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The Unconventional Heroes #4
Two Necromancers, a Dwarf Kingdom, and a Sky City
Two necromancers, a dwarf kingdom, and a sky city – it sounds like a prelude to mayhem, and given Timmy’s luck, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.
To keep his castle and earn his pardon, Timmy has his work cut out for him. Whether it’s rescuing princesses, crushing hordes of goblins, or dealing with eldritch abominations, Timmy and the gang are there to save the day – and rob the occasional crime lord.
But saving the day isn’t always easy. Timmy might be an eminently sensible necromancer, but he has to deal with a young dragon who is convinced that every problem can be eaten, an elf obsessed with property damage, an ancient vampire who can’t get through a mission without being impaled repeatedly, a semi-retired legendary swordsman, a bureaucrat who has finally mastered the art of screaming and swinging a frying pan, and an overly ambitious apprentice doing her best to be more menacing despite loving the colour pink.
It’s hardly a surprise when things don’t exactly go to plan.
With war on the horizon, Timmy and the others have their hands full. Rescuing a princess can be difficult at the best of times, but rescuing a princess from one of the most powerful crime lords in the world? That’s going to be tricky.
And that’s not their only problem. Ever wonder whose job it is to deal with rampaging hordes of goblins that are about to overwhelm a kingdom of dwarves? Well, that’s Timmy’s job. Isn’t he lucky? On the upside, he finally has an excuse to deploy another army of zombies. He’s going to teach those goblins a very important lesson: never, ever get into a war of attrition with a necromancer.
One necromancer is dangerous. Two necromancers with a dragon, a vampire, a swordsman, an elf, and a bureaucrat – that’s downright deadly.
To keep his castle and earn his pardon, Timmy has his work cut out for him. Whether it’s rescuing princesses, crushing hordes of goblins, or dealing with eldritch abominations, Timmy and the gang are there to save the day – and rob the occasional crime lord.
But saving the day isn’t always easy. Timmy might be an eminently sensible necromancer, but he has to deal with a young dragon who is convinced that every problem can be eaten, an elf obsessed with property damage, an ancient vampire who can’t get through a mission without being impaled repeatedly, a semi-retired legendary swordsman, a bureaucrat who has finally mastered the art of screaming and swinging a frying pan, and an overly ambitious apprentice doing her best to be more menacing despite loving the colour pink.
It’s hardly a surprise when things don’t exactly go to plan.
With war on the horizon, Timmy and the others have their hands full. Rescuing a princess can be difficult at the best of times, but rescuing a princess from one of the most powerful crime lords in the world? That’s going to be tricky.
And that’s not their only problem. Ever wonder whose job it is to deal with rampaging hordes of goblins that are about to overwhelm a kingdom of dwarves? Well, that’s Timmy’s job. Isn’t he lucky? On the upside, he finally has an excuse to deploy another army of zombies. He’s going to teach those goblins a very important lesson: never, ever get into a war of attrition with a necromancer.
One necromancer is dangerous. Two necromancers with a dragon, a vampire, a swordsman, an elf, and a bureaucrat – that’s downright deadly.
494 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 17, 2019
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L.G. Estrella
35 books504 followersI'm a reader and writer with a keen interest in psychology, history, physics, and economics. I'm especially interested in the intersection of these different areas (e.g., the psychology behind the sub-prime mortgage collapse).
In terms of fiction, I enjoy reading horror, fantasy, science fiction, Westerns, and thrillers. I believe that every genre has its good points, and I want to be able to incorporate all of these strengths into my own writing.
I currently live in Australia. When I'm not writing, I'm busy trying to fend off all of the deadly wildlife.
If you're interested in my fiction, you can find it on Amazon here.
In terms of fiction, I enjoy reading horror, fantasy, science fiction, Westerns, and thrillers. I believe that every genre has its good points, and I want to be able to incorporate all of these strengths into my own writing.
I currently live in Australia. When I'm not writing, I'm busy trying to fend off all of the deadly wildlife.
