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Hard