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By: Drew Hayes
Narrated by: Roger Wayne
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What happens when the haggling is done and the shops are closed? When the quest has been given, the steeds saddled, and the adventurers are off to their next encounter? They keep the world running, the food cooked, and the horses shoed, yet what adventurer has ever spared a thought or concern for the Non-Player Characters?In the town of Maplebark, four such NPCs settle in for a night of actively ignoring the adventurers drinking in the tavern when things go quickly and fatally awry. Once the dust settles, these four find themselves faced with an impossible choice: pretend to be adventurers undertaking a task of near-certain death or see their town and loved ones destroyed. Armed only with salvaged equipment, second-hand knowledge, and a secret that could get them killed, it will take all manner of miracles if they hope to pull off their charade. And even if they succeed, the deadliest part of their journey may well be what awaits them at its end.

©2014 Andrew Hayes (P)2014 Tantor Action & Adventure Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Literature & Fiction Comedy Adventure LitRPG
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Great book, good character development, nicely written with funny and interesting story lines! I would recommend this book not just for the D & D gamer but for anyone who wants a geeky little novel distraction. Also the overlap with the idea of modules and critical failure makes for a sub plot. Overall the characters make this story particularly Thistle. Go Thistle!
Also the reader is very good even if he does have a habit of making minor characters sound like Sean Connery

Not just for the D & D crowd

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A fun tale of how the NPCs on the other side of an RPG see and interact with their world.

Light hearted entertainment

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If you enjoy Tom Holt's Out sorcerers Apprentice, Scott Meyers Magic 2.0 series or Terry Pratchett I can see this being a really enjoyable recommendation for you.

Want to know what Dungeons and Dragons is? Listen to this audiobook
Want a great story with a light hearted but clever writing technique? Listen it this audibook.
The story deals with a lot of tropes in fantasy realms. It's got a great pace and the narrator does a great job, even if there were points I struggled to discern characters - I did listen over a few weeks though which may have contributed to that issue.

Light hearted but great story

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Interesting characters coupled with excellent and realistic dialogue (for a book set in a fantasy rpg) and an out of the box premise. Definetly recommended reading (or listening in this case) not only for DMs/GMs but for their players too.

An enjoyable take on Fantasy RPGs

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loved it great listen, nice story will be getting the next in the series, brilliant

great listen

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