Lord Edward's Archer

By: Griff Hosker

Narrated by: Marston York

Thirteenth century. Wales and England. To young Gruffyd, life has been unkind. Eking out a meagre living with his father, he has learned very quickly how to look after himself in the hostile borderlands. His father, an archer, has taught him well, and at 17 Gruffyd is a keen and able bowman. Young, loyal and skilled, it’s not long before Gruffyd finds himself following in his father’s footsteps, working as an archer in the bordering castle. But tragedy strikes when his lord commits a devastating deed, and Gruffyd is forced to make a life altering decision. This is the story of a young archer’s riotous journey from avenging outlaw to merchant’s bodyguard to, finally, the captain of archers for the heir to the throne.

©2019 Griff Hosker (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd

Critic reviews

"Medieval adventure with the pace and power of a war arrow in flight. Griff Hosker has sold over a million books and I can see why!" (Matthew Harffy)

interesting historical fiction a la Hornblower/Sharpe

good story with engaging character. seems very much like another story by the same author

History

The resemblance to actual history and story structure along with closeness to reality. This writer keeps my attention always

Well told story and superb narration but.....

But I am getting more than a little weary of the superhero qualities granted the English archer protagonists and his fellow band of brothers in so many historical fiction works these days. A little more realism would be appreciated. I enjoy superhuman feats as much as anyone but you know what they say about too much of a good thing. A little more Shakespeare and a little less Marvel or DC would make for e better reading, in "my book." Otherwise, I cannot complain because the character descriptions, fight scenes and overall plot development are outstanding, as is the flawless narration!

A Fun (Semi-Historical) Ride

“The Scots often didn’t wear shirts or armor.”

“The Scots often go without shoes.”

“My sword slashed through his mail.”

There are a handful of sentences like these which took me right out of the story. As a historian, it was very clear Hollywood had made an impression on the author, BUT this is an enjoyable flick, along the lines of something like Braveheart or Tombstone - historically incorrect, but very good nonetheless.

If I have a major complaint, it was the narrator. He often gave the main character no inflection in dialogue, so the book would seemingly go from first person narration to him talking to someone, and sometimes I couldn’t tell until another character responded. There are a few times where Gryffudd is supposed to be shouting or threatening someone, and it sounds like he’s asking the cashier at a gas station how their day was. Overall, I’ll give the next book a chance, because I have seen poor narrators improve, and I’m willing to see if that is what happens.

Loved the first of this series.

Narrator great, book good. I should have learned from previous purchases to check Narrator for the following books in series. I did not! Heads up to all before you purchase the rest of the series. The Narrator changed in second book. Hard almost impossible to follow the different characters with new Narrator. Struggling now to get through second book. I am so disgusted with myself for wasting money.

Everything was good about this.

Great story and great narrator. All books should be this good. On to the next in the series now!

Quick pace

Enjoyed the story and reader, but too much bass added to the audio mix. More than any Audible title I’ve listened too. Sounded odd.

Lots of Action!

This tale has lots of action and was well worth the price and time spent listening. I thoroughly enjoyed it an DC will purchase the next audio book.

epic adventure as always we would love to hear mo

love the narrator good job! bravo we will be patient and wait for the rest of the story!!

great story and it kept me from getting bored. Ca

The narrative was very good and one felt as though they were right in the middle of the action.