
The Fifth Ward: Friendly Fire
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Narrated by:
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Simon Vance
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By:
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Dale Lucas
The second audiobook in a series featuring two misfit partners working a case in a crime-ridden city filled with orcs, humans, elves, dwarves, and mages - The Lord of the Rings meets Lethal Weapon.
In the most dangerous district of the city, the Fifth Ward, Rem and Torval have been perfecting their good cop, bad cop routine while protecting residents from drug-dealing orcs, mind-controlling elves, uncooperative mages, and humans being typical humans.
But when a perplexing case of arson leads to a series of gruesome, unsolvable murders, the two partners must challenge their own assumptions and loyalties if they are to preserve their partnership, wrest justice from the chaos, and keep their ward from tearing itself apart.
For more from Dale Lucas, check out The Fifth Ward: First Watch.
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Critic reviews
"A glorious tour through fantasy's seamier side. A wilder ride than Middle Earth, and you'll love every minute of it!" (Jon Hollins, author of the Dragon Lords series)
"A brilliant premise, wonderfully told. A city that breathes, and heroes you can't help but root for." (Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the Wyld)
Great story
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Fantasy Adventure
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Deeper than the write up appears
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Since Friendly Fire is a sequel, this book has our two protagonists’ relationship fully figured out and developed, so it is not the focus this time around. What is the focus is Torval’s own life and relationship with his past, as well as that of two factions within the Fifth Ward. The plot, while certainly fantastical at its roots, is one that has happened throughout real life history and even in current days as a powerful guild goes up against the dwarf community. This setup, which is explained in the synopsis, actually kept me from the book for a year because I didn’t want to deal with that kind of thing in my escapism. This was quite honestly a mistake and you shouldn’t make the same one. The message and action are certainly poignant, but it isn’t preachy or distracting from the story of Rem and Torval being given a case and told to solve it no matter what.
So if you liked the first book, police procedurals with a spin, and a serious book with a good peppering of humor, I would go ahead and continue this series. I know I will, and I won’t wait a year this time around.
Fantastical buddy cops are as good as it sounds
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Thank you Dale and Simon - Great Novel
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I like cop procedurals, but if the genre is fantasy, I need much more fantasy. Other than details about dwarf culture, the first half was devoid of magic, creatures, or unique settings. The second half had slightly more fantasy elements, but nowhere near enough to distinguish this book.
I also found this lacking in humor and action, especially with the summary promising Lethal Weapon meets Lord of the Rings. The best part of this book was the buddy cop relationship between Rem and Torval, but even that was standard. Aside from an occasional F bomb, this was PG level, with zero sex and TV-style violence. I’m afraid this was a very lukewarm listen for me.
The fantasy label felt like lip service
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little to no grow of characters
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