The King's Buccaneer

Riftwar Cycle: Krondor's Sons, Book 2

By: Raymond E. Feist

Narrated by: Peter Joyce

Long recovered from the ravages of the Riftwar, the land and people of the kingdom of the Isles thrive. Nicholas, the youngest son of Prince Arutha, is intelligent and gifted but vastly inexperienced. In hopes of hardening him, his father sends him and his irreverent squire, Harry, to live at Rustic Castle Crydee to learn of life beyond the halls of privilege. But within weeks of Nicholas and Harry's arrival, Crydee is viciously attacked by unknown assailants, resulting in murder, massive destruction, and the abduction of two young noblewomen. The raiders have come from a pirate haven and are no ordinary foe...but an enemy connected to dark magical forces that threaten the lands Nicholas will someday rule - if he survives.

©2017 Raymond Feist (P)2017 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

"An entertaining tale of high-seas adventure and exotic fantasy." ( Locus)

"A superior rousing adventure." ( Publishers Weekly)

excellent adaptation of a great book.

Loved the book and am of Feists work. This was a great reading. (once you get used to the British pronunciations of a bunch of words)

Heroic story of young men

The pace of the story is perfect, flowing from one event to another and between characters as the plots and people develop.
There is adventure, humor, sadness, and heroism. The story is a pleasant escape from life’s harsh realities.
It is not for readers looking for mystery, deep thinking, or complex interactions between plots or characters. The story is a straight forward adventure across an ocean to rescue people and save a kingdom.
It is well written with good narration and a happy ending, just what I wanted. Thank you—Feist and Joyce.

Love the books, but the narration is awful

I started reading Feist’s books thirty-five years ago and it instilled a lifelong joy of reading in me. I thought I would try the audiobooks of my favorite author. The first four Riftwar books were fantastic, but the narrator changed for Prince of the Blood and The Kings Buccaneer and I really think it’s doing a huge disservice to the story. The pronunciation of the names is off putting to say the least; Arutha (Aruta according to the narrator) and Tomas (Toe-mass) especially. The accents don’t fit the characters. Kings and princes are made to sound like like sailors and dockworkers. James of Krondor, not even close, and don’t get me started on Nakor’s voice. Nails on a chalkboard. I love the books and always will. I can’t say the same for the audiobooks.

What was not to like write another book for the son of kronor… and on and on and on and on and on

What was not to like write another book for the son of kronor… and on and on and on and on and on

Great story, fair to poor narration

Feist is an extraordinary story teller. He captures your attention from start to finish, just wish they had picked a better narrator.

One the Feist’s Best

Battle, sorrow, love high sea adventure, triumph. These are the aspects that make this a must listen.

Very nice adventure

I have read the books by raymond feist twenty years. And I loved them. And in audio there are so much better.

I had a bit of a trouble with the reader at the beginning but then it did fit the story and the pirates spirit. So really pleased

Another great book

Another great book by Feist. Too bad Audio doesn't carry all of his work. Unfortunately

quite satisfying

love this series. I'm a little annoyed that the various narrators of all the books don't have a single agreed upon pronunciation for all the in-universe proper nouns but that's high pettiness on my part and I enjoy yelling at my device when something is pronounced "wrong"

the reader

hearing this man pronounce Arutha as AruTa was beyond obnoxious. my love for the story was the only thing that got me through it.