The Ancient [Dramatized Adaptation]

Name: The Ancient [Dramatized Adaptation]
Brand: Graphic Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: R.A. Salvatore
ISBN: 9781648809934

Author: R.A. Salvatore

Series: Saga of the First King #2

Narrator: A Full Cast, Alyssa Wilmoth, Bradley Smith, Christopher Graybill, Christopher Scheeren, Colleen Delany, Dan Sontagg, David Coyne, Drew Kopas, Dylan Lynch, Eric Messner, James Keegan, James Lewis, Joe Brack, Johann Dettweiler, Ken Jackson, Kimberly Gilbert, Michael Glenn, Michael John Casey, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Patrick Bussink, Ren Casey, Richard Rohan, Scott McCormick, Steven Carpenter, Terence Aselford, Thomas Keegan, Thomas Penny, Yazmin Tuazon

Unabridged: 8 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: GraphicAudio

Published: 06/03/2020

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Dragons

Synopsis

Searching for his long-lost father, Bransen Garibond is tricked into journeying across the Gulf of Corona to the wild lands of Vanguard, where he is pressed into service in a desperate war against the brutal Samhaist, Ancient Badden.
On an Alpinadoran lake, just below Ancient Badden's magical ice castle, several societies, caught in the web of their own conflicts, are oblivious to Ancient Badden's devastating plans to destroy them.
Bransen becomes the link between the wars, and if he fails, all who live on the lake will perish, and all of northern Honce will fall under the shadow of the merciless and vengeful Samhaists.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Allen on August 09, 2019

'The Ancient' is the 2nd book in R.A. Salvatore's 'Saga of the First King' series. I recently read and reviewed the first book in the series, 'The Highwayman'. It was a five-star effort. 'The Ancient' is not. Having bought in completely to the plight of Bransen Garibond, the Highwayman, I was fully......more

Goodreads review by Benjamin on June 06, 2017

The second novel in the “Saga of the First King” tetralogy (itself a prequel series to the larger “Corona” series) feels a bit like the first book in a trilogy. While the main story line still revolves around Bransen Garibond (The Highwayman) and the search for his destiny, he and his immediate comp......more

Goodreads review by Justin on May 31, 2011

An important caveat to begin: R.A. Salvatore was so influential to my early reading habits, and to my eventual love for fantasy in general, that I have a hard time being wholly objective about his work. Having been reading his books for the past 15 years criticizing Salvatore feels like criticizing......more

Goodreads review by Rashid on September 15, 2018

It was amazing. Salvatore again shows us how excellent he is at character building, and his detail into scenes like swordplay is fascinating. The once-thought of as evil, honorless powries show their moral strength and sense of honor again in this book.......more

Goodreads review by Caitlin on June 28, 2024

As stated in many of the other reviews definitely not as good as the first. This serves as more of a transitional story with lots of world building and a lot of new side character introduction. I actually really enjoyed some of the new characters, however this almost felt like it wasn’t Bransen’s st......more