The Kishi

Tales from Esowon, Volume 1

De: Antoine Bandele

Narrado por: J. Keith Jackson

A bloodthirsty demon. A pacifist monk with a deadly past. How much will he sacrifice to overcome unspeakable evil?

Amana hopes his dark secrets will never catch up with him. But when nearby villagers discover a mauled body near him, the residents assume the traveling monk is to blame. Amana suspects the grisly handiwork of a bloodthirsty, mythological creature.

Determined to clear his name and catch the culprit, Amana follows the trail of bloody clues. When shadows from his own past tie in with the demonic attack, he's torn between his vow of pacifism and his duty to protect the defenseless. As the demon prepares to strike again, Amana must summon the courage to confront his own dark deeds before the creature can corrupt the hearts and minds of the entire village.

The Kishi is an enthralling fantasy novel steeped in African folklore. If you like mythological creatures, tormented heroes, and intense battles, then you’ll love Antoine Bandele’s captivating tale of redemption.

Buy The Kishi to embark on an action-packed, magical journey today!

Perfect for fans of Nnedi Okorafor, Tomi Adeyemi, and Evan Winter.

©2018 Antoine Bandele (P)2018 Antoine Bandele

Amazing Story!

I loved this book I can really appreciate yhe creativity and thoughtfulness in the series. The narrators kept me entertained through the entire book. Great Job!

Great characters and story!

Great book! I enjoyed every moment. I really enjoyed think of this book as a D&D campaign. I liked to imagery and world building. I want to know more. The Twin Moon Goddess intrigued me. When I talked with a friend that was also reading it, I at first thought I was going to give it a C+ but when I got home and spoke with my husband who had already read it. I got really passionate talking about some of the character. Which will upped my grade to a solid B or a 4 star rating on here.

The only negatives: Fight scenes seemed a little lacking. And at the end the main character seemed to dismiss things that I (as a reader) feel he should want to know.

I listened to this book on Audible. The voice actor was amazing. Tons of different voices from creepy to soothing. Even the female voices were convincing enough. Great stuff. Very impressive.

I loved all the characters. I wonder who the next book will center around.

Bechdel test: Passed!

Great Setting!

Great first book. keep honing your craft, I want to see me stories like this! I really enjoy the african inspired setting.

intense

intense wonderful spectacular fantastic amazing those and others are my descriptions for this wonderful book the story was so well-written and so interesting it was captivating I loved the inner War that was in this book I liked the action and I loved it it was a saddle everything about this book was very interesting and very good I just adored it the narrator did a good job with this book I like the voices very much everything was quite perfect
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review

Different

Slightly different story with a different kind of hero. I gave the narrator 5 stars, I though he did a good job, but the pace was a little slow. A little slow kind of describes the story. When the pace picks up the story is good.

“I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.”

A mystifying adventure

In a genre saturated with things from European inspired myths it is a welcome change to hear a story from the motherland. I pray that more writers we'll go beyond the norms of Tolkien inspired fantasy and birth something new.

Great story, subpar narrator

Wonderful story, but the narrator's attempts at feminine or deep voices were both unimersive.

Great Listen

Looking forward to seeing a screen adaptation of the Tales of Esowon. It would fascinating to see the transformation from human to full Kishi, whether it’s in the form of animation or live action, and the several different fighting techniques mentioned in this book.

I liked this one

I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

I thought this was a pretty good story. The world and character building are well done. There is a fair amount of detail to pay attention to, but I don't consider that a bad thing. The narration is fairly well done. My only criticism was the echo effect for internal dialog. I think it could have been dialed down a couple notches. All in all, though, I enjoyed this book and would like to explore more in the series, assuming it becomes one.

Just Couldn't Get Into It

None of this worked for me. The story line didn't hold my interest and the narration was stilted and didn't ring true for the subject matter. It seemed like a kids book in the writing style and delivery.
When faced with 10 more hours, I just couldn't do it.
I was given this free audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.