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Wild Wastes

By: Randi Darren
Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
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Summary

Before World War II could reach its conclusion, the world suffered what could only be defined as a cataclysm.

Legend has it that an experiment failed. Catastrophically so. And when it failed, the center of the United States, from the Sierra Nevada to the Mississippi river, became "The Waste", where everything changed.

In The Waste, every fantasy creature, fairytale demon, or mythological monster exists. From orcs, to neriads, ogres, trolls, wraiths, elves, harpies, and even beastmen. They all exist, and all despise humankind.

In the ruins of the west and east coasts, new governments have arisen. With new jobs.

Vince is a Ranger, a profession whose sole job duty is surviving in the waste, and taking missions from the Ranger Guild. Be it courier services, escorts, or simply exploring tombs and cities.

Taking up an escort mission, Vince encounters a situation that will shape his life forever onward.

As well as the lives of everyone in North America.

Warning: This novel contains adult themes and moral ambiguities. The main character is written as a real person in an apocalypse, and will not make choices that line up with society and cultural norms.

©2017 Randi Darren (P)2017 Randi Darren

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Good read but very similar to his other books

If you could sum up Wild Wastes in three words, what would they be?

Adult fantasy pulp

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If I didn't know that Randi Darren is a pseudonym of William D Arand I'd be thinking one of them had plagiarised the others book. I previously listened to "Super Sales on Super Heroes" which I really enjoyed, and searching out his other books thought I'd give this a try. The story lines of these two books are basically identical but placed in different settings i.e. (spoilers) a guy with some sort of power to 'read' and adapt other people starts buying up slaves to create an initial harem of powerful characters and then expands by buying up loads more to create his own army/commune.I felt it was a little lazy to essentially use the same storyline, but it's set in a more Tolkienesque fantasy world and with a very large smattering of adult content. However, taken for itself I found the book enjoyable and an easy listen, but it's more of a pulp read than anything deeper, but I doubt it was aimed as anything more than that. If I could only choose one I'd pick Super Sales, as I prefer it's dark humour but this has it's place for those that like a more fantasy style story and adult content, which at times is quite explicit, which didn't bother me but others may find difficult if not keen on that sort of content. Other than that, the narration is very good and pretty enjoyable.

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Amazing

Loved how the narrator brought the characters to life. Can't wait to start book two!

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simply brilliant

fantastic story, in depth characters, great narration. all in all a must read. couldn't recommend it enough

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A wet dream of teenager

I never had big expectations of the harem/isekai-like stories, but this is below the average. Not much of the story, no real threats or challenges, just a band of brainwashed ladies pleasuring the main character. The acts are like 60-70% of the book and after the first few, I was bored - skipping them to find some plot. There is not much of it, usually rushed to another scene of shagging.

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Amazing

An amazing story with excellent characters, looking forward to the next book. Great Narration, and story.

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i love this book

my favourite thing is the characters i love them and i like the connections between them
. the story is good in my opinion

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an r rated harem fantasy story

one of those stories with the poor protagonist getting a lot of wives, then money and then land with people to rule over. I really enjoyed it.

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A great tale with real characters

Nothing to dislike
Life like characters, blended into a fantasy version of the USA
I would recommend it

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Good Premise bit rough in patches

Not to the level of the author other work in Fostering Faust but It's from Randi Darren so of course it's gonna be good.

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great

i very much enjoyed these books i just cant seem to put them down and always start the trilogy again when a new one is out or i start the entire series again the re read factor is amazing and you enjoy them as much the tenth time to the first great books and character great writing to tie them all in together just amazing

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