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The Good Guys #11
Killing Them Awfully
He’s tried to ignore them for too long.
But the long-simmering conflict between Montana’s holding at Coggeshall and the Night Goblins who also occupy the valley is about to boil over.
Usually, goblins aren’t anything to write home about: an enemy without much size, intellect, or weaponry. But these goblins? Well, that’s just not the case.
These are goblins with limitless resources, never-before-seen tactics, and horrifying monsters at their disposal. Worst of all, they don’t fear death in the slightest.
They just might force a good guy to become what he has always struggled to defeat.
Killing Them Awfully is chaotic warfare, nonstop battles, and more monsters with digestive issues than totally necessary. Ready? Let’s go to war!
But the long-simmering conflict between Montana’s holding at Coggeshall and the Night Goblins who also occupy the valley is about to boil over.
Usually, goblins aren’t anything to write home about: an enemy without much size, intellect, or weaponry. But these goblins? Well, that’s just not the case.
These are goblins with limitless resources, never-before-seen tactics, and horrifying monsters at their disposal. Worst of all, they don’t fear death in the slightest.
They just might force a good guy to become what he has always struggled to defeat.
Killing Them Awfully is chaotic warfare, nonstop battles, and more monsters with digestive issues than totally necessary. Ready? Let’s go to war!
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First published April 29, 2021
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April 29, 2021
Nothing happens besides him talking about wanting to do better and literally not doing better for the 60% of the book. He still hasn’t used the building he got from the gods or any of the weapons of not he has gotten besides the first fight he used the celestial spoon after that he forgets about it and everything he has gotten. No use of the potions he has gotten or a new celestial dagger he gets, and even mentions forgetting to reset his bind point. He literally is so reactionary it costs people their lives and it’s still not enough for him to slow down and literally solve all his issues with the tools he already has available to himself. Worst of all his books; this character needs to stop talking about wanting to make his home safe and literally do it by using his tools he has been given.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 7, 2021
Terrible
A chaotic mess, half the dialogue ends in the middle of a sentence, by design, the mc never knows what's going on, the reader gets dragged from one crazy scene to another with zero resolutions to any of the preceding events, and again no one, neither the characters or the audience ever has any plot to follow, just a bunch of nonsense continually over and over again. A conversation get interrupted mid sentence for some crisis, the mc rushes off, in the middle of that he rushes off to another crisis, which is then interrupted by something else, rarely almost never rate anything this poorly, this is I believe the 11 book in this series, there were problems with some of the other ones, but they were at worst mildly entertaining, this installment though is just a nigh unreadable mess.
A chaotic mess, half the dialogue ends in the middle of a sentence, by design, the mc never knows what's going on, the reader gets dragged from one crazy scene to another with zero resolutions to any of the preceding events, and again no one, neither the characters or the audience ever has any plot to follow, just a bunch of nonsense continually over and over again. A conversation get interrupted mid sentence for some crisis, the mc rushes off, in the middle of that he rushes off to another crisis, which is then interrupted by something else, rarely almost never rate anything this poorly, this is I believe the 11 book in this series, there were problems with some of the other ones, but they were at worst mildly entertaining, this installment though is just a nigh unreadable mess.
May 1, 2021
The MC stumbles from crisis to crisis and forgets basic things that would have helped immensely... Where is the magic building he can activate? What were his bounty for the demons he slew? Why did he forget to reset his spawn point?
His commander shows incompetence and every one of his other lieutenants tells him that she is in over her head but he just shrugs and lets her get a big portion of his army killed...
Some basic cognitive ability would serve here.
His commander shows incompetence and every one of his other lieutenants tells him that she is in over her head but he just shrugs and lets her get a big portion of his army killed...
Some basic cognitive ability would serve here.
May 16, 2021
I had a hard time getting into this book after how disappointing the last few were.
I think it's obvious now that Montana will be emperor. He doesn't deserve it, but that seems to be the direction we're going. My estimate for the number of books it will take us to get us there is somewhere between 40 and 50.
The night goblins are the most determined for Montana has faced yet, and it puts Coggeshall in danger. That part is good. The nonsense arguing about what to do?
Yeah, not so much. Then again, I shouldn't complain, because nonsense arguing is what this series does best.
If the above sounds a bit b****y, then it's for good reason. The first six or seven books were great: inventive, fun, and didn't take themselves too seriously.
All that has gone away. Now everything is serious, except for Montana. Which I think is the crux of the problem. How does an author turn what used to a joke laden series of action and adventure books around into something serious, while still slinging jokes.
Honestly, I don't know.
Some of the mistakes here are egregious, such as Montana overthinking his class and missing out since he only has a minute to make a choice. Yeah, that's nonsense.
I feel like I'm watching a TV series where most of the original cast have left except for the star of the show (fill in your favorite where that happened), and it's just not as enjoyable to watch anymore. Yet you're so invested in watching through the last ten seasons that you will yourself to keep watching.
For me that show was Seinfeld, with a poor last season that I forced my way through until the miserable end. And I hate to say it--I mean, I really, really hate to say it--but this is the book equivalent it seems.
Yes, Killing them Awfully is better, with a bit of a MacGuffin ending, but it is better. Montana surrounds himself with people who know what they heck they're doing, and that's a solid change for the better.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I need more than that. The story is stuck at Coggeshall, and even though Montana leaves from time to time, bringing back some of that previous inventiveness, then we're right back at Coggeshall. Stuck again, with some other problem.
Enough said. I'll read the next book, and the next twenty after that in all likelihood, all the while hoping that the next book will be better.
4/5*
I think it's obvious now that Montana will be emperor. He doesn't deserve it, but that seems to be the direction we're going. My estimate for the number of books it will take us to get us there is somewhere between 40 and 50.
The night goblins are the most determined for Montana has faced yet, and it puts Coggeshall in danger. That part is good. The nonsense arguing about what to do?
Yeah, not so much. Then again, I shouldn't complain, because nonsense arguing is what this series does best.
If the above sounds a bit b****y, then it's for good reason. The first six or seven books were great: inventive, fun, and didn't take themselves too seriously.
All that has gone away. Now everything is serious, except for Montana. Which I think is the crux of the problem. How does an author turn what used to a joke laden series of action and adventure books around into something serious, while still slinging jokes.
Honestly, I don't know.
Some of the mistakes here are egregious, such as Montana overthinking his class and missing out since he only has a minute to make a choice. Yeah, that's nonsense.
I feel like I'm watching a TV series where most of the original cast have left except for the star of the show (fill in your favorite where that happened), and it's just not as enjoyable to watch anymore. Yet you're so invested in watching through the last ten seasons that you will yourself to keep watching.
For me that show was Seinfeld, with a poor last season that I forced my way through until the miserable end. And I hate to say it--I mean, I really, really hate to say it--but this is the book equivalent it seems.
Yes, Killing them Awfully is better, with a bit of a MacGuffin ending, but it is better. Montana surrounds himself with people who know what they heck they're doing, and that's a solid change for the better.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I need more than that. The story is stuck at Coggeshall, and even though Montana leaves from time to time, bringing back some of that previous inventiveness, then we're right back at Coggeshall. Stuck again, with some other problem.
Enough said. I'll read the next book, and the next twenty after that in all likelihood, all the while hoping that the next book will be better.
4/5*
May 3, 2021
Stop, he's dead already so just stop.
The progression doesn't happen, the support that might have been is gone.
Author even writes that the MC wants to be a Nothing in book 11 of this series and he doesn't want to be the mc. Just kill him. He's sad, no one likes him in his holding. He has bleed for ungrateful and disloyal. He is backstabbed and when he tries they sass the shit out of a Fing Duke. There is currently none higher and the people don't respect him.
No reason for him to keep going. No support characters that act in his interests. The hiro thing was an interesting concept except his team shits on him constantly. He has a treasury and can from a biker gang getting loot, why isn't he invested in loot. He had a sad tale of woe but it was a grown ass man making choices and then owning his actions and there consequences. We're the F is that guy cause this Montana isn't him. Give him a head injury and do a character reset, you already did it for the good series why not break this one too?
The progression doesn't happen, the support that might have been is gone.
Author even writes that the MC wants to be a Nothing in book 11 of this series and he doesn't want to be the mc. Just kill him. He's sad, no one likes him in his holding. He has bleed for ungrateful and disloyal. He is backstabbed and when he tries they sass the shit out of a Fing Duke. There is currently none higher and the people don't respect him.
No reason for him to keep going. No support characters that act in his interests. The hiro thing was an interesting concept except his team shits on him constantly. He has a treasury and can from a biker gang getting loot, why isn't he invested in loot. He had a sad tale of woe but it was a grown ass man making choices and then owning his actions and there consequences. We're the F is that guy cause this Montana isn't him. Give him a head injury and do a character reset, you already did it for the good series why not break this one too?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 30, 2021
Tired of the whining
I have read all of this series mostly in the hope the main character changes but the writer kept him the same !! No growth at all!! Way to much whining throughout this series!! I think the writer needs to grow up and deal with his own issues then the whining will stop in his writing
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I have read all of this series mostly in the hope the main character changes but the writer kept him the same !! No growth at all!! Way to much whining throughout this series!! I think the writer needs to grow up and deal with his own issues then the whining will stop in his writing
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April 30, 2021
Something Needs To Improve
Look, I really like these books and the world they are in. But, I'm getting tired of Montana. Every time he learns something, he almost immediately forgets it. Every time he gets a magic item, he doesn't get it immediately checked out, and absolutely any possible advantage he could have he doesn't use it. Spoilers**
He is given a special chocolate from literal angels, it has the words blessing in the name of it, and he just puts it in his bag. Why didn't he immediately eat it, or get it checked out. For all he knew, it could have healed everyone around him, or something super crucial in his not stop fight with EVERYTHING in the valley. He also learns that process of changing his spawn point, doesn't do it immediately, and remembers he hasn't done it two different times, in two different fights that could have killed him. Honestly, he needs character development, and he needs it know. Nick said he has an Intelligence score that most people would never achieve, so why is he making SO many stupid decisions and then saying he needs to be smarter afterwards. Something needs to improve in the next book...
