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Listen to The Way of Kings

The opening of The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, read by Edmund. Try the other narrators below, then drop your own copy and hear the whole book.

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Edmund

Resonant, commanding British male voice, ideal for motivational speeches, epic film trailers, and dynamic corporate presentations.

Kalak rounded a rocky stone ridge and stumbled to a stop before the body of a dying thunderclast. The enormous stone beast lay on its side, rib-like protrusions from its chest broken and cracked. The monstrosity was vaguely skeletal in shape, with unnaturally long limbs that sprouted from granite shoulders. The eyes were deep red spots on the arrowhead face, as if created by a fire burning deep within the stone. They faded.

About this sample

Sanderson’s prologue is a battlefield of invented names (Kalak, thunderclast) and stone giants. Edmund’s resonant, commanding voice carries the scale without shouting.

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