If you're interested in my fiction, you can find it on Amazon here.
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December 29, 2019
It Just Gets Better!
I read other reviews critical of detailed battle descriptions or calling the writing in places rote or forced. I disagree. The scene where Spot & Chomp play tug of war with a goblin corpse is priceless, and gross. And one of the many charms of the series. A baby dragon and a labyrinth hound aren't going to play tug of war during a battle with rope are they? Nor will a 10yr old Necromancer apprentice see the effect of bringing her pokefish poison idea in action as anything less than perfection. It's the weird, the bizarre in conjunction with the ordinary and normal which makes this series so good. And as I keep saying, these are are not squeamish, weak-willed characters who agonize over battles and death. Thank god! The only one who does is older than most of them and a bureaucract, so, of course. I found this fourth book to live up to the quality and imagination of the first book. Hard to do but Estrella keeps on imagining craziness and describing it with wit, charm, and a solid grasp of human, dwarf, goblin, dragon, and vampire motivations and feelings. Outstanding. Reminds me of John DeChancie's Castle series. Can't wait for the next book!!
I read other reviews critical of detailed battle descriptions or calling the writing in places rote or forced. I disagree. The scene where Spot & Chomp play tug of war with a goblin corpse is priceless, and gross. And one of the many charms of the series. A baby dragon and a labyrinth hound aren't going to play tug of war during a battle with rope are they? Nor will a 10yr old Necromancer apprentice see the effect of bringing her pokefish poison idea in action as anything less than perfection. It's the weird, the bizarre in conjunction with the ordinary and normal which makes this series so good. And as I keep saying, these are are not squeamish, weak-willed characters who agonize over battles and death. Thank god! The only one who does is older than most of them and a bureaucract, so, of course. I found this fourth book to live up to the quality and imagination of the first book. Hard to do but Estrella keeps on imagining craziness and describing it with wit, charm, and a solid grasp of human, dwarf, goblin, dragon, and vampire motivations and feelings. Outstanding. Reminds me of John DeChancie's Castle series. Can't wait for the next book!!
August 31, 2023
Gerald felt a familiar swell of happiness. Paperwork! He could handle paperwork, and the familiarity of it all put his mind at ease. He understood paperwork, and paperwork played by the rules and didn’t try to murder him. Sure, paper cuts could be nasty, but it was better than almost being stabbed to death by a magically enhanced tree.
December 10, 2024
To get it out of the way immediately: no, I still don't think the author is very good at... you know... writing. It's the reason I usually don't give these books more than 3 stars even though I enjoy them quite a bit... I just can't justify it when there are so many criticisms to level at the books and they crop up so often.
I think my #1 gripe is the author constantly telling us the same basic character trait/history info every single chapter, as if we were not in the middle of a novel. Does the author believe all the readers are amnesiacs? It's a mystery.
Gripe #2 is that the author really really needs to come up with more ways of saying the same thing. I am pretty sure someone gives a "toothy smile" about every 5 pages (often "decidedly toothy"), and there are several other perfectly fine but massively overused expressions or descriptors that the author seems to really like using.
Then there's how everyone is overpowered and basically perfect... but after the first 2 books, I started seeing that as a plus rather than a minus. I had to think for a bit to identify what this series reminds me of. When I was young, I loved this comedy fantasy anime series called "Slayers". Most fantasy stories are the tale of how a weak person becomes strong via training, experience, relationships etc, and develops as a person and a hero. Slayers is not about that. Instead, it is the wacky tale of what happens in an RPG when you're already level 99 and nothing except bosses even slows you down. A massively overpowered black mage meets a legendary swordsman (who happens to already wield a legendary weapon). They then run into a super powerful red mage (he is good with both weapons and magic, and also not an idiot like the other two) and they round out the party with a powerful cleric and a demon from another dimension. These people have nothing to fear from anyone other than people as powerful as themselves, and their adventures are mostly silly, but it's fun when you take the proper perspective on the story. And they still experience growth and character development, but much more slowly than someone who's at the beginning of their journey, since very few things happen that can teach such people life lessons, and those things are crazy.