Look, I really like these books and the world they are in. But, I'm getting tired of Montana. Every time he learns something, he almost immediately forgets it. Every time he gets a magic item, he doesn't get it immediately checked out, and absolutely any possible advantage he could have he doesn't use it. Spoilers**
He is given a special chocolate from literal angels, it has the words blessing in the name of it, and he just puts it in his bag. Why didn't he immediately eat it, or get it checked out. For all he knew, it could have healed everyone around him, or something super crucial in his not stop fight with EVERYTHING in the valley. He also learns that process of changing his spawn point, doesn't do it immediately, and remembers he hasn't done it two different times, in two different fights that could have killed him. Honestly, he needs character development, and he needs it know. Nick said he has an Intelligence score that most people would never achieve, so why is he making SO many stupid decisions and then saying he needs to be smarter afterwards. Something needs to improve in the next book...
May 11, 2021
Montana, the bumbling, indecisive fool
The one main plot point through out this book was Montana begging everyone else to make decisions for him. It gets to the point you hope he will just up and quit Cogshall and go on his fishing trip he's been yearning for just so you no longer have to hear him fumble through another pleading session with yet someone else. Seriously, if Montana doesn't want to be the Duke that badly, why is he? And how does someone that indecisive have any followers left?
Also, why have stats in a LitRPG if you're just going to ignore them?
The one main plot point through out this book was Montana begging everyone else to make decisions for him. It gets to the point you hope he will just up and quit Cogshall and go on his fishing trip he's been yearning for just so you no longer have to hear him fumble through another pleading session with yet someone else. Seriously, if Montana doesn't want to be the Duke that badly, why is he? And how does someone that indecisive have any followers left?
Also, why have stats in a LitRPG if you're just going to ignore them?
June 19, 2024
Boring Them Awfully
Based on the title, I thought this book was going to be all about Montana going ham and putting baddies in the ground. Instead, it’s more like the author is trying to tear down everything fun about the series. Other Good Guys books have been mediocre, but this is the first one I actually hated.
Does the author no longer want to write about Montana? Sure seems that way. Constantly forgetting or twisting established “game” mechanics. Meaningless quests and quests that are never finished. Worthless skills that have no value past a cheap laugh and most almost never going up. No class progression and outrageous XP requirements for leveling. Ignoring loot and not even bothering to collect or identify valuable items. Decision making so abysmally incompetent it’s not even remotely funny. It’s all adding up to a dead series.
So, a quick overview before I dive into a couple of specifics. The book starts off promising with fighting, but it swiftly turns into a pity party for Montana. He doesn’t even bother selecting a new class or investigating his abilities after leveling up for the first time in several books, taking absolutely all the joy out of the process. He gains celestial items from the results of the last book and just leaves them in his bedroom, never to be mentioned again. The majority of the story is then bogged down by Montana fumbling his way through basic day-to-day settlement interactions with no action and almost no progress. There are a lot of dumb dialogue moments and dumber decisions. There’s even a supporting character who gives Montana a run for his money in the incompetence department. Point blank, most of this book just wasn’t fun to read.
For specifics, a major sticking point for me is how Montana claims he is hit hard by the loss of Nikolai. However, I just read the last book. He didn’t even flinch when the Master revealed his “friend” was dead, just nonchalantly glossed over it during that very anticlimactic encounter. If anything, it’s like he is using what happened to feel sorry for himself. He even throws several temper tantrums because he’s so shook. This is not the character the series started with and not a move in a good direction, unless the you like the idea of replacing a hero with a manchild.
Another point that really bothers me is the mischaracterization of Nikolai. Despite Montana supposedly taking his death hard, he has very unkind memories of the guy who was working his @ss off to make Montana’s little settlement experiment work. At one point, he reasons that Nikolai was miserable but must have kept going out of sheer meanness. Here’s an excerpt from Montana’s dim-witted thoughts:
[Nikolai] wasn’t happy, and just went along out of pure spite and rage, more than anything else.
This is an absolutely asinine insight. Nikolai was unpleasant and broken in spirit, but his core characteristic was not anger. It was clearly one of duty and order. In D&D terms, he was pure Lawful Neutral. He did what was hard because it needed to be done and because others were counting on him. Not because he was angry and didn’t have anything better to do. So, when the moron in charge gave him the impossible task of managing daily operations for a metahuman circus, he buckled down to do his best while minimizing the impact of Montana’s incompetence.
This fundamental misconception is even carried forward in a conversation between Montana and Lee, who is supposed to be the smart one. Here’s an excerpt from their dialogue:
[Lee] “You could just lose yourself in grief and rage, become bitter and whiney.”
[Montana] “Like Nikolai.”
[Lee] “Like Nikolai.
Angry and whiny. This is how they talk about their dead colleague, the guy who was working himself ragged to keep Coggeshall running while literally asking for nothing in return. There is some good discussion that follows afterwards, but the fundamental misconception remains as part of their conversation. I think the author usually does a good job of showing real insight into his characters, but not here. It really makes me wonder if he doesn’t understand the basic concept of the character he created.
It almost seems like the author is burned out and projecting onto his story. Some people think work should be fun and if it isn’t then you’re doing it wrong. Unfortunately, that’s simply not how the real world functions. There’s plenty of work that isn’t intrinsically fun but needs to get done for a society to function. Things like picking up garbage, unclogging toilets, harvesting crops, doing construction, serving in the forces, and editing books before publishing them. If people with the fortitude to carry on and make the best of these jobs didn’t exist, society would probably fall apart.
But on a positive note, my favorite part comes out of nowhere about 65% into the book. We finally get some real human interactions between Montana and a few people he’s close to, along with a ton of insight into his backstory. It has Montana’s trademark naivety and earnestness without all the heavy-handed broken sentences and over the top idiotic behavior. It’s very good writing, and really brings me back to why I loved the series so much in the beginning. Man, if the whole book could have been written like this it would have been five stars all the way! Unfortunately, it only lasts a chapter and then Montana reverts to being a Chaotic Stupid caricature of himself.
To be fair, I also enjoyed the last 10% of the story, which was a lot of what I wanted the entire book to be about. Killing the hell out of baddies. However, this enjoyment was tempered by too much silliness and a bucket full of clumsy plot devices cropping up all at once. Also, I just wanted to be finished slogging through the book at this point.
I’ve supported this author from the beginning by purchasing every novel in the Good Guys series, even though I could read them for free via Kindle Unlimited. Creative writing can be hard work. I totally get it. But if you somehow manage to break out from the plethora of self published trash these days and gain some commercial success, then fortune has truly smiled on you. You would have to be a bigger fool than Montana to piss that away.
Any ways, I’m done venting. While I think the series is circling the drain, I’ve got one more book in me before I give up on all things Vuldranni.
Based on the title, I thought this book was going to be all about Montana going ham and putting baddies in the ground. Instead, it’s more like the author is trying to tear down everything fun about the series. Other Good Guys books have been mediocre, but this is the first one I actually hated.
Does the author no longer want to write about Montana? Sure seems that way. Constantly forgetting or twisting established “game” mechanics. Meaningless quests and quests that are never finished. Worthless skills that have no value past a cheap laugh and most almost never going up. No class progression and outrageous XP requirements for leveling. Ignoring loot and not even bothering to collect or identify valuable items. Decision making so abysmally incompetent it’s not even remotely funny. It’s all adding up to a dead series.
So, a quick overview before I dive into a couple of specifics. The book starts off promising with fighting, but it swiftly turns into a pity party for Montana. He doesn’t even bother selecting a new class or investigating his abilities after leveling up for the first time in several books, taking absolutely all the joy out of the process. He gains celestial items from the results of the last book and just leaves them in his bedroom, never to be mentioned again. The majority of the story is then bogged down by Montana fumbling his way through basic day-to-day settlement interactions with no action and almost no progress. There are a lot of dumb dialogue moments and dumber decisions. There’s even a supporting character who gives Montana a run for his money in the incompetence department. Point blank, most of this book just wasn’t fun to read.
For specifics, a major sticking point for me is how Montana claims he is hit hard by the loss of Nikolai. However, I just read the last book. He didn’t even flinch when the Master revealed his “friend” was dead, just nonchalantly glossed over it during that very anticlimactic encounter. If anything, it’s like he is using what happened to feel sorry for himself. He even throws several temper tantrums because he’s so shook. This is not the character the series started with and not a move in a good direction, unless the you like the idea of replacing a hero with a manchild.
Another point that really bothers me is the mischaracterization of Nikolai. Despite Montana supposedly taking his death hard, he has very unkind memories of the guy who was working his @ss off to make Montana’s little settlement experiment work. At one point, he reasons that Nikolai was miserable but must have kept going out of sheer meanness. Here’s an excerpt from Montana’s dim-witted thoughts:
[Nikolai] wasn’t happy, and just went along out of pure spite and rage, more than anything else.
