Daniel Thomas May

Overall grade

Pending sustained personal listening — my read on May is currently one series (Disgardium, C-peak on the site). The narration is treated as separate from the site's tier verdict on the underlying material: the verdict is C-tier for structural reasons unrelated to the read. May's handling of the material is capable and consistent.

Where you'll hear him on the site

• Disgardium: Class-A Threat (Dan Sugralinov) — Book 1 of the Disgardium series, published through Tantor Audio. See the review for the full framing on the underlying material.

Documented strengths

Large-cast discipline. Disgardium runs a broad ensemble of players, NPCs, and adversaries across its runtime, and May's read holds the distinctions across the cast without losing individual characters.

Fast-pacing sustain. The series operates at a brisk narrative tempo through most of its arcs. May's delivery sustains that tempo without pushing prose that should breathe or rushing beats that need weight.

Also narrated

Disgardium (C-peak) has the full review here. Beyond it, the most popular of his other narrations, by Audible's own popularity ranking, and they show real range outside the genre. Links go to Amazon; if a series here ever gets a full review, the link points there instead.

• Freida McFadden's thrillers (The Perfect Son, Do Not Disturb) — the mainstream-thriller credential.
• Soulbound Contractor (WillPowah).
• Twenty Palaces (Harry Connolly).

Where he fits

May narrates through Tantor Audio, which regularly picks up mainstream-LitRPG and adjacent-genre productions. My editorial line on his Disgardium work is that the narration is capable and consistent, not a reason to avoid the series, and the tier verdict on the book is about the source material rather than the read.

See the Best LitRPG Audiobook Narrators ranking for the broader narrator context on the site.