The Fifth Elephant
Category: Audible Books & Originals,Science Fiction & Fantasy,Fantasy,Paranormal & Urban,Contemporary
The Fifth Elephant Details
Sam Vines is a man on the run. Yesterday he was a duke, a chief of police, and ambassador to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. Now he has nothing but his native wit and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya. And if he can't make it through the forest to civilization, there's going to be a terrible war. But there are monsters on his trail. They're werewolves - and they're catching up. Sam Vines is out of time and already out of breath...
Reviews
The Fifth Elephant is one of my favorite Discworld novels but, fair warning, this is an abridged version. It is well done - nothing essential is left out of course - but much of Pratchett's funny meanderings are not included. I would not use this or other similar recordings as a first time experience of Discworld. Tony Robinson (Baldrick from the Black Adder BBC series) does wonderful voices. Unfortunately, it seems like these recordings were never normalized so you have to turn up the volume for his quiet voices and then get blasted by his louder or more projected voices. This aspect is a technical one, not Pratchett's or Robinson's fault but it is why I give this less than the Five Stars.