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  • Sword in the Storm

  • Rigante, Book 1
  • By: David Gemmell
  • Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
  • Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (106 ratings)

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Sword in the Storm

By: David Gemmell
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
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Born in the storm that doomed his father, Connavar grows to manhood among the mist-covered mountains of Caer Druagh, where the Rigante tribe dwell in harmony with the land and its gods. But beyond the border, across the water, an evil force is gathering strength, an unstoppable force that will change the world beyond all recognition. Haunted by malevolent spirits and hunted by evil men, Connavar sets out on a spectacular mission to save his people.

From the master of the genre, this is a tale of love and honour, friendship and courage, as Gemmell explores the intriguing worlds of Celtic myth and earth magic.

©1998 David Gemmell (P)2017 Orion Publishing Group

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Gemmell's Finest Hour

I was lucky enough to hear and see David Gemmell talk about his Rigante Saga before it was released.
It was a rare opportunity when you could sense and feel clearly the resonance of pride from a master craftsman, who had his own sense of just how special what they had found in themselves would be.
Sword In The Storm begins a Series of 4 Books that distill and highlight the best of what David Gemmell had to offer.
Over the years and countless rereads, that has never left me.
And this was a magnificently Rendered Performance that elevates that Resonance.
Heroic Fantasy at its rousing Best!

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why have a woman narrate a book with 95% male cast

one of my favourite books butchered.
David gemmell is the master. rest in peace.

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exceptional voice actor

gripping book that'll fill you with thrill and emotions, more so opening the mind to a vast and enthralling fantasy land set in another time!

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Why a Female Narrator?

Book is awesome. unsure why a Female Narrator was used as the characters are 90% male and it is a book primarily warriors.. also too softly spoken at times and accidents are one dimensional. Sounds like the men are in a constant state of puberty with cracking voices..

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surprise!

I have been a David Gemmell fan since I read Legend as a first run hardcover. I lost the ability to read in 1994 after brain surjury and tried audio books for 25 years, then I was given Knights of Dark Reknown on Audio disc. 4 books later a a friend found Audible for me & I lost myself in the Drenai. The first time I tried to listen to David Gemmell Sword in the Storm I quit because how could a woman do justice to a Gemmell story - I ask forgiveness for my prejudice, I WAS WRONG. This needed an excellent Narrator & Adjoa is, Siebenesc. Thank you.

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Incredible

David Gemmell quickly became my favourite author while reading his Drenai saga.

I had of course heard great things about the Rigante series. Despite that I wondered how on earth could it live up to the quality of Drenai.

I am happy to say that it definitely does while not coming across as more of the same.

A hell of a lot happens in this, the world is fantastic to read and learn more about.

The characters, no surprise are brilliantly done, Connavar, the main character is a joy to read. The rest of the cast also shine bright.

The story has many twists and turns, plenty of gritty action, tragic moments, heartfelt moments and everything else that makes a cracking read.

Narrator does a fantastic job.



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Epic Tale.. revisited

wonderful .. I read this book many years ago and enjoyed it imensly. . hearing now was as satisfying and bought back msny memories.

The narrative was well done also.

I would definitely recommend yo sll th hst love a well told story of lives snd battle.

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Sword in the Stone

A well written story with interesting characters that develop throughout
The narrator has inflection and accents the words in a way to help paint the pictures in your mind

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Amazing story. Terrible performance.

Unfortunately this amazing story is almost ruined by the terrible, truly awful voice acting. The narration and just story reading is ok but when the narrator tries to do voices they are either sound like she doesn’t know how to speak normally or in a Celtic accent. Truly disappointing. She should have just read it normally the whole way through. Poor Riamfada sounds like he is a stuttering idiot instead of someone who has a physical defect in his legs. How they let this happen is insulting to people with physical disabilities.

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Narration really distracting and not enjoyable!

I normally don't have a problem with female narrators but in this instance the narrator's voice just didn't have the range to reflect the various character's voices and as a result, accents were either ridiculously exagerrated or almost identical. I perservered for several hours but eventually it got too much and I gave up less than half way through...

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