Book description
You know how most fantasy series take three books to warm up? Steven Erikson apparently didn't get that memo. With Memories of Ice, he just drops a mountain on the genre and dares it to move. As an audiobook, it's a glorious, chaotic ordeal. The narrator must have needed a flowchart the size of a cathedral tapestry just to keep track of the voices.
Let's talk about the "uneasy alliance." That's the understatement of the millennium. You've got ancient, brooding elves who are literally thousands of years old, a warlord who might be a god, and an army of regular-ish soldiers who probably just want a pension, all forced to team up against a tide of... what was it? "Corrupted blood." Of course. Because a regular invading army just isn't daunting enough. The new villain, the Pannion Domin, is so generically evil it's almost a parody of epic fantasy's obsession with world-ending threats. It seethes. It devours. It's basically a sentient landfill with a god complex.
And just when you think the cast is bloated enough, Erikson, with a straight face, introduces the T'lan Imass. Because what this story of gods, mages, and immortal elves really needed was an army of undead neanderthals. The narrator's solemn, gravelly voice for these characters is a masterpiece of audio comedy. You can almost hear the sigh every time a new clan is announced.
The real joke, the peak of fantasy absurdity, is the underlying threat. The big bad behind the big bad? The Crippled God. Not a "Wounded Deity" or an "Injured Almighty." The Crippled God. He's unchained and intent on revenge, which presumably involves a lot of paperwork for disability claims while he lays waste to continents. The sheer, unadulterated scale of it all is so preposterous that you can't help but admire the audacity. Listening to this is like being shouted at by a very intelligent, very serious friend describing the most complicated dream you've ever heard.
It's a mess. A magnificent, overwhelming, brilliantly written mess. You'll spend half the time lost and the other half wondering why you're enjoying it so much. It's less an audiobook and more an anthropologic dig through the layers of fantasy's own excesses. And honestly? I wouldn't have it any other way.
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Dallas Burn
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Bowler
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The Beekeeper
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience