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| The Riddler's Gift AUDIOBOOK The fantasy novel, as read by the author Greg Hamerton | |
| In a time when the world was
ravaged by chaos, one kingdom remains;
ordered, isolated, protected. Then Tabitha Serannon awakens an ancient
power and the world begins to change. She is hunted for her talent. The Shadowcasters whisper in her ears as their evil closes around her. Soon the Riddler walks beside her, but is he on her side? She has a moment to learn the magic before she loses her grasp of the Lifesong, but the path she must follow leads into Darkness; into terror, treachery and desire. To survive she must give voice to a music that she hardly understands, an enchantment that will echo through all time.  |
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| AUDIOBOOK DETAILS | |
| Audiobook
Audio MP3 CD set. (You need an MP3-capable player or PC. Some CD players will not play this format.) This is a big story. You'd normally pay R295 for 5 hours of audiobook, here you'll be getting over 22 hours! Browse around the online booksellers and you'll see what I mean. The Novice is R280 for 6 hours. Harry Potter #7 is R1100 for the boxed set! It is in the MP3 format, so it's iPod-ready. Get your own audiobook CD set of The Riddler's Gift and start listening. |
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 Boxed, 2 CDs, 22 hours. MP3 format.ISBN 978-0-9585118-5-8 |
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| WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THE AUDIOBOOK? | MORE ABOUT THE BOOK |
| It's
quite a different experience lying back on your bed with an MP3 player
and having the book read to you, instead of straining your eyes late
into the night and having to work out how to pronounce those archaic
English words. The audiobook gives you a unique opportunity to hear the
story with all the inflections and emotions that the author intended
when he wrote the book, things you might miss when reading it on your
own. It was a lot of fun to perform the book out loud. It's not as simple as you'd think, because each character has to speak with their own voice in dialogue sections. I pushed myself to my limit with dramatising the story properly. The Darkmaster was especially painful since he has a hoarse, mobster voice. The Riddler was great fun. The Cosmologer was a scream. So instead of getting stressed out in the morning traffic, get The Riddler's Gift audiobook and join me for an adventure you'll never forget. |
 THE RIDDLER'S
GIFTfor reviews, downloads, details and news about the printed version of the story, please visit The Riddler's Gift main page. |
| HOW DO YOU MAKE AN AUDIOBOOK? | ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| I
have a quiet work-room which doubles as a studio. I started by talking
into my hat (literally) to try and shield the
microphone from outside sounds, but after running out of air realised
there had to be a better way. The Logitech noise-cancelling microphone
USB headset was a great solution. Using Audacity software was a
pleasure
and allowed for all the recording, after-effects and digital editing I
needed. It's a slow process since you have to stop for every lippo (like a typo, sometimes you just don't say what you meant to say). You need to synchronise your breathing with the tail end of the track, then re-record from there onwards. And then just as you get to the moment critique, a flock of Morrigán fly over the house, with their lunatic-asylum chorus. The files are recorded in WAV format (for possible CD release) and MP3 format. The artwork is adapted from the book cover, the files are burnt to CDs, and hey presto! you have an audiobook. It gets its own ISBN number since it's a different version. |
 GREG HAMERTON has been writing
fantasy and extreme sports since 1998. He lives in Cape Town,
South Africa.He was recently interviewed about writing The Riddler's Gift. |