This is an absolutely asinine insight. Nikolai was unpleasant and broken in spirit, but his core characteristic was not anger. It was clearly one of duty and order. In D&D terms, he was pure Lawful Neutral. He did what was hard because it needed to be done and because others were counting on him. Not because he was angry and didn’t have anything better to do. So, when the moron in charge gave him the impossible task of managing daily operations for a metahuman circus, he buckled down to do his best while minimizing the impact of Montana’s incompetence.
This fundamental misconception is even carried forward in a conversation between Montana and Lee, who is supposed to be the smart one. Here’s an excerpt from their dialogue:
[Lee] “You could just lose yourself in grief and rage, become bitter and whiney.”
[Montana] “Like Nikolai.”
[Lee] “Like Nikolai.
Angry and whiny. This is how they talk about their dead colleague, the guy who was working himself ragged to keep Coggeshall running while literally asking for nothing in return. There is some good discussion that follows afterwards, but the fundamental misconception remains as part of their conversation. I think the author usually does a good job of showing real insight into his characters, but not here. It really makes me wonder if he doesn’t understand the basic concept of the character he created.
It almost seems like the author is burned out and projecting onto his story. Some people think work should be fun and if it isn’t then you’re doing it wrong. Unfortunately, that’s simply not how the real world functions. There’s plenty of work that isn’t intrinsically fun but needs to get done for a society to function. Things like picking up garbage, unclogging toilets, harvesting crops, doing construction, serving in the forces, and editing books before publishing them. If people with the fortitude to carry on and make the best of these jobs didn’t exist, society would probably fall apart.
But on a positive note, my favorite part comes out of nowhere about 65% into the book. We finally get some real human interactions between Montana and a few people he’s close to, along with a ton of insight into his backstory. It has Montana’s trademark naivety and earnestness without all the heavy-handed broken sentences and over the top idiotic behavior. It’s very good writing, and really brings me back to why I loved the series so much in the beginning. Man, if the whole book could have been written like this it would have been five stars all the way! Unfortunately, it only lasts a chapter and then Montana reverts to being a Chaotic Stupid caricature of himself.
To be fair, I also enjoyed the last 10% of the story, which was a lot of what I wanted the entire book to be about. Killing the hell out of baddies. However, this enjoyment was tempered by too much silliness and a bucket full of clumsy plot devices cropping up all at once. Also, I just wanted to be finished slogging through the book at this point.
I’ve supported this author from the beginning by purchasing every novel in the Good Guys series, even though I could read them for free via Kindle Unlimited. Creative writing can be hard work. I totally get it. But if you somehow manage to break out from the plethora of self published trash these days and gain some commercial success, then fortune has truly smiled on you. You would have to be a bigger fool than Montana to piss that away.
Any ways, I’m done venting. While I think the series is circling the drain, I’ve got one more book in me before I give up on all things Vuldranni.
May 2, 2021
Downward Spiral? Maybe?
Well, this will just be a bit of a continuation on the heels of Eat, Slay, Love. Again not impressed sad to say, although it was a bit improved from the former. That said, it is mostly because it brings closure to Eat, Slay, Love at least in so far as the day ends not much else to say about that than more dismissive idiotic actions by the MC. By this point you are just about 40% into the book. He spirals for a bit in self pitty, a lot of stuff happens to annoy Coggshalls until a big climatic engagement that sees everything pretty much regress back to square 1, kinda.
Game elements that are the foundation of the world are weak in the story, my feelings are mixed here, but what really annoys is i am losing track of any idea what the MC has or where he is going. He has tons of useless quests and OP loot that is given then ignored for 5 books. By time they come into play i have totally forgotten what or where half of what he has came from.
No real plot development, a new antagonist is introduced, maybe? So new characters are brought in, which is refreshing, because they are competent and hopefully get the MCs head out of his bumper.
A bit better job tying the knot at the end, so thanks for that! 3 stars for a decent story, but still empty in any sort of series progression so it is just a paycheck novel and no real depth. I fear the series continues to flop, maybe it is so the parallel arc can catch up, but still, this one suffers...
Worth a read, but i don't pick up with high expectations anymore, more just committed to see where the train stops now and enjoy the view along the way.
Well, this will just be a bit of a continuation on the heels of Eat, Slay, Love. Again not impressed sad to say, although it was a bit improved from the former. That said, it is mostly because it brings closure to Eat, Slay, Love at least in so far as the day ends not much else to say about that than more dismissive idiotic actions by the MC. By this point you are just about 40% into the book. He spirals for a bit in self pitty, a lot of stuff happens to annoy Coggshalls until a big climatic engagement that sees everything pretty much regress back to square 1, kinda.
Game elements that are the foundation of the world are weak in the story, my feelings are mixed here, but what really annoys is i am losing track of any idea what the MC has or where he is going. He has tons of useless quests and OP loot that is given then ignored for 5 books. By time they come into play i have totally forgotten what or where half of what he has came from.
No real plot development, a new antagonist is introduced, maybe? So new characters are brought in, which is refreshing, because they are competent and hopefully get the MCs head out of his bumper.
A bit better job tying the knot at the end, so thanks for that! 3 stars for a decent story, but still empty in any sort of series progression so it is just a paycheck novel and no real depth. I fear the series continues to flop, maybe it is so the parallel arc can catch up, but still, this one suffers...
Worth a read, but i don't pick up with high expectations anymore, more just committed to see where the train stops now and enjoy the view along the way.
February 18, 2026
Not a good one. Ending was cool tho. The exact same existential crises and lack of growth for the main guy is growing old. Also the author uses the word “viscera” like 10 times per book, kinda wild
April 30, 2021
This series was teetering on the brink of me giving up on it, but the main structural weakness, the MC, has been shored up.
Montana evidently needed the kick in the ass that Nicolai's death provided, and has managed to grow up somewhat. The interminable smart-assery has been pared back radically, the remainder is recognizable as Montana's defence mechanism against the overwhelming world he finds himself in.
I can't say much more without spoilers, but I will say don't get too attached to some of the peripheral characters, as things are getting really bloody. There is more to come as of the end of this book, and now that Montana has some direction I think things are back on track story-wise. More general series spoiler-ish comments follow below.
Montana has a long way to go. The list of actions/items which he has available to make his and consequently his followers' lives easier, yet he doesn't act on, is long. This is frustrating, and his incompetence for his job is painful to watch. I have chosen to ignore this frustration as far as my rating goes, as I feel that significant forward growth was made in this book. Step 0 to step 1 is essentially what we see in book 11.
This is crucial progress, and the author should capitalize and maintain this momentum. What do we want to see from this story? As it stands right now, the fish-out-of-water act as Duke has been tapped out, and Montana needs to get serious and use all of his resources effectively. He needs to sit down with his hird and lay everything out to make a plan to use the skill-boosts, raise his new monsters and figure out how to most effectively fight with the resources he has.
That is a matter of several hours to resolve, so a good way to kick off the next book. Another useful effort would be to get on Fritz and go back to where he lost his celestial sword and shield. He is now capable of killing those spider things, and it's pretty obvious that he needs that level of power to fight the threats against him. That sword, for example, would have taken out Gobthulu's Achilles tendon on one swipe, changing the direction of that fight immediately. Fighting with less than your best is stupid, and I'm tired of reading about him being stupid.
Montana evidently needed the kick in the ass that Nicolai's death provided, and has managed to grow up somewhat. The interminable smart-assery has been pared back radically, the remainder is recognizable as Montana's defence mechanism against the overwhelming world he finds himself in.
I can't say much more without spoilers, but I will say don't get too attached to some of the peripheral characters, as things are getting really bloody. There is more to come as of the end of this book, and now that Montana has some direction I think things are back on track story-wise. More general series spoiler-ish comments follow below.
Montana has a long way to go. The list of actions/items which he has available to make his and consequently his followers' lives easier, yet he doesn't act on, is long. This is frustrating, and his incompetence for his job is painful to watch. I have chosen to ignore this frustration as far as my rating goes, as I feel that significant forward growth was made in this book. Step 0 to step 1 is essentially what we see in book 11.
This is crucial progress, and the author should capitalize and maintain this momentum. What do we want to see from this story? As it stands right now, the fish-out-of-water act as Duke has been tapped out, and Montana needs to get serious and use all of his resources effectively. He needs to sit down with his hird and lay everything out to make a plan to use the skill-boosts, raise his new monsters and figure out how to most effectively fight with the resources he has.
That is a matter of several hours to resolve, so a good way to kick off the next book. Another useful effort would be to get on Fritz and go back to where he lost his celestial sword and shield. He is now capable of killing those spider things, and it's pretty obvious that he needs that level of power to fight the threats against him. That sword, for example, would have taken out Gobthulu's Achilles tendon on one swipe, changing the direction of that fight immediately. Fighting with less than your best is stupid, and I'm tired of reading about him being stupid.
May 7, 2021
I read a lot of the reviews, and I have to agree with them. Montana is one of the most powerful characters in several series of books. With all of the power and weapons and what not, he flails about ineffectually. I'm not sure it the issue is lack of imagination on the part of the author, or well written character that is just not very smart. Since most of the other characters are pretty one dimensional, I am leaning toward the former. I really enjoyed the first few books of this series, and I really want to like Montana, but seriously, just kill him off and put him of his misery. There are probably a dozen characters in the books that I would like to know more about; any of them could solve the fustercluck that is coggeshall.
Bear - She is stealthy enough, she could take it upon herself to scout and find out what is going on.
Amber - Again stealthy, she and Bear could team up, perhaps with some magic from the immense hoard that has never been adequately identified, and go save the day.
