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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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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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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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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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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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Great story, but needs a better translator

First off, I loved the story. However the translator constantly uses the phrase "as an aside'" to the point of being irritating. He could at least change it up occasionally with synonymous phrases such as: "by the way", "as it happens", "interesting enough", or "coincidentally".

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Different story

The story was different and I like that the MC gets stronger without being an a$$. The narrator did a superb job.

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Could have been good. But too annoying

Very slow. Very little action. All that is ok but the horrible French English accents are too much to bear. You ever meet a person that over pronounces words from a different language, this is the narrator times a thousand. I could stand it anymore. Wish I could get me credit back.

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Enjoyable read

I appreciate the fact that the Main Character was not some overpowered superhero who was getting all of his problems easily resolved from the get go. Good story and narrator is very pleasant to listen to. I’m getting the next book. No regrets in spending credits.

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A True Gem

Found this after reading Legend of the Archmagus, and glad I decided to get it. this book was a true gem, I devoured it. I can't wait for the next book in the series.

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Surprisingly good

Was not expecting much but turns out it was good. A little bit white knight-y, but nothing too major and second book should be excellent.

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