Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
Forest Mage
- The Soldier Son Trilogy, Book 2
- Narrated by: Jonathan Barlow
- Length: 24 hrs and 48 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£0.00 for first 30 days
Forest Mage
Buy Now for £19.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Summary
The second book in the Soldier Son trilogy, from the author of the Tawny Man trilogy, following on from the bestselling Shaman’s Crossing.
The King's Cavalla Academy has been ravaged by the Speck plague.
The disease has decimated the ranks of both cadets and instructors, and even the survivors remain sickly. Many have been forced to relinquish their military ambitions and return to their families to face lives of dependency and disappointment.
As the Academy infirmary empties, Cadet Nevare Burvelle also prepares to journey home, to attend his brother Rosse's wedding. Far from being a broken man, Nevare is hale and hearty after his convalescence. He has defeated his nemesis, Tree Woman and freed himself of the Speck magic that infected him and attempted to turn him against his own people. A bright future awaits him as a commissioned officer betrothed to a beautiful young noblewoman.
Yet his nights are still haunted by dreams of the voluptuous Tree Woman, dreams in which his Speck self betrays everything he holds dear in his waking life. Has the plague infected him in ways far more mysterious than the merely physical?
Despite his fears, Nevare will journey back to Widevale in high spirits, in full expectation of a jubilant homecoming and a tender reunion with his beautiful fiancée, Carsina. But his life is about to take a shocking turn, as the magic in his blood roars to life and forces him to recognize that his most dangerous enemy, an enemy that seeks to destroy all he loves, might dwell within him.
Listeners also enjoyed...
![A Perfect Shadow [Dramatized Adaptation] cover art](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51AmiEGn+NL._SL240_.jpg)
What listeners say about Forest Mage
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Duck Lamond
- 05-01-23
Emotionally taxing
Exceptionally well written. Depressing as all hell. Word count. Word count word count. Words words words
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- jake w
- 19-01-19
good
beautifully written, but depressing. Robbin Hobb is a genius, I've never made it through this series on paper
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance2 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- vixtoria
- 15-09-19
Good story, shame about the reader.Q
Another amazing piece of robin Hobbs lovely storytelling. She facilitates the reader’s entry into a world far removed from our’s but that reflects many of those the reader can empathise with. The problem in this reading is it’s reader’s (narrator) inept handling of words? Surely this could be avoided by his familiarising himself with the text and sifting out the problem words, checking pronunciation then, reading? None of these words are difficult or strange... I would have thought the readers you (Audible) night be above this type of problem?
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- maz
- 04-12-17
left me wondering what was going to happen next !
left me wondering what was going to happen next! lots of twists and turns keeping me interested
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- 11thman
- 30-06-22
Excellent
I know that this series has its critics. It isn’t standard fantasy fare but is thought provoking and, as always with Robin Hobb, beautifully written
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Mr David Smith
- 24-08-16
Forest Mage
I have loved all of robins books in the set and I have fore of her over set and they are very good to
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- lilikins
- 10-09-19
Misery!
Just when you think it can’t get worse, it does. If feels like being asked to watch a holocaust in slow motion. I’m not listening to this particular book again. Hope the next part is happier!!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Martha Alice Wolfgang
- 15-02-16
Superb listening
Absolutely engrossing story which draws you in and has you on edge right the way through. I particularly liked the narrator who I thought very much suited the voice of the main character. Jonathan Barlow is a pleasure to listen to. Coupled with the genius of Robin Hobb's work what more could a listener ask for - an absolute pleasure.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- helen
- 03-10-18
Slow Burner
very good, but slow in getting to the heart of the matter. You have to listen to this if you have book 1 of this series.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- KatyJ
- 19-12-16
plot extruded to ludicrous length!
I love the characters and the plot but l
talk about dragging out the misery and self doubt!!! I feel the tale would benefit from a little more pace - too repetitive!! !
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
4 people found this helpful