The Drop of a Hat

Hat Trick, Book 1

De: Luke Chmilenko, G. D. Penman

Narrado por: John Lee

A powerful wizard and a lowly kobold experience a magical meeting of the minds in the first book of this comedic fantasy-adventure series.

Absalom Scryne, the greatest wizard of his generation, has been murdered. There's no other explanation for why his consciousness now resides in his well-worn but perfectly pointed hat.

Well, he isn't going to take that lying down . . . or hanging from a branch, as the case may be. Instead, he'll hop on the head of the first foul-smelling kobold that comes along and convince it that it's in everyone's best interests for them to undertake the epic journey through the Badlands—past horny necromancers, rustic werewolves, and rampaging ogres—back to the shining city of magic at the heart of civilization, where he will promptly kick the backside of whoever it was that finally managed to stab him in the back.

Assuming, that is, he can teach a kobold how to use magic, survive all the roaming adventurers who consider a kobold to be a very minor payday, and prevent anyone else from claiming the wealth of arcane knowledge that is now bound within the rather handsome piece of haberdashery that he has become.

©2023 Luke Chmilenko and G. D. Penman (P)2023 Podium Audio

The Performance is excellent the book is fun.

It’s pretty much in the title. Overall I wish it would have gotten somewhat more resolved at the end, but eh I get it, that’s what a sequel is for. It was still fun. I hope Ig gets a sequel to himself tbh.

Excellent

I love this story and can't wait for more! It has everything. IG is awesome.

Pompous Humor

A light and enjoyable story well-told. A great wizard occupies the mind of a rodent due to having been transfigured into a piece of haberdashery.

couldn't finish

couldn't finish. . . great narrator. . . won't get the next book in the series. . .

Funny and somewhat entertaining, but...

The book had some funny moments, but there's only so much endearing incompetence one can take.

It also has elements of a Hollywood car chase... exciting and entertaining, but if it runs on too long, it becomes boring. This was a very long car chase, led by an idiot.

John Lee, as always, was amazing.

go kobold wizard, you rock

I stayed up late listening to it. had to force myself to sleep. one of the funniest satires I've ever heard. the hat does most of the narrative because the kobold only has 2 brain cells knocking together. fortunately that is one brain cell more than everyone encountered. reminds me of an old movie by Don Knotts called the ghost and Mr chicken.

A funny, cozy fantasy

I enjoyed this audiobook. The narrator was perfect for this part. Sometimes I would tune out the wizard in the beginning because he was so pompous, but he calmed down a bit. The story was very entertaining. I give this audiobook a thumbs up.

Great listen..get the book

Love the narrator, love the story, what more is there to say! Buy the audio book

Pure fun

Light heard silliness. I had smile on my face for most of the book. Well performed.

A fantastic foray into fantasy

The greatest mage in the world ... is suddenly a hat.
Worse, he's found by a kobold, the lowest of all possible semi-sentient creatures. Also, he's been strip of almost all power.
Goal: Get home, find out what happened and get restored.

Ig the kobold has the new hat and encounters many dangerous adventures. Since just about anything could kill the kobold or destroy the hat, there is a good sense of danger. Also, the wizard has been in his tower for a bit too long, so his vast bank of knowledge mostly isn't useful.

There are a series of great set-ups for vignettes, including ogres, werewolves and a profit-based dungeon.

Highly recommended.