The Stormlight Archive

Author: Sanderson, Brandon

Take one part of the Wheel of Time and two-parts Mistborn adding in more character building, an even grander vision of the world, a sophisticated magic system, and you have The Way of Kings Ã¢ THE epic high fantasy series of our generation. If Wheel of Time was big, Sanderson aims to do bigger and better on every front with his Stormlight Archive saga.The narration sees shared voicing by both Michael Kramer (THE man with the deepest voice in the narration business) and Kate Reading to narrate a diverse cast of male and female characters.Both Kramer and Reading are also the same pair that narrates the Wheel of Time mega series. And they repeat their magic here in The Stormlight Archive, bringing the same magical voices to this epic fantasy tale. Kramer has also narrated many other fantasy books including Mistborn, The Rithmatist, The Grace of Kings, The Iron Elves series, the Felix Caster series, and more)The Way of Kings leaps from the pages to become something akin to a movie in your mind. Like the Wheel of Time series, Kate and Michael rotate their narrations from chapter to chapter, depending on the gender POV. Keeping female POV with the female narrator and the male POVÃ¢s with the male POV add an extra dimension of realism that a single narrator cannot achieve alone.In fact, The Stormlight Archive is, so far, a better and bigger story in every sense of the word over the WOT series. I also feel the audiobook version is better too with the two narrators now at the peak of their craft and doing and even better job with the story and characters in this series than the WOT. Especially of note is Michael Kramer's narrative ability who when he opens his mouth is just about the best thing to listen to since The Beatles. This guy has narrated hundreds of audiobooks and is one of the most popular (and best) narrators on the planet.Kramer is my favorite audiobook narrator. Though I usually prefer the British accent for fantasy book narration, Kramer's unique deep voice is the quintessential male voice you imagine for any hero. If you are looking for epic fantasy in the style of Wheel of Time or Mistborn, The Way of Kings audiobook is going to be your new best friend. There are two books out so far and they will take you nearly 40 hours to get through each audiobook, however. So be prepared to sink a lot of time into getting through the audiobooks. Fortunately, it does not feel like a chore and you'll likely be giving up a serious amount of your sleep time to the effort!Listen to a sample of Michael Kramer's voice

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