Legon Awakening
Please welcome Nicholas Taylor to the site. His new fantasy tale is Legon Awakening, and no, that’s not a typo. I know how to spell “legion”:
Set in a world that is not our own, Legon Awakening takes you through an epic journey into a land full of imagination and innovation.
Join Legon and his sister, Sasha, search to understand their true heritage, confused at the possibility that of being part human and part elf. Surrounded by elves, the newly introduced Iumenta race, Dragons and Humans; Legon and Sasha’s lives are filled with adventure and fantasy on their search for answers as they begin an epic journey of discovery; not to mention the incredible battle scenes which will be surely to capture your imagination!
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May 6th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Great Story, very engaging. A nice voice helps the treatment of the story. Why is there no hard back version? With a good editor this could really go somewhere.
May 7th, 2008 at 6:32 am
Interesting story. Nice premise. Production values are pretty good. Speed it up a bit. You have a good voice that can handle the diction nicely and if read too slow, the story seems halting. Keep up the good work.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Great story with just the right amount of suspense. Narrator has an excellent voice with good enunciation and clarity. Maintains the right speed to allow imagery to form in the mind. Really waiting for more.
May 9th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
I love this book. Great story with all the right elements. Can’t wait for more episodes.
May 15th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Great podio, is it me or does the beginning resemble the nativity story, king Harod and all. I think the pace of reading is quite right, gives the imagination time to catch up. Give me more dude.
May 28th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
There seems to be a disconnect between episode 8 and 9. Things are talked abotu that have not happened.
June 2nd, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Hey Everyone,
Sorry but when I uploaded chapter 9 I used the wrong content. I’m really sorry for the mix up, if you got the wrong chapter please just delete the one that you have and re-download 9 and the right content will be there. Thank you for your patience.
Nick
June 23rd, 2008 at 6:26 pm
The book is very entertaining and I am really enjoying it. Keep it up, please. Also, thanks for the heads up regarding Chapter 9.
June 29th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
One of the many things I really like about this story is that the main characters are encumbered with personal issues. Sasha has seizures, Keither is socially awkward, and so on. This makes the characters far more enjoyable for me. Keep up the good work.
August 13th, 2008 at 4:37 am
I have truly enjoyed this book. The storyline is compelling and the action is just right; the development of characters is great. Keep up the good work!
August 13th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
I have been enjoying the story very much, but the reading speed is a bit slow. I find it dragging the story down and taking something from the action of the main story. Love the character development, details, etc, but please read a bit faster. Look to Phillippa Ballantine or Tee Morris for good examples of an author reading their work.
August 25th, 2008 at 6:45 am
I love this story. Great ideas on magic use, I might steal some of your ideas if I ever start writing my 3000 page novel
. Great work.
August 29th, 2008 at 7:29 am
I’m really enjoying the story. I see I am not the only one who feels the speed is a bit slow. When you read a characters part, the speed is great, but when you speak as the narrator it drags the story down. Thanks for a good story all the same.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:08 am
I really enjoy the plot of the story, but I had to stop listening to it. I fall asleep with the quiet, and slowwwwww speed of the narration so finally just gave up on it…
September 16th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
I agree, I love the concept of the story but it’s read far too slowly. I feel like saying “hurry up to the next word!”.
October 2nd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Nick…
Mixed review here… I loved the concepts, the characters, the concept, and all content…
However… First off, the volume level of your voice when you doing the narratives is totally weak and unacceptable unless I cranked up my MP3 player to level 23 or 24, (max on mine is 25) making it dangerously loud at times when you did characters, (you did a good volume level on characters by the way)
Second, after reading a bit of the postings I see I’m in the majority of opinions about your narration method in the book… Toooooo S . L . O . W !! At times it seemed like you, yourself, got bored…
I do like your characters, use of Elfin Magic, Dragons, etc… On the whole, if you get the book in print, it’ll be a good one…
It’s a lot of work, I’m sure everyone realizes, to read a book, edit it, mix it, etc. But do you think you might be willing to allow someone else to read it? I honestly would hate to lose the Authors passion for his characters, story, and the book in general, but I like a few others simply couldn’t get past the low volume in the narrations, and the narration method…
Sorry…
Jim Fleming
November 18th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
The story is excellent, HOWEVER . . .
It is a real chore to get past the slow reading style, inconsistent volume and atrocious grammar (was is not the universal form for singular and plural).
April 3rd, 2009 at 11:38 am
Excellent story! Now the pain: The reading is MUCH too slow, the volume is WAY too low for the story (have to max out the ipod or car stereo volume and it’s STILL too low even with noise-canceling headphones), and the grammar is absolutely terrible.
I struggle to keep listening as the story itself is very good, but it’s really difficult to keep going and I don’t know whether I can make it to the end. At the very least please adjust the volume on the narration. The commentary is 4 to 5 times louder which is where the story should be.
April 5th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Hey Everyone thanks so much for the feed back. I’d like to star by apologizing for the sound quality and grammar, when I wrote Legon I was writing a chapter and then that weekend recording it and posting to try and keep from falling behind. That being said I’m am currently in the process of rewriting Legon Awakening and I have an editor now, so the issue of grammar should be taken care of. As for the audio I have all new equipment and will be taking all of your suggestions into mind when I rerecord. I’m not changing much in the story so if you have or are still listening to this version you wont be missing out. The new version still wont be out for a few months, but for an example of the audio check out 8810. thank you again for all of your feedback it really helps out a ton, and I’m glad to see that people like the story. thanks
Nick
May 7th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Loved the Book when is the next book going out!! I can wait to see what happens to Legon and the others.
May 24th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Hey Nicholas, I am currently listening to Legon awakening up to chapter 20 now. The story is good and I am looking forward to Legon Ascention that you mention several times. You said it is due Jan / Feb 2008 but it is now May 2009 and I don’t see it anywhere. I am looking forward to it. By the way, I am glad to hear you will be sorting out the audio quality as it really is distracting in the version I am currently listening to.
Keep up the good work, donation coming shortly. Robin.
October 26th, 2009 at 2:13 am
Superior story, can’t wait for the next, thanks! I even came to appreciate the slow pace as it allowed me to catch everything without having to rewind. I also appreciated the effort made to distinguish the voices. However, the falsetto voices of some of the women were really hard to take, and would have stopped me on a lesser story.