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Readers Comments and Reviews
Eiji should be given her own stories. She doesn't need Ealdraed. Not disrespecting him or anything, good guy, but Eiji on her own would be something special! See everything from her POV. Eiji solo, get me.
Seth, St Albans, UK.
A single stand-alone episode of Eiji, likely to be entitled simply "Eiji of the Kajhin" and taking place after the death of Ealdræd, is in the pipeline but will probably not appear for some time as we at AU have a lot on our plate at the moment trying to get the original cycle of 12 Ealdræd episodes recorded (see below). But it should appear eventually.
You are a rude man to have a hero who whips a woman for sexual pleasure. Real heroes would not do this.
Janka, Hungary.
What can we say? Ealdræd's the kind of hero who does. Its because of the sexual / erotic elements in some of the stories that we have put the "Mature Content" parental warnings on the website. This is S&S for an adult audience.
Mercenary Justice is the best episode because of the ending. Tragic. First time a fantasy tale ever got me misty eyed. More like that would be good. Matriarchs of Gathkar was too political for my taste. I would like Ealdraed to return to the Torvig Steppes because the Czechu were great - adore the word 'poltroon'. More tragedy, less politics, and lots of cowardly Czechu!
Anonymous
Its good to hear that you like the ending of Mercenary Justice. We were a little worried about whether readers would accept that ending or not. Thanks for the reassurance. Tate (our worthy author) insists upon an occasional bit of politics and claims that The Matriarchs of Gathkar is an allegory of contemporary England. You decide. A return to the Torvig Steppes would seem to be ruled out as the story Daughter of the Steppes suggests that this is the first time that Ealdræd has been there and Tate (yes, him again) says that any future Ealdræd stories will be set in his younger days. But maybe a Czechu poltroon or two might turn up in one of those stories, if they ever get written, who knows?
Where are the audio versions? I have been back to your site a number of times and it always says 'available soon'. It is frustrating. The samples you have online have sold me, so okay where are the actual full recordings of the stories?
Mason, USA.
We hang our heads in contrite and humble apology. Yes, we know you're right. It takes us absolutely ages to record and edit each story. Episode 1 is now available online and we hope to add further episodes as soon as possible. Sorry and thank you for your patience. The whole of Ealdræd on audio will slowly but steadily appear, we promise.