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The Dark Profit Saga, Book 2
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Doug Tisdale Jr.
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J. Zachary Pike
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A doubly disgraced dwarven hero. A band of accident-prone adventurers. Giving redemption a second shot may have been a grave mistake....
Still bruised and heartbroken from their last calamitous quest, Gorm Ingerson and his band of washed-up heroes try to make amends for the orcs they accidentally betrayed. But justice is put on hold when an old foe marches to the city gates. Gorm is horrified to discover a liche pitching the frightened city-dwellers on the merits of the undead lifestyle...at the head of a corpse army.
To save the city from high-pressure sales tactics and an inevitable siege, the dwarf warrior and his misfit band hatch a harebrained scheme that lands them at the top of the king’s kill list. With death and dark magic on his heels, Gorm must craft his own pitch to round up the troops and put the undead snake-oil salesman and his army of pushers permanently out of business.
Son of a Liche is the second book in the Dark Profit Saga, a trilogy of humorous epic fantasy novels. If you like rib-tickling shenanigans, second-rate heroes, and imaginative new takes on tired tropes, then you’ll love J. Zachary Pike’s hilarious blend of finance and high fantasy.
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- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
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After seven long years of conflict, the Horus Heresy nears its end. But now, as the Warmaster Horus marches on Terra to rip his father from the Throne, the seat of the arch-traitor’s power lies empty. Cthonia, a world once dominated by brutal murder-gangs, is occupied by the Emperor’s praetorians—the indomitable Imperial Fists. For the Sons of Horus, this outrage demands a reckoning.
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Created to sell toys.
- By Lowlight on 06-30-22
By: John French, and others
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Dead Tired I
- By: RavensDagger
- Narrated by: Justin Thomas James, Dorrie Sacks, Tiana Camacho, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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In the distant past, a time of magic and swordplay, there lived Harold, the mightiest lich of all, a master of arcane sciences, and a challenger of gods. After reaching the pinnacle of his power and finding it surprisingly bland, Harold waged a cataclysmic war against the gods, aiming to shatter the very system that confined him.
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could have been awesome...
- By Resowo on 01-17-24
By: RavensDagger
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The Perfect Run
- The Perfect Run, Book 1
- By: Maxime J. Durand, Void Herald
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 17 hrs and 58 mins
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Ryan "Quicksave" Romano is an eccentric adventurer with a strange power: he can create a save-point in time and redo his life whenever he dies. Arriving in New Rome, the glitzy capital of sin of a rebuilding Europe, he finds the city torn between mega-corporations, sponsored heroes, super-powered criminals, and true monsters. It's a time of chaos, where potions can grant the power to rule the world and dangers lurk everywhere.
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Refreshingly different
- By CDM860 on 11-05-21
By: Maxime J. Durand, and others
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House of Blades
- The Traveler's Gate Trilogy, Volume 1
- By: Will Wight
- Narrated by: Travis Baldree
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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Simon can only watch, helpless, as his family is killed and his friends captured by enemy Travelers—men and women who can summon mystical powers from otherworldly Territories. To top it off, another young man from Simon's village discovers that he's a savior prophesied to destroy evil and save the realm. Prophecy has nothing to say about Simon. He has no special powers, no magical weapons, and no guarantee that he'll survive. But he sets off anyway, alone, to gain the power he needs to oppose the Travelers and topple their ruthless Overlord.
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Even better now!
- By Larry Buckmaster on 06-01-22
By: Will Wight
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Unsouled
- By: Will Wight
- Narrated by: Travis Baldree
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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Sacred artists follow a thousand Paths to power, using their souls to control the forces of the natural world. Lindon is Unsouled, forbidden to learn the sacred arts of his clan. When faced with a looming fate he cannot ignore, he must rise beyond anything he's ever known...and forge his own Path.
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Amazingly Addictive and Oddly Cleaver
- By ronnito on 05-31-19
By: Will Wight
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Mage Errant: Publisher's Pack
- Mage Errant, Book 1, 2
- By: John Bierce
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins
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Mage Errant: Publisher's Pack contains books one and two of the Mage Errant series: Into the Labyrinth and Jewel of the Endless Erg. Hugh of Emblin is, so far as he's concerned, the worst student that the Academy at Skyhold has ever seen. He can barely cast any spells at all, and those he does cast tend to fail explosively.
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It’s not that kind of YA.
- By Christopher on 08-23-19
By: John Bierce
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Columbus Day
- Expeditionary Force, Book 1
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
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We were fighting on the wrong side of a war we couldn't win. And that was the good news. The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon come ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There go the good old days, when humans only got killed by each other. So, Columbus Day. It fits. When the morning sky twinkled again, this time with Kristang starships jumping in to hammer the Ruhar, we thought we were saved.
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WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 01-04-17
By: Craig Alanson
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Tress of the Emerald Sea: A Cosmere Novel (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Secret Projects, Book 1
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: David Cui Cui, Bradley Foster Smith, Christopher Walker, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound, can Tress leave her simple life behind and make her own place sailing a sea where a single drop of water can mean instant death?
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The story's great for a dramatized adaptation!
- By optimuslime49 on 09-22-24
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Starbreaker: Volume 1
- Starbreaker
- By: Luke Chmilenko
- Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
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Sylvas Vail is a big fish in a small pond, the most powerful mage on his planet. But when the doors to the cosmos come crashing open and all the untold wonders and terrors of the universe come pouring in, he is left with only two options: Ascend or die.