Eliza - She has to see how badly Montana is flailing. If she were to take charge and force Montana to see all of his issues.
Hugo - Montana even seems to listen to him, if he could get Montana focused, perhaps even organize some of the above to help accomplish their parts of fixing things.
Nathalie - Perhaps she could fall in love with Montana, both of them decide to fix themselves for the other, with an epic teamup of lovers who complement each other in combat. Joining with the hird to go all in, again after looting the literal tons of looted unidentified magic from the treasury and go spank some badguys together.
Finally, bring the goodguys and the badguys series together and have the two heroes (anti-heroes?) together and solve both of their problems.
Along with all of the above characters, we could have the nameless legion LT take charge of the army with all of the officer issues they are having and make things work. Perhaps some of the underutilized mancers? the witches? fairies? With all these dangling , underutilized characters, the books could become less frustrating, and more interesting. If the desire is to keep Montana screwed up, show us some character development from all of the people surrounding him.
Bear - She is stealthy enough, she could take it upon herself to scout and find out what is going on.
Amber - Again stealthy, she and Bear could team up, perhaps with some magic from the immense hoard that has never been adequately identified, and go save the day.
Eliza - She has to see how badly Montana is flailing. If she were to take charge and force Montana to see all of his issues.
Hugo - Montana even seems to listen to him, if he could get Montana focused, perhaps even organize some of the above to help accomplish their parts of fixing things.
Nathalie - Perhaps she could fall in love with Montana, both of them decide to fix themselves for the other, with an epic teamup of lovers who complement each other in combat. Joining with the hird to go all in, again after looting the literal tons of looted unidentified magic from the treasury and go spank some badguys together.
Finally, bring the goodguys and the badguys series together and have the two heroes (anti-heroes?) together and solve both of their problems.
Along with all of the above characters, we could have the nameless legion LT take charge of the army with all of the officer issues they are having and make things work. Perhaps some of the underutilized mancers? the witches? fairies? With all these dangling , underutilized characters, the books could become less frustrating, and more interesting. If the desire is to keep Montana screwed up, show us some character development from all of the people surrounding him.
May 3, 2021
MC issues
I’ve made it this far in the series and for the first time I’m questioning if I want to go on. Buying into a MC that is supposed to be a leader but openly says he is an idiot every other paragraph has gotten old. The character arc just doesn’t seem to be working for me
I’ve made it this far in the series and for the first time I’m questioning if I want to go on. Buying into a MC that is supposed to be a leader but openly says he is an idiot every other paragraph has gotten old. The character arc just doesn’t seem to be working for me
November 15, 2024
Updated 11/15/2024
I have decided to go back and read all of the series from start to finish. Here are some extra observations.
1. Reading them pretty much one right after another makes for a more cohesive story. It helped with the issue of not remembering who the side characters are. It isn’t completely resolved, but I haven’t forgotten whom anyone is or how they were introduced. This leads me to conclude the story was split up into too many books! I think making 3~4 of them into one book each would have been so much better. That would make this book 4 instead of 11! Some of the crappy filler could have been cut as well making for a more streamlined read.
2. None of the characters have had much growth with Montana being the worst of the lot. The only thing that seems to change is that each new character quickly goes from being grateful and liking Montana to treating him like a piece of shit. For example the smith Zoe, Montana saved her and her children from homelessness, squalor, and imminent death. Saved her children from slavery! Gave them food and a home for life! Yet, right after arriving at a Coggeshall she immediately starts treating him like he’s a lowly slave boy and she’s a duchess. He’s 2nd only to the Emperor, these people should at least show him a small modicum of respect for that. He has also saved most of their lives and given them a home. That would imply a deep sense of gratitude towards him. Instead they treat him like a doormat. The few that know where he’s from refuse to teach him the ways of the world and then b*tch when he doesn’t know what’s going on! Even his patron God is an idiot. Not giving him the very important instructions on how to reset his spawn point!
3. I thought that any romance would be really cringey. I still think it will be based on the authors writing. I do think it’s almost necessary though. It doesn’t need to be spicy or even all that dramatic, but it’s been heavily implied that it will happen and then nothing! I hope if/when the author finally decides to follow through he will at least read some fantasy romance or take a writing course on the subject. Something!
4. Can Natalie just die already? She’s an f-ing idiot and Montana is too nice to fire her dumb ass. He was in a bind when Coggeshall first started, but now he has the time and population to properly vet his staff. Instead he just hires more people he doesn’t know to help run the most important aspects of his dukedom. FFS just let Bear the brownie be the spymaster already.
12/27/2021
This could have been titled “Montana blunders around Coggeshall, fights some goblins, and gets nothing done”. Or that’s just an apt summary.
First, the technical issues. The narrator is usually top notch, but it sounded like he was reading a rough draft. At one point Montana attacks the monsters “archillies” heel. That should be achilles. There were loads of these mistakes along with grammatical errors. The plot was completely missing and it didn’t even follow the typical story arch. This was really only boring filler material.
Now the story… There are waaaay too many characters. I can’t remember who half of the people are. Not to mention the monsters, witches, and all other manner of magical creatures. Being the 11th book is no excuse. I’ve read almost every Dragonlance book put out before 2005 and most of R.A. Salvatore’s Drizzt books. I never had a problem keeping the characters straight.
The dang quests!!! If I were playing this game I would be knocking out all the stupid quests that Montana has amassed. It must be nearing 100 or more. Nothing ever gets fully resolved. One story is finished, like “the master” in the last book, and ten more things are thrust upon the MC. There are unresolved issues from the first book! It’s getting ridiculous. Did the author lose his outline or something?!
So that jackass Niko is finally gone and instead of him being a nasty asshat to Montana, LITERALLY every single character that comes into contact with him treats him like total dog shit. It’s not funny, it’s extremely freaking annoying! If I were Montana I would take all my loot and leave on my giant monster bird. These people are not his friends. I remember when the lutra(?) otters were introduced and they actually seemed like they’d be good friends. Now one is another species (wth!) and both have become tiny versions of Niko. What is the point of this? Why should I even keep reading?
Montana is extremely stupid, painfully so. He doesn’t learn from any of his mistakes. He doesn’t use any of his abilities. He never uses any of his weapons, potions, or boons. He doesn’t read his notifications. He doesn’t complete 99% of his quests. I can almost understand everyone treating him so badly, but not one character ever tries to really explain anything to him. They don’t seem like they want to advise or help him even though it’s a detriment to their own lives. He has had no character growth in 11 books. He’s like a naive preteen boy. Doesn’t know how to talk to women, trusts everyone and everything he meets immediately. Doesn’t shower enough. Curses like a preteen. How the hell was this guy some badass biker IRL?
There are so many story lines and side quests I believe a lot of them have been forgotten by the author. Why is Montana’s “species” a “Fallen”? I actually found out more about the Fallen from the bad guys series than this one. Will it ever really come into play? Why even bother if that part of the story is never brought up again. The Empire, wth is going on with that entire storyline? Isn’t Montana supposed to go vote or something? It seemed important 5 books back or something. Now it’s lost in the muck with everything else that happened in the past ten books.
Why do all of the characters talk like Montana now? Even the women say dumb things like “balls”. They all curse like sailors. The word fucking is used in just about every paragraph, it’s tedious.
I could go on and on. I really liked these books, but they’ve been going downhill and this one dashed any hopes I had of the author starting to bring things together, tie up loose ends, close storylines. This book was utter shite. Damn disappointing.
I have decided to go back and read all of the series from start to finish. Here are some extra observations.
1. Reading them pretty much one right after another makes for a more cohesive story. It helped with the issue of not remembering who the side characters are. It isn’t completely resolved, but I haven’t forgotten whom anyone is or how they were introduced. This leads me to conclude the story was split up into too many books! I think making 3~4 of them into one book each would have been so much better. That would make this book 4 instead of 11! Some of the crappy filler could have been cut as well making for a more streamlined read.
2. None of the characters have had much growth with Montana being the worst of the lot. The only thing that seems to change is that each new character quickly goes from being grateful and liking Montana to treating him like a piece of shit. For example the smith Zoe, Montana saved her and her children from homelessness, squalor, and imminent death. Saved her children from slavery! Gave them food and a home for life! Yet, right after arriving at a Coggeshall she immediately starts treating him like he’s a lowly slave boy and she’s a duchess. He’s 2nd only to the Emperor, these people should at least show him a small modicum of respect for that. He has also saved most of their lives and given them a home. That would imply a deep sense of gratitude towards him. Instead they treat him like a doormat. The few that know where he’s from refuse to teach him the ways of the world and then b*tch when he doesn’t know what’s going on! Even his patron God is an idiot. Not giving him the very important instructions on how to reset his spawn point!
3. I thought that any romance would be really cringey. I still think it will be based on the authors writing. I do think it’s almost necessary though. It doesn’t need to be spicy or even all that dramatic, but it’s been heavily implied that it will happen and then nothing! I hope if/when the author finally decides to follow through he will at least read some fantasy romance or take a writing course on the subject. Something!
4. Can Natalie just die already? She’s an f-ing idiot and Montana is too nice to fire her dumb ass. He was in a bind when Coggeshall first started, but now he has the time and population to properly vet his staff. Instead he just hires more people he doesn’t know to help run the most important aspects of his dukedom. FFS just let Bear the brownie be the spymaster already.
12/27/2021
This could have been titled “Montana blunders around Coggeshall, fights some goblins, and gets nothing done”. Or that’s just an apt summary.
