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The Staff and the Blade

Irin Chronicles, Book Four

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The Staff and the Blade

By: Elizabeth Hunter
Narrated by: Jay Britton
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Warriors. Lovers. Enemies. Legends.

Their union became pivotal in Irin history, but to understand Damien and Sari's ending, you must go back to their beginning. Four hundred years ago, a young singer and a hardened warrior met and loved each other, but their life was torn apart by violence.

But no matter how much pain and anger stain their lives, bonds in the Irin race cannot be abandoned. Damien and Sari will never truly leave each other, because those who are destined cannot be ignored.

The Staff and the Blade is the fourth book in the Irin Chronicles.

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It’s always a bit of a gamble continuing a series of books when the narrator changes as you form a relationship with a particular narrator.

This is the 4th book in the Irin Chronicles, and the first after a definitive trilogy. This 4th book, the story of Damien and Sari, is divided into 4 parts, as there is a lot of history between Damien and Sari. It is a fabulous book, with excellent story telling from Elizabeth Hunter.

The narrator, though, is awful. The narrators voice is monotone, almost like an AI voice. The intonation is odd, the stress on the second half of names is odd, the pronunciation of names (including one awful massacre of Malachai) is odd, the inconsistency of the pronunciation of ‘Sari’ is annoying, but the mispronunciation of ‘Irin’ and ‘Irina’ is distracting, and takes away from the storytelling. One would think that if you are taking over the narration half way through a series, the narrator would listen to the previous books to get a feel of how things are presented.

I’m listening to the whole book so I’ll have the whole series, but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to listen to it again.

Excellent story, terrible narration

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This is my favourite so far of a fantastic series . Damien and sari are fascinating together and I love the tension and passion between them .Pls give them a happy ending x

Brilliant

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every of this book is so slow for me...I don't know if is the reader or the story...but too slow!
I wanted to know how it was going to end but nothing I started to fall asleep while driving the other day. so stop...enough for me .sorry.

I don't think I will make it trough

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Same story from different perspective and annoying reader, at least Damien's voice was. Not totally bad story but not worth a lots of money.

Same story and annoying voice

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For those who enjoyed the Irin Chronicles, this is an interesting book. It tells Damien's and Sari's story up to and after the events in the first three Irin books. Unfortunately Zachary Webber does not continue the narrative. I was surprised, when I looked him up, to find Jay Britton to be an acclaimed voice actor. His delivery is somewhat robotic, although very clear. He's also guilty of some unforgivable mispronunciations; and a shocking lack of research - a few pages of The Scribe would have told him that Ava is an independent American woman, not an insecure English child. BUT he does the most amazing voice for Damien. Really amazing.

Listen to the sample if you're considering buying this. I did, and will listen again sometime. But if the reader is really wrong for you, leave it and read the book.

Spoiled by the change in narrator

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