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The Dark Lord's Handbook
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
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Summary
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 are armies to raise, fortresses to build, heroes to defeat, and battles to be fought. 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. It had been hundreds of years, and the Handbook was lost in the annals of time, along with all that was mythic and exciting in the world. Then one day, a randy dragon had a chance encounter. Nine months later a Dark Lord was born. In time, the Handbook found its way to this new contender: Morden.
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- Karina Iskhakova
- 08-05-24
The closest book to Sir Terry Pratchett
Lovely book and narration: funny, human and clever. I read a lot of books which a recommended for fans of Sir Terry Pratchett and a lot of them I couldn’t find any similarities. Here I felt that it’s like written by very talented apprentice of the great. Thank you. Can’t wait for the rest of the books to come out as audiobooks.
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- Sean
- 09-01-22
Exquisite authorship and narrator
Listened to this over a weekend. Was intriguing, memorable and humorous.
I intend to purchase the two sequels in due course. Very worth the purchase.
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- Kakuzu
- 04-11-23
Hidden gem! Amazing narration!
This is genuinely one of the best audiobooks I've had the pleasure to listen. I enjoyed every single moment.
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- Mr. Ddd Pierre-packer
- 26-04-24
Everything!
Outstanding in its totality, sentence structure character evolution and general story were second to none a great listen looking forward to the next book
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- Anonymous User
- 06-12-23
Brilliant
I loved this! One of favourite audiobooks. Dark, funny and kept me entertained throughout. Highly recommend you give it a go. Although a great narrator, I did put the narrators voice a notch up on the speed button though as I thought it was a bit too slow. Anyway give this audiobook a go, it’s fab.
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- David
- 28-04-24
A worthy book
It is a well written book, and I was not sure who was the hero until the end. Well done.
There are a few Terry Pratchet references that are fun to look out for.
It is far better than the formulaic books that are so common
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- James
- 24-04-15
A Dark Lord Rises!.....cocks it up and tries again
I wasn't sure about this when i started listening but the story and characters really got me in the end. the narration was excellent.
It's a fantasy book from the dark lords point of view , those difficult teenage years, trying to fit in, early success and bending the rest of the school to your will!
Its about being good at being bad, and being bad at being good.
I enjoyed the foul mouthed love interested, the Machiavellian chancellor and the truly thick hero.
For the fist time you will be cheering for the dark side.
Id like to see what comes next for Morden
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- CJ
- 15-05-24
Surprisingly good
I tried this book on impulse as i wanted to try something different, i have read fantasy before but not in a long time. This was a great story about a man growing up then finding himself a prospective 'dark lord' with the help of a handbook he tries his hand at rising as a new dark lord leaving his old life behind. the story is written well with an overarching narration from the handbook explaining the usual stereotypes of battles between good and evil whilst explaining why some of these usual steps are important. Its somewhat a slow paced story but it worked well the characters are well formed and entertaining there is plenty of humourous moments to enjoy. If you enjoy fantasy stories with dragons and orcs with a sprinkle of humour this is well worth a listen.
Just note this is book 1 of 3. when I listened via audible plus there was no mention of it being part of a trilogy and at time of writing this review the other 2 book are not available on audible.
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- Marc
- 20-10-15
An Unexpected Favourite
After adding Gildart Jackson to my favourite narrators I was recommended The Dark Lord's Handbook by Audible and really enjoyed it. The characters and story are well crafted and I hope this story continues. A must read for any fantasy fan.
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- sophb100
- 26-11-23
When are we getting the next two?
Brilliant and laugh out loud funny. Takes what we all know about heroes and dark lords, plays it out but somewhat on its head.
Narration is ace but there are sections where a step back from the mic would’ve been a good idea.
Please may we have the next two books in the series? xx
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