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The Chronicles of Breed #4
From Hell's Heart
They say that no good deed goes unpunished. It turns out, they were right.
Breed saved a world, killed a demon, destroyed the gods that made it, and then went home.
It was time to rest, perchance to die.
But as any fool knows, there is no rest for the wicked.
No one is going anywhere until an old friend is dead, an old enemy is saved, and hot or cold vengeance is served.
The battle is over, now the war has begun.
Breed saved a world, killed a demon, destroyed the gods that made it, and then went home.
It was time to rest, perchance to die.
But as any fool knows, there is no rest for the wicked.
No one is going anywhere until an old friend is dead, an old enemy is saved, and hot or cold vengeance is served.
The battle is over, now the war has begun.
- GenresFantasy
283 pages, ebook
First published April 9, 2020
80 people are currently reading
144 people want to read
About the author
K.T. Davies
22 books184 followersI was born in Yorkshire. I have a degree in literature and a modest comic collection. I share my life with an understanding partner, two savage children, three silly dogs, and an angry cat. I’ve lived in t’north and the Republic of China but currently reside in suburban bliss in the West Midlands.
I’ve worked as an actor, a teacher, and a scaffolder amongst many other things. Until recently I made theatrical props for a living. Have a look at www.antrobusandgrimm.co.uk to see how I (used to)roll.
I’m a nerd and proud, and play with swords and other pointy things from time to time as well as 'puter games.
Pointless trivia bit:
I once fell down the highest mountain in Taiwan and was led to safety by a couple of tribesmen in exchange for some cigarettes. I have also been taught how to wrestle by ‘Crybaby’ Jim Breaks.
I’ve worked as an actor, a teacher, and a scaffolder amongst many other things. Until recently I made theatrical props for a living. Have a look at www.antrobusandgrimm.co.uk to see how I (used to)roll.
I’m a nerd and proud, and play with swords and other pointy things from time to time as well as 'puter games.
Pointless trivia bit:
I once fell down the highest mountain in Taiwan and was led to safety by a couple of tribesmen in exchange for some cigarettes. I have also been taught how to wrestle by ‘Crybaby’ Jim Breaks.
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August 25, 2025
Book 4 of this most excellent series is another solid entry in the story of Breed. He’s once again thrown into more trouble that mixes danger, violence, and dark humour. The world is still harsh and unforgiving, with plenty of action and dubious characters.
If you’ve stuck with the books so far, you’ll know what to expect; Breed getting dragged into fights and bad decisions. It’s rough, fast, and bloody, but that’s what makes it work. This book keeps the same sharp, gritty tone as the earlier books but raises the stakes.
”I’m honest and blunt, but I’m not mean.. Not much, anyway. If you used your noodle instead of working at sulking you’d see that.” - Breed
He's still the same sarcastic, hard-edged character, and honestly that’s the main reason I keep reading. They’re not exactly a hero, but you can’t stop rooting for them anyway as they have so much heart and have been through so much. This book feels darker than the earlier ones, with more chaos and double-crossing, but it never slows down. There’s a strong mix of fights, magic, and grim twists, so it doesn’t drag or waste time.
I thoroughly enjoy the world building in these books they never fail to get the imagination going. The towns are rich with atmosphere but don’t overburden you with too much detail. This series is always exciting and there’s always something happening. The characters themselves are wonderfully imagined and are easy to like even those that aren’t supposed to be..
”I’m not overly fond of me either, but what can you do, eh?” - Breed
If you like grim, no-nonsense fantasy where the main character refuses to play nice, you’ll enjoy this. It doesn’t try to be pretty or gentle, just sharp, entertaining, rough-edged fantasy with no softness but plenty of sarcasm and blood.
If you’ve stuck with the books so far, you’ll know what to expect; Breed getting dragged into fights and bad decisions. It’s rough, fast, and bloody, but that’s what makes it work. This book keeps the same sharp, gritty tone as the earlier books but raises the stakes.
”I’m honest and blunt, but I’m not mean.. Not much, anyway. If you used your noodle instead of working at sulking you’d see that.” - Breed
He's still the same sarcastic, hard-edged character, and honestly that’s the main reason I keep reading. They’re not exactly a hero, but you can’t stop rooting for them anyway as they have so much heart and have been through so much. This book feels darker than the earlier ones, with more chaos and double-crossing, but it never slows down. There’s a strong mix of fights, magic, and grim twists, so it doesn’t drag or waste time.
