The Ancient [Dramatized Adaptation]

Written by R. A. Salvatore

Narrated by A Full Cast, Terence Aselford, Colleen Delany and 27 more

Searching for his long-lost father, Bransen Garibond is tricked into journeying across the Gulf of Corona to the wild lands of Vanguard, where he is pressed into service in a desperate war against the brutal Samhaist, Ancient Badden.

On an Alpinadoran lake, just below Ancient Badden's magical ice castle, several societies, caught in the web of their own conflicts, are oblivious to Ancient Badden's devastating plans to destroy them.

Bransen becomes the link between the wars, and if he fails, all who live on the lake will perish, and all of northern Honce will fall under the shadow of the merciless and vengeful Samhaists.

• Language: English
• Publisher: GraphicAudio
• Release date: Jun 3, 2020
• ISBN: 9781648809934

R. A. Salvatore

Over three decades ago, R. A. Salvatore created the character of Drizzt Do’Urden, the dark elf who has withstood the test of time to stand today as an icon in the fantasy genre. With his work in the Forgotten Realms, the Crimson Shadow, the DemonWars Saga, and other series, Salvatore has sold more than thirty million books worldwide and has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list more than two dozen times. He considers writing to be his personal journey, but still, he’s quite pleased that so many are walking the road beside him! R.A. lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Diane, and their two dogs, Dexter and Pikel. He still plays softball for his team, Clan Battlehammer, and enjoys his weekly DemonWars: Reformation RPG and Dungeons & Dragons 5e games. 

Reviews for The Ancient [Dramatized Adaptation]

[thecrow2 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

For me the second book of the series is mainly about the opposition of two religions, an ‘old’ and a ‘new’ one which can be even the paganism vs the early christianism. The best thing is that neither one is the ‘right’ one, the leader of the old one is a bloodthirsty maniac, opposing the insensitive and bigoted new. Of course besides all of these we got a great, exciting story as well.

[karlstar_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A typical Salvatore fantasy novel, set in his own world instead of the Forgotten Realms. Set before his DemonWars books, this again returns to the character of The Highwayman, from the novel of the same name. The Highwayman is again trying to do as much harm to the lords as he can, while at the same time, trying to stay free and independent. Nothing much in particular to make this story stand out, though at least there's no rangers in this one. This time, the monk and cleric stand out, while the dwarves and barbarians take a lesser role. In that sense, it reminds me of the Cadderly books, with the roles jumbled a bit.

[piersanti-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I've liked many of the books from this author, and if you've ready any of his other books, then you'll like this one for sure. If you haven't ready any of his other books, I probably wouldn't start with this one, unless you really, really like fantasy (there's magic, evil trolls, swords, a conflicted hero, etc.)

[carl_alves_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Although The Ancient had some good points such as competent writing and a story that moved along pretty well, ultimately it was too convoluted and hard to get into. There were some good aspects to this. There were characters that you could root for like Bransen Garibond and Brother Cormac, and good bit of action. Ultimately what hurt this novel was that there were too many wars being fought by different factions, too many battles going on. They ultimately got all jumbled together. It was hard to tell which ones were important and which were just fluff. When they finally got together - which was extremely probably, almost ridiculously so - it was almost too late to matter.While there was some entertainment value to this novel, it's not one that will resonate much longer after I've read it.Carl Alves - author of Blood Street