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A Fool's Hope

The Last War, Book 2

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A Fool's Hope

By: Mike Shackle
Narrated by: Nicola Bryant
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The sequel to the darkly fantastic WE ARE THE DEAD: with more unflinching action, A FOOL'S HOPE sees Jia's revolutionaries dig in their heels as they learn that wars aren't won in a day.

War takes everything.

From Tinnstra, it took her family and thrust her into a conflict she wanted only to avoid. Now her queen's sole protector, she must give all she has left to keep Zorique safe.

It has taken just as much from Jia's revolutionaries. Dren and Jax - battered, tortured, once enemies themselves - must hold strong against their bruised invaders, the Egril.

For the Egril intend to wipe Jia from the map. They may have lost a battle, but they are coming back.

If Tinnstra and her allies hope to survive, Jia's heroes will need to be ready when they do.

With more bone-crunching action, tough choices and impossible odds, fans of Joe Abercrombie, Mark Lawrence and Ed McDonald will find something to love in this series.

'One of the best fantasy novels of the year' Novel Notions

'Probably my favourite book of the year' The Chronicler

'One of the best books I've read this year' Starlit Book

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THE LAST WAR
Book One: We Are the Dead
Book Two: A Fool's Hope
Book Three: Until the Last©2020 Mike Shackle (P)2020 Orion Publishing Group Action & Adventure Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction War
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the character arcs were fleshed out beautifully ! I was a bit wary until about 50 pages in. it definetly wowed me !

beautiful character arcs !

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I loved both these books, but they are dark and unrelenting. The action is constant and makes a 22 hour book seem short. Somehow the author puts his protagonists in impossible situations and gets them out again without resorting to any kind of gimmicks. I have to admit I had a slight case of literary PTSD listening to these books back to back until finally the hero rises and the tide turns. Totally worth the wait though and unlike many books a happy ending is never a foregone conclusion.

Finally the tide turns..

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A Fool's Hope is great book good job Mike shackle keep what you doing best of luck four you

Great Book

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As good as it gets! Storyline is fantastic, as is the narration. Grim, dark and gritty. Can’t wait for the next book!

Excellent!!!

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Narrator was excellent with emotion & subtle voices. Drama, dread, action & of course Love.

This is how u finish book 2 of a trilogy!

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this story was amazing, I love where he is going with it. I hope the next book holds up!

mike shackle does it again

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The dialogue sounded like it was from a Saturday morning cartoon. I didn’t really care about any of the characters. I barely got through the book. The idea for the book and overall story is pretty good, but the dialogue is just so cringe and the characters constantly do things that don’t make any sense . I won’t be listening to the third book.

The dialogue, yikes.

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