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Shadowheist
- Spellmonger: Legacy and Secrets, Book 2
- Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
- Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins
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Publisher's Summary
A young heroine learns that, when you hide in the shadows, something darker may be waiting there for you . . . as the fantasy adventure saga continues.
Having discovered her true heritage, young Gatina is embracing her evolving role as an apprentice shadowthief. It turns out procuring things that don’t actually belong to you can be rather exciting. But the first thing a good thief must learn is how to not get caught. If the evil usurper Count Vichetral snares Gatina or her beloved family, a truly unpleasant fate awaits.
So her defiant father has deposited Gatina and her brother in the last place Vichetral’s men would think to look for them: stately Palomar Abbey. Under the alias of Maid Avorrita of Dentran—a purposely dull, bucktoothed maiden studying to be a novitiate—Gatina quickly comes to enjoy her new life among the elite. And then the trouble truly begins . . .
When Gatina’s father takes her along with him to Inmar to meet a fence who can handle their stolen goods, they discover a new threat to their Shadow Council: the checkered-cloaked Royal Censorate of Magic, dedicated to the ruthless enforcement of centuries-old laws pertaining to the use of magic. Later, Gatina’s dormant rajira unexpectedly emerges at the abbey, and she’s secretly tutored in shadowmagic by the mysterious Lady Silva.
What Gatina doesn’t realize is that very soon she’ll need every trick in her secret book. For a sinister new threat has arisen, one that will doom any who oppose its growing power. While Minalan the Spellmonger toils in distant lands to save humanity, Gatina must prove her skills in steel, sorcery, and the stars in order to save herself, her family, even freedom itself, by pulling off the ultimate SHADOWHEIST!
The Spellmonger: Legacy and Secrets trilogy introduces a younger Gatina, Kitten of the Night, as she comes into her own as a shadowmage.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Trish
- 26-10-22
Great addition, with disappointing performance
Love hearing more about Gatina. This is a great branch off on the series, BUT it appears that Terry and the narrator, Fiona, did not take into account the many reviews from the first book on her performance. She still mispronounces words, and it is distracting from other things going on. Which is really disappointing, because I really like her style of narration, and she does great.... if she'd just do her homework and respect the previously released materials when she takes on a role in such an epic tale.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Clayton
- 21-04-23
warning - this book is written for teens
As much as I love the rest of Terry Mancour's work, this one is an aberration. The spunky pubescent heroine bit felt very predictable.
1 person found this helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-12-22
I love Terry Mancour but . . .
Just so you know, there have been times I've wanted to write down some of the brilliant turns of phrase T.M. has used in his books. He is in my top five writers, easy. If this were the FIRST book I'd read of his, I'd label him a boring hack and refuse to believe he'd ever write anything of worth.
I'm in chapter 13 of 32. It is rare that I start skipping and fast-forwarding through a book. It's like listening to a text book. I'm halfway through the book. No spoilers. Gatina goes to a monastery. That's it. No, Seriously. Nothing happens other than her Dad visits a fence. I haven't felt this way about a Terry Mancour book since Court Mage. We learn all about the history of the Palomar Abbey and are given no reason to care. I don't care.
The name of the book is "Shadowheist." Kinda sounds exciting, doesn't it? Especially with a character that I really like from the series. So, if you buy this one, you can SAFELY skip to chapter 14. You will miss nothing so far, other than who the girls are at the Abby, tomato picking, and descriptions of the political landscape. It may even make the rest of the book interesting trying to catch up on clues. I know he's going to rehash what's happened so far, as he's already done it several times.
So many times I thought something was going to happen. It didn't. Who knows? Maybe this will be the most exciting book in the collection? My fear is that it will be as uninteresting as the first 13 chapters.
I'm going to go do something more exciting, like watch a faucet drip. Oh, wait! Marshal Arcane dropped, today! Maybe I can still return this for the credit.
1 person found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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- SFI
- 27-11-22
Not up to Minilan Standard
Please use a Narrator that understands effort and emphasis next time. Was any of this written by Terry?
