• The Fifth Ward: Good Company

  • By: Dale Lucas
  • Narrated by: Simon Vance
  • Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (65 ratings)

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The Fifth Ward: Good Company

By: Dale Lucas
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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Publisher's summary

The third book in a rollicking fantasy series where the grit of grimdark meets a police procedural, and it's up to two watchmen to protect the streets of one of fantasy's most dangerous cities.

Yenara is a sprawling, dirty city. Filled to bursting with heroes questing, mages testing out spells, thieves around every corner, elves judging everyone, dwarves hating everyone, orcs fighting everyone, and humans being typical humans. Enter Rem and Torval: one a human, the other a dwarf, and both working as Watchwardens.

Now, they must escort a notorious thief through a dangerous forest to the nearby city from where the thief escaped. But the thief's companions are waiting, and the soldiers Rem and Torval travel with might not be so honorable.

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The Fifth Ward:

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  3. Good Company 
©2019 Dale Lucas (P)2019 Hachette Audio

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Love this series!

This series is just fantastic. It’s like a cop drama set in a fantasy world and it does an amazing job. There’s always character development, the plot always moves along at a speed I like, and the dialog between the characters feels natural. I actually get a little sad when I finish a book because I want the next one to be out already…but then I relisten to it a couple times. Also, the combination of the good writing and I amazing narrator really make this series come to life.

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A great story outside the city walls

This book continues the story of Rem and Torval as they do their best to patrol the Fifth Ward. Unlike the first two books however, Good Company takes you outside the city walls and gives you a look at the rest of the world. Admittedly most of this takes place in a forest but it is still a good world building opportunity. Dale Lucas does a great job keeping you engaged with the story, the characters are very well written and complex in their own ways. Simon Vance, of course, does another great job narrating and giving the story an extra dimension to enjoy.

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enjoy listen

I enjoy this series, but this book felt like it was more a few chapters from a bigger story stretched out. it's still an enjoyable listen if you enjoyed the other two books. the narration remains top notch.

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Delightful

I've thoroughly enjoyed all of the books in this series, and cannot wait for the next book. Well done!

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  • Simon E.
  • 05-27-20

A superb listen

I shall be very sorry to leave the world of the Fifth Ward. Thoroughly enjoyed this last instalment and I hope for more.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 07-04-23

Not for me

I couldn't really get into this. I just didn't find the world that had been created here compelling enough to engage me. The world is shallow and characters are one dimensional and very few aspects of the story line are linked together in such a way that they constantly engage you. Too much waffling around and there seemed to be no clear plot or purpose to many aspects of the story early on and tied together in a clumsy manner later. Too much about the "code" always mentioned and I got to the point that if I heard the "code" mentioned one more time in the book I would scream. If I didn't know better I would have said it was someones first attempt at writing a novel. If this hadn't been an audio book or the fact that Simon Vance was narrating it, I probably wouldn't have got past the first couple of chapters. I didn't even finish the last few chapters as I know I would definitely not read the rest of the series.

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  • Louise Hobson
  • 04-29-22

The best so far

Really enjoyed listening to this audio. Fast paced , adventurous and humorous. Building on the two main characters of the previous books this is the best so far - hope for more in this series. Simon Vance as narrator superb as always . A “ripping yarn”

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