If that anime description sounds eerily similar to these books... yeah. So, once I took the perspective that hey, stories about how a person grows to be powerful are interesting, but so are stories about what people who are ALREADY super powerful get up to, then these books become way more enjoyable. Despite the mediocre writing style, the author's ideas are very fun and creative, the story moves really fast with lots of action, and I always want to know what's gonna happen next with this silly bunch of lvl 99 characters.
If you're wondering why I gave this particular book 4 stars, it's because the author finally gave us some Timmy fanservice and I didn't realize how much I wanted it until then, haha. I was like DAMMIT, VICKY, JUST DRAG HIM OFF AND HAVE YOUR WAY WITH HIM. Kinda makes me want to draw some fanart for the first time in years. Mwahaha.
I think my #1 gripe is the author constantly telling us the same basic character trait/history info every single chapter, as if we were not in the middle of a novel. Does the author believe all the readers are amnesiacs? It's a mystery.
Gripe #2 is that the author really really needs to come up with more ways of saying the same thing. I am pretty sure someone gives a "toothy smile" about every 5 pages (often "decidedly toothy"), and there are several other perfectly fine but massively overused expressions or descriptors that the author seems to really like using.
Then there's how everyone is overpowered and basically perfect... but after the first 2 books, I started seeing that as a plus rather than a minus. I had to think for a bit to identify what this series reminds me of. When I was young, I loved this comedy fantasy anime series called "Slayers". Most fantasy stories are the tale of how a weak person becomes strong via training, experience, relationships etc, and develops as a person and a hero. Slayers is not about that. Instead, it is the wacky tale of what happens in an RPG when you're already level 99 and nothing except bosses even slows you down. A massively overpowered black mage meets a legendary swordsman (who happens to already wield a legendary weapon). They then run into a super powerful red mage (he is good with both weapons and magic, and also not an idiot like the other two) and they round out the party with a powerful cleric and a demon from another dimension. These people have nothing to fear from anyone other than people as powerful as themselves, and their adventures are mostly silly, but it's fun when you take the proper perspective on the story. And they still experience growth and character development, but much more slowly than someone who's at the beginning of their journey, since very few things happen that can teach such people life lessons, and those things are crazy.
If that anime description sounds eerily similar to these books... yeah. So, once I took the perspective that hey, stories about how a person grows to be powerful are interesting, but so are stories about what people who are ALREADY super powerful get up to, then these books become way more enjoyable. Despite the mediocre writing style, the author's ideas are very fun and creative, the story moves really fast with lots of action, and I always want to know what's gonna happen next with this silly bunch of lvl 99 characters.
If you're wondering why I gave this particular book 4 stars, it's because the author finally gave us some Timmy fanservice and I didn't realize how much I wanted it until then, haha. I was like DAMMIT, VICKY, JUST DRAG HIM OFF AND HAVE YOUR WAY WITH HIM. Kinda makes me want to draw some fanart for the first time in years. Mwahaha.
December 14, 2019
Love the series, not so much this one
I love the series and the characters. Love watching them grow and despite their best efforts, grow to like one another.
This book, the emphasize was more on the battles and in my opinion, the battles were too graphic. I don't need to know that the dragon and the dog are playing tug of war with a corpse. Don't need to know that after the battle the dragon is covered in blood and gore. . Don't need to bear about goblins clawing at their faces because of an attack. Really don't.
Why not skip forward to the end of the battle and have the characters discuss it over a meal or feast?
Right now I just skip pages because the battle is not important to me. I know that each of the characters is basically Rambo, won't get hurt and does amazing stuff that no army can defend against.
Not interested, so let's focus on the characters again, unless murdering is a core piece here.
Also there was a lot of repetition regarding character traits. We know the characters, if you need to refresh memories, do it once and move on unless you have a word count quota to achieve.
The glimpses into the future was a nice touch.