First, the technical issues. The narrator is usually top notch, but it sounded like he was reading a rough draft. At one point Montana attacks the monsters “archillies” heel. That should be achilles. There were loads of these mistakes along with grammatical errors. The plot was completely missing and it didn’t even follow the typical story arch. This was really only boring filler material.
Now the story… There are waaaay too many characters. I can’t remember who half of the people are. Not to mention the monsters, witches, and all other manner of magical creatures. Being the 11th book is no excuse. I’ve read almost every Dragonlance book put out before 2005 and most of R.A. Salvatore’s Drizzt books. I never had a problem keeping the characters straight.
The dang quests!!! If I were playing this game I would be knocking out all the stupid quests that Montana has amassed. It must be nearing 100 or more. Nothing ever gets fully resolved. One story is finished, like “the master” in the last book, and ten more things are thrust upon the MC. There are unresolved issues from the first book! It’s getting ridiculous. Did the author lose his outline or something?!
So that jackass Niko is finally gone and instead of him being a nasty asshat to Montana, LITERALLY every single character that comes into contact with him treats him like total dog shit. It’s not funny, it’s extremely freaking annoying! If I were Montana I would take all my loot and leave on my giant monster bird. These people are not his friends. I remember when the lutra(?) otters were introduced and they actually seemed like they’d be good friends. Now one is another species (wth!) and both have become tiny versions of Niko. What is the point of this? Why should I even keep reading?
Montana is extremely stupid, painfully so. He doesn’t learn from any of his mistakes. He doesn’t use any of his abilities. He never uses any of his weapons, potions, or boons. He doesn’t read his notifications. He doesn’t complete 99% of his quests. I can almost understand everyone treating him so badly, but not one character ever tries to really explain anything to him. They don’t seem like they want to advise or help him even though it’s a detriment to their own lives. He has had no character growth in 11 books. He’s like a naive preteen boy. Doesn’t know how to talk to women, trusts everyone and everything he meets immediately. Doesn’t shower enough. Curses like a preteen. How the hell was this guy some badass biker IRL?
There are so many story lines and side quests I believe a lot of them have been forgotten by the author. Why is Montana’s “species” a “Fallen”? I actually found out more about the Fallen from the bad guys series than this one. Will it ever really come into play? Why even bother if that part of the story is never brought up again. The Empire, wth is going on with that entire storyline? Isn’t Montana supposed to go vote or something? It seemed important 5 books back or something. Now it’s lost in the muck with everything else that happened in the past ten books.
Why do all of the characters talk like Montana now? Even the women say dumb things like “balls”. They all curse like sailors. The word fucking is used in just about every paragraph, it’s tedious.
I could go on and on. I really liked these books, but they’ve been going downhill and this one dashed any hopes I had of the author starting to bring things together, tie up loose ends, close storylines. This book was utter shite. Damn disappointing.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 3, 2021
Great Story Hurting By Slow Progression
So I want to start with I enjoyed the book I enjoyed the plot and the world and the scope and ambition of it. And I am hoping by the way it has gone that the author is trying to slowly mature and grow the MC and there are promising signs of that
But what is stopping me from giving this 5 stars is where the MC makes choices or forgets to make choices of such magnitudes of stupidity I can't suspend my disbelief and it looks looks like no progress has been made.
Now this next part will be a bit of a spoiler so you have been warned. But not resetting your spawn point straight away is absurd to me. Why on earth would you not do that. Yes there are other things on but he even mentions doing other activities he doesn't sleep during the night what a great time to do it. The fact he doesn't is either due to poor plot reasons of heightening tension or stupidity on the MC which is poorer writing than I would expect from somebody who generally does an amazing job or slow to non existent character progression which is really starting to grate on me
Now if this turns out to be a pacing issue which is,addressed in the subsequent books I will revise my opinion but otherwise it's a persistent flaw which dragged down the whole book for me.
So I want to start with I enjoyed the book I enjoyed the plot and the world and the scope and ambition of it. And I am hoping by the way it has gone that the author is trying to slowly mature and grow the MC and there are promising signs of that
But what is stopping me from giving this 5 stars is where the MC makes choices or forgets to make choices of such magnitudes of stupidity I can't suspend my disbelief and it looks looks like no progress has been made.
Now this next part will be a bit of a spoiler so you have been warned. But not resetting your spawn point straight away is absurd to me. Why on earth would you not do that. Yes there are other things on but he even mentions doing other activities he doesn't sleep during the night what a great time to do it. The fact he doesn't is either due to poor plot reasons of heightening tension or stupidity on the MC which is poorer writing than I would expect from somebody who generally does an amazing job or slow to non existent character progression which is really starting to grate on me
Now if this turns out to be a pacing issue which is,addressed in the subsequent books I will revise my opinion but otherwise it's a persistent flaw which dragged down the whole book for me.
May 16, 2021
Read this series if you like dead ends
Take the loose ends of Robert Jordan and the protag whining of Stephanie Meyer and you have this train wreck of a book. The funny thing is that Eric understands that he's stringing you along enough to lampshade the terribleness but doesn't care enough to tie things up before moving on. This series is proof that progress on the character sheet does not equal character progression.
Take the loose ends of Robert Jordan and the protag whining of Stephanie Meyer and you have this train wreck of a book. The funny thing is that Eric understands that he's stringing you along enough to lampshade the terribleness but doesn't care enough to tie things up before moving on. This series is proof that progress on the character sheet does not equal character progression.
May 15, 2021
Not great
I have enjoyed this series but not so much this book. A lot of the same conversations and same humour just felt like it was filler. The last quarter was entertaining and redeemed the book to some degree. I hope the author is using this book to gain momentum for the next rather than losing his way.
I have enjoyed this series but not so much this book. A lot of the same conversations and same humour just felt like it was filler. The last quarter was entertaining and redeemed the book to some degree. I hope the author is using this book to gain momentum for the next rather than losing his way.
June 11, 2021
The author should correct the content:
- this is less and less litRPG
- the character is not moving
- He is NEVER USING his attributes / advantages.
You're looking for somebody and you can make people say the truth once a day! And it's the same thing with so many features!
More LitRPG, more efficient building.
- this is less and less litRPG
- the character is not moving
- He is NEVER USING his attributes / advantages.
You're looking for somebody and you can make people say the truth once a day! And it's the same thing with so many features!
More LitRPG, more efficient building.
November 22, 2021
A slog to get through. No character progression and far too much of the book was hashing over the same recriminations MC got in the last book. After the 5th time we reminisced that Natalie was an incompetent general, maybe we should have demoted her?
My favorite part was his newfound pet at the end, except we speed run his demise.
A mess of an installment, and disappointing.
My favorite part was his newfound pet at the end, except we speed run his demise.
A mess of an installment, and disappointing.
November 21, 2021
Great read
Well written story and characters . I am really glad to have found and the twelve parts of this great storyline. I am looking forward to reading the future books as well.
Well written story and characters . I am really glad to have found and the twelve parts of this great storyline. I am looking forward to reading the future books as well.
March 24, 2023
Killing Them Awfully
The Good Guys: Book 11
By Eric Ugland
Summary:
I didn’t enjoy several parts of the book but it ended really well, so, 3/5 stars.
As has been the custom is the novels of late, the story picks up from where the last left off, where Montana introspects, reviews his notifications and character sheet, and then the council is convened to plan out the events for the current objectives. The latter includes finishing the “North Fort” which includes the outer wall and the fort within. It also includes addressing the Dark Goblin threat once and for all.
One of the previous books detailed the valley based on what Montana saw while riding “Air Fritz”. The valley that Coggeshall is situated is laid out as thus:
1. The valley is perfectly round, as if a meteor crashed into it.
2. As if to prove the previous point, the valley has a big mysterious stone in the center.
4. Coggeshall is at one of 2 main entrances to the valley.
5. North Fort is planned to be constructed at the center of the big rock, which has a lake around it, and a big wall presumably around the lake.
6. The Dark Goblins may be at the other entrance.
THANK YOU ERIC for replacing Nikolai with more likable characters. Hugo and Clarissa are both gems thus far (splitting Nikolai’s role into Secretary and Chancellor).
The reader needs to be reminded on occasion that by Montana’s own admission, he is a complete moron who has no idea what he’s doing as a Duke. So when he hires people to high level positions with no interview, no background check, and no hard questions asked, it should come as no surprise to us readers. Nor should it be a surprise when those already appointed into positions of leadership end up not cutting it.
Having said that, book 11 was one the most debilitating additions to the story. It was very discouraging to read. Everywhere Montana turned he faced his own ineptitude as a leader, or someone else’s ineptitude whom he put into power. He made bad choices despite his claim to want to change. Then he gets sidetracked by misadventures that are basically tangents to the actual story, because the author probably wants to write another 20 novels in the series and heaven forbid book 11 arrives at its main objective.
The Good
* The reminiscing about Nikolai and what he wanted for Montana and Coggeshall was very heartening and respectful, even if Montana’s former mentor was a real asshole in life.
* A quest from book 7 was completed (the one pertaining to the huge clawed hand on the front cover of book), hooray!
* The ending fight scene was one of the book’s only saving graces to an otherwise uneventful book that added little to the series imho.
The Bad
* It was a very discouraging read in that Montana’s ineptitude was the focus for most of the book.
* Very little actual combat took place compared to the rest of the series. It was all talk about war and not much in making it.
* Not a single romantic gesture was extended Lady Northwoods’ way. Kind of disappointed.
* Speaking of disappointment, more earth story comes out but at the point which Montana is going to speak on the girl, ahem, interruption! Lame.
