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An Orc on the Wild Side

By: Tom Holt
Narrated by: Ray Sawyer
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Winter is coming, so why not get away from it all?

Being the Dark Lord and Prince of Evil is not as much fun as it sounds, particularly if you are a basically decent person. King Mordak is just such a person. Technically he's more goblin than person, but the point is that he is really keen to be a lot less despicable than his predecessors.

Not that the other goblins appreciate Mordak's attempts to redefine the role. Why should they when his new health-care program seems designed to actually extend life expectancy, and his efforts to end a perfectly reasonable war with the dwarves appear to have become an obsession?

With confidence in his leadership crumbling, what Mordak desperately needs is a distraction. Perhaps some of these humans moving to the Realm in search of great homes at an affordable price will be able to help?

An Orc on the Wild Side is the latest comic masterpiece from one of the funniest writers in fantasy.

©2019 Tom Holt (P)2019 Hachette Audio UK Fantasy Humorous Funny

Critic reviews

"Uniquely twisted...cracking gags." (Guardian)

"Holt doesn't skimp on the flashes of brilliance." (SFX)

"Clever, funny, tirelessly inventive." (Christopher Moore)
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Not a patch on the JWW stories. Very well read, as you'd expect from Ray Sawyer.

An entertaining listen, but light on laughs.

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One of the best. The saga continues with the established standard and entertainment value, keep it up, please.

One of the best.

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Tom Holt never fails to come out with witty interesting and original stories, this time melding two of his worlds into one and shaking it up with the ex pats and creating females!

Brilliant as always!

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another enjoyable exclusion with Tom and his Orcs. not a story to start your journey on but defiantly worth listening if you have followed the others and the narration is excellent. just didn't quite grab me as much as some of TH work. Still my favourite author though.

more alternative madness

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I have seen some reviewers stating that this gloriously funny book is not as funny as previous works, I have only read the Seige trilogy and as good as those were this is so much better!!

Hilarious !

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