Bastard

Last Life Series, Book 1

De: Alexey Osadchuk, Andrew Douglas Schmitt - translator

Narrado por: Ryan Burke

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

An absolute gem

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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Fun reincarnation tale 

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.

An Enjoyable Story

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!

Absolutely my favorite new author!!

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

Unexpectedly fun and interesting

i really think it was an interesting story and the start of series. i liked how they used the detail to explain literally everything.

one thing i would like if possible would be to add sound effects to the noises that they describe and maybe multiple voice actors. the voice actor himself did great but would help differentiate the characters a little more and allow you to get further wrapped into the story.

i did appreciate the inflection and the different tones and accents that were used. there have been some audiobooks that were jis to dry to to listen to. Great job to the aithor and the voice actor. you jave gotten me started well on the beginning of the year to accomplish my goal.

Perfect narration intriguing story

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

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!

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

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.

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.