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The Good Guys #4-6
The Good Guys Chronicles: Books 4-6
Montana Coggeshall is back in the second omnibus edition of the bestselling Good Guys LitRPG series! This digital box set contains the fourth, fifth and sixth Book 4: The Loot Montana Coggeshall, duke of Coggeshall, defeater of dungeons, he of far fewer intelligence points than is probably recommended, is finally ready to start building his dukedom. He just needs one more thing before he can leave a few hard-working friends to join him on this adventure. The Loot is an unputdownable installment of the LitRPG series The Good Guys. If you like your gamelit heavy on combat, dry humor, and of course, a lot of loot, this is the book for you. Book 5: Dukes & Ladders When Montana first started playing in iNcarn8, his new game life, he just wanted to be one of the good guys for a change. But despite his impressive stats and incredible heroics, even his followers are just plain scared of him. Trouble keeps pouring down Montana, even in the remote, supposedly safe holding he’s building into his dukedom. All that will have to change if Coggeshall is going to survive. Walls go up and homes get built, but Montana can’t shake the feeling that none of it will be enough to keep out the problems of the Empire. Or the world of Vuldranni. Book 6: Home Seige Home Montana Coggeshall is feeling the squeeze — and not just because of his new leather pants from the goddess Eona. His little safeholding in the ruthless world of Vuldranni is under siege. On both sides. Battles are brewing, and the entire town is being held hostage. And despite all his strength and ability, Montana needs to do some serious training to get Coggeshall out of this. There are actual stakes this time — children could starve, his friends have gone missing — and Montana’s not sure he has what it takes to save everyone.
------------------------------ Praise for The Good "Love love love the pacing. Wow this book is super crisp, precise, and witty. Love it." -Kindle reviewer "Ten Nothings out of Ten, would stab a dwarf into and use as an improvised large weapon again." -Kindle reviewer "I have never reviewed a book but felt this one deserved it. The author made me laugh and managed to hook me with original characters as well as an intriguing setting/storyline. Amongst a sea of Litrpg books that are crippled by poor editing, unoriginal takes on the core Litrpg genre tropes as well as a disconcerting need to turn everything into a harem story this author has my attention and is going on my short list of download immediately authors." -Kindle reviewer
841 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 29, 2020
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July 18, 2023
Love the books but...
It sure is frustrating when the main character doesn't use what he has! He has abilities he doesn't use and items/rewards that go unused. Come on already! Show that he is learning and not being a dumbass.
It sure is frustrating when the main character doesn't use what he has! He has abilities he doesn't use and items/rewards that go unused. Come on already! Show that he is learning and not being a dumbass.
August 14, 2025
Main character is painfully stupid.
The main character is so dumb, if you gave him an IQ point, he would have an IQ of two.
This is not three books. It is one book the author has divided into three insanely small books. I gave the series a chance, but that chance is over.
The main character is so dumb, if you gave him an IQ point, he would have an IQ of two.
This is not three books. It is one book the author has divided into three insanely small books. I gave the series a chance, but that chance is over.
November 29, 2025
It's OK. I suppose the main character is supposed to be stupid? He's written as someone who has made bad choices, so I guess I'll give the author the benefit of the doubt that it's a character trait rather than bad plotting and tracking.
Then again, the character sheet is so poorly done that I just can't take it any more and did not finish.
Through book six, some of the issues with character sheets - the author missed multiple attribute increases (for example, he said the MC got +2 strength from moving blocks of stone out of a tunnel - this never showed up on the sheet). He missed skill increases (for example, he said the character practiced jumping and increased it to 6, but it remained at 1 on the sheet). He lost skills from the character sheet (jumping eventually just fell off the sheet, despite keeping "falling" which only appeared once, even earlier in the story). He added +2 to his Int of 18 and on the next page had an Int of 30 (and all other attribute points were accounted for). He tracked reputation gains from quests then didn't record some of the other reputation gains.
But the worst is the change from the character sheet in book 5 to the one in book 6. While supposedly getting stronger, and getting a whole book's worth of quests and combat experience - the change from the character sheet early in book 5 to early in book 6 has him going down a level and losing attributes.
