Audio Renaissance, the publisher of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time audiobooks, is planning to release the unabridged version of A CROWN OF SWORDS at the end of this month.

This is welcome news to many fans because for quite a while there has not been a way to get a copy of the unabridged version of this audiobook. This new version is read by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading, who have read the rest of the series unabridged. Michael and Kate are the husband-and-wife actors who were personally approved by Robert Jordan for the job.

Audio Renaissance was kind enough to provide us with a free 2 minute excerpt of the new CROWN OF SWORDS audiobook. Click here to listen to the MP3 file (less than 1 MB). Let us know what you think by replying to this news article!

As soon as we have more info on the actual availability, we’ll post a link in our online store so you can purchase it.

News from Audio Renaissance. They recently acquired the rights to A Crown of Swords and will be publishing the unabridged audio book this fall. Look for it October 2006.

All of the Wheel of Time™ books have been recorded in unabridged format read by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading and most are now available from Audio Renaissance. They are available in both CDs and cassettes. The exceptions to date are A Crown of Swords, The Path of Daggers and Winter’s Heart. Winter’s Heart is available in unabridged format from audible.com, however A Crown of Swords and The Path of Daggers are only available in abridged format read by Mark Rolston.

The orginal unabridged versions of A Crown of Swords and The Path of Daggers published by Books on Tape occasionally show up on the secondary market but they are uncommon and expensive. We’ll update you whenever we learn more!

Update: Thanks for catching that, Tom! The abridged versions of A Crown of Swords and The Path of Daggers were available until a few weeks ago but not any longer. Amazon.com still lists them but the links now go to an error page. You can still find them for sale on EBay and other secondary markets.

More info

[ Audio Renaissance ]
[ audible.com ]
[ Books on Tape ]