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Garum and Vayin are "duals," twins trapped in each other's minds and bodies, sharing one life. When a deranged wizard hunts them, whom can they turn to? Their mentor? The city guard Vayin loves? The Wizards' Guild? In a world that hates duals, anyone could be their enemy, and one misstep could get them killed.

"Children of Rhatlan is a unique romp through an original world that not only entertained me, but made me think as well. I can think of no higher praise for a fantasy novel."
-Steve Lazarowitz, author of Alaric Swifthand

"There were enough twists and turns to keep me riveted until the last lines. Children of Rhatlan is a winner!" -Jonathan Lambert, Millennium Science Fiction and Fantasy

"Magic, treachery, valor, prejudice-Fesmire builds a world sword and sorcery fans will welcome and adventure fans will want to explore fully."
-Lisa DuMond, SF Site and MEviews

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Audio Quality: Out of 44 ratings

Narration Quality: Out of 44 ratings

Writing Quality: Out of 44 ratings

Overall Rating: Out of 44 ratings

By: AngelEyes
Just finished this book and listened to the whole thing in two days at work. Loved the story as it had the perfect amount of mystery and suspense to keep me anxious for the next chapter. The vilian character was really good with his claws and voices and I it was delightful on how he was conquered. There are two things I would change - that the chapters be made longer as I would rather listen to only 25 chapters with less breaks. Also a tone change or voice pitch variance with each charater so it would be easier to identify who is talking - which saves my backing up all the time. The duals was an awesome concept - at first I thought it was a split personality thing but was relieved to find two people. As stated before I think a sequel should be done with the exploration of how relationships would or would not work out. I can see this as a series on the Sci-Fi TV channel. The duals fit in with everything else I have seen on that channel. Keep up the good work.

By: John Arbuthnot
"Johnathan Fesmire's fantasy work contains some wonderful writing and an adequate narration style. Unfortunately, it is largely lost behind the quality of the audio file itself." Find the rest of my review at the Podiobooks Community Site

By: PuddyRat
TERRIFIC story. I love the idea of duals. Initially, I thought it was a case of just two personalities in one body (you know, like Eve or Sybil), so it came as a very pleasant surprise when it was two personalities AND two bodies. I also enjoyed the build-up to the finale as well as the consistent character development. The only thing I didn't like was the short segments. I listen to these at work and I get annoyed when I have to stop what I'm doing every 10 or 15 minutes to get to the next episode. My preference is for hour long episodes, but 30 minutes would be okay. I would be interested in a sequel to see if Vayin ever finds a suitor that will accept her duality. Along those lines, the sequel would also have to cover how such multiple simultaneous relationships were handled. Lastly, please don't be in a rush to add sex into the stories. You can say plenty without getting graphic, thus keeping your stories acceptable for all audiences. As it stands now, I wouldn't recommend this for young children, but it should be fine for teenagers and up.

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