The Dragon Lords: Fool's Gold

By: Jon Hollins

Narrated by: John Banks

Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

Guardians of the Galaxy meets The Hobbit in this rollicking fantasy adventure.

It's not easy to live in a world ruled by dragons. The taxes are high, and their control is complete. But for one group of bold misfits, it's time to band together and steal back some of that wealth.

No one said they were smart.

©2016 Jon Hollins (P)2016 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"Ideal for fans of humorous capers and heist stories - such as Ocean's 11, Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastard Sequence series, and Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga." ( Booklist)

Hilarious fantasy adventure

The writer is amazingly funny, had me laughing half the time. and the narrator did a fantastic job with all the different characters. Definitely worth listening too.

Ehh...

Story didn't capture me, characters didn't stand out, villains were lackluster... I finished it out of boredom more than a desire to read the ending. Middle of the road. Not Terrible, Not Great.

F'ing Epic

Definitely not your typical Fantasy. Superb narration! Great story! The swearing actually fits pretty well.

fantastic!!!!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I read 40 book last year and I this is my 2nd favorite..so good..I would definitely recommend.

A must have audio

The worst part about this book, is the fact that I will have to wait for the next one to come out.

I didn't want to stop listening to this book. I wanted to call in sick at work and listen all day. I recommend this to anyone. Even if it's not your typical pick I think you would enjoy this one.

Story keeps you glued, stickier than Goblins.

I loved physically reading the paperback and wanted to listen to it while I worked since it is a great adventure comedy.

This is really quite good

Im on book two now and hope book three will come to audible soon.

Ive read a lot of fantasy / sci-fi over the decades and many audio books more recently. This is Far Better than the bulk of those self published LitRPG stories that have a dozen+ books and thousands of reviews… and it deserves a much larger audience.

Think of the series as a mix of grimdark and dark humor - just enough of the latter and done right without stumbling into silly or immature.
The characters are well developed and interesting. Could even say “diverse” too, and in the right way, without bowing to today’s childish / hypocritical politics. The female characters are involved and capable, and not mere props… nor are they ridiculous Marvel kiddie nonsense,
Narration is done well… pacing is good, characters are distinctive and fitting, voice is clear and easy / enjoyable to listen to.

The drunken old man alone is excellent… but then the lizard man and the rest of the characters are all good too. Each interesting and well developed. Each with their own flaws and dark impulses.

Given a chance, I think most would like this.

foul language

had way more cuss words then I like but the story its self was good.

Laughed out loud too many times to count

I loved this book!!

🙄My only regret is that audible didn’t put some kind of profanity warning and mild lewd humor on it so that people can stop complaining/whining about it and taking stars away.

Now, if you are a person that doesn’t mind that (clearly I do not) and wants to laugh your 🫏 off, then BUY THIS BOOK!!

Once I was done with this book, I *immediately* purchased the next one. By immediately, I mean within minutes.

The was the book that I needed to pull me out of the melancholy slums I’d been festering in due the dumpster fires that are going on everywhere in the world right now.

great book!

I like the fact that they literally have no idea what to do and I works out great