Hyam's mother dies the week he turns 21, and he returns to a Long Hall where he used to be an acolyte, to tell his father of her passing. He hates having to go back, as he has traumatic memories concerning his time spent there. Hyam learns that his father is deceased, but that he himself was actuall......more