Oath of Fealty

Paladin's Legacy, Book 1

By: Elizabeth Moon

Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck

Length: 17 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

In the original trilogy starring Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter, headstrong daughter of a farmer on the north edge of the kingdom, Paks follows her dream of becoming a hero out of legend by running away to join the army. Military life and warfare aren't anything like she imagined - yet she holds to both her duty and her dreams. Sheepfarmer's Daughter, Divided Allegiance, and Oath of Gold tell of her rise to become the paladin who saves a kingdom. In this new trilogy, Paks's former comrades in Duke Phelan's Company assume new roles and the story turns to follow their adventures.

Thanks to Paks's courage and sacrifice, the long-vanished heir to the half-elven kingdom of Lyonya has been revealed as Kieri Phelan, a formidable mercenary captain who earned a title - and enemies - in the neighboring kingdom of Tsaia. Now, as Kieri ascends a throne he never sought, he must come to terms with his own half-elven heritage while protecting his new kingdom from his old enemies - and those he has not yet discovered.

Meanwhile, in Tsaia, Prince Mikeli prepares for his own coronation. But when an assassination attempt nearly succeeds, Mikeli suddenly faces the threat of a coup. Acting swiftly, Mikeli strikes at the powerful family behind the attack: the Verrakaien, magelords possessing ancient sorcery, steeped in death and evil. Mikeli's survival - and that of Tsaia - depend on the only Verrakai whose magery is not tainted with innocent blood.

Two kings stand at a pivotal point in the history of their world. For dark forces are gathering against them, knit in a secret conspiracy more sinister - and far more ancient - than they can imagine.

©2010 Elizabeth Moon (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Continued great engrossing story ... but

As others have said, it was hard to hear this new narrator. She did not pronounce many things in the same manner that has been done for 5 books now. Her cadence was a bit repetitive and hard to listen to after a while, but if you love the series as I do, it is still worth it.

Terrible reader

This reader has strange pauses weird voices and on pronunciations. She completely gets in the way of enjoying the book, which is indeed good.

The world of Paks

I love this series so much, that I either listen to it or read it at least once a year. Thank you, Ms. Moon.

Elizabeth strikes gold again

A great story right up till the end but seems to end as a chapter would in the middle of a book rather than the end of one.

Majory?

I was laughing when magic was called majory. worth the read. Christians might be offended.

Marvelous!

If you have read Elizabeth Moon’s Paksenarrion series and Loved it! (Because is truly is Fantastic!) Then you will love this book and this series which is a continuation of the story. It is truly Epic! Listen to it you won’t be disappointed.

Good book and great narrator.

Kate Reading and Jennifer van Dyck are wonderful narrators. Books 2 and 4 in this series have horrible narrators.

Slow at first

Started a little slow but then pace picked up and was very enjoyable. Glad to see series is available and I don't have to wait any time at all for the next book.

Weak beginning better ending

This and the two others to follow will have big shoes to fill when it comes to following up the previous three books. And while reading the first three books isn't necessary it provides a lot of background to the story presented. My only real issue with the book (and it might ahve been the narrator) was the Arcolin/Phaelan bits seemed... stilted. I wish there had been more Dorrin as her parts seemed to be rushed somehwat. Overall though I enjoyed this and look forward to the next book which isn't out until 2011.

A great start to another trilogy

Where does Oath of Fealty rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Above average and among the best.

What did you like best about this story?

Learning what happened to some of the major characters in The Deed of Paksenarrion.

What about Jennifer Van Dyck’s performance did you like?

Generally, very good at distinguishing the voices of the different characters. There were some lapses.