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  • Iron Age Trilogy, Book 1
  • By: Angus Watson
  • Narrated by: Sean Barrett
  • Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (172 ratings)

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Age of Iron

By: Angus Watson
Narrated by: Sean Barrett
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Age of Iron is book 1 in the hugely popular audiobook series Iron Age Trilogy by highly-acclaimed fantasy writer Angus Watson and narrated by English actor Sean Barrett. This spectacular series is a feast of iron-fuelled battles, evil, bloodshed and lust. Dug Sealskinner the travelling mercenary has joined forces with a child and a dangerously revengeful warrior to take on the entire army of King Zadar. They are unprepared and unarmed – death is imminent. The twists in this story are phenomenal and the writing is exceptional. This is a pulse-quickening saga where only dark magic holds the key to survival. Available now from Audible.

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Legends aren't born. They're forged.

Dug Sealskinner is a down-on-his-luck mercenary travelling south to join up with King Zadar's army. But he keeps rescuing the wrong people. First, Spring, a child he finds scavenging on the battlefield, and then Lowa, one of Zadar's most fearsome warriors, who's vowed revenge on the king for her sister's execution.

Now Dug's on the wrong side of that thousands-strong army he hoped to join ­- and worse, Zadar has bloodthirsty druid magic on his side. All Dug has is his war hammer, one rescued child, and one unpredictable, highly-trained warrior with a lust for revenge that's going to get them all killed.... It's a glorious day to die.

©2014 Angus Watson (P)2014 Hachette Audio

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Clever, imaginative and fascinating, if sometimes a bit too gory

Great book, and terrifically well-realized characters. Also quite funny in places which I greatly appreciated, but some of the violence is hard to listen to, particularly the various forms of torture described in great detail.

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a wonderful story of medieval Britain..

i started off on the fence on this one..
early on in the book, the pace of introducing new characters left me unsure who was who
but it eventually finds its feet, delivering a suspense filled drama around the fear of Rome arriving and who will rule in their time of invasion.

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Well worth a read!

What made the experience of listening to Age of Iron the most enjoyable?

Great story, well told with likeable characters. I also liked the thought of incorporating historical elements, that had been researched, into a fantasy yarn.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Doug!! Badger's balls!! Great phrases!!

Have you listened to any of Sean Barrett’s other performances? How does this one compare?

Top of my list as a story teller! Brilliant voice for audio books!! I look for books narrated by this guy as an indicator of what might be a good story. Haven't been disappointed so far.

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

Absolutely - and it kept my attention throughout.

Any additional comments?

About to download the other two in the series.

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Age of AWESOME

Great first installment by Angus Watson if you like action, comedy, sex and magic this has it all and Sean Barrett does a great job bringing characters to life.

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Not what I was expecting

I brought the Audio book expecting that it would be a serious fiction but got a hilarious re telling of history instead. The narrator could've done a better job but over all enjoyable listening.

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I'm hooked!

I particularly enjoyed the narration of this story about a little know era. Action, intrigue and humour make this a great tale. I'm looking forward to downloading and starting the next in this trilogy.

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Excellent

Would you listen to Age of Iron again? Why?

Yes, really enjoyed this entire story from start to finish.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Doug - just really liked the character, but in saying that all of the other characters were extremely interesting and engaging. Really excellent.

What does Sean Barrett bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

I enjoy the audible series as the characters really come to life.

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

Made me laugh at times, and other times I cringed from what was happening... pretty brutal at times.

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Unstoppable!

I just kept listening - it was a brilliant Book 1 and I'm a huge fan of Dug, Lowa, and Spring! POV characters are all funny, no matter how grim the circumstances. Great writing - terrific story and masterful narrator. Highly recommend this one! On to book 2 -

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Very listenable.

Very good fare, without being great. As a fan of sword and sandals novels this novel is very much better than most. I am not into fantasy (as a teen, yes) and whilst the novel is infused with fantasy elements they are not overly unbelievable and are perhaps elemental in the age of Druid's.

The narrator is excellent as always and a delight to listen too.

One criticism is that with 112 chapters it can be hard to follow particulary with so many characters and there "out there" names. The novel stutters too quickly between scenes and the climax seems to be left too raw before the next chapter. The fight scenes are perhaps a little stunted and brief. Iggulden, Mr Watson is not, but he makes a very good attempt..

I will read more of his work as the period fascinates me, the story is intriguing and the narrator sublime.

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Brilliant

As a bit of an ancient history buff, this book even though not a history book really got me invested.
Dry humour had me in fits of laughter, passers by must have thought me crazy😂.
I am loving this series, the narrator is definitely the icing on the cake in the way he brings it to life.👍👍👍

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