* In several previous books, Montana sacrifices Fritz for an extra special ability. In book 11, with Fritz being the size of a small mountain, not only would the sacrifice ability have come in handy as Montana squares off with the Dark Goblin horde, Fritz actually being sent into battle would have been utterly devastating as well. Instead, Montana tells him to not fight so that Fritz can heal from certain wounds. It’s completely anti-climatic and complete BS.
SPOILERS: Roster of Notable Characters (phonetic spellings in some cases, last names of characters are mentioned once sometimes but hardly ever afterwards, alphabetical order):
* Amber: a 20-something girl of a fox-like race who can take on humanoid form but with 2 fox tails and upright ears. The race was bred for sexual promiscuity but Amber is not at all interested in that sort of thing. She wants to be a ranger and makes her home in a tree to avoid all the men pursuing her 24/7. She might have a thing for Montana, though.
* Alexander Trubakowsky: local legion commander whom Montana battled with at the wall in Ostertot in book 9. Alexander took over Vyan Stokes’ role after he died. Alexander popularized the title “hero of Osterstot” and later agreed to come to Coggeshall with a contingent of legion soldiers.
* Arnaux: mancer who confirmed Montana’s vampire kills at the palace of Osterstot in book 9 then later accompanied him to hunt vampires.
* Baltu: an elder snobold and de facto leader of the Coggeshall kobolds, described as probably the smartest kobold alive thanks to a ton of points spent on the Intellect stat.
* Bear Snowgust: a brownie who is described as a miniature pin-up model or like Tinker Bell without the wings. She’s very magical and aids Montana in battles starting from book 7 by standing invisible upon his shoulder and casting support spells like Firebolt and Haste.
* Cicely Bigsby: the head of the witches that were found in the valley outside Coggeshall in book 7. They were originally mislabeled as Hags of the region (another race/class entirely). As a coven, they take on new members and train them, such as Clyde’s magic trainer from the Bad Guy series.
* Clarissa Edgmon: Montana’s new chancellor as of book 11, recommended by Duke Ginsberg (a hitherto unknown duke). She is described as having a familiar beauty, “a girl next door if one lives next to really hot chicks”. For all intents and purposes she is a young, inexperienced person with only the barest of education on holding management and probably is there for ulterior motives, yet in Montana fashion, he hires her on the spot with little to no questions asked. Her family name is not very reputable in the empire and wishes to do business on her merits, not her family’s.
* Darius: an earth born “traveler” who plays as a Minotaur and is in charge of the stables in Coggshall. Was originally part of Cleave’s band of travelers from book 1 as well. Most notably takes care of a mysterious egg in books 10-11 that Typhon the god of monsters gifts Montana, which then hatches into a multi-legged telepathic weasel.
* Eliza Northwoods: daughter of a Baron whose land borders Montana’s dukedom. He sends her to spy out and possibly proposition Montana for marriage in book 5. It’s revealed in book 7 that the Northwoods fall under a separate dukedom so they would never actually be allies unless through marriage or ducal consent. Eliza trains Montana in social and regal etiquette in book 9, herself still residing as a guest of Coggeshall.
* Emiline Rogers: daughter of black market kingpin whose father asked Montana to spring her out of prison in book 3. She was beheaded by the mysterious “Master” or its sycophants in book 7, due to meddling in affairs that don’t concern her. She was found to be alive in book 9, explaining that she created a simulacrum of herself which was beheaded in book 7. In book 10 it was revealed that the Master was embodying her all along and she is really, in fact, dead.
* Essie: a hired mancer (geomancer) who helps with building up Coggeshall.
* Fritz: a monster pet granted to Montana by Typhon, the god of monsters (in book 4) because Montana was killing way too many of his creations. If killed, Fritz comes back in another incarnation at Typhon’s choosing and timetable.
* Gregork: a snobold tracker/ranger who led Montana’s party to the corrupted ursas in book 7 after their original ursa tracker, Woof, deserted them upon encountering danger. Snobolds grow white fur that is near impervious to the elements and is the main reason why they’re hunted and killed (for their hides). He’s described as being an incredible ranger but not very punctual. Killed by dark goblins at North Fort in book 11.
* Harmot: chief of his clan of dwarves and serves on the Coggeshall council. His brother-Grorhys-committed regicide by killing their father, the former king of dwarves. Harmot rebelled against his brother’s rule by leading several clans away to Coggeshall (in which conflict in book 10 arose based on that decision).
* Hizetsa: former imperial historian who accompanied heiress Princess Glatan to Coggeshall in book 5 and stayed after the Princess was maritally rebuffed by Montana. She is suspected to be unnaturally old and wise beyond her years, as evident by answering Montana only in riddles and questions. Has a permanent Prinkies named Reginald.
* Hugo Fox: a short, older man who came from a landless noble family in Osterstot. He served as an Archivist in Glatan prior. Montana hires Hugo to be his secretary upon Eliza’s recommendation, the latter pointing out that Nikolai’s previous role was actually a secretary as well as a chancellor to Montana.
* Lee: an earth born “traveler” who is good with things like supply chain and logistics. He’s a retired old-timer widower in real life.
* Mercy Caufland: a hired mancer (hydromancer) who helps with building up Coggeshall.
* Montana Coggeshall: protagonist of series, inherited last name and dukedom from adopted father, the late Benedict Coggeshall (who went by the alias Cleave Dye early in series). From Earth and respawns in-game after dying. Is insanely powerful due to boons and such granted by various gods, including super strength, Deadpool-like healing, unbreakable bones, night vision, unlimited stamina, reduced sleep requirements, vibration-sensing, and an instant polyglot ability if he hears 3 words spoken in a foreign tongue (but consequently his race of “Fallen” does not permit casting of spells). He was sucked into the game at the beginning of book 1, leaving no Earth-self behind. In book 9 we learn that Montana’s in-game race of “Fallen” is one of four “primal” races (Lower, Upper, Risen, Fallen) when the world began. Whereas the Risen tried to take over the world, the Fallen succeeded, only to be struck down by the gods themselves for being too powerful (Numenoreans anyone?)
* Mr. Paul: Montana’s in-game patron god who indoctrinated Montana into the game in book 1. Pops up every couple books and talks about ambiguous and/or ominous things like Montana’s viewer count, sponsors’ gifts, additional boons, and lagging behind on some over-arching but hidden objective.
* Natalie Glatan: cousin to assassinated emperor, co-head of Coggeshall military (alongside Vyan Stokes) and head of the Coggeshall guard. Also sister to the Viceroy of the Empire, Leon Glatan, who was beheaded by a mob of Osterstot citizens in book 9. Despite her position and nobility, Natalie is often overlooked when it comes to important meetings and sensitive information-intentionally or negligently.
* Nikolai Petroff: Montana’s mentor, father figure, chancellor of Coggeshall, and a real nagging Nelly. Had his melee stats reset after imprisonment in book 3 and is still intellect-wise but no longer the fighter he once was. Nikolai is the quintessential pessimist of the series but often makes important and valid points about how Montana should rule and govern his people, to which Montana trusts implicitly. Is eaten by the Master in book 10.
* Princess heir Glatan: the daughter of assassinated emperor, niece to Valameer (who purportedly killed his brother the emperor), and by all accounts naive, weak, and very young (22 yo). She is not readily stepping up to take the throne and has been lodging in Coggeshall in books 5-7 in hopes that Montana would marry her. He declined.
* Ragnar HelfDane: one of two Lutra, an otter like race, and the first of Montana’s vassals. Ragnar is secretly in love with Amber the Kitzune-girl.
* Skeld Woodingson: one of two Lutra, an otter-like race, and the first of Montana’s vassals. Skeld is much more level-headed than his counterpart, Ragnar. Died of wounds inflicted by a demon from book 7 and then reincarnated in book 8 by the god of the dead as a Carcachoo, a wolverine-like race. Hooks up with Bear Snowgust in book 10.
* Tarryn Flynn: a hired mancer (warmancer) who helps with defending Coggeshall.
* Timmerlin: the life weaver of Coggeshall, uses magic and farming techniques to grow, harvest, and cultivate the holding’s food needs (both plants and animals).
* Yuri: a Leonan or lion-like humanoid similar in size and strength to Montana who helped him defeat a 100’ crocodile creature in Mardune from book 8. They became friends afterwards but Montana wasnt able to convince him to come back to Coggeshall. He shows up in Osterstot as the Monster Hunter in book 9.
* Vyan Stokes: former head of the Thingman (loyal to the assassinated emperor) and current co-head of the military in Coggeshall.
* Zoe: a human woman/mother who was found sick with illness in the slums of Osterstot. Zoe is now the master blacksmith of Coggeshall, able to craft up to level 6 metals. She took on Norffin, a dwarf girl, among others as an apprentice.
The Good Guys: Book 11
By Eric Ugland
Summary:
I didn’t enjoy several parts of the book but it ended really well, so, 3/5 stars.
As has been the custom is the novels of late, the story picks up from where the last left off, where Montana introspects, reviews his notifications and character sheet, and then the council is convened to plan out the events for the current objectives. The latter includes finishing the “North Fort” which includes the outer wall and the fort within. It also includes addressing the Dark Goblin threat once and for all.
One of the previous books detailed the valley based on what Montana saw while riding “Air Fritz”. The valley that Coggeshall is situated is laid out as thus:
1. The valley is perfectly round, as if a meteor crashed into it.
2. As if to prove the previous point, the valley has a big mysterious stone in the center.
4. Coggeshall is at one of 2 main entrances to the valley.
5. North Fort is planned to be constructed at the center of the big rock, which has a lake around it, and a big wall presumably around the lake.