I thoroughly enjoy the world building in these books they never fail to get the imagination going. The towns are rich with atmosphere but don’t overburden you with too much detail. This series is always exciting and there’s always something happening. The characters themselves are wonderfully imagined and are easy to like even those that aren’t supposed to be..
”I’m not overly fond of me either, but what can you do, eh?” - Breed
If you like grim, no-nonsense fantasy where the main character refuses to play nice, you’ll enjoy this. It doesn’t try to be pretty or gentle, just sharp, entertaining, rough-edged fantasy with no softness but plenty of sarcasm and blood.
April 13, 2020
Good fun. I’m glad that Breed is back. I enjoyed the previous three volumes, which I’ll call the original trilogy, a great deal. He’s such a positively aggressive, in your face, never say die fantasy creation. And with a fine line in wisecracks supporting the wry humour in the story.
I was interested to see how this new book would play out as the trilogy took Breed from a small scale, foul mouthed, criminal through quite a multi-world and time adventure, changing history, to him ending up as quite a powerful sorcerer. The third book had finished with an old Breed, apparently ready to die, back from his adventures, going full circle to his mother’s criminal gang and original world.
So how to revive an elderly Breed? Well, the author has effectively given Breed a reboot, a revival. I’m not going to complain about that, almost in the way that some TV soap opera stars are revived from terminal circumstances, even apparently conclusive deaths, because of their popularity! Breed is too good a character to die off - just yet - so I was happy enough for a bit of hokey pokey magic to revitalise him. And he’s given a very personal cause to pursue.
This book starts in a slightly confusing manner (for me) as we don’t have Breeds’s in your face first person narrative. Instead a third person view is given of, it turns out, Breed and his powerful mother, in conflict with an unknown villain and this introduces us to the story over about 10-15 pages. I wasn’t sure what was going on but I went with it and very quickly we get Breed back in control of the narrative, we understand what’s happened and we’re off....
The structure of the world is as it was in volume 1 - so it’s worth recalling the relative status of humans, warspawn and cross-breed and magically affected beings in this world. It’s something I reminded myself about before plunging into #4, and the author helps with subtle reminders but, as with all multi volume series, and it’s rarely done, it would have been nice to have a one page or so summary of the critical previous action to this volume to prompt the memory cells.
The storyline was pretty decent, and especially when Breed was back to his old bad tempered, selfish and aggressive antics. The only soft side being his interactions with some youngsters as he gives innocence some leeway, and he has some nice banter with a young spider-like being who he’s trying to help.
I won’t enlarge more on the plot. It did seem to me one of those stories where the journey was more important and fun than the plot. We are chasing the villain we met at the start of the story but we don’t meet him again for sometime. But we’re entertained in the meantime by Breed’s antics and his discovery of a relatively new world (for the revived Breed - you’ll understand when you read it).
An ending which makes you want to know what’s going to happen next. Fortunately the next volume doesn’t seem that far off....
A 4.5* from me, rounded to 5* because I enjoy the character Breed and his banter so much.
I was interested to see how this new book would play out as the trilogy took Breed from a small scale, foul mouthed, criminal through quite a multi-world and time adventure, changing history, to him ending up as quite a powerful sorcerer. The third book had finished with an old Breed, apparently ready to die, back from his adventures, going full circle to his mother’s criminal gang and original world.
So how to revive an elderly Breed? Well, the author has effectively given Breed a reboot, a revival. I’m not going to complain about that, almost in the way that some TV soap opera stars are revived from terminal circumstances, even apparently conclusive deaths, because of their popularity! Breed is too good a character to die off - just yet - so I was happy enough for a bit of hokey pokey magic to revitalise him. And he’s given a very personal cause to pursue.
This book starts in a slightly confusing manner (for me) as we don’t have Breeds’s in your face first person narrative. Instead a third person view is given of, it turns out, Breed and his powerful mother, in conflict with an unknown villain and this introduces us to the story over about 10-15 pages. I wasn’t sure what was going on but I went with it and very quickly we get Breed back in control of the narrative, we understand what’s happened and we’re off....
The structure of the world is as it was in volume 1 - so it’s worth recalling the relative status of humans, warspawn and cross-breed and magically affected beings in this world. It’s something I reminded myself about before plunging into #4, and the author helps with subtle reminders but, as with all multi volume series, and it’s rarely done, it would have been nice to have a one page or so summary of the critical previous action to this volume to prompt the memory cells.
The storyline was pretty decent, and especially when Breed was back to his old bad tempered, selfish and aggressive antics. The only soft side being his interactions with some youngsters as he gives innocence some leeway, and he has some nice banter with a young spider-like being who he’s trying to help.