I love the series and the characters. Love watching them grow and despite their best efforts, grow to like one another.
This book, the emphasize was more on the battles and in my opinion, the battles were too graphic. I don't need to know that the dragon and the dog are playing tug of war with a corpse. Don't need to know that after the battle the dragon is covered in blood and gore. . Don't need to bear about goblins clawing at their faces because of an attack. Really don't.
Why not skip forward to the end of the battle and have the characters discuss it over a meal or feast?
Right now I just skip pages because the battle is not important to me. I know that each of the characters is basically Rambo, won't get hurt and does amazing stuff that no army can defend against.
Not interested, so let's focus on the characters again, unless murdering is a core piece here.
Also there was a lot of repetition regarding character traits. We know the characters, if you need to refresh memories, do it once and move on unless you have a word count quota to achieve.
The glimpses into the future was a nice touch.
July 5, 2024
Ratings:-4.5 Stars
January 27, 2024
As with the last book in the series, I really don't have a lot of non-spoiler stuff to say here. I just want to pop in and acknowledge how much I love these books, this world and its inhabitants, where the plot is going, the silly humor, Fred Berman's wonderful narration, and anything else I might have missed that L.G. Estrella has done here. These are the kinds of fantasy novels I wish there were more of, and I am both looking forward to, and sad about the fact that I only have the second collection of short stories left for now. I know they are working on book 5, but that will probably still be a while, and surely even longer for the audiobook, which at this point, is going to be my preferred way to read this series. I just need Fred's narration. It's too freaking good!
January 17, 2020
One of the best writers in the business!
In today's, write a book a month club, L. G. Estella is an old school pro. I have come to really enjoy Timmy, Katie, Old Man, Spot and the rest of the gang. Ninja Rats? So cool how it all works together, it almost feels like he has all the team members over on Pizza Wednesday and asked questions for the next book. I have yet to be disappointed by the Timmy books! With as much as I read that's saying a lot. Keep on writing the books, I'll keep on reading them. Fan for life. Peace
In today's, write a book a month club, L. G. Estella is an old school pro. I have come to really enjoy Timmy, Katie, Old Man, Spot and the rest of the gang. Ninja Rats? So cool how it all works together, it almost feels like he has all the team members over on Pizza Wednesday and asked questions for the next book. I have yet to be disappointed by the Timmy books! With as much as I read that's saying a lot. Keep on writing the books, I'll keep on reading them. Fan for life. Peace
March 26, 2024
Excellent! 😍 Fun & endearing! 🐉🍪 🔥👴⚔️🧙♂️
March 16, 2022
This is book four in The Unconventional Heroes series. If you fell upon this book without having read the others I envy you a little as it combines the delightful genre/trope playing that the first book introduced with more development of our favorite characters, each getting more time in this narrative than previous outings. However please go back and read the wonderful earlier books in the series and watch the introductions, interactions and development of these characters.
The conflict in this tale is building with the growing threat of war ever-present and our heroes almost start the shooting war by having mediumish worse luck (for them).
The cast has grown and as the point of view swaps, what initially feels a bit of a disappointment because you want to know what is happening with the current character is soon replaced as you are plunged into the next character's narrative. The pace never lets up and my only regret is up until now I have had another in the series to immediately leap into, this sadly is no longer the case, and must wait for the talented and prolific (serious have you seen all the other series L.G Estrella is crafting WOW) author to pen the next book in this saga.
The conflict in this tale is building with the growing threat of war ever-present and our heroes almost start the shooting war by having mediumish worse luck (for them).
The cast has grown and as the point of view swaps, what initially feels a bit of a disappointment because you want to know what is happening with the current character is soon replaced as you are plunged into the next character's narrative. The pace never lets up and my only regret is up until now I have had another in the series to immediately leap into, this sadly is no longer the case, and must wait for the talented and prolific (serious have you seen all the other series L.G Estrella is crafting WOW) author to pen the next book in this saga.
November 28, 2019
Love this series!
