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A Dance of Cloaks

Shadowdance, Book 1

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The Underworld rules the city of Veldaren. Thieves, smugglers, assassins...they fear only one man.

Thren Felhorn is the greatest assassin of his time. All the thieves' guilds of the city are under his unflinching control. If he has his way, death will soon spill out from the shadows and into the streets.

Aaron is Thren's son, trained to be heir to his father's criminal empire. He's cold, ruthless - everything an assassin should be. But when Aaron risks his life to protect a priest's daughter from his own guild, he glimpses a world beyond poison, daggers and the iron rule of his father.

Assassin or protector; every choice has its consequences.

Fantasy author David Dalglish spins a tale of retribution and darkness, and an underworld reaching for ultimate power.

©2013 David Dalglish (P)2013 Hachette Audio Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Historical Science Fiction & Fantasy Fiction Assassin Thief
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I love this book and thought I would also enjoy the narrated version too, which i did - the accents were hysterical though and a little off putting !!

still a favourite

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Where does A Dance of Cloaks rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

In the top 20 and I have over 700 audio books.

What other book might you compare A Dance of Cloaks to, and why?

To brent weeks's night angel trilogy. This book has the same sense of adventure and catches hold and doesn't let go until the end

Which character – as performed by Elijah Alexander – was your favourite?

I found all of the characters were pro formed well and could listen to them time and time again

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes it took me 2 days though.

Any additional comments?

I enjoyed this book so much that I went and downloaded the next book in the series straightaway

Great listen for fantuscy fans

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Ive never heard someone so bad at reading a book accents are horrible, soo over exaggerated and has no intonation based on the context of the story

How bad the guy thats reading it is at accents

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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I would recommend the physical copy. The story has some nice parts to it but the narration is so offensively bad that I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. This is the first time in several years as an Audible member that I've abandoned a book.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Accents are awful, attempts at voices are indistinguishable from one another most of the time and no tension, emotions or anything else that you'd want from a book come through in the reading.

Ruined by the narrator

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Would you listen to A Dance of Cloaks again? Why?

Excellent story.

What was one of the most memorable moments of A Dance of Cloaks?

Just very enjoyable. I do not want to spoil the story.

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Elijah Alexander?

Not Sure but The guy who does game of thrones or Michael Krammer would have been spot on.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes at times.

Any additional comments?

Good story. Am sad that the whole series is narrated by the same actor.

BAD NARRATION GOOD STORY

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