Infinity Blade: Awakening (Infinity Blade)
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4.6 • 27 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Trained from birth in swordplay and combat, a young knight named Siris has journeyed to the Dark Citadel with a single purpose: fight through the army of Titans to face the tyrannical God King in one-on-one combat. This was his father's sacred mission, and his father's before him, going back countless generations in an effort to free their people from enslavement. But when Siris somehow succeeds where all those from his bloodline previously have failed, he finds himself cast into a much larger world, filled with warriors and thieves, ancient feuds and shifting alliances, Deathless immortals and would-be kings. His quest for freedom will take him on an epic journey in search of the mythical figure known as the Worker of Secrets - the one being in the world who can unravel the secrets of the Infinity Blade. Based on the bestselling video game from ChAIR Entertainment and Epic Games, this all-new adventure from acclaimed fantasy author Brandon Sanderson digs deeper into the fantastical world of Infinity Blade, a world of mystery and intrigue where magic and technology are indistinguishable, and even life and death are not what they seem. Brandon Sanderson has published six solo novels with Tor Books-Elantris, the Mistborn trilogy, Warbreaker, and The Way of Kings-as well as four books in the middle-grade Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians series from Scholastic. He was chosen to complete Robert Jordan's long-running Wheel of Time series, to which he added 2009's The Gathering Storm and 2010's Towers of Midnight, as well as the final book in the series, A Memory of Light, scheduled for release in 2012. Currently living in Utah with his wife and children, Brandon teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University.
Customer Reviews
Fantastic over a decade later.
As fantastic a story as it was when I first read it a decade ago. I like it just as much if not even a little more now.
The protagonist Siris' dilemma of being raised for combat and denied simple pleasures is still quite sympthetic. It's left him noble and naive, but highly skilled and a quick learner.
Isa his ally is also a well-layered character, self-serving yet still has a conscience, humorous yet vulnerable as things go on.
And Raidriar the God King is very engrossing in how methodical his mind works, and how tangibly his immortality is described.
The narrator for this audiobook is stellar overall, but makes 2 portrayal decisions I found a bit distracting at points. Isa is said to have an accent but the narration makes it very thick when she's near-fluent outside of a few definitions. And TEL the transforming golem is given a harsh, dry, wheezy voice when he's a more skittish, nervous character.
Regardless, the narrator has a great voice overall, and I'm grateful to have experienced the story again in an official medium.
Do NOT Read if not a Gamer
Part 1 is quite enjoyable.
Part 2 is a drudgery. The thing is only 4 hours long, and feels like a 1,000.
There is no Part 3. If you’re not a gamer, there is nothing to cleanse the pallet via resolution of Part 2.