Also I'm pretty sure he was supposed to get a new class at level 25, which might be why the author rolled the level back without warning in book 6, but I'm not going to continue to read to see if he gets his class when the author pushes him up to 25 again.
Other issues - the character gets an ability that lets him receive an answer to a question once per day. And he looks at his character sheet all the time, and never once even thinks about using the ability. So then he gets a magic item that gives the same ability. And never uses it either. OK, is that a plot point or just the author forgetting what he meant to do? I don't know, and now I no longer care.
The character doesn't want to be doing what he's doing - he has no desire to build a city, to lead people, to explore, or to even make good decisions. But if he's not having fun, eventually I'm not having fun either.
This has been very negative, but there HAVE been things I really enjoyed in this series. Just not enough of them after the city builder game started up. So, 3 stars, mostly because it's an omnibus and I didn't quit until book 6.
On to the next thing, I guess.
Then again, the character sheet is so poorly done that I just can't take it any more and did not finish.
Through book six, some of the issues with character sheets - the author missed multiple attribute increases (for example, he said the MC got +2 strength from moving blocks of stone out of a tunnel - this never showed up on the sheet). He missed skill increases (for example, he said the character practiced jumping and increased it to 6, but it remained at 1 on the sheet). He lost skills from the character sheet (jumping eventually just fell off the sheet, despite keeping "falling" which only appeared once, even earlier in the story). He added +2 to his Int of 18 and on the next page had an Int of 30 (and all other attribute points were accounted for). He tracked reputation gains from quests then didn't record some of the other reputation gains.
But the worst is the change from the character sheet in book 5 to the one in book 6. While supposedly getting stronger, and getting a whole book's worth of quests and combat experience - the change from the character sheet early in book 5 to early in book 6 has him going down a level and losing attributes.
Also I'm pretty sure he was supposed to get a new class at level 25, which might be why the author rolled the level back without warning in book 6, but I'm not going to continue to read to see if he gets his class when the author pushes him up to 25 again.
Other issues - the character gets an ability that lets him receive an answer to a question once per day. And he looks at his character sheet all the time, and never once even thinks about using the ability. So then he gets a magic item that gives the same ability. And never uses it either. OK, is that a plot point or just the author forgetting what he meant to do? I don't know, and now I no longer care.
The character doesn't want to be doing what he's doing - he has no desire to build a city, to lead people, to explore, or to even make good decisions. But if he's not having fun, eventually I'm not having fun either.
This has been very negative, but there HAVE been things I really enjoyed in this series. Just not enough of them after the city builder game started up. So, 3 stars, mostly because it's an omnibus and I didn't quit until book 6.
On to the next thing, I guess.
February 4, 2026
A Wild, Funny, Five-Star LitRPG Ride
The Good Guys Chronicles books 4–6 are seriously good. Thrust into a magical world with powers and purpose, Montana is trying his best to keep his promises and protect his people. It’s not easy — he wasn’t exactly a great person in his previous life, and he’s not the brightest guy — but he genuinely wants to turn over a new leaf. He wants to be a good guy. That struggle fuels a wildly entertaining action-adventure story.
The characters, the camaraderie, and the humor are all highlights. Is the series perfect? No. There are definitely things that could be tighter. But as a rambunctious LitRPG romp, it’s more than good enough. I enjoyed it enough to give it five stars.
The Good Guys Chronicles books 4–6 are seriously good. Thrust into a magical world with powers and purpose, Montana is trying his best to keep his promises and protect his people. It’s not easy — he wasn’t exactly a great person in his previous life, and he’s not the brightest guy — but he genuinely wants to turn over a new leaf. He wants to be a good guy. That struggle fuels a wildly entertaining action-adventure story.
The characters, the camaraderie, and the humor are all highlights. Is the series perfect? No. There are definitely things that could be tighter. But as a rambunctious LitRPG romp, it’s more than good enough. I enjoyed it enough to give it five stars.
