Knight of the Black Rose

Ravenloft: Terror of Lord Soth, Book 1

By: James Lowder

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins

Publisher's summary

On the fabled world of Krynn, Lord Soth finally learns that there is a price to pay for his long history of evil deeds, a price even an undead warrior might find horrifying. Dark powers transport Soth to Barovia, and there the death knight must face the dread minions of Count Strahn Von Zarovich, the vampire lord of the nightmare land. But with only a captive Vistani woman and an untrustworthy ghost for allies, Lord Soth soon discovers that he may have to join forces with the powerful vampire if he is ever to escape the realm of terror. Knight of the Black Rose is the second in an open-ended series of Gothic horror tales dealing with the masters and monsters of the Ravenloft dark fantasy setting.

©2012 Wizards of the Coast LLC (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

this should be a movie

this should be a movie I say. I love it and I love it and I love it

Wonderful dark audio book

Excellent book, audio books are new to me & I enjoyed this one very much.

just a good story

even if you don't know the Dragon Lance series this spin off of Lord Soth entering this vampire ruled relm through a magical mist that lord Soth paid to mind to cause he was about to catch the woman of his dreams and then suddenly things get better/worse different

EVIL

Loved the Lore brought to this book Strahd is so cunning, Soth is a such an interesting character.

Great narration

Great narration, awesome characters and a worthy picturing of the dread of Barovia this time from a perspective as cruel as Strahd's.

Great book!

I enjoyed this book very much. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who's a fan of the genre

Hit and Miss

I personally love the Ravenloft setting, but this story had a few grating issues that made me not enjoy the story. First of all are the characters, Soth was a crotchety old bastard most of the time which really made him seem like a npc in a video game. This goes for most of the characters in the Knight of the Black Rose, they all seem like cardboard cutouts of real people in a way. Except of course for Strahd who is more interesting and animated than all of the cast combined. It was a strain to listen to the antiheroes backstory, the only memorable parts of the book were the parts with Strahd which I enjoyed very much.

I liked the expansions out of Barovia into the lands of dread, read the I Strahd books if you want to see more of them. I read through half the sequel book and so far it features no Strahd or Barovia so I wouldn't recommend it. So for that I gave it a Three out of Five.

Gothic horror mixed with high fantasy

I can tell I will listen to this again later. This is such a fun creepy story with villains I already know from dungeons and dragons. I can't believe I got it on sale!

Enjoying a trip back

i read this book when it came out in 1991 and i loved it i was already a fan of lord soth . this book made me cheer for him even more. if you are a fan of dragonlance then this book is a must read and or listen

Pretty great with some notable problems.

This story takes place in a fantastical world based on the Dungeons and Dragons world of Ravenloft. Before I go further, note that I did enjoy this book very much, despite some issues, one of which may be my own personal problem. James Lowder has a mixed comprehension of this world and its creatures. The performance of the Death Knight Soth is amazing and those he allies with are engaging. However, the key of the Ravenloft world, Lord Strahd Von Zarovich, was not his regular self. This Strahd was a noble host to a monster of equal horror to his own, something Strahd would never do. Despite it being unreliable to compare two authors, the work of P. F. Elrod’s “I, Strahd: The War Against Azalin” finds Strahd doing all in his power to keep the lich away from him once he discovers the creatures identity. Danny Campbell, this story’s mostly skilled and charismatic narrator sometimes stumbles over words, mixing up two similar words such as Strahd and Soth to form Stroth and made me have to rewind the chapter in a form of double take, as well as the occasional mix-up of his voices for the story’s characters. However, these problems in this Audible presentation are minor flaws in what is a rather wonderful experience. James Lowder and Danny Campbell gave me a book that I will revisit with great joy as a more permanent member of my Audible library.