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First Truth

Truth Series, Book 1

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By: Dawn Cook
Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
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Summary

Alissa doesn’t believe in magic. Her father’s stories about the Hold, a legendary fortress where human Keepers learn magic from the enigmatic Masters, are just that—stories. But her mother insists Alissa has inherited her father’s magical ability, so she must go to the Hold to be trained.

On her way, she crosses paths with Strell, a wandering musician from the plains. Though Alissa is not sure she can trust a plainsman, Strell has something Alissa needs—one of her father’s old maps. Traveling together, they can reach the Hold before the snow sets in. But they don’t know that the Hold is nearly empty. The Keeper Bailic has sent the Masters on a fool’s errand and systematically killed the other Keepers in his search for the First Truth, a book of magic that will give him ultimate power. And he believes that Alissa and Strell hold the secret of the book’s hiding place.

This is the first book in the Truth Series by Dawn Cook, who also writes under the pen name Kim Harrison.

©2002 Dawn Cook (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Coming of Age Fantasy Genre Fiction
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Critic reviews

"A beautifully told, simple story that looks unblinkingly at how prejudice unnecessarily reinforces misconceptions, misunderstandings, and hatred." ( Booklist)
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Original concepts & great performance of characters from the reader. However initially felt the story dragged early on until almost half way through. From then onwards strings of the overall storylines are brought together well, making it into quite a thrilling, fun & enjoyable read.

Stick with it...

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superb read full of great characters that is achieved due to the talented narrator's skill.
I did struggle with the narrator's American accent for the first chapter but please stick with it.... it's 100% with it.

superb set of 4 books

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Whilst I found Dawn Cook’s books about a quarter of the way through Kim Harrison’s writings, I never once connected the two as one and the same.

Listening back to this I can connect a few dots now Rachel Morgan is now a much fuller series.

Plus the narrator is fabulous, but after years of listening to Rachel Morgan audiobooks, I keep hearing Al and Rachel and not Strell and Alissa.

It’s a great start to a fantasy adventure series…

A great narration to one of my favourite series

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I thought it was a good introduction to a series. I liked the characters and story. I liked the narrator (unsure why there was such negative reviews but I've listen to other works read by Margurite Gavin so I might be biased.) I listen at 1.2x as the industry standard is too slow for me, however that's the standard for a lot of audiobooks so it's not a criticism. Glad I stumbled across this book.

Much enjoyed

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I highly recommend all 4 books in this series, it's like a holiday for your head.

fantastic series

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