These days, I consume almost all of my literature through audio books so I have experienced my fair share of audio book narrators (both good and terrible) and without hesitation I put Nick Podehl at the top with the best of them. I purchased this book solely on the criteria that it was a fantasy novel that was read by Nick Podehl and I was not disappointed in the least. I'll be honest: I had never heard of this book or this author. I often listen to books during my commutes and more than once I found myself in my driveway just sitting in the car because the book was too good to turn off. The story and performance were top notch. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? Vaguely like the Game of Thrones novels in that it is an epic story across multiple continents with separate story lines that are all on a collision course together. What other book might you compare Mage's Blood to and why? but it is three seemingly ordinary people that will decide the fate of the world. Now, the third Moontide is almost here, and this time the people of the East are ready for a fight. The Magi are hell-bent on ruling this new world, and for the last two Moontides they have led armies across the bridge on "crusades of conquest". Most of the time the Moontide Bridge lies deep below the sea, but every 12 years the tides sink and the bridge is revealed, its gates open for trade. This strong debut should draw in fantasy readers of all stripes." Hair portrays a stark and beautiful world breaking apart, with both good and evil characters desperate to reshape it through magic, war, and treachery. In a starred review of Mage’s Blood, Publisher’s Weekly said, "This multilayered beginning to the Moontide Quartet plunges listeners into a taut network of intrigue and mystery that tightens with each chapter.
Mage’s Blood, the first volume of a series called The Moontide Quartet, is Hair’s first work of adult fantasy. David Hair is the award-winning writer of two young adult fiction series, The Aotearo and The Return of Ravana (based on the Vedic epic The Ramayana).