The Dragonbone Chair

Booktrack Edition

By: Tad Williams

Narrated by: Andrew Wincott

The Dragonbone Chair: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience!

Kitchen-boy Simon is bored, restless and fourteen years old - a dangerous combination. It seems, however, that his life has just taken a turn for the better when he's apprenticed to his castle's resident wizard. As Simon's learning to read and write under Doctor Morgenes' tutelage, forces greater than he could possible imagine are gathering: forces which will change Simon's life - and his world - forever.

Following the death of Good King John, Osten Ard is plunged into civil war as his sons battle for control of the fabled Dragonbone Chair - the country's throne as well as the symbol of its power. Simon is forced to flee the only home he has ever known, a journey which will test him beyond his worst nightmares.

With THE DRAGONBONE CHAIR, Tad Williams introduced readers to the incredible fantasy world of Osten Ard and kicked off the beloved, internationally bestselling series Memory, Sorrow and Thorn.

Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration and complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration so that listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.

©1988 Robert Paul 'Tad' Williams, published by permission of DAW Books

Great story, horrible sound effects

the sounds effects are poorly added, and instead of enhancing the experience are hindering it.
It is sometimes hard to hear or understand the narrator above the music.

interesting world-building

I'm not attached to the characters yet so I hope -if I continue- book #2 does that for me. The narration is abysmal, though. He did not distinguish voices very well (Binabik sounds like Morgenes) and his "foreign" accents are very strange as he affects a similar cadence for all of them that I feel affects his delivery of the dialogue. That brings me to the next point, which is his interpretation of the character's emotions. It feels like it's not true to what thry should be feeling, like sounding bright when they should be sullen or other detailed interpretations like that. The music tracks were a bit loud but I could mostly hear the narration when I use my earphones so I recommend using a headset. The mixing is still not the best.

Felt Like I was in Osten Ard Myself!

A great start to the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series of Tad Williams! The music, sound effects, and ambience made the listening experience more immersive -- felt as though you're in the world of Osten Ard with Simon himself haha. Looking forward to listening to the Booktrack versions of Stone of Farewell and Green Angel Tower! :)

This really came through great!

Amazing book and great story. Hands down to the author who did fantastically in writing this book. I wasn't sure at first why I was hearing things aside from the narrator (not sure what to expect when i heard music in the background.) but then as I went on listening, it came together as the addition of the music and background music added impact in capturing the story. It was easy to understand even when I was doing something else aside from listening.

very enjoying and great book. would recommend this to others.

Book, great; sountrack, sucks

I've loved this book series since its publication, but as an audiobook, the soundtrack is maddeningly infuriating, and unnecessarily distractive. The narrator by himself would've been more than enough,