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Killer of Men
- The Long War, Book 1
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 19 hrs and 18 mins
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Summary
In the epic clash of Greece and Persia, a hero is forged - a monumental novel from the author of the Tyrant series.
Arimnestos is a farm boy when war breaks out between the citizens of his native Plataea and their overbearing neighbours, Thebes. Standing in the battle line for the first time, alongside his father and brother, he shares in a famous and unlikely victory. But after being knocked unconscious in the melee, he awakes not a hero but a slave.
Betrayed by his jealous and cowardly cousin, the freedom he fought for has now vanished, and he becomes the property of a rich citizen. So begins an epic journey out of slavery that takes the young Arimnestos through a world poised on the brink of an epic confrontation, as the emerging civilisation of the Greeks starts to flex its muscles against the established empire of the Persians.
As he tries to make his fortune and revenge himself on the man who disinherited him, Arimnestos discovers that he has a talent that pays well in this new, violent world - for like his hero, Achilles, he is 'a killer of men'.
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- malcolm ash
- 23-07-21
a good story
this is a good listen. you have to concentrate in places because of the Greek names and terminology but the reward is a very good book well narrated.
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- Bluebell
- 17-08-20
pleasantly enjoyable
i think i will definitely be looking at other books narrated by peter noble.he read /acted this book in every way right.
think ancient Greece and we think gods goddesses and demi gods.
we've all heard of spartans,Athens theebs and crectians .
but this is an aging man telling his story from a boy of a bronze smithy and his journey to manhood,threw wars,slavery love ,greatness and not so greatness .
i want to know what comes next so time to download second book
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- Simon
- 01-05-19
Killer of a Book!
An old man tells the story of his incredible life to the young, I've been here before, most recently with Angus Donald's most excellent Robin Hood series and I have to say this is right up there. This time, it's a venerable Arimnestos, once a young farm boy who becomes a very young warrior only to find himself enslaved. What unfolds is an incredibly vivid tale of war, destruction, forbidden love and one man's journey within a truly epic ancient conflict. I found the slavery part particularly engaging as it took a quite unexpected direction compared to the norm for novels of this type.
Like a lot of old men, the old Arimnestos is guilty of a bit of repetition and possibly Cameron was let down a little by his editors as the brief sequences where we come out of the story and back to the storyteller and his young listeners are a tad grating as he says the same thing time after time. This might annoy some but really it's more a wrinkle on an old, handsome face than some massive, hair-sprouting mole sprouting from an ugly story's nose.
Peter Noble gives a genuinely fabulous performance. He has a beautifully posh rasp that suits the elder Arimnestos as a story-teller, a throaty growl for the warriors as he gets into the action scenes and wonderfully he is able to chisel it all instantaneously to a mirror-like smoothness when he switches to a young female character. He brings real life to the tale and is never phased by the tricky place and character names.
This is obviously going to be a seriously epic series with battles on land and sea, betrayals, politics and tragic loves. If Cameron can keep up this level of intensity then it's going to be a bit of a classic!
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- Anonymous User
- 25-06-20
wow
truly,what a masterpiece.Cameron is a master of his art and no one brings history alive like he does,epic!
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- Dan
- 29-07-19
The best historical fiction author
A great series, superb writing, thrilling story, evocative setting, bone-crunching action. The narrator was absolutely fantastic.
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- Paul Duncan
- 31-07-19
I changed my mind
I didn't like the format of the narration at first but about a third of the way though I released I was gripped ans really like it by then.
geart story .. the end
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- M West
- 10-10-19
superb book
brilliant book, great coming of age book. will be listening to the second . gripping
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- Mr. Anthony D. Bateman
- 28-04-19
pure brilliance
I love historical fiction, started with I claudius in late70s ish, since forced retirement in 2003 I've read all of bernard cornwell Simon scarrow and many many more, I read this on release and now revisit on Audible.
The detail in Christian Camerons' work, the almost minute by minute of a characters' life, is the closest of any work to being them, the empathy touches the soul with real joy despair love hate tiredness adrenaline grief and every emotion, how can it be improved? By the raw performance worthy of an oscar in the superb narration of Peter Noble.
Ah and this isn't even my favourite novel of the narrator. Thankyou Christian
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- martin farrington
- 01-08-20
Outstanding narration
For a book written in the first person the narration is spectacular and compliments this epic tale perfectly.
Highly recommend and so glad there is there is plenty more books to this series!
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-12-23
Ancient Greece brought to life!
fantastic & realistic characterisation. Brings Ancient Greece to life!
Cinematic battles! Triumph, Tragedy, Villians & Heroes!
All narrated expertly! Third book I’ve listened to by him and he brings all the chat to life with emotion.
Highly recommend!
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