Once you start it, you won't be able to switch it off!
How does it compare to similar audio books?
Excellent
How does it compare to audio works by the same author?
Excellent
Advantages:
All the Landover stories are excellent for both lovers of fantasy books and comedy books
Disadvantages:
May need to read rest in series to fully appreciate the book
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, was ages ago that I read it but can still remember it, as with all the Landover series.
This is the sixth book in the Landover series, and by the look of it the last.
The hero is Ben Holiday, a man from our world who saw an advert in a christmas catalogue that had been to interesting to pass up, the chance to be King of a land where childhood stories are real. Being unhappy with his mundane life he went for it and found himself in Landover. From the start he had to cope various hardships and of course disbelief that he was actually there. He has an adviser called Abanathy, who was accidently turned into a dog by another adviser, a wizard called Questor Thews. These two are constantly bickering which makes for funny reading.
By the time this story happens Ben thinks that he has finally found peace in Landover as all conflicts are over and he is happy to sit back and watch his daughter, Mistaya, grow from a seedling. Her mother is a tree sylph called Willow, and Mistaya takes after her magical side. All goes well until Rydall, the king from lands beyond Landover decides to take over. Armies are poised on the borders and if Ben didn't accept Rydalls seven challenges they would invade. Many tell Ben not to worry about it and decline to accept, but when Mistaya is taken by Rydalls forces he has to do something. So armed only with his ater-ego, a paladin that is summoned through a pendant, and which Ben was finding harder to leave behind after summoning, he accepts the challenge. Both Questor Thews and Abernathy disappear, leaving Ben and Willow to face the first challenge alone. The first challenge arrives in the form of a giant, over eight foot tall and armed with wooden club. The giant looks like no match for the paladin... but looks are decieving.
I won't tell more as I don't want to spoil anything.
To show the impact this book and the rest of the series had on me, I will let you into a useless piece of info.. I named my cat Meeks after a wizard in Landover.
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