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To End A War

To End A WarNearly a thousand years ago a great warrior named Lachlan sought to unify his people, using the power of the Three Swords of Destiny. Before his victory, Lachlan was killed by his trusted friend, Allarun. Now, Allarun is still in power but haunted by dreams of Lachlan's death curse: that Lachlan would return to avenge his death. Allarun's decision is to destroy the very people Lachlan tried to unite. Only two men have the power to stop the slaughter. Romarin, the last of a line of kings, and a half-blood mercenary named Shadowhelm. One may be destined to be Lachlan, but can they unlock the secret to Lachlan's power before Allarun kills them? "Prophecy Of Swords is a remarkably rich fantasy that takes you into new realms of wonder and imagination. The battles and magic portrayed here full of excitement and intrigue. It's hard to find a good fantasy that isn't a rehash of all that has been done before, but Margaret H. Bonham has managed to break the mold and give readers something totally unique and different. A guaranteed winner." -- Laura J. Underwood, author of Ard Magister, Chronicles Of The Last War, and forthcoming Dragon's Tongue and Wandering Lark "In Prophecy Of Swords, Bonham has written an enjoyable and intriguing novel, filled with believable characters and a rich, satisfying plot. I look forward to the next book in the series with great anticipation." -- Karen E. Taylor, author of The Vampire Legacy series. -- brought to you by Podiobooks.com

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Audio Quality: Out of 71 ratings

Narration Quality: Out of 71 ratings

Writing Quality: Out of 70 ratings

Overall Rating: Out of 71 ratings

By: Anji
Well, I decided to give this book a try after going past it one too many times. I am enjoying the story, but not the intros and closings. I do have issues with the sound quality as I feel I am constantly adjusting the volume of my mp3 player.....annoying. Also, I have to agree with some of the other reviewers, the comments are way way too long. I understand that for podcasters it can be difficult on the first try to get everything right....but around episode 8 I found that I'd had enough of the "self promotion". Speaking for myself, when I like an author, I will search out all of their available material and purchase and listen/read without thinking twice. However, I don't like to spend 7-8 minutes of each podcast episode listening to the same "advertisements" and only getting 5-8 minutes of story. It is discouraging to say the least and I almost gave up on the story for something that required less effort to listen to. But I am a trooper. I finish what I start, so I finished the story. Good work. Advice - Email Mur Lafferty and ask how she manages to make her many stories relatively enjoyable. Not perfect by any standards...but I don't want to throw the mp3 player against the wall every 5-8 minutes with her stuff. Last thing...Next time around ditch the music. It eats up too much story. 65 episodes could have been 25 without the music and promotions. Otherwise good stuff.

By: Audri
Argh! I made a big comment and it got eaten by the internet! Anyways, I just wanted to say i'm really enjoying the heck out of this book, and i'm looking forward to getting into others in the future! It's good writing and a good adventure to go on! That being said, I do have a couple of qualms with the book. Nothing big, just my opinions. But as someone else mentioned, very little emotion in the way of narration, and there are some spots where that's a real drawback. So hey Maggie, if you ever wanted to try someone else out with narrating your stuff you could always drop me a line! ;) If i've got time I wouldn't mind giving it a shot, just for kicks, no charge! I *was* a drama geek once upon a time after all, maybe I still have some of that in me still ;) The really major issue I had though was that the introduction and closing chatting was just WAY too long in my opinion. There are times it gets up to and even exceeds 3 minutes before the book starts up, and nearly that much AFTER once in a while too, and it's generally the same message each time with the occasional bit of news here and there. After the first few chapters I found myself reaching into my pocket every 10 minutes to fastforward my ipod past the intro music/chat so I could get back to the story. Maybe next time you could consider summarizing that stuff a bit? Or even just put the things you feel are necessary to say (legal stuff, asking for donations, blog site etc) into the description portion of the file where it is readable, and save the chatting portions for news and recaps and such! Then we can read it rather than hear it every time. I know I miss a lot of news updates in the intro and afterwards because i'm busy fastfowarding past it after hearing the same speech for so many chapters. The important info gets lost in it. Just suggestions.

By: Maggie Bonham
Thanks Jeffrey! We aim to please!

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