Tail of the Dragon Collector's Edition: Complete Series, Books 1-10

By: Craig Halloran

Narrated by: Lee Alan

Length: 54 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's summary

Fill your ears with something different! This is the complete series, 10 books, over 400,000 words of high action fantasy, filled with deadly dragons, relentless evildoers, daring heroes, uncanny magic, wild characters, and more! A thrill ride for listeners of all ages! Over 53 hours of listening enjoyment!

Apocalypse is coming to a world of monsters and men.

A restless liege, Nath Dragon, is bored with his reign and hungry for adventure. So when the fairy empress, Lotuus, entices him to undertake a great mission - a quest to uncover the secrets of his birth by locating the mother he's never known - Nath leaps at the opportunity. But the evil sprite's motives are far from noble. And while the Dragon King's attention is elsewhere, a new threat is rising that could tear the world of Nalzambor to pieces.

A monstrous new breed of dragon has emerged from the darkness, their numbers growing so rapidly they will soon be unstoppable. More insect than dragon, these wurmers; have no love for their winged cousins. And in concert with the gargantuan Titans, dragonkind's ancient enemy, they could violently transform the world forever. Suddenly Nath, his magic sword Fang, his lifelong friend Brenwar, and a small band of allies are the last hope for preventing the catastrophe that could annihilate entire races and leave Nalzambor in ruins. But first, the Dragon King will have to make the ultimate sacrifice and shed his scales to do battle in human form.

Dragons reign supreme in the world of Nalzambor, a breathtaking fantasy realm of giants, dwarves, elves, ogres, orcs, monsters, and men. Best-selling author Craig Halloran brings this magnificent world vividly alive once more in his latest sword-and-sorcery adventure, proving himself again to be one of fantasy fiction's current masters. His hero, Nath Dragon, is now king, seeking the answers to his mysterious heritage as a horrifying new threat looms on the horizon.

©2017 Craig Halloran (P)2017 Craig Halloran

Totally different

Yes it has goofy sound effects and I thought it was great! like listening to the old radio shows!

so much better

this is definitely so much better than the first set of books (Chronicle of Dragon)...without the music - the sound effects are actually pretty cute...

lot of swear words in the background

go to chapter 287 with 15 seconds left in the chapter you will hear some interesting background conversation and that's not the only spot pretty funny

sad it's over

favorite book I've listened to so far! on to darkslayer now! a definite book to listen to. narrator was epic!

The Story

This series is fantastic! Love the story! Wonderful ending too. I like a nice story without profanity.

Tale is weaker this time 'round

(first and last part of this review is the same as my review for the first part of this series, as there's nothing different; middle part is the more important of this)

(btw you can kinda enjoy this without the first part, but it carries on the exact second the first ended, so I won't recommend doing so if you can help it)

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The narration is great, but it's clearly low budget recording. Better quality audio devices and stronger hearing will make that painfully notable. However, once your ears adjust (if able), it's not as awful and you can still enjoy the series.

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The story itself is very basic, but it does what's required of it. The author knows exactly what they want to tell and so very little is left to question.

THAT said, there was an underwhelming quality. While the first tale wasn't super original or insane quality, this sequel seemed rushed - and it's unrelated to any time skips.

The more the story continued, the less inclined the author was to kill *anyone* off... it made sense in the first tale as time skips were a key factor, but the stakes in this were dampened every. single. time. an established character somehow survived against all odds. It took away every moment of suspense after the trend became apparent.

Oh, and I can't stand the tropes Nath's dad was dealt. Of all characters, his was the most logical, expectant, and deserving to NOT have deserved any of that!

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Only problem I've got with the narration, aside from the low budget recording, is they're not very good at women. Every woman portrayed has roughly the same exact voice (despite men and beasts having more distinct ones), but thankfully, the narrator knows how to keep them in character so it wasn't too difficult with the few consistent women.

great story

the storyline was great I love how all the books were put together where a couple problems with noise issues like ringing a couple of the chapters and I have no idea what that section and chapter 386 was that didn't go inside at all with anything in the book whatsoever but all in all is great listen.

Really loved it!

This series was an amazing continuation and ending to a really wonderful story. I loved the characters and world created and how much more in-depth the world gets from the first series. Its sad to see an end to such amazing characters and story but I certainly look forward to Craig's next series. Thank you for finishing Nath's story Mr. Halloran! You did an awesome job in bringing things together!

a collection well worth a listen

sometimes you can hear the narrator do things or speak in the background and at one point there was a chapter from early in the first series thrown in near the end of this series

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One of the best complete series I've read. You really get invested in the characters ❤️👍