Narrated by Dina Pearlman, The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip has a runtime of 6 hrs 24 mins on Audible.
Publisher’s Summary
Sixteen when a baby is brought to her to raise, Sybel has grown up on Eld Mountain. Her only playmates are the creatures of a fantastic menagerie called there by wizardry. Sybel has cared nothing for humans, until the baby awakens emotions previously unknown to her. And when Coren–the man who brought this child–returns, Sybel’s world is again turned upside down.
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
- Length: 6 hrs 24 mins
- Publisher: Audible Studios
- Release year: 2011
- Audible category: Science Fiction & Fantasy / Fantasy / Epic
Listener Ratings
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld holds an average listener rating of 4.3/5 from 298 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.4/5
- Story: 4.4/5
- 5-star ratings: 58% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
5/5 stars — “Along time I have known them, but it burns new.”
I have loved this story for 40 yrs and remember reading back in unior high school for a paper. A captivating tale of one self, and that which came to serve hidden in a reflection of one self, for both evil and good. worth the read. Only negative comment she said Mike when the story was written Myk (Mick), so that drove me nuts but to each their own.— ALIENW0LF, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “One of the Greatest Fantasies”
A cold sorceress and her mythic beasts become involved in the affairs of mankind and she learns of hate, love, betrayal, forgiveness, of being human.
Lyric, beautiful.— Patrick Zircher, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “What a beautiful story “
This wonderful tale may have started a touch slow but it gained momentum and was a beautiful and deep journey. Fantastic animals twine with human journeys for a superb experience. The narrator was perfect for this story and the language used by the author reawakened my own thirst for well written otherworldly stories. A real treat.— Pepper, Audible listener
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