I won’t enlarge more on the plot. It did seem to me one of those stories where the journey was more important and fun than the plot. We are chasing the villain we met at the start of the story but we don’t meet him again for sometime. But we’re entertained in the meantime by Breed’s antics and his discovery of a relatively new world (for the revived Breed - you’ll understand when you read it).
An ending which makes you want to know what’s going to happen next. Fortunately the next volume doesn’t seem that far off....
A 4.5* from me, rounded to 5* because I enjoy the character Breed and his banter so much.
February 26, 2021
Breed is back, and she's just as sarcastic and foul-mouthed as ever (I stand by my belief that Breed is female, though it's still never explicitly stated and there are plenty of things that cast doubt). This picks up right where the original trilogy left off, but much has changed after the events that brought the first three books to a close. Breed must now deal with not being a dragon or high-power sorceress the way she was. This presents new challenges that really feel like old challenges, as her life gets back closer to the way it was before the interference of Shallunsard, but for the plot of the book itself.
The plot of this one was less hectic than the second and third books of the original trilogy, but didn't feel quite as compelling to me, and I was not a fan of the ending. It will be interesting to see where Breed's road goes from here. Will she return to being able to take dragon form and wield sorcery? Or will her decisions to actually care about people make her a victim of the Paradox? We shall see. But wherever it goes, we know we'll get attitude, a foul mouth, and some of the most hilarious insults I've ever seen strung together.
The plot of this one was less hectic than the second and third books of the original trilogy, but didn't feel quite as compelling to me, and I was not a fan of the ending. It will be interesting to see where Breed's road goes from here. Will she return to being able to take dragon form and wield sorcery? Or will her decisions to actually care about people make her a victim of the Paradox? We shall see. But wherever it goes, we know we'll get attitude, a foul mouth, and some of the most hilarious insults I've ever seen strung together.
July 24, 2020
And here we have it, the rumoured fourth installement is here and Breed is back and back in a slightly more recognisable form than before. He's back at home, well kind of and he's back with friends, well kind of and he's back to his cursing best, well definitely!
He's on a mission of revenge and to save a friend. He's accompanied by a very different type of crew and has a delivery to make, though to be fair about two-thirds of the way through the book, he completely forgets about that plot point and I do hope K.T.Davies comes back to it!
Breed is back and he's as good a cussing cull as ever. Roll on Breed 5 - please!
He's on a mission of revenge and to save a friend. He's accompanied by a very different type of crew and has a delivery to make, though to be fair about two-thirds of the way through the book, he completely forgets about that plot point and I do hope K.T.Davies comes back to it!
Breed is back and he's as good a cussing cull as ever. Roll on Breed 5 - please!
April 29, 2020
As usual, I was not disappointed with the continuing tales of Breed... I actually read it in one sitting... During the lockdown, I had so many books on the go, that it took a while for me to get to "From Hell's Heart" Loved it. I don't normally do write-ups or reviews, I'm not "wordy" enough. However, I have to say this a marvellous set of books & I was really glad to not be disappointed by the ending!
May 2, 2020
You just cannot do that!
It came out of nowhere, I wasn’t intending to write anymore Breed books, this is the last ...... or various noises to that effect, KT wrote in the news letter I read prior to reading this......and so what do we find? A classic cliffhanger, is what - which means.....there is still unfinished Breed business…? Well, I certainly hope so.
It came out of nowhere, I wasn’t intending to write anymore Breed books, this is the last ...... or various noises to that effect, KT wrote in the news letter I read prior to reading this......and so what do we find? A classic cliffhanger, is what - which means.....there is still unfinished Breed business…? Well, I certainly hope so.
July 20, 2020
I've thoroughly enjoyed reading about Breed and getting lost in the worlds that K.T has created. Even more exciting is that clearly there can be so many directions that the stories can now go and hopefully a lot more books to enjoy. I would have liked book 4 to have been about twice as long as it is and look forward to more Chronicles of Breed
January 30, 2021
I’m reading these out of sequence or rather missing books in the series so I have had some difficulty in keeping up with what has happened to Breed and the rules of the world. However, the characters are engaging, the humour is light and well timed and an engaging mixture of street slang from various periods of history. Recommended to the normal crew.
April 13, 2020
I enjoyed book 4. Breed has to be my favorite non hero./hero. The quips keep coming. still the same with sarcastic attitude towards all. It’s a good story but seemed to lack a small bit of excitement.
