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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

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Perfect narration intriguing story

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

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An Amazing listen!!!

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!

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Enjoyable, but too quick!

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

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Great upcoming LitRPG author

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.

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Pleasantly surprised.

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.

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This. Is. Great.

Seriously, this is a great book. I had some question marks at the beginning, but by the end I was already buying the next book.

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Fun listen

If listened to several of his books and have liked them all. This is a good addition to his series and I can’t wait to listen to the next one.

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that was great

I really can't wait to see the next book here soon the first one was so good

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Please, Audible, Need Book 2

"For that, the journey you go on is your pain, & perhaps your cure: for you must be either mad or brave before it is ended."
C.S. Lewis, The Space Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength

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Light entertainment.

MC got everything figured out very easily but then again he wasn't moron which would have been much worse.

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