
We Are the Dead
The Last War Trilogy
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Narrated by:
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Nicola Bryant
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By:
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Mike Shackle
The first book in The Last War series: a debut epic fantasy full of crunching revolutionary action, twisted magic, and hard choices in dark times.
The war is over. The enemy won.
Jia's people learned the hard way that there are no second chances. The Egril, their ancient enemy, struck with magic so devastating that Jia's armies were wiped out. Now terror reigns in the streets, and friend turns on friend just to live another day.
Somehow Tinnstra - a deserter, a failure, nothing but a coward - survived. She wants no more than to hide from the chaos.
But dragged into a desperate plot to retake Jia, surrounded by people willing to do anything to win the fight, this time Tinnstra will need to do more than hide.
If Jia is to get a second chance after all, this time she will need to be a hero.
With all the grit of Joe Abercrombie, Mark Lawrence and Ed McDonald, this is fantasy with the sharpest of edges.
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Critic reviews
"The next Game of Thrones." (Glen Cook, author of The Black Company)
"Tarantino crossed with David Gemmell." (Peter McLean, author of Priest of Bones)
"A powerful debut." (Gavin Smith, author of The Bastard Legion)
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Good Book!
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Great Book
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excellent
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The characters are stupid...very stupid. Some of the dialogue is just as dumb, some of the dialogue is wonderful, but this is rare. It would be pardonable if they ALL were not so dim. I tried to like it, I wanted to like it, but alas I could not bring myself to enjoy the story no matter what was happening. Mainly due to the fact that what the outcome always was... by an large it was always failure. Not the 'chance to learn and grow' kind, rather the useless and painful kind. Pain for pain's sake was the most consistent theme that I took out of the story, especially the first two books. As a Historian and a combat veteran I am aware of that side of war and humanity, yet there is also a since of comradery and humor that develops, which is known as "Trauma Bonding", Shackle's characters display almost none of this.
Shackle's characters seem to lack any identity of the fantasy world he created. They are written as a current western civilization character being placed in an ever increasing horror filled environment where everything goes wrong because they are too stupid to recognize what should be done. Nearly all of the character's are annoying and endlessly complaining about almost the exact same things. Some subtle differences really helped me push through the second book, but that was about it.
So in closing, I will say that if you have not read or listened to The First Law, do so, however, listen or read this first. It might be good to you and you might like the work and not catch the major issues that I had with it. Great concept for story and characters, truly remarkable, but very poorly imagined vision/interpretation of how humanity varies in dealing with loss and hard times. Ultimately, the characters ruin the story for me, but I may be just too spoiled by certain authors.
Stupid Tax is painful. Where is the humor?
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Slow beginning but really turned around.
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Thought the performance was solid and enjoyed the German accents.
Will definitely be getting the next volume.
Curious to see where it goes
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Balanced
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loved it
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We are the dead surprised the hell out of me. It is excellently written. Right at the lower boundary of excellent.. like an A-, similar to Joe Abercrombie. Solid descriptions and solid dialogue that don’t leaving you rolling your eyes.
The story… i wasn’t too sure where it was going at first, but the pacing was so good that it kept me engaged. Now that iv finished the book.. i can say the story is on the lower boundary of very good. Solid B.
Character development is very good to excellent. A-
Narration… OH MY GOD, who is Nicola Bryant!?!. Utterly perfect narration in every way. Character voices. Different vocal strain depending on the immediate situation. Clear and precise pronunciation. Perfect speech pacing.. what a joy it was to listen to A++.
The individual parts are superb and their sum is excellent. If Joe Abercrombie is a 100/100, Mike Shackle (for this book), hits right around a 95.. which is somewhat mind blowing.
Be warned.. this is grim dark. It is the grimmest kind of dark (think.. Mark Lawerence kind of dark.. then add an extra splash of ink). I wont spoil anything, but if you’re not ok about the tabooey dark stuff along the lines of murder, rape, torture.. you’ll be ok. Kinda like Richard Morgan (the steel remains).
If you’re still not convinced.. look back at the authors from whom i chose to draw comparisons.. they are all top tier, and masters of their craft. Mike Shackle deserves some praise for this one. ..on to book two…
Criminally Underrated Gem in a world of Dark Fantasy
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It got good fast
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