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  • Sword Play

  • Forgotten Realms: Netheril, Book 1
  • By: Clayton Emery
  • Narrated by: Malcom Hillgartner
  • Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)

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Sword Play

By: Clayton Emery
Narrated by: Malcom Hillgartner
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Summary

Thousands of years before the Age of Elminster, dragons rule the skies of Faern, and elves dominate the huge forests that cover the land. Only in the mighty, magical empire of Netheril are men a force to be reckoned with. Bored and haughty in his midair castle, the Netherese mage Candlemas bets fellow wizard Sysquemalyn that a certain barbarian who has caught his eye can survive the most savage tests his friend - and deadly rival - can devise. The only rule: The tests must offer the subject some chance to survive, however slight.

Of course, "playing fair" is a concept as alien to the wizards of Netheril as "mercy". But the subject of their wager, Sunbright Steelshanks of the Rengarth Tribe, has a mind - and a will - of his own. And Candlemas and Sysquemalyn are not the only players in this lethal game of swords and sorcery....
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An early tale from the Forgotten realms

A good story overall though the odd chapter has poor pacing, the narration is good though the sound recording is not the best. The only small niggle was the writer can't seem to make up his mind if Greenwillow is a half-elf or full elf.

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