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Ah sweet Louis,
- By Amazon Customer on 05-05-25
By: Luke Chmilenko
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Martial Arts vs Magic, Book 1
- Mana Cultivation (A LitRP Progression Adventure)
- By: The Veiled Man, Hikaru Genji
- Narrated by: Sylvester Frost, Ellory Lane
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
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Someone once asked: What is stronger? Martial arts or Magic? I answered: Why not simply use both? In a new world brimming with possibilities—Levels, Classes, Skills, Dungeons, and Monsters—I found myself reborn as a noble family’s troublemaker son. As a gamer, a magical world and a lazy life as a rich noble's son should have been a dream come true. But there was a massive catch. An absurd quest threw everything into chaos.
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Not his best.
- By Jay Bryant on 05-10-25
By: The Veiled Man, and others
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The Captain
- The Last Horizon, Book 1
- By: Will Wight
- Narrated by: Travis Baldree
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
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On a little-known planet, Archmage Varic Vallenar casts a grand spell to empower himself with the magical abilities of his alternate selves. The ritual works too well, granting Varic not only the magic but also the memories from six lives. Including their gruesome deaths. Now, Varic has power greater than any wizard in galactic history, but he knows that won’t be enough. The enemies he faced in those alternate lives were apocalyptic in scale. Terrors of technology and magic. Nothing that he, or anyone, can defeat.
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why do I have to type stuff
- By Joshua on 04-05-23
By: Will Wight
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The Order of Architects
- Order of Architects, Book 1
- By: Oleg Sapphire, Yuri Vinokuroff, Christopher Michael Jarrett - translator
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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I used to be the greatest Earth Mage in my world. The head of the entire Order of Architects. But the older you get, the more you come to realize that at some point, you need to retire, so that you can have the chance to enjoy a peaceful life and to cede your place to the young, some of whom have already turned two thousand years old . . .So that's what I did. But I failed to account for one thing: during the course of my long life, I'd accumulated too many enemies, and they had decided to spoil my retirement. So they died along with me. And I hope their deaths were final. But mine was not!
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Narcissistic old man monologue
- By Amazon Customer on 10-03-24
By: Oleg Sapphire, and others
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Discount Dan
- Discount Dan’s Backroom Bargains, Book 1
- By: James Hunter
- Narrated by: Steve Campbell
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
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Dan has accidentally "Noclipped" into the Backrooms—a bizarro, extra-dimensional Alice-in-Wonderland world, overrun with horrific nightmare creatures known as the Dwellers. No one ever gets out. Hell, forget about leaving, if Dan wants to survive the week, he's going to need to harness the strange game-like magic of the Backrooms, make some very sketchy allies, and carve out a little safe haven to call his own.
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If you like DCC, this has a similar feel. Snarky, darkly funny, and a good bit of 90’s nostalgia.
- By A.K. on 04-01-25
By: James Hunter
I can't wait for book 3.
A worthy sequel
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The books flows well and I stopped noticing the time. That to me is what makes a great book. Being lost for hours listening to a good story.
Wonderful way of writing satire
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The Saga Continues in Brilliant Manner...
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Excellent sequel
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Narrator: Clearly is a voice actor and gives characters consistent and distinctive voices that perfectly pull one deeper into the already extremely well written story.
A++++ for both. More of this and less of Tolkien wannabes.
Love this author and reader
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Excellent follow up!
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Satirical(near prophetic) fun in a fantasy world with current events lampooned as much as Toxic Fandoms and classic tropes!
Can't wait for the next Book!!
Gygax by way of Adams
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in the minority?
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ANAZING
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Everything I loved about Orconomics was still going strong. All of the socio-economic criticism, the funny banter and the thought provoking satire.
There are some great comedic moments. The head of marketing made me laugh my head off numerous times. There’s Ned and Ted, a comedy pair that I found a mix of the old men in the muppets and the guy in Monty Python and The Holy Grail that goes on about the basis of a system of government. There’s one character who’s name kept getting dropped and I was thinking, something’s gonna be up with this dude, I see what you’re doing here. I did not see what he was doing there, lost it at the reveal.
I really love the scene switches, where one person says a thing, and then a character from a completely different scene says something that sounds like an answer. Very clever Mr. Pike.
The audiobook is split into two parts, only I didn’t know this. So when it got to the end of part one I thought well that was a good book, cause it cut off somewhere that could be an ending. And then there was so much more, in fact I’d say there was a bit of a Sanderstorm situation going on.
(I mention a few story points here, but nothing really to do with the main plot or that I'd consider a spoiler, another reviewer around here was kind enough to read and say that it's not giving much of anything away.)
Son of a Liche feels less about a party of people, and more about each individual person. There’s lots of side characters that have so much going on and so much growth:
An undead commander that starts questioning the so called free will granted by the necromancer
A scene in the begining with 3 knoll puppies that are starving despite their mama doing anything she can to get them food, the feels, ouch
Mr. Poldo who realizes the consequences of his past banking actions and becomes a generous person
There’s enough going on with the internal politics of the tribe of orcs we met earlier to make its own story
The main party characters shine as well. Grom really struggles with his role as leader, and we finally get to see him go berserk, it’s worth the wait. Jin is just on a constant journey of personal discovery and coming to terms with who he is. Kaitha (spelling is optional as I listen on audio) has a lot of highs and lows.
Same humor, now with extra soul
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