Fortunately Richard Mitchley, Jennings' stand-in, has both a good voice for storytelling and a good ear for accents and dialects. Will the two boys be able to accomplish their mission before all is lost? This is the only book in the series not read by Alex Jennings. It soon becomes apparent that even here the forces of the Dark, and indeed one of their most powerful lords, are at work, with the unwitting but not entirely unwilling aid of a disagreeable farmer with a grudge against Bran's father. Soon after his arrival he meets Bran, an introverted, pale boy who seems to know something of Will's true nature and his business. This latest adventure begins when Will Stanton, last of the Old Ones, is sent to visit relatives in Whales while he recovers from a bout of Hepatitis. At that time I didn't know it was part of a series.

This was actually the first book of the sequence that I ever read. One day out of the fog or cloud that often cover the hills, shall I meet, Bran, Caradog Prichard, the Milgwn, or Brenin Llwyd himself ! I thoroughly enjoyed his pronunciation of Welsh and equally the voices of the many people in Wales who speak English with an accent. I didn't hear a narrator only lots of Welsh people so I guess he did a good job. What does Richard Mitchley bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book? This story is my idea of Wales and the Welsh people as it excellently weaves the everyday life of those farming the hills and mountains with the stories and Legends brought about by this mystical countryside. I have been travelling to South Wales from England each week to work for about a year now and want to immerse myself more into the way of the Welsh people. I got this book because I am learning Welsh (for fun).

What made the experience of listening to The Grey King the most enjoyable? Would recommend the series and the narrator. No I preferred a bit at a time I found it quite exciting. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? Mind you Richard Mitchley reads Allan Carr's how to stop smoking so I might draw the line at listening to that purely for his dulcet tones. No but I will now be looking for his other books I think the narration can make a book and will often choose audio books based on the narrator. Have you listened to any of Richard Mitchley’s other performances? How does this one compare? I read one 'the dark is rising' and wanted to read the whole series What other book might you compare The Grey King to, and why?

The previous narrator of the series Alex Jennings is good but Richard Mitchley'svoice was superb for this tale set in Wales. I thought it was very well read and also thought the narrator must be Welsh. Where does The Grey King rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

The grey king by susan cooper