

Children of Amarid
Author: David B. Coe
Series: LonTobyn Chronicle
Narrator: Pete Cross
Unabridged: 21 hr 52 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 03/04/2019
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Fantasy, Epic
Author: David B. Coe
Series: LonTobyn Chronicle
Narrator: Pete Cross
Unabridged: 21 hr 52 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 03/04/2019
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Fantasy, Epic
David B. Coe is the award-winning author of nineteen novels and more than a dozen short stories. He received his undergraduate degree from Brown University and his master's and Ph.D. in United States history from Stanford University. Co-founder of and regular contributor to the Magical Words group blog, he currently resides with his wife and two daughters in a small college town on the Cumberland Plateau.
The CoA is Coe's first novel and it shows-- both promise and freshman type errors. CoA is set in Tobyn-Ser-- a continent surrounded by two hostile neighbors-- Lon-Ser and Abboris. While lacking a formalized government, Tobyn-Ser has been protected from invasion and other ills by the 'Children of Ama......more
This is the first book by David B. Coe that I've read (and it's his debut novel). I'm not sure why I never got around to buying this at first, since I distinctly remember seeing it on the shelf and being interested, but it took a long time before I actually purchased it. I should have started it soo......more
Edited 10/06/2014 5:16pm After reading and rereading this book a few times, I have come to the conclusion that this book was very well done, at least in terms of construction and plot lines. There are several things in the book that I have noticed that struck me as odd or as incomplete, so if you sha......more
The people of Tobyn-Ser have a long history of trusting and relying upon the benevolent actions of an order of mages known as the Children of Amarid. But now, this trust is rapidly eroding as crops are destroyed, villages are burned, and innocent people are being killed, seemingly at the hands of th......more
Cool magic and an interesting world, but the pacing was too slow for my taste, with lots of travelling and description. At the beginning it felt like Jaryd would be our central character, but by the end it felt like Baden had taken over a bit. The author's first novel.......more