1 person found this helpful
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- Anonymous User
- 29-10-22
Great side story for the SpellMonger Series
This is a very entertaining continuation of a side arc for a very enjoyable character, the kitten of the night.
The only real complaint that I have is that the voice talent is driving me crazy with the way she pronounces Magocracy. It should be pronounced like “magic” and not “Magog”. It’s extremely off-putting and I hope someone can get her to correct it.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Steve
- 28-10-22
Good story. Sub par narration.
Feedback: Emily Burch Harris should have listened to a Spellmonger or two before performing this book. She pronounces many place and people names of Calidor quote differently than the other story narrations. Very distracting…
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Heath
- 06-06-23
Amazing!!!!
Yet Another incredible installment in one of my favorite fantasy book series of all time.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 27-05-23
Good story, mediocre audiobook production
The story is good, as long as you understand that this is more a book for teens than adults. The audiobook production is lacking, however. There are several changes in pronunciation of fantasy words and even mispronounciations of regular words, and there are many sudden cuts, where the readers' tone suddenly changes, even mid sentence, making it obvious that this is from a different recording session.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- andrew cutak
- 27-04-23
slow start great finish
the book had a show beginning, but mid way through it picks up and has a great ending.
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- David & Sharon
- 27-03-23
Enhances the Story Line
I enjoyed the listen. I wasn’t sure at first but quickly got invested in the story line and discovered more of the underlying story.
Thanks for another great story and presentation.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 25-02-23
Very good
Loved it. Great narrator. I like the character development of the cats. Too listen
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- Hallur Hallsson
- 30-01-23
Love the story, i Love Gatine
Well written, better performed and lovingly thought out
If you like “the regular” series you will Love this serie!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 18-01-23
Great story, Kitten is an engrossing character
the story is great, and is tiding me over whilst waiting for the next main spellmonger book. fascinating to learn more about kitten and am looking forward to the next.
the narrator's enunciation is stunning for the most part, apart from a few pronunciations that to my ears gate a bit. maGG-ockracy rather than madge-OCKracy, and majE rather than mayGe, but these are really really few. would listen to the narrator do other stories
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Robert vane
- 15-01-23
Butchered.....
Great story, love Terry Mancour and all thing spell monger. 0/10 for the narrator absolutely butchers the telling with constant mispronounced words, already asked for my money back.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Morten reinås
- 09-12-22
Great sidestory to learn more about some characters
This sidestory is almost as good as the main spellmongerseries, and the main character is really interesting to follow.
Even think this is better than some of the main books.
Only minor issue is that voiceactors shold use the same names on places and words that the series have. Get confusing when you hear a new word, but it is an already established word just pronunced way different.
it is not something that make the experience any less enyojable
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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- William
- 02-12-22
Avoid
This book is tedious and predictable. The narration is as bad as the last book.
Perhaps I’m so disappointed in this book because the main spell monger series is so good.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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- Roger Clarkson
- 29-11-22
Great book, still mispronounced words
A great book and good narrating like the first but as with the last book many names and places were mispronounced based on the main series. This really takes away from the story when listening particularly Magogracy. It really would make a huge difference when emerced in the fantasy.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Gary
- 20-11-22
Excellent
Terry Mancour’s books are a must!! My favourite give it a go you won’t regret it
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- Mr. L. HALL
- 18-11-22
Outstanding
A truly fantastic performance for a great story! I'm so glad the pronunciations where corrected too. Fiona really put passion into the narration it was such a pleasure to listen to. Very highly recommend!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Armstrongs
- 16-11-22
Great second installment.
A strong follow up to shadowplay. The lore deepens around Gatina and Atopol and their parents, intriguing to find out how the adventures of Minalan and his fellow wizards influences the shadow book series.
I marked down the performance by a star as mid-way through a chapter a character's accent was changed by the narrator as was some pronunciation, presumably between two recording sessions.
I recommend the book.