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Farshore Chronicles Box Set 1-3
A quick-witted thief is sentenced to a faraway land of magic, myths, and monsters.
"The Hunger Games meets Gladiator. Justin Fike is a fantastic storyteller! The world building, the characters, the action! It was an epic journey!" - ★★★★★ Amazon Review
Charity is a thief who survived Byzantia's deadly streets by thinking fast and running faster... Until a heist gone wrong saw her imprisoned on a ship sailing to the far side of the world.
Farshore, the Emperor's First Colony across the great sea, is humanity's lone outpost in a land inhabited by monsters, wild magic, and races from legend.
Turns out, myths are just as deadly as a knife in the dark.
A quick temper and a sharp tongue soon earn her a deadly quest with a group of outcasts who would readily kill each other if not for the threat hanging over their heads. Their only hope of survival lies in working together.
When their quest unleashes an ancient king bent on conquest, Charity must adapt and learn to trust her new companions if she hopes to stop him. If she fails, two worlds will fall with her.
The Farshore Chronicles is fast-paced Sword and Sorcery in the tradition of RA Salvatore, David Eddings, and Mercedes Lackey. If you enjoy action, adventure, humor, and compelling characters set in a magical world, you will love this fantasy series.
Download and embark on your whirlwind adventure.
Included in this bundle:
1. A Thief in Farshore
2. Into the Shattered City
3. Crown of the Mad King
"The Hunger Games meets Gladiator. Justin Fike is a fantastic storyteller! The world building, the characters, the action! It was an epic journey!" - ★★★★★ Amazon Review
Charity is a thief who survived Byzantia's deadly streets by thinking fast and running faster... Until a heist gone wrong saw her imprisoned on a ship sailing to the far side of the world.
Farshore, the Emperor's First Colony across the great sea, is humanity's lone outpost in a land inhabited by monsters, wild magic, and races from legend.
Turns out, myths are just as deadly as a knife in the dark.
A quick temper and a sharp tongue soon earn her a deadly quest with a group of outcasts who would readily kill each other if not for the threat hanging over their heads. Their only hope of survival lies in working together.
When their quest unleashes an ancient king bent on conquest, Charity must adapt and learn to trust her new companions if she hopes to stop him. If she fails, two worlds will fall with her.
The Farshore Chronicles is fast-paced Sword and Sorcery in the tradition of RA Salvatore, David Eddings, and Mercedes Lackey. If you enjoy action, adventure, humor, and compelling characters set in a magical world, you will love this fantasy series.
Download and embark on your whirlwind adventure.
Included in this bundle:
1. A Thief in Farshore
2. Into the Shattered City
3. Crown of the Mad King
433 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 12, 2020
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June 14, 2023
This was a quick easy, fun read. 3 short novels with no excessive, drawn out details or travelling scenes. Everything is explained nicely. Good action and characters
May 17, 2021
Brilliant
This trilogy will grab you from the first page and not let go. Take a street thief transported to Farshore add in corrupt officials magic orcs elves and all manner of other beings send them on a quest to retrieve a crown of unlimited power throw in a few monsters and you have this truly epic story, a must read highly recommend, Baz.
This trilogy will grab you from the first page and not let go. Take a street thief transported to Farshore add in corrupt officials magic orcs elves and all manner of other beings send them on a quest to retrieve a crown of unlimited power throw in a few monsters and you have this truly epic story, a must read highly recommend, Baz.
November 1, 2020
The first complete story arc of the Farshore Chronicles isn't exactly full of surprises, but it'd be a great read for anyone looking for a quick fix of D&AD action-adventure. Just don't expect it to go too deep in terms of characters. The writing is really rather good, but it just turned out to be a little lighter than the sort of thing I prefer.
