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The Broken Heir

By: Jasper Alden, D.K. Holmberg
Narrated by: Virtual Voice
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Publisher's summary

On his sixteenth birthday, Talen is given a magical birthright that forever changes his life.

When his family is slaughtered by a powerful sorcerer only known as the Golden Fool, Talen is sold into slavery and forced into the fighting pits.

There he finds violence and killing, but makes two friends who make the misery better. He must use his birthright—the ability to glimpse possible futures—to survive.

All he wants is vengeance. Find those responsible for killing his parents, and get to the Golden Fool. First, he must escape the pits, using his wits and his magical gift.

Even that might not be enough.

The Golden Fool trilogy begins with The Broken Heir.

This title uses virtual voice narration

Virtual voice is computer-generated narration for audiobooks.
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Ugg, they used virtual voice

It is really too bad that a virtual voice was used rather than a voice actor. I understand the desire to save money, but it is at the cost of poorer reviews and less purchases. I quite liked the book, but it is impossible for the virtual voice to understand the story, to emphasize some parts more than others, nor can it speak using different voices. What a waste. I would have given this book a 5 star rating if it had a better narrator.

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AI narration ruined what could have been a good book

I enjoyed the story, but the zero emotion zero acting voice made me wonder why they paid this man to narrate... only to hear at the end that it was Ai narration. If subsequent books are also narrated like this I will not be listening or purchasing any of them.

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