6. The Dark Goblins may be at the other entrance.
THANK YOU ERIC for replacing Nikolai with more likable characters. Hugo and Clarissa are both gems thus far (splitting Nikolai’s role into Secretary and Chancellor).
The reader needs to be reminded on occasion that by Montana’s own admission, he is a complete moron who has no idea what he’s doing as a Duke. So when he hires people to high level positions with no interview, no background check, and no hard questions asked, it should come as no surprise to us readers. Nor should it be a surprise when those already appointed into positions of leadership end up not cutting it.
Having said that, book 11 was one the most debilitating additions to the story. It was very discouraging to read. Everywhere Montana turned he faced his own ineptitude as a leader, or someone else’s ineptitude whom he put into power. He made bad choices despite his claim to want to change. Then he gets sidetracked by misadventures that are basically tangents to the actual story, because the author probably wants to write another 20 novels in the series and heaven forbid book 11 arrives at its main objective.
The Good
* The reminiscing about Nikolai and what he wanted for Montana and Coggeshall was very heartening and respectful, even if Montana’s former mentor was a real asshole in life.
* A quest from book 7 was completed (the one pertaining to the huge clawed hand on the front cover of book), hooray!
* The ending fight scene was one of the book’s only saving graces to an otherwise uneventful book that added little to the series imho.
The Bad
* It was a very discouraging read in that Montana’s ineptitude was the focus for most of the book.
* Very little actual combat took place compared to the rest of the series. It was all talk about war and not much in making it.
* Not a single romantic gesture was extended Lady Northwoods’ way. Kind of disappointed.
* Speaking of disappointment, more earth story comes out but at the point which Montana is going to speak on the girl, ahem, interruption! Lame.
* In several previous books, Montana sacrifices Fritz for an extra special ability. In book 11, with Fritz being the size of a small mountain, not only would the sacrifice ability have come in handy as Montana squares off with the Dark Goblin horde, Fritz actually being sent into battle would have been utterly devastating as well. Instead, Montana tells him to not fight so that Fritz can heal from certain wounds. It’s completely anti-climatic and complete BS.
SPOILERS: Roster of Notable Characters (phonetic spellings in some cases, last names of characters are mentioned once sometimes but hardly ever afterwards, alphabetical order):
* Amber: a 20-something girl of a fox-like race who can take on humanoid form but with 2 fox tails and upright ears. The race was bred for sexual promiscuity but Amber is not at all interested in that sort of thing. She wants to be a ranger and makes her home in a tree to avoid all the men pursuing her 24/7. She might have a thing for Montana, though.
* Alexander Trubakowsky: local legion commander whom Montana battled with at the wall in Ostertot in book 9. Alexander took over Vyan Stokes’ role after he died. Alexander popularized the title “hero of Osterstot” and later agreed to come to Coggeshall with a contingent of legion soldiers.
* Arnaux: mancer who confirmed Montana’s vampire kills at the palace of Osterstot in book 9 then later accompanied him to hunt vampires.
* Baltu: an elder snobold and de facto leader of the Coggeshall kobolds, described as probably the smartest kobold alive thanks to a ton of points spent on the Intellect stat.
* Bear Snowgust: a brownie who is described as a miniature pin-up model or like Tinker Bell without the wings. She’s very magical and aids Montana in battles starting from book 7 by standing invisible upon his shoulder and casting support spells like Firebolt and Haste.
* Cicely Bigsby: the head of the witches that were found in the valley outside Coggeshall in book 7. They were originally mislabeled as Hags of the region (another race/class entirely). As a coven, they take on new members and train them, such as Clyde’s magic trainer from the Bad Guy series.
* Clarissa Edgmon: Montana’s new chancellor as of book 11, recommended by Duke Ginsberg (a hitherto unknown duke). She is described as having a familiar beauty, “a girl next door if one lives next to really hot chicks”. For all intents and purposes she is a young, inexperienced person with only the barest of education on holding management and probably is there for ulterior motives, yet in Montana fashion, he hires her on the spot with little to no questions asked. Her family name is not very reputable in the empire and wishes to do business on her merits, not her family’s.
* Darius: an earth born “traveler” who plays as a Minotaur and is in charge of the stables in Coggshall. Was originally part of Cleave’s band of travelers from book 1 as well. Most notably takes care of a mysterious egg in books 10-11 that Typhon the god of monsters gifts Montana, which then hatches into a multi-legged telepathic weasel.
* Eliza Northwoods: daughter of a Baron whose land borders Montana’s dukedom. He sends her to spy out and possibly proposition Montana for marriage in book 5. It’s revealed in book 7 that the Northwoods fall under a separate dukedom so they would never actually be allies unless through marriage or ducal consent. Eliza trains Montana in social and regal etiquette in book 9, herself still residing as a guest of Coggeshall.
* Emiline Rogers: daughter of black market kingpin whose father asked Montana to spring her out of prison in book 3. She was beheaded by the mysterious “Master” or its sycophants in book 7, due to meddling in affairs that don’t concern her. She was found to be alive in book 9, explaining that she created a simulacrum of herself which was beheaded in book 7. In book 10 it was revealed that the Master was embodying her all along and she is really, in fact, dead.
* Essie: a hired mancer (geomancer) who helps with building up Coggeshall.
* Fritz: a monster pet granted to Montana by Typhon, the god of monsters (in book 4) because Montana was killing way too many of his creations. If killed, Fritz comes back in another incarnation at Typhon’s choosing and timetable.
* Gregork: a snobold tracker/ranger who led Montana’s party to the corrupted ursas in book 7 after their original ursa tracker, Woof, deserted them upon encountering danger. Snobolds grow white fur that is near impervious to the elements and is the main reason why they’re hunted and killed (for their hides). He’s described as being an incredible ranger but not very punctual. Killed by dark goblins at North Fort in book 11.
* Harmot: chief of his clan of dwarves and serves on the Coggeshall council. His brother-Grorhys-committed regicide by killing their father, the former king of dwarves. Harmot rebelled against his brother’s rule by leading several clans away to Coggeshall (in which conflict in book 10 arose based on that decision).
* Hizetsa: former imperial historian who accompanied heiress Princess Glatan to Coggeshall in book 5 and stayed after the Princess was maritally rebuffed by Montana. She is suspected to be unnaturally old and wise beyond her years, as evident by answering Montana only in riddles and questions. Has a permanent Prinkies named Reginald.
* Hugo Fox: a short, older man who came from a landless noble family in Osterstot. He served as an Archivist in Glatan prior. Montana hires Hugo to be his secretary upon Eliza’s recommendation, the latter pointing out that Nikolai’s previous role was actually a secretary as well as a chancellor to Montana.
* Lee: an earth born “traveler” who is good with things like supply chain and logistics. He’s a retired old-timer widower in real life.
* Mercy Caufland: a hired mancer (hydromancer) who helps with building up Coggeshall.
* Montana Coggeshall: protagonist of series, inherited last name and dukedom from adopted father, the late Benedict Coggeshall (who went by the alias Cleave Dye early in series). From Earth and respawns in-game after dying. Is insanely powerful due to boons and such granted by various gods, including super strength, Deadpool-like healing, unbreakable bones, night vision, unlimited stamina, reduced sleep requirements, vibration-sensing, and an instant polyglot ability if he hears 3 words spoken in a foreign tongue (but consequently his race of “Fallen” does not permit casting of spells). He was sucked into the game at the beginning of book 1, leaving no Earth-self behind. In book 9 we learn that Montana’s in-game race of “Fallen” is one of four “primal” races (Lower, Upper, Risen, Fallen) when the world began. Whereas the Risen tried to take over the world, the Fallen succeeded, only to be struck down by the gods themselves for being too powerful (Numenoreans anyone?)
* Mr. Paul: Montana’s in-game patron god who indoctrinated Montana into the game in book 1. Pops up every couple books and talks about ambiguous and/or ominous things like Montana’s viewer count, sponsors’ gifts, additional boons, and lagging behind on some over-arching but hidden objective.
* Natalie Glatan: cousin to assassinated emperor, co-head of Coggeshall military (alongside Vyan Stokes) and head of the Coggeshall guard. Also sister to the Viceroy of the Empire, Leon Glatan, who was beheaded by a mob of Osterstot citizens in book 9. Despite her position and nobility, Natalie is often overlooked when it comes to important meetings and sensitive information-intentionally or negligently.
* Nikolai Petroff: Montana’s mentor, father figure, chancellor of Coggeshall, and a real nagging Nelly. Had his melee stats reset after imprisonment in book 3 and is still intellect-wise but no longer the fighter he once was. Nikolai is the quintessential pessimist of the series but often makes important and valid points about how Montana should rule and govern his people, to which Montana trusts implicitly. Is eaten by the Master in book 10.
* Princess heir Glatan: the daughter of assassinated emperor, niece to Valameer (who purportedly killed his brother the emperor), and by all accounts naive, weak, and very young (22 yo). She is not readily stepping up to take the throne and has been lodging in Coggeshall in books 5-7 in hopes that Montana would marry her. He declined.
* Ragnar HelfDane: one of two Lutra, an otter like race, and the first of Montana’s vassals. Ragnar is secretly in love with Amber the Kitzune-girl.
* Skeld Woodingson: one of two Lutra, an otter-like race, and the first of Montana’s vassals. Skeld is much more level-headed than his counterpart, Ragnar. Died of wounds inflicted by a demon from book 7 and then reincarnated in book 8 by the god of the dead as a Carcachoo, a wolverine-like race. Hooks up with Bear Snowgust in book 10.
