The Fionavar Tapestry Trilogy – Guy Gavrial Kay Free Audiobook

Written by Guy Gavrial Kay
Read by Simon Vance
Format: MP3
Unabridged

Not my rips, but I am pleased to be able to share this wonderful series, and I did throw together the following info. You will have to bear with me as I struggle with atrociously slow upload speeds at my end. I shall stay connected and have optimized things as best I can, but it will be a slow process, I am afraid.

Chapterized mp3s, unabridged books, consistent narration. Highly recommended fantasy. 🙂

The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy consists of The Summer Tree, The Wandering Fire, and The Darkest Road. The first book of the trilogy was published in 1984, and was runner-up for SF Book Club’s book of the year award. The second and third were both published in 1986. The Wandering Fire won the Aurora Award in 1987.
The trilogy is set firmly and consciously in the Tolkien tradition of High Fantasy. GGK has said that one of his motives for writing it was to show that the ‘matter’ of High Fantasy was deep enough to be used in various original ways, and that the genre did not have to become debased into nothing but pale Tolkien imitations. The Tapestry tells the tale of five young Canadians who are taken to Fionavar, the first of all worlds, by Loren Silvercloak, a mage of that world. Ostensibly invited to come as guests of the court for a celebration of the anniversary of the monarch’s ascension to the throne, all five students quickly find that their roles in Fionavar are far more complex than they originally expected.

Book 1 – The Summer Tree
by Guy Gavriel Kay (Author), Simon Vance (Narrator)
Length: 13 hours and 3 minutes
Five university students embark on a journey of self-discovery when they enter a realm of wizards and warriors, gods and mythical creatures–and good and evil…
It all began with a lecture that introduced five university students to a man who would change their lives, a wizard who would take them from Earth to the heart of the first of all worlds–Fionavar. And take them Loren Silvercloak did, for his need–the need of Fionavar and all the worlds–was great indeed.
And in a marvelous land of men and dwarves, of wizards and gods, five young people discovered who they were truly meant to be. For they are a long-awaited part of the pattern known as the Fionavar Tapestry, and only if they accepted their destiny would the armies of the Light stand any chance of surviving the wrath the Unraveller and his minions of darkness intend to unleash upon the world…

Book 2: The Wandering Fire
by Guy Gavriel Kay (Author), Simon Vance (Narrator)
Listening Length: 10 hours and 51 minutes
A mage’s power has brought five university students from our world into a realm where an ancient evil has freed itself from captivity to wreak revenge on its enemies….

Book 3: The Darkest Road
by Guy Gavriel Kay (Author), Simon Vance (Narrator)
Listening Length: 16 hours and 35 minutes
In the conclusion of Guy Gavriel Kay’s critically acclaimed fantasy trilogy, The Fionavar Tapestry, five university students from our world prepare to sacrifice themselves—as they enter into final battle against a power of unimaginable proportions…