A Practical Guide to Evil I

A Practical Guide to Evil, Book 1

By: David Verburg

Narrated by: Amber Dekkers

The Empire stands triumphant.

For twenty years, the Dread Empress has ruled over the lands that were once the Kingdom of Callow, but behind the scenes of this golden age, threats to the empire are rising.

The nobles of the Wasteland weave their plots behind pleasant smiles while rebellion stirs beyond Peren Woods, for dreams of crowns were buried in shallow graves. The greatest danger of all lies to the west, where the First Prince of Procer restored order at last: her people sundered, she ponders if a crusade might not be the way to secure her reign.

Yet none of this matters, for in the heart of the conquered lands, the most dangerous man alive sat across an orphan girl and offered her a knife.

Her name is Catherine Foundling, and she has a plan.

©2025 David Verburg (P)2025 Dreamscape Lore

Its pretty good

Wasnt really a fan of the whole roles thing but i got into it when mc made a choice she had to live with. Story feel like it has hard consequences and games to be played for power. Looking foward to the next book.

So happy this finally got published!

I absolutely LOVE this series. Book 1 starts with a bang and it just gets better and better. The audiobook is incredible too, well done to the voice actor.

I recommend PGTE to everyone that likes books regardless of genre. It’s fun, creative, deep, funny and edge-of-your-seat exciting.

great stuff

I'd wanted to read this story ever since, probably 5 or 6 years ago, I started reading Royal road and the wandering inn Web serials, and saw this was highly recommended by everyone. so, I'm stoked that it finally got published so I could truly dive into it and it definitely lives up to the hype. now we just need the other one I've only dipped into, the insect controlling superhero one I can't think of the name of right now.

amazong start to the series

great fun book. fun and full of action. love the meta narrative elemets, consistent world, and magical system. a great base book and start of one of the best series ever.

found family
meta elements
brain over brawn
villain as protagonist

Great book/ weak narration

The world & characters are being well developed; there’re 6 Books total in the series; They are an enjoyable & alternative read