The Warded Man (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Demon Cycle, Book 1, Part 1

By: Peter V. Brett

Narrated by: Ken Jackson, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Colleen Delany, Delores King Williams, Elizabeth Jernigan, James Lewis, Christopher Graybill, Nick DePinto, Thomas Penny, Steven Carpenter

Mankind has ceded the night to the corelings, demons that rise up out of the ground each day at dusk, killing and destroying at will until dawn, when the sun banishes them back to the Core. As darkness falls, the world’s few surviving humans hide behind magical wards, praying the magic can see them through another night. As years pass, the distances between each tiny village seem longer and longer. It seems nothing can harm the corelings, or bring humanity back together.

Born into these isolated hamlets are three children. A Messenger teaches young Arlen that fear, more than the demons, has crippled humanity. Leesha finds her perfect life destroyed by a simple lie and is reduced to gathering herbs for an old woman more fearsome than the demons at night. And Rojer’s life is changed forever when a traveling minstrel comes to his town and plays his fiddle.

But these three children all have something in common. They are all stubborn and know that there is more to the world than what they’ve been told, if only they can risk leaving their safe wards to find it.

Performed by Ken Jackson, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Colleen Delany, Delores King Williams, Elizabeth Jernigan, James Lewis, Christopher Graybill, Nick DePinto, Thomas Penny, Steven Carpenter, Michael Glenn, Eric Messner, Joe Brack, Mort Shelby, Michael John Casey, Joseph Thornhill.

©2010 Peter V. Brett (P)2011 Graphic Audio, LLC

Great!

I listened to the original several years ago and loved the story. Now, listening again with the full cast, it comes to life even more!

The battle scenes can be a bit overwhelming/loud at first. I almost put it down in the first hour, but am glad I carried on. Had no trouble hearing the narrators or dialog and actually found the story easier to follow and clearer to my minds eye.

Not what I had hoped

After listening to the standard audio books for the Demon Cycle 3-4 times, I was unable to finish this one. The actors feel as though they are trying hard in areas adding additional dramatization to scenes that I had not had it in the past, and in my opinion at least took away from the story.

Bad execution

I had to strain to many times to hear the story over the sound effects. I finally gave up.

Distracting Accents

I enjoyed the story quite a bit, but had to switch to the standard audio book after part 1 of the graphic audio version. I understand it's a fictional world, but the choice to give Arlan an American Southern accent felt anachronistic to the point that I found it constantly distracting. Performances were OK otherwise.