Wonderful characters, chaos at every turn, this is so much fun to read. I enjoyed all the antics Timmy and the gang got up to. I cant wait to read the next one. If you love quirky characters that keep you guessing, please give this series a try. I finished this book with a smile and a desire to read the series again from the start.
Thank you for reading my two cents.
Wonderful characters, chaos at every turn, this is so much fun to read. I enjoyed all the antics Timmy and the gang got up to. I cant wait to read the next one. If you love quirky characters that keep you guessing, please give this series a try. I finished this book with a smile and a desire to read the series again from the start.
Thank you for reading my two cents.
May 6, 2025
This was thorough, outrageous, and fun. I wish I had five more to read after this one!!
January 12, 2024
4.5⭐️
Wow. This was a wild ride. Like a rollercoaster that mostly went up and up. The book moved had our beloved Team Timmy moving from the frying pan to the fire to a volcano. There was so much that happened in this book. I know I complained there was too much descriptive fight scenes in the 1st book and that was the case here too, but I didn't mind as much here. There were a couple of fight scenes or chapters that could have been a few pages shorter but in most cases I liked the detail.
We have a few answers about our characters and their past and also some more mysteries that have been set up to be answered in the next installment which I am looking forward to. Even with so many grim things happening this story still managed to make me smile and laugh. The loyalty that Timmy has fostered amongst the members of Team Timmy is truly wonderful and I cannot wait to see where their future takes all of them.
I am sad that this book is already 4 years old and we have not gotten a new installment yet. But we did get another short story collection that has stories that have been set before, between and after the books so I am not going to complain. Too much. I hope the author doesn't leave us hanging for too long.
Wow. This was a wild ride. Like a rollercoaster that mostly went up and up. The book moved had our beloved Team Timmy moving from the frying pan to the fire to a volcano. There was so much that happened in this book. I know I complained there was too much descriptive fight scenes in the 1st book and that was the case here too, but I didn't mind as much here. There were a couple of fight scenes or chapters that could have been a few pages shorter but in most cases I liked the detail.
We have a few answers about our characters and their past and also some more mysteries that have been set up to be answered in the next installment which I am looking forward to. Even with so many grim things happening this story still managed to make me smile and laugh. The loyalty that Timmy has fostered amongst the members of Team Timmy is truly wonderful and I cannot wait to see where their future takes all of them.
I am sad that this book is already 4 years old and we have not gotten a new installment yet. But we did get another short story collection that has stories that have been set before, between and after the books so I am not going to complain. Too much. I hope the author doesn't leave us hanging for too long.
January 21, 2024
The fourth - and, to date, final - entry in L.G. Estrella's 'Unconventional Heroes' series, which came across largely (to me, at least) as three or even four books in some, with distinct cuts between each of the various sections as follows:
1) Rescuing a princess from a powerful crime lord
2) Dealing with a rampaging horde of goblins that are about to overrun a dwarf kingdom
3) Recovering the lost Sky City from a different dimension
4) The start of a war, fought over the possession of that Sky City in the first instance.
AS in the previous three entries in the series, this also seems to end with Timmy's, ummm, 'entourage' expanding ever and ever larger - I would not be at all surprised to find who was a secondary character here to become a primary character in further entries.
Of which, I assume (and hope) there will be more ... ?
1) Rescuing a princess from a powerful crime lord
2) Dealing with a rampaging horde of goblins that are about to overrun a dwarf kingdom
3) Recovering the lost Sky City from a different dimension
4) The start of a war, fought over the possession of that Sky City in the first instance.
AS in the previous three entries in the series, this also seems to end with Timmy's, ummm, 'entourage' expanding ever and ever larger - I would not be at all surprised to find who was a secondary character here to become a primary character in further entries.
Of which, I assume (and hope) there will be more ... ?
January 17, 2022
Great Characters. Too much detailed action.
Every character has a personality, which develops as the series extends. Estrella manages to cope with having thousands of human corpses around by avoiding giving them any personality or back story, although it must have been tempting. The plots are generally fine, too, although the God does descend from the machina a bit often.l
I do find the blow by blow accounts of battles hard to take. You wind up visualizing the author and a bunch of RPG mates throwing their multi-sided dice for hours.