We follow the exploits of the disreputable Charity, a street kid with an interesting past who's gotten herself arrested and shipped off to the magical penal colony of Farshore. Wait, magical? Y'see, Charity's world has so far just been plain old humanity; in Farshore we've got orcs and elves, feral halflings and... Well, even they aren't sure what some of the monsters hanging around are. But that's beside the point. Charity's snark lands her a stint in the gladiatorial arena where everyone expects her to die, fighting for the crowd's amusement. But thankfully before all that she makes some strange friends, and things suddenly aren't looking so bleak. Or at least, that's what she thinks...
I really enjoyed the zippy craziness of book one. The setting is pretty standard D&AD stuff, but the arena storyline was interesting and getting to know the snark-tastic Charity was a whirlwind of wit (though I did find her a little masculine). The author has a flair for making little things like colloquial insults fit in naturally to dialogue, and so while the world is familiar it's also fun. Charity's backstory is great, again peppered with original ideas that made the world less of the same-old-same-old.
Book two is where I'd hoped we'd get some more development of side characters and their relationships. Unfortunately I felt that these were told rather than shown, so I just didn't understand why characters said they cared about each other despite seemingly not having spent any getting to know you time. Charity's relationship with one special person in particular didn't ring true for me; I could understand logically why she'd be touched by their commitment to her given her past, but we're just told this rather than see it developing for ourselves. The plot has some good moments, but by book three I felt like I'd seen this story before and knew how everything would play out. I guess that colored the experience of this story arc for me.
There's plenty to love for action fans looking for short episodes of D&AD-inspired goodness. While it turned out to be not quite my thing in terms of depth, I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a light fantasy fix.
We follow the exploits of the disreputable Charity, a street kid with an interesting past who's gotten herself arrested and shipped off to the magical penal colony of Farshore. Wait, magical? Y'see, Charity's world has so far just been plain old humanity; in Farshore we've got orcs and elves, feral halflings and... Well, even they aren't sure what some of the monsters hanging around are. But that's beside the point. Charity's snark lands her a stint in the gladiatorial arena where everyone expects her to die, fighting for the crowd's amusement. But thankfully before all that she makes some strange friends, and things suddenly aren't looking so bleak. Or at least, that's what she thinks...
I really enjoyed the zippy craziness of book one. The setting is pretty standard D&AD stuff, but the arena storyline was interesting and getting to know the snark-tastic Charity was a whirlwind of wit (though I did find her a little masculine). The author has a flair for making little things like colloquial insults fit in naturally to dialogue, and so while the world is familiar it's also fun. Charity's backstory is great, again peppered with original ideas that made the world less of the same-old-same-old.
Book two is where I'd hoped we'd get some more development of side characters and their relationships. Unfortunately I felt that these were told rather than shown, so I just didn't understand why characters said they cared about each other despite seemingly not having spent any getting to know you time. Charity's relationship with one special person in particular didn't ring true for me; I could understand logically why she'd be touched by their commitment to her given her past, but we're just told this rather than see it developing for ourselves. The plot has some good moments, but by book three I felt like I'd seen this story before and knew how everything would play out. I guess that colored the experience of this story arc for me.
There's plenty to love for action fans looking for short episodes of D&AD-inspired goodness. While it turned out to be not quite my thing in terms of depth, I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a light fantasy fix.
August 20, 2020
The Farshore Chronicles is a projected six book series and this box set includes the first three books. Justin Fike does a nice job of creating a world where mythical creatures inhabit the land with the humans. With each book, his writing gets better and really immerses you into that world.
A Thief in Farshore:
A Thief in Farshore was originally branded as Blood in the Sand. It kind of reminds me of Hunger Games meets Lord of the Rings meets Gladiator. Our main character, Charity, starts our story as a thief who stole the wrong person’s things and finds herself on a slave boat going to a new land, Farshore. Once there, Charity sticks her foot in her mouth (again) and ends up in an arena with some not so human occupants. The story was intriguing and enjoyable.
Into the Shattered City:
The freaking book leaves us with a cliffhanger on a cliff. I see what you did there Mr. Fike. Well played. The rest of the book was quite the roller coaster ride. After picking the book back up, thanks real life, I tore through the story. It was just one thing after another. Charity and her band of misfit soldiers have come to the shattered city and must now figure out how to get the crown to save their lives and regain their freedom. I loved how we got a glimpse of what the elfin city was like before it’s fall. The way the action came about was enthralling and it carried us through until the end.