April 8, 2022
Averaged Score
Worldbuilding: 5
General Plot: 5
Writing: 4
MC: 0
Through six books so far, our hero is mostly likable but too stupid to still be alive. I would say it’s due to his being OP but he doesn’t even use the tools and gifts he’s given. The guy is just incredibly dumb and careless.
Worldbuilding: 5
General Plot: 5
Writing: 4
MC: 0
Through six books so far, our hero is mostly likable but too stupid to still be alive. I would say it’s due to his being OP but he doesn’t even use the tools and gifts he’s given. The guy is just incredibly dumb and careless.
November 10, 2021
It only gets better
Do thoroughly enjoyed this book. Story is thickening and growing richer. There’s good interest and a nice way of telling a story that invites you to more. It just gets better
Do thoroughly enjoyed this book. Story is thickening and growing richer. There’s good interest and a nice way of telling a story that invites you to more. It just gets better
February 28, 2022
Amazing!!!!
I love these books!!! I cannot put them down. Such a great read. I love the world Montana has spawned into and cannot wait to read more.
Thank you Eric for being awesome and providing me with my favourite books
I love these books!!! I cannot put them down. Such a great read. I love the world Montana has spawned into and cannot wait to read more.
Thank you Eric for being awesome and providing me with my favourite books
November 10, 2022
My kind of hero!
Plenty to like in these books. The characters are intriguing, the story is compelling and keeps moving so fast it is hard to stop reading! Can't wait for the next book!
Plenty to like in these books. The characters are intriguing, the story is compelling and keeps moving so fast it is hard to stop reading! Can't wait for the next book!
November 13, 2022
wonderful
I plowed through these three so fast that I didn’t realize I had actually read three books instead of just one. I’m probably gonna buy the next three books right now. I’m finding that I really enjoy these lit RPG books.
I plowed through these three so fast that I didn’t realize I had actually read three books instead of just one. I’m probably gonna buy the next three books right now. I’m finding that I really enjoy these lit RPG books.
January 28, 2024
Excellent
This is my 1st review. I've read Books 1-6. It's been extremely entertaining. I find Montana Hilarious , As well as Nickoli. Montana has gone from an off worlder to an imperial duke. His battles in escapades are most entertaining. A definite musr read series.
This is my 1st review. I've read Books 1-6. It's been extremely entertaining. I find Montana Hilarious , As well as Nickoli. Montana has gone from an off worlder to an imperial duke. His battles in escapades are most entertaining. A definite musr read series.
March 27, 2024
Vim, Vigor, and Vitality
Ahhhh, the ease of being a Duke. Galavanting around your estate and checking on the plebs. The Young Duke Montana has the life. If you simply ask him he will say thats some BS! Great series onto the next!
Ahhhh, the ease of being a Duke. Galavanting around your estate and checking on the plebs. The Young Duke Montana has the life. If you simply ask him he will say thats some BS! Great series onto the next!
April 1, 2024
The Loot (The Good Guys Book 4): ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Dukes & Ladders - Book 5: ⭐⭐⭐
Home, Siege Home - Book 6: ⭐⭐⭐(⭐)
It reads like a webnovel, no recap at the start of the next book but more of a continuous story.
Dukes & Ladders - Book 5: ⭐⭐⭐
Home, Siege Home - Book 6: ⭐⭐⭐(⭐)
It reads like a webnovel, no recap at the start of the next book but more of a continuous story.
September 22, 2021
Great
I'm really enjoying this series. It has a bit of everything. Action, adventures and good characters and world building. Now on to books 7-10. Highly recommended series.
I'm really enjoying this series. It has a bit of everything. Action, adventures and good characters and world building. Now on to books 7-10. Highly recommended series.
February 22, 2022
Good book
Kept me up reading until 3am on a number of occasions plus regular full belly laughing. it's not wear and peace but damned enjoyable
Kept me up reading until 3am on a number of occasions plus regular full belly laughing. it's not wear and peace but damned enjoyable
March 19, 2022
Another good read
Title reads 4-6 but this just reads like one book and as usual I am dropping one Star for not being a stand alone book.
Title reads 4-6 but this just reads like one book and as usual I am dropping one Star for not being a stand alone book.
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