I had hoped to see the team playing a part in Everton's combat with the Eternal Empire, but although the two back story books mention the war, that's it. Maybe Estralla's too involved with later series.
Pity. I wanted to see our team meet the Emporer.
Every character has a personality, which develops as the series extends. Estrella manages to cope with having thousands of human corpses around by avoiding giving them any personality or back story, although it must have been tempting. The plots are generally fine, too, although the God does descend from the machina a bit often.l
I do find the blow by blow accounts of battles hard to take. You wind up visualizing the author and a bunch of RPG mates throwing their multi-sided dice for hours.
I had hoped to see the team playing a part in Everton's combat with the Eternal Empire, but although the two back story books mention the war, that's it. Maybe Estralla's too involved with later series.
Pity. I wanted to see our team meet the Emporer.
September 4, 2024
Firstly that is NOT the definition of nonplussed.
The book suffers somewhat, or maybe it's just me, in it's pacing. Some of the battles were fast paced and others were slow and rather tedious to read. And there was so much fighting! There were some nice quiet, character building moments but not enough and they had a tendency to be repetitive, giving the reader information already revealed in an earlier scene or chapter.
That said, the world building was phenomenal, particulrly the eldritch dimension. The descriptions put the reader right into the thick of things and kept them there. There was some good character development for Gerald and the Old Man not to mention Avraniel.. and some interesting hints about Katie, that will hopefully be revealed in a future book.
The book suffers somewhat, or maybe it's just me, in it's pacing. Some of the battles were fast paced and others were slow and rather tedious to read. And there was so much fighting! There were some nice quiet, character building moments but not enough and they had a tendency to be repetitive, giving the reader information already revealed in an earlier scene or chapter.
That said, the world building was phenomenal, particulrly the eldritch dimension. The descriptions put the reader right into the thick of things and kept them there. There was some good character development for Gerald and the Old Man not to mention Avraniel.. and some interesting hints about Katie, that will hopefully be revealed in a future book.
July 15, 2022
L.G. Estrella continues her series about unlikely heroes. Our intrepid necromancer, Timmy, his 10-year-old, precocious apprentice necromancer Katie, and their team members Avraniel the flame elf, Amanda, the ancient vampire, the Old Man, the master swordsman, and Gerald, the bureaucrat with endless magical storage capacity have to tackle a horde of goblins, an eldritch fungus, and the Eternal Empire.
No problem! Our characters are growing up. Katie runs her own zombie army. Spot, the baby dragon discovers new powers, and Avraniel pushes past her limitations to new heights of power. And romance enters the scene.
This book is a must-read for humorous fantasy lovers.
No problem! Our characters are growing up. Katie runs her own zombie army. Spot, the baby dragon discovers new powers, and Avraniel pushes past her limitations to new heights of power. And romance enters the scene.
This book is a must-read for humorous fantasy lovers.
February 16, 2020
I enjoyed the first and last quarters, but the middle half almost made me give up. They’re just killing goblins, over and over, for what feels like years. There’s no challenge to it and nothing important to the plot really happens. Just goblin deaths. So many. So boring. Honestly, when you get to the goblin bit just skip ahead to the fungus bit. You won’t miss anything except ten thousand descriptions of goblins being squashed, burned, stabbed, etc. It gets good again after that. I’d replace that whole section with “and then they killed a bunch of goblins.” Let’s never talk of it again.
October 29, 2023
The story and characters in the series are fantastic, but this book is the worst of the lot when it comes to repetitive writing. I'm no writer, but I think "zombie warriors", "zombie archers" and "zombie wyverns" should at some point just become warriors, archers and wyverns unless non-zombie versions enter the narrative. I know they're necromancers, but the word count on "zombie" must be astronomical.
