The Drop of a Hat

Hat Trick, Book 1

By: Luke Chmilenko, G. D. Penman

Narrated by: 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

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.

great narration of funny story

“I am walking there!”
It is interesting mostly funny story with great narration. Most of it is described from point of the hat, with stoic commentery of all things which are happening.

Comic relief

Love the narration, story and the silly twists. It was just what I needed in an unsettling reality.

much more than I would've expected

knowing it's going to be funny is one thing it's another to see from all angles why all situations are funny is so much better