April 16, 2020
Awesome fantasy series.
Breed is perhaps the most interesting character that I’ve had the pleasure of reading about.
All four books are excellent though they do seem to be getting shorter as the story moves along.
Breed is perhaps the most interesting character that I’ve had the pleasure of reading about.
All four books are excellent though they do seem to be getting shorter as the story moves along.
April 17, 2020
More more more
After reading the Chronicles of Breed I was left wanting more. I got more, and now I want MORE!!
Another fast paced romp through a beautifully painted world.
Brilliant
After reading the Chronicles of Breed I was left wanting more. I got more, and now I want MORE!!
Another fast paced romp through a beautifully painted world.
Brilliant
April 30, 2020
It's good to have Breed back
Breed is doing what Breed usually does. It's a quick good read. Since it's been a while since the other books it would be good to have a brief summary of previous events. Looking forward to rest of his revenge-venture.
Breed is doing what Breed usually does. It's a quick good read. Since it's been a while since the other books it would be good to have a brief summary of previous events. Looking forward to rest of his revenge-venture.
May 9, 2020
Another great read, loving Breed's return, and the next instalment can't come soon enough.
Congratulations to K.T Davies. You have a story of great scope and depth. Clever, witty set pieces and dialogue. Fantasy is not enough of a description. If Pratchett met deadpool 🤔👍❤️
Congratulations to K.T Davies. You have a story of great scope and depth. Clever, witty set pieces and dialogue. Fantasy is not enough of a description. If Pratchett met deadpool 🤔👍❤️
May 20, 2020
From hells heart.
This book lacks some depth compared to many books I read, and I'm kinda thankful for that, it's great to read a compelling story and not get bogged down in magic and political systems. The story and characters are engaging. Throughly enjoyed it.
This book lacks some depth compared to many books I read, and I'm kinda thankful for that, it's great to read a compelling story and not get bogged down in magic and political systems. The story and characters are engaging. Throughly enjoyed it.
May 23, 2020
Ok
I think the beginning was a bit loose and didn’t have the same quality as the other books, I did enjoy the majority of this book but think it has ended too soon.
I think the beginning was a bit loose and didn’t have the same quality as the other books, I did enjoy the majority of this book but think it has ended too soon.
June 10, 2020
Brilliant
The fourth exciting book staring Breed. Well done K.T, he is such fun, I can't wait for book five. Keep up the good work.
The fourth exciting book staring Breed. Well done K.T, he is such fun, I can't wait for book five. Keep up the good work.
July 3, 2020
Wahoooooo
Yeaaaaaaaaaah booooooy, K.T Davies has done it again, excellent book, hopefully there's another two books coming! Thoroughly enjoyed it, buy it now.
Yeaaaaaaaaaah booooooy, K.T Davies has done it again, excellent book, hopefully there's another two books coming! Thoroughly enjoyed it, buy it now.
December 20, 2020
Keeps getting better
I’ve read the whole saga so far. It’s great. Onto the next adventure soon :-)
Breed will no doubt have some dark and wonderful adventure to conquer
I’ve read the whole saga so far. It’s great. Onto the next adventure soon :-)
Breed will no doubt have some dark and wonderful adventure to conquer
February 28, 2021
I absolutely love Breed and his journeys!
I wasn't sure I would like this series of books, but I am hooked and can't wait to read more about Breed!
I wasn't sure I would like this series of books, but I am hooked and can't wait to read more about Breed!
June 7, 2021
Did you watch Avengers Endgame? How about Terminator? Yeah, that.
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May 1, 2020
The author has created a whole world full of new and unique fantasy creatures each with their own place in society. Breed is my absolute favourite antihero. Sweary and sarcastic in a delightfully creative way and reluctantly saving the day again. At the end of the last book Breed had returned to his hometown and seemingly unable to use his magic he is once again using his wits and skill with a blade to survive in the criminal underworld echoing the style of the first book in the series.
While we are introduced to a cast of new characters we also get to see how Breed altering the past has affected some familiar characters and places. I am already impatiently awaiting book 5.
While we are introduced to a cast of new characters we also get to see how Breed altering the past has affected some familiar characters and places. I am already impatiently awaiting book 5.
May 5, 2020
Tiny is my hero
Once again Michael has provided us with something that makes you feel part of the characters story and like you shouting for them (or at them). Just think Michael needs to to keep Tiny in the future books
Once again Michael has provided us with something that makes you feel part of the characters story and like you shouting for them (or at them). Just think Michael needs to to keep Tiny in the future books
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