* Tarryn Flynn: a hired mancer (warmancer) who helps with defending Coggeshall.
* Timmerlin: the life weaver of Coggeshall, uses magic and farming techniques to grow, harvest, and cultivate the holding’s food needs (both plants and animals).
* Yuri: a Leonan or lion-like humanoid similar in size and strength to Montana who helped him defeat a 100’ crocodile creature in Mardune from book 8. They became friends afterwards but Montana wasnt able to convince him to come back to Coggeshall. He shows up in Osterstot as the Monster Hunter in book 9.
* Vyan Stokes: former head of the Thingman (loyal to the assassinated emperor) and current co-head of the military in Coggeshall.
* Zoe: a human woman/mother who was found sick with illness in the slums of Osterstot. Zoe is now the master blacksmith of Coggeshall, able to craft up to level 6 metals. She took on Norffin, a dwarf girl, among others as an apprentice.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 23, 2021
Ролевите игри са направени, за да може играчът да се вдъхнови, да се потопи в техния свят и не да "управлява" героя си, а да се идентифицира с него, самият той да стане герой и да действа и решава от своя гледна точка в измисления свят, сякаш наистина живее там.
В действителност, особено в компютърните такива игри, се получава нещо по средата - наистина човек до известна степен се идентифицира с героя си, но това си остава игра и той не действа като истинска личност в игровия свят, а като "външен елемент" в него - което довежда до някои странности и особености на действието.
Именно тези странности и особености на действието описва в литературна форма Ерик Угланд в серията си за Добрите - всъщност само за един добър, който, както подобава на жанра LitRPG, "попада" в игрови свят, подчинен на игрова логика... но и той действа в него като външен играч, а не като негов жител или (слава богу) типичен герой от фентъзи книги.
Действията му са точно толкова нелогични и водят до точно същите резултати, каквито наблюдаваме у себе си, докато играем RPG игри:
Героят ни много бързо става прекалено силен, следва по-скоро инцидентно, отколкото съзнателно сюжетната линия, която създателите на играта са сложили за основна, разпилява усилията си по странични куестове, не чете съобщенията и хелп-файловете на играта, така че често му се налага да взема решения без да има идея от ситуацията...
Също така, въпреки, че в играта е двуметров мускулест и брадат войн, че и владетел после, играчът си остава смачкан смотаняк по душа, какъвто е авторът всъщност и действа и говори по съответния начин (сигурен съм, че авторът не го е планирал това, но така се е получило, понеже никой не може да избяга от себе си).
Резултатът от всичко това е доста забавен, но в единайстата книга от поредицата не се случва практически нищо.
В действителност, особено в компютърните такива игри, се получава нещо по средата - наистина човек до известна степен се идентифицира с героя си, но това си остава игра и той не действа като истинска личност в игровия свят, а като "външен елемент" в него - което довежда до някои странности и особености на действието.
Именно тези странности и особености на действието описва в литературна форма Ерик Угланд в серията си за Добрите - всъщност само за един добър, който, както подобава на жанра LitRPG, "попада" в игрови свят, подчинен на игрова логика... но и той действа в него като външен играч, а не като негов жител или (слава богу) типичен герой от фентъзи книги.
Действията му са точно толкова нелогични и водят до точно същите резултати, каквито наблюдаваме у себе си, докато играем RPG игри:
Героят ни много бързо става прекалено силен, следва по-скоро инцидентно, отколкото съзнателно сюжетната линия, която създателите на играта са сложили за основна, разпилява усилията си по странични куестове, не чете съобщенията и хелп-файловете на играта, така че често му се налага да взема решения без да има идея от ситуацията...
Също така, въпреки, че в играта е двуметров мускулест и брадат войн, че и владетел после, играчът си остава смачкан смотаняк по душа, какъвто е авторът всъщност и действа и говори по съответния начин (сигурен съм, че авторът не го е планирал това, но така се е получило, понеже никой не може да избяга от себе си).
Резултатът от всичко това е доста забавен, но в единайстата книга от поредицата не се случва практически нищо.
June 16, 2022
I was hoping the author would have dropped the whole "main character is a f@#$ing moron" trope but the author continues to flog this dead horse.
Such a waste on such a childish character direction.
Otherwise the world building and prose just continues to improve.
The other series Bad Guys continues to be much better.
Such a waste on such a childish character direction.
Otherwise the world building and prose just continues to improve.
The other series Bad Guys continues to be much better.
May 6, 2021
I should do a more in depth review but the tldr is this: Montana continues his depressive spiral, the day ends, the egg hatches, some goblins get stomped and nothing changes for the good. The installment feels rushed, regressive, and pointless.
For a complex world, a marvelous character and an important moment in the hero’s journey last book, this installment feels like pointless filler
For a complex world, a marvelous character and an important moment in the hero’s journey last book, this installment feels like pointless filler
December 17, 2021
Awful. A good summary of the book.
Who would have thought that the hardly protected builders at the other end of the valley could/would be attacked and massacred by some enemies...
Oh your handfull scouts are totally outclassed by the enemies and have no clue what is going on in the entire valley? Numb nut decides to make a punitive strike against a assumed enemy cave and takes the only war mage with him. During this rather senseless attack that seems to amount to exactly nothing the base gets attacked. As the defenders have hardly archers and no war mage (as he was taken away without notice by numb nut) they can´t properly defend themselves and suffer heaviest casulties. Obviously, the captain of the guard has to lead her understaffed, undertrained few troops without scouts and or archery and magic support to make another punitive strike through the unexplored forest. Whatever could go wrong?
Thanks to the plot numb nut saves the day even though he refuses to use his skills or useful weapons (like his anti green skin sword) despite the goblin´s most cunning plan to sacrifice their entire people to summon a god to rid them of their enemies.
Who would have thought that the hardly protected builders at the other end of the valley could/would be attacked and massacred by some enemies...
Oh your handfull scouts are totally outclassed by the enemies and have no clue what is going on in the entire valley? Numb nut decides to make a punitive strike against a assumed enemy cave and takes the only war mage with him. During this rather senseless attack that seems to amount to exactly nothing the base gets attacked. As the defenders have hardly archers and no war mage (as he was taken away without notice by numb nut) they can´t properly defend themselves and suffer heaviest casulties. Obviously, the captain of the guard has to lead her understaffed, undertrained few troops without scouts and or archery and magic support to make another punitive strike through the unexplored forest. Whatever could go wrong?
Thanks to the plot numb nut saves the day even though he refuses to use his skills or useful weapons (like his anti green skin sword) despite the goblin´s most cunning plan to sacrifice their entire people to summon a god to rid them of their enemies.
June 24, 2021
So good and quirky at the same time.
No Pulitzer prizes here but as entertaining a series in the genre that you could possibly ask for. Each character is well portrayed as an individual and they ask come together seamlessly in the writing. Ugland's writing style is unique in the dialog between the people that'll make you laugh of loud ALOT! Part lit/rpg, part slap stick, part action and a dash of intrigue. You got another can't miss for your readers with this and every installment so for in the vuldranni world. Blends well with the bad guys series feeling like you know the actual places and world so far.
No Pulitzer prizes here but as entertaining a series in the genre that you could possibly ask for. Each character is well portrayed as an individual and they ask come together seamlessly in the writing. Ugland's writing style is unique in the dialog between the people that'll make you laugh of loud ALOT! Part lit/rpg, part slap stick, part action and a dash of intrigue. You got another can't miss for your readers with this and every installment so for in the vuldranni world. Blends well with the bad guys series feeling like you know the actual places and world so far.
April 30, 2021
Heartwrenching
When you’re both an immovable force and an unstoppable object the fragile things around you are bound to break, and given Montana’s path to maturity, loss seems to be his crucible. This book comes with a serious sense of progress as a result tho, when other elements of the valley seem to have stalled out in previous books, this finally starts checking off one of the previous big bads.
When you’re both an immovable force and an unstoppable object the fragile things around you are bound to break, and given Montana’s path to maturity, loss seems to be his crucible. This book comes with a serious sense of progress as a result tho, when other elements of the valley seem to have stalled out in previous books, this finally starts checking off one of the previous big bads.
April 30, 2021
He does it again
Yet again Eric delivers, I love this series and despite so many books it still hasn’t become even the slightest bit boring. This book was needed. Eric managed to slow it down without taking away the action. In this Book Montana finally starts thinking and working to get his shit together. If this growth continues and he actually puts some points in wisdom and intelligence then he could become a warrior who can actually rule.
Yet again Eric delivers, I love this series and despite so many books it still hasn’t become even the slightest bit boring. This book was needed. Eric managed to slow it down without taking away the action. In this Book Montana finally starts thinking and working to get his shit together. If this growth continues and he actually puts some points in wisdom and intelligence then he could become a warrior who can actually rule.
May 1, 2021
Lots of Montana SMASH! Just how I like it!
Another fun addition to the Good Guys series, if what you like is gratuitous, gory violence. Who doesn’t am I right? Don’t expect any travel outside of the valley in this one, just lots of Montana on goblin destruction. I look forward to finding out what is behind the Night Goblins in the next book and hopefully a trip through the Gloom!
Another fun addition to the Good Guys series, if what you like is gratuitous, gory violence. Who doesn’t am I right? Don’t expect any travel outside of the valley in this one, just lots of Montana on goblin destruction. I look forward to finding out what is behind the Night Goblins in the next book and hopefully a trip through the Gloom!
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