Crown of the Mad King:
Out of the three books in this set, this one was my favorite. Charity really finds herself in a world of trouble this time. Still a nice, quick read, the Crown of the Mad King delivers plenty of action and adventure. I feel kinda bad for the Guardian, he was just doing his job. There are some leaps you need to take for everything that happens to be plausible, but if you already buy into the magic and fantasy creatures existing, then the leaps aren’t too big. The story has an ending, (no cliffhanger) but just enough is left open to continue the series. This is book three in a projected 6 title series.
A Thief in Farshore:
A Thief in Farshore was originally branded as Blood in the Sand. It kind of reminds me of Hunger Games meets Lord of the Rings meets Gladiator. Our main character, Charity, starts our story as a thief who stole the wrong person’s things and finds herself on a slave boat going to a new land, Farshore. Once there, Charity sticks her foot in her mouth (again) and ends up in an arena with some not so human occupants. The story was intriguing and enjoyable.
Into the Shattered City:
The freaking book leaves us with a cliffhanger on a cliff. I see what you did there Mr. Fike. Well played. The rest of the book was quite the roller coaster ride. After picking the book back up, thanks real life, I tore through the story. It was just one thing after another. Charity and her band of misfit soldiers have come to the shattered city and must now figure out how to get the crown to save their lives and regain their freedom. I loved how we got a glimpse of what the elfin city was like before it’s fall. The way the action came about was enthralling and it carried us through until the end.
Crown of the Mad King:
Out of the three books in this set, this one was my favorite. Charity really finds herself in a world of trouble this time. Still a nice, quick read, the Crown of the Mad King delivers plenty of action and adventure. I feel kinda bad for the Guardian, he was just doing his job. There are some leaps you need to take for everything that happens to be plausible, but if you already buy into the magic and fantasy creatures existing, then the leaps aren’t too big. The story has an ending, (no cliffhanger) but just enough is left open to continue the series. This is book three in a projected 6 title series.
August 20, 2020
LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN WILD
This is a great series with 3 more after this so plenty to keep you occupied.
It is good to forget about the shit Covid ,Climate change etc and go in a world away from it all.
Great characters ,good plot and a fast read.
All the characters make the story quite believable and exciting.
Starts with Charity the main character a thief who got caught by the wrong person then sent to fight the inhuman beings in a arena.
Charity often got into trouble as she would say things without thinking about it first.
This story was told so well you can visualize being their in person,into a world with humans and Mythical beings.
The series will keep you reading well into the small hours as the books are hard to put down.
Then after this there is another 3 books....fantastic..
This is a great series with 3 more after this so plenty to keep you occupied.
It is good to forget about the shit Covid ,Climate change etc and go in a world away from it all.
Great characters ,good plot and a fast read.
All the characters make the story quite believable and exciting.
Starts with Charity the main character a thief who got caught by the wrong person then sent to fight the inhuman beings in a arena.
Charity often got into trouble as she would say things without thinking about it first.
This story was told so well you can visualize being their in person,into a world with humans and Mythical beings.
The series will keep you reading well into the small hours as the books are hard to put down.
Then after this there is another 3 books....fantastic..
August 19, 2020
This is a very well done series.
A Thief In Farshore
Things can go bad in a heartbeat and Charity has a lot of bad events happening in her life in Farshore.
Into the Shattered City
The Shattered city is both startlingly eerie and beautiful. Charity and company have to overcome many obstacles while trying to get the crown they were sent retrieve. This book was very hard to put down and I felt breathless at the end. It is a wonderful story. I loved it.
Crown Of The Mad King
Charity and company with the exception of Sheska, arrive back in Farshore via a Waygate. With the mission complete the crown of Tyrail, the Mad King, is turned over to Trebonius. A lot of unexpected things things happen before the end of this very good series.
