The Bear Banner

The Goth Chronicles, Book 2

By: Alaric Longward

Narrated by: Clay Lomakayu

Maroboodus lost Saxa. Hulderic, his father, lost their lands and abandoned his weak-willed brother to fight their loss-maddened uncle alone. The Boat Lord, their powerful relative, was after their heads, and the Draupnir's Spawn, their famous family ring, is still what the man wants, having lost it decades past.

They were fugitives with their former foes, the Saxons. And the Saxons had problems of their own, and the Goths would be the solution for some of them.

Hulderic's and Maroboodus's problems of trust, avoiding and defeating the foes who pursue them, and finding their uncertain path forward would only be solved if Maroboodus learns to control the Bear in himself, the destructive part of his warrior's soul, and to work under his father's banner.

And yet, Maroboodus has his own goals, as he hopes to raise the Bear Banner to carve his own kingdom in the north, and his father is not part of those plans.

©2016 Alaric Longward (P)2017 Alaric Longward

great book and series

the continuing Saga of the bear and the raven. you get to hear the bear side of the story who is truly a fox and the hardships you had to endure.

Great Story!, Great Narration Never Disappointed

Would you consider the audio edition of The Bear Banner to be better than the print version?

They are both great experiences. I tend to prefer the audio experience and interpretation. But that is just my opinion.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Maraboodus is the central character that captures your attention. In terms of the "bad guys", Skallagrim stands out.

Have you listened to any of Clay Lomakayu’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Never disappointed. He lives the books he narrates. He doesn't just read them.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Well, I felt for Maraboodus and what he had to endure both physically and emotionally. But he prevailed and so you finish with success.

complete series is not available

AZ is audibles practice of never having that the complete series of books I find it quite annoying

Truly masterful

Mr. Longward takes you back in time to experience the harsh realities of pre-Roman Germania. Can't wait for the next installment.

This takes it's time and envelops one.

This books keeps the adventure and mystery going from previous book and even though I listened to the books following before this one, I never for one moment knew the exact outcome.

The Narrator is Almost Functionally Illiterate

I first tried listening to rent first book in the Hraban Chronicles a few years ago, but stopped because I found the story similar totally incoherent. It wasn't until I found myself stuck in a place without internet connectivity with the book Maroboodus already downloaded that I tried this author again. This time it was just as bad, but because I had few other options, I kept trying. After a while it became clear that the problem isn't that the stories are incoherent, rather it's the freaking narrator! The dude reads like a bot, with no natural sense of what words to accent and where to pause. It's like he's blind to commas. In all seriousness, once I figured out the problem was the narrator, I almost convinced myself the reader had to be a computer because I didn't think a human being could make the mistakes he does. Then, I started noticing it wasn't just that be read like he spent understand the words he was saying, but he also mispronounced words that anybody who made it through a middle school history class would know. How can a professional actor not bother to look up how to say ''Goth''? (the dude rhymes it with ''quoth'' for crying out loud!) How can a professional actor pronounce wolf like woof? If I were the author o would demand that they re-record anything Clay Lomakayu touched.