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Bastard

Last Life Series, Book 1

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Bastard

By: Alexey Osadchuk, Andrew Douglas Schmitt - translator
Narrated by: Ryan Burke
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In a former life, Jack was gifted, meaning he possessed peculiar abilities. If rich folks found themselves in a jam, Jack could use his talents to get them out of it. Where others were sure to fail, Jack's aristocratic clientele could always count on him to finish jobs cleanly, efficiently, and leave no trace, for which his services commanded a hefty fee.

But one day, Jack picked a fight with the wrong man and his old life came to an end. But, as it turned out, his story was far from over.

A mysterious supernatural being whisked Jack's consciousness away and into the body of a young nobleman living in a different world in the multiverse—a magical one.

In it, he must play the part of Max Renard, illegitimate son of a traitor who was recently executed on orders from the king, which caused Max to lose his home and be forced to dwell in a small town on the western outskirts of the kingdom.

And now this new life-his last life—is the one he must lead . . .

©2022 Alexey Osadchuk; English translation copyright 2022 by Andrew Schmitt (P)2023 Tantor Cyberpunk Fantasy Fiction Historical Fiction Science Fiction
Engaging Storyline • Unique Fantasy Setting • Excellent Narration • Sharp-witted Protagonist • Well-written Battles
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I loved this book so much.
I am not a critic so I won’t pretend to be, but the way that this book combined reincarnation, mystical abilities, and a touch of fantasy politics makes me happy to say that I will be buying the second book in this series when it releases this Fourth of July.
I only hope that more casual readers like me find this absolute gem when browsing books on audible.com.
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An absolute gem

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Even though these audiobooks are a little short, I throughly enjoy them! It’s a really enjoyable start from nothing and work your way up tale. If you enjoy OP protagonist that start from nothing and have tons of potential this is the book for you. The only thing that bothered me in the beginning was the French accent but you get used to it.

Fun reincarnation tale 

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I really liked this story. I found it to be an interesting take on the Isekai genre and combined a bunch of different "New World/New Life" elements in ways I haven't heard before. My only complaint is that there is only one audiobook in the series at present. I'm looking forward to the next one!

An Enjoyable Story

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I really love these types of books! A wonderful storyline as well as great characterization.

Absolutely my favorite new author!!

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8 books in and I can honestly tell you that this is the best written story I've found on audible. A MC that is actually competent. Fully flushed out side characters, no annoying love interest is always helpless. The author is good at writing fight scenes and political intrigues. I find myself just re-listening to this series because most of the LitRPG/ Iseki is garbage.

Best story I've found so far on audible

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Action packed from start to finish! great narrator and a fantastic world with nobility and magic and swords.

Perfect narration intriguing story

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Very well done Sir! I have a new favorite series to listen too! I hope the next book is released soon.
Narration was brilliant and the cover art is very well done!

An Amazing listen!!!

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I read this on kindle before, but still worth the credit, the author just needs to get them out quicker or make it longer

Enjoyable, but too quick!

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The Narration was great and the story flowed smoothly. I really enjoyed how the MC uses both his his brain, magical power, and skills to adapt quickly to his re-incarnated new body's situation. I wish all 3 books in the series would release soon in audible already.

Great upcoming LitRPG author

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Excellent first book. The narration was great and the story was engaging and entertaining. I love the reincarnation aspect and the MC is actually smart and not whinny. I loved the characters thus far and I was happy there was no weird cliffhanger at the end.. I think book two will showcase a bit more progression/cultivation which I am looking forward to seeing.. I didn’t really care for the political games and intrigues but I loved the way the the MC tackled those issues. I am really optimistic about book 2 and waiting patiently for the audiobook release.

Pleasantly surprised.

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