A Thief In Farshore
Things can go bad in a heartbeat and Charity has a lot of bad events happening in her life in Farshore.
Into the Shattered City
The Shattered city is both startlingly eerie and beautiful. Charity and company have to overcome many obstacles while trying to get the crown they were sent retrieve. This book was very hard to put down and I felt breathless at the end. It is a wonderful story. I loved it.
Crown Of The Mad King
Charity and company with the exception of Sheska, arrive back in Farshore via a Waygate. With the mission complete the crown of Tyrail, the Mad King, is turned over to Trebonius. A lot of unexpected things things happen before the end of this very good series.
June 14, 2021
An enjoyable read, with likeable characters and a fun storyline. Not exactly deeply thoughtful fantasy, but it hangs together well with its own internal logic.
Previous reviews I've read have mentioned the books are short l. That's true but if, like me, you buy the box set, it adds up to a decent read.
Previous reviews I've read have mentioned the books are short l. That's true but if, like me, you buy the box set, it adds up to a decent read.
August 26, 2020
Farshore chronicles box set : books 1-3
Must say, quite the ride! Elves, dwarves, orcs, and magic and more! Justin Fike spun a fine tale. I am off to find book 4! Great character development, great world building. Kinda sad I can not go to Farshore!
Must say, quite the ride! Elves, dwarves, orcs, and magic and more! Justin Fike spun a fine tale. I am off to find book 4! Great character development, great world building. Kinda sad I can not go to Farshore!
November 22, 2020
Excellent Book
Ah! Always the fly in the soup. There were several words used incorrectly or spelled badly. As a writer, I know how difficult it is to catch those little errors such as lead for led or then for than.
Ah! Always the fly in the soup. There were several words used incorrectly or spelled badly. As a writer, I know how difficult it is to catch those little errors such as lead for led or then for than.
December 13, 2020
Terrific Series
.you could read this because it's fun. You might read this because you like scrappy underdog heroines. You should read this because you'll regret missing out on an adventure.
.you could read this because it's fun. You might read this because you like scrappy underdog heroines. You should read this because you'll regret missing out on an adventure.
December 17, 2020
A sleigh ride down Ajax
Good plot line that has enough challenges to keep the pages turning. Character development grows in detail and depth with each new chapter. Love it being a collection of many book to look forward to.
Good plot line that has enough challenges to keep the pages turning. Character development grows in detail and depth with each new chapter. Love it being a collection of many book to look forward to.
September 14, 2020
A good read
I enjoyed reading this series. The story was compelling and you cared about the characters. I will be getting the next in the series.
I enjoyed reading this series. The story was compelling and you cared about the characters. I will be getting the next in the series.
December 6, 2020
Good yarn.
It was a good story with likeable characters, last track of time reading it & found myself surprised that I was at the end.
It was a good story with likeable characters, last track of time reading it & found myself surprised that I was at the end.
February 7, 2021
Interesting story and characters.
June 12, 2021
Farshore Chronicles
The stories of Charity and her friends as they experience the twists and turns of their lives are habit forming. I recommend them. I intend to read them all.
The stories of Charity and her friends as they experience the twists and turns of their lives are habit forming. I recommend them. I intend to read them all.
October 10, 2021
Great read
Loved the book. Always loved elves, dwarfs orcs and the like. Especially when they are surrounded by adventure and twisted plots.
Loved the book. Always loved elves, dwarfs orcs and the like. Especially when they are surrounded by adventure and twisted plots.
June 22, 2022
Love it
Great read. It's as simple as that. Keep them coming Justin, good author s are hard to find, great ones even harder. x😁🤗
Great read. It's as simple as that. Keep them coming Justin, good author s are hard to find, great ones even harder. x😁🤗
January 24, 2025
I started this book with little expectations, but once begun found them to be fun, light reading, and highly addictive. Justin hooks you, reels you in, and keep you going. It was kind of like reading a D&D campaign, but with all the details filled in. If you're looking for a quick, easy read that will entertain you, this series is it.
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