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Whee! Yes, love that sense of humourMallory Anne-Marie Forbes
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Mobi, please:)
this does sound funny...mobi please
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Check your email Alana, should be a pressie in there. If there any issues, feel free to email me.
this sounds great if there are any copies left please sign me up epub pleaselaurie@ufreview.com
Sent your request to the author Laurie! 2 copies left
please add me to the list, if there are any copies left.readingwritingmamaby3@live.com
epub format please :-)
Will mail as soon as I get back from the gym.
I just read the sample. Loved it. Gimme the last copy please!If still available, please send mobi file to awb@aliciawb.com.
Thank you everyone for taking the time to read my work, it's much appreciated. All copies gone.
Thanks everyone! I'm moving this post to the "completed" section, but please still post your reviews here when you are finished!
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...In the never-ending warfare between Good and Evil, there needs always be-a Hero-and a Dark Lord. The problem on Evil’s side is that Dark Lord candidates seem few and far between; and when one is killed by the Hero, then Evil simply must wait until the next one is born, which could be centuries. But Evil had a clever idea: it wrote a Manual, a Handbook for the Dark Lord. Problem is, in addition to a candidate being born in the first place, it really helps if said potential Dark Lord can even read the Handbook-and then manage not to forget its stipulations.
“The Dark Lord’s Handbook” is a subtly hilarious tale penned in the mode of a medieval-style high-fantasy. The characters are delightful, caricatures come to life and given some spin to make them individuals, not stereotypes. The background description, locales, and settings are excellently done. I wouldn’t recommend this for YA or younger readers, due to some terminology and situations. However, adult readers will definitely find their fancies tickled as they follow the exploits of young Mordred, the newest Dark Lord, and his evolution into world despot. The journey will take him from the humble village inn of his birth, into an altered reality few could have imagined, as he discovers his true heritage and his purpose in life. Author Paul Dales manages to suspend our disbelief and make the story seem natural, even realistic, thus keeping reader’s interest (whilst we are laughing along the way). The novel works both as a light-hearted epic fantasy, and as a parody of the more laborious works in that sub-genre.
Here is my review...loved it, it was hilarioushttp://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
also on my blog and Amazon as well
http://ufreview.com/2012/03/10/the-da...
All done! Thanks so much; this was a great break from the norm.http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
http://www.amazon.com/review/R2X3HQDT...
I'm still working on this, haven't forgotten! Sorry- crazy crazy with sick kids last week and two weeks before that!
Kids are far more important :) Thanks to all that have reviewed it so far. If you want a cleaner copy (I'm happy to receive and update with reported errors) then you can email Kindle support with the book details and they should send you the latest version.The Dark Lord's Handbook, Paul Dale, ASIN B00756ZO4Y
The cover you see in Goodreads is going live now.
Genre: Humor/(epic)fantasy
The Dark Lord's Handbook
Book Description
To become a Dark Lord is no easy thing. The simple ambition to hold dominion over the world and bend all to your will sounds straightforward but it's not. There's armies to raise, fortresses to build, heroes to defeat, battles to be fought, hours of endless soliloquy in front of the mirror – it's a never ending job. Not to mention deciding what to wear. (After hours, days, even weeks of consideration, it will be black, so save yourself some time.)
After many spectacular failures, Evil decided to lend more than inspiration to these would be tyrants. He wrote an easy to follow Dark Lord's Handbook. And yet the next Dark Lord that came along screwed up like all the others. What good was a Handbook if they didn't RTFM?
It had been hundreds of years, and the Handbook had been lost in the annals of time, along with all that was mythic and exciting in the world, until one day a randy dragon had a chance encounter. Nine months later a Dark Lord was born (for even a Dark Lord has a mother).
It took a while but the orc who had been looking after the Handbook all this time delivered it to this new contender, Morden.
To become a Dark Lord is no easy thing. Morden had better be a quick study.
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