June 30, 2024
Read as an audio book. Great narration, love the voices and delivery. I greatly enjoy the characters and character development. But...this installment was not my favorite in the series. I thought the robust plot was somewhat repetitive and I found myself reading other things and coming back to this off and on. I'm still looking forward to the next installment. This series is perfect for a low key, escapism (aka tune out the world for a bit) read.
November 26, 2019
Bloated Fun
The characters, story, and world are highly entertaining. The pacing is pretty good, too.
But the writing is bloated, with repetitive and rambling text. Several action packed scenes put me to sleep because of how long and dull the descriptions and analysis were. Some proofing issues as well.
Good and recommended, but inferior to some earlier volumes.
The characters, story, and world are highly entertaining. The pacing is pretty good, too.
But the writing is bloated, with repetitive and rambling text. Several action packed scenes put me to sleep because of how long and dull the descriptions and analysis were. Some proofing issues as well.
Good and recommended, but inferior to some earlier volumes.
December 6, 2019
I really enjoy this series so bought this latest installment as soon as I saw it was available. I need to re-read some of the earlier volumes to refresh my memory on the characters. I may be wrong but I felt there was a lot more explicit violence in this book than in the others. Like I said, I will need to check that theory.
June 25, 2020
Great action scens with epic scale battles
Great action scens with epic scale battles , we finally why and how necromancers are feared in grand scale engagements, the overall plot advances towards a critical point, and there's still plenty of humor and great character interaction.
Great action scens with epic scale battles , we finally why and how necromancers are feared in grand scale engagements, the overall plot advances towards a critical point, and there's still plenty of humor and great character interaction.
August 30, 2020
This series is starting to take on more flesh as it progresses and like Attempted Vampirism is a damn good read. The characters are all enjoyable. I am personally tired of the grim dark fantasy that grips the hearts of the tragically twisted readers today. I like my stories these. Well worth reading.
February 22, 2021
Love it in all his gory splendor! a true medieval heroic fantasy, maybe a little to graphic for some people how may be dumb' because this is the 4th book about necromancy and sewing corpses together to make abominations... soo.. yea if you are here, or you like it! or you are not very bright' sorry for sounding like an ass and being one "But come on!" keep em coming.
May 10, 2021
Fantastic and I can't wait for book 5! I love fantasy novels and I like details as well. Not Stephen King details always, but logistics and back story. The author does an excellent job of explaining the why and how of character choices, but not too heavy. I thoroughly enjoyed these books and since I have to wait on number 5, I'll check out some of his others now as well.
October 4, 2023
Again, really enjoying the audiobooks in this series. Fred Berman does an excellent job. This book ramped up what I'm assuming will be the ultimate conflict in this series while still moving the characters forward. I'd describe this as cozy fantasy (your mileage will vary) based on how the characters scale to meet the challenges with a good blend of settings, characters, and group interaction.
October 19, 2023
This was another fun and entertaining entry in the series. Like the other books in the series it is action packed and filled with humor. On a side note the action does make it difficult to work on other projects while listening to the audible because if your attention wanders for a few minutes you will find that you missed quite a lot.
December 4, 2019
Long live the Ninja Rats!
The necromancers in question are Timmy, and his pint sized, pink loving apprentice Katie. They are accompanied on their various exploits by a tribe of Ninja Rats who delight in causing large explosions. Trust me, this series is great fun.
The necromancers in question are Timmy, and his pint sized, pink loving apprentice Katie. They are accompanied on their various exploits by a tribe of Ninja Rats who delight in causing large explosions. Trust me, this series is great fun.
December 31, 2019
What’s Timmy gonna do now?
Rescue a princess, overthrow a criminal mastermind, wield a zombie horde, slap down the Empire and finish it all by cleaning a dragon’s teeth with his maybe girlfriend? Yep! Sounds like another epically fun adventure.
Rescue a princess, overthrow a criminal mastermind, wield a zombie horde, slap down the Empire and finish it all by cleaning a dragon’s teeth with his maybe girlfriend? Yep! Sounds like another epically fun adventure.
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