By the Sword

De: Mercedes Lackey

Narrado por: Amy Landon

Granddaughter of the sorceress Kethry, daughter of a noble house, Kerowyn had been forced to run the family keep since her mother's untimely death. Yet now at last her brother was preparing to wed, and when his bride became the lady of the keep, Kerowyn could return to her true enjoyments - training horses and hunting.

But all Kerowyn's hopes and plans were shattered when her anscestral home was attacked, her father slain, her brother wounded, and his fiancee kidnapped.

©1991 Mercedes R. Lackey (P)2020 Tantor

My favorite Valdemar book, but poorly narrated.

This book has been one of my favorite entries in the Valdemar world for a long time. I've long wanted to have it in an audiobook format. Unfortunately, the narration is... not great. It's not un-listenable, but it's stilted and awkward. The narrator's intonation makes it almost sound like a computer is narrating instead of a real person - the emphasis is often placed at weird places in a sentence. She also often speaks v e r y s l o w l y. The main character is meant to be a young military woman, but the performance gives her voice no energy at all. The narrator makes some stylistic choices that I also don't like (certain accents for particular characters, for instance), but that's more about my personal preference than anything. The bigger problem is that the narration overall seems poor quality - more like an amateur audiobook recording from a free website than the quality I usually expect from audible.

Wonderful!

I absolutely love this book and the narration was great! A few names were mispronounced.

One of my favorites

I loved this book and was excited when it came out on audible. My only disappointment was the narrator. The odd British accents when speaking a characters, like Kerowyn, was very disconcerting. They neither fit the dirty or were well done. Had she stuck to her normal voice I would have had no complaints.

Love this series!

Love this series! Highly recommended. All 20+books best series I have ever read or reread seven times…

The Heralds Kingdom gets expanded

a fresh and good way to introduce fresh blood to the kingdom of the Heralds

Excellent!!!!

Amy Landon's narration elevates one of my favorite Mercedese Lackey books to near perfection! I've always loved the book and Kerowyn is an amazing character. A must listen for fantasy fans!

Good Book but not so good narrator

I do like this series (Valdemar). I didn’t particularly care for the narrator in this one. The voices used for Tarma and Warl were a little off putting and not at all what I expected. Especially after listening to Oathbound, Oathbreakers, and Oathblood immediately before this one. Those I loved. Will listen again only because I do like the series.

adventure!

just excellent!! the story, performance and imagination! perfectly written! love all of the characters!

Finally!

This is one of my favorite books from the Valedmar world. I was ecstatic when I saw it was available for pre-order and counted the days before it showed up in my library. This audiobook did not disappoint. The narrator was great and the story was what I remembered. I will listen to this one again.

one of my favorite books

I've been hoping and waiting for this volume of the Valdemar books too be available as an audiobook! I've always considered it a keystone in one of the arcs of narrative, bridging Tarma & Kethry to the Haralds.