The Eyes of the Dragon

If you haven\’t read Stephen King and you\’ve been meaning to start, this would be an excellent book for you. It\’s also appropriate for younger readers. Featuring a villain familiar to anyone who\’s seen or read The Stand, or The Dark Tower series, this story stands alone and is a favorite of many of King\’s constant readers. Fans of Ronnie James Dio, and Game of Thrones should enjoy this.

I\’m currently reading through the dark tower series, including some of the books that tie into it. Before this I had just read: Salems lot The gunslinger The drawing of the three The stand I\’ve liked each book so far, but this one was very different from the others. The book is told as a bit of a fairy tale, with the narrator stopping to comment on the story, teasing what will happen next and asking you to stop and think about how you would feel if you found yourself in the story. I very much enjoyed the narration, and while the story was simple, it was a short and pleasant change of pace. While the book does tie in strongly with a character found in other king books, you don\’t need to have read anything else before this one. If you\’re like me and still early on your journey through all things dark tower, I think you\’ll look back on this one as a nice little side vacation.

Eyes of the Dragon is Steven King\’s first departure from Horror into the realm of Epic Fantasy. It is different from King\’s standard fair and I admit I only picked this up because the book\’s principal antagonist, Randal Flagg, later reappears in King\’s Dark Tower series. That said, I was very impressed with what I found here. Eyes of the Dragon is fantastic and stands as a great novel all on its own. Also, Bronson Pinchot\’s narration is absolutely terrific. The echo he uses when voicing the dark wizard Flagg is particularly bone chilling. Highly recommended!

I have listened to dozens and dozens of audiobooks in my life, but I have to say Bronson Pinchots performance on this book was just incredible and was very possibly the best Ive ever heard. Plus the story is great. Having read most of Kings books, this one is easily one of my favorites. All around, great. Very different from Kings typical horror realm. I really enjoyed his take on a fantasy story. You should definitely give it a try!

I don\’t believe I\’ve ever before heard a narrator so good that I could, as they say, listen to him read the phone book. That it\’s Bronson Pinchot, who I\’ve known for his many well-remembered silly-voiced characters is amazing. I\’m going to go and look for more that he\’s done.

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