The Omen Machine
The Omen Machine book cover

The Omen Machine

MP3 CD – Unabridged, August 16, 2011

Price
$13.10
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1441887832
Dimensions
5.5 x 0.5 x 7.5 inches
Weight
3.2 ounces

Description

About the Author One of the most popular writers of fantasy today, Terry Goodkind divides his time between Maine and Nevada.Sam Tsoutsouvas has been a professional actor for over thirty years, appearing on and off Broadway, in regional theatre, and national tours across the country, film, and television. A popular audiobook narrator, he has narrated several Terry Goodkind novels.

Features & Highlights

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  • -bestselling author Terry Goodkind returns to the lives of Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell―in a compelling tale of a new and sinister threat to their world.
  • Hannis Arc, working on the tapestry of lines linking constellations of elements that constituted the language of Creation recorded on the ancient Cerulean scroll spread out among the clutter on his desk, was not surprised to see the seven etherial forms billow into the room like acrid smoke driven on a breath of bitter breeze. Like an otherworldly collection of spectral shapes seemingly carried on random eddies of air, they wandered in a loose clutch among the still and silent mounted bears and beasts rising up on their stands, the small forest of stone pedestals holding massive books of recorded prophecy, and the evenly spaced display cases of oddities, their glass reflecting the firelight from the massive hearth at the side of the room.
  • Since the seven rarely used doors, the shutters on the windows down on the ground level several stories below stood open as a fearless show of invitation. Though they frequently chose to use windows, they didn't actually need the windows any more than they needed the doors. They could seep through any opening, any crack, like vapor rising in the early morning from the stretches of stagnant water that lay in dark swaths through the peat barrens.
  • The open shutters were meant to be a declaration for all to see, including the seven, that Hannis Arc feared nothing.

Customer Reviews

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Waste of time

Why are people giving this five stars? It was aweful. Did anyone edit the book? The only thing good about The Omen Machine is the concept. Goodkind just moved to the bottom of my favorite authors list. Don't read this book.
6 people found this helpful
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Drawn out, boring, no action

It has been said by others, but this Terry Goodkind created a book hoping he would lure us in from his past success.

This book is nothing like the previous in the series, there is not the excitement, the history, the power, the wonder, and the enthusiasm as his other Richard and Kahlan books.

In this book the main characters are emotionless and over think everything, the supporting characters are idiots, and the minor characters are little kids bickering over anything they can.

There is not much rising action, and the climax is roadkill on the freeway, there is no falling action, and no conclusion allowing another book in the series.

He needs to stop being intellectual, and make his characters interesting again. Maybe even start a new series with new characters instead of pounding the old ones to death with sequels.
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Not SOT Worthy

I'm a huge SOT fan, and this book just did not cut it. It does not present any of Richard's morals nor characteristics found in the series. There is ZERO action, and little to no drama. It's basically all boring, empty filler about uninteresting characters.
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Five Stars

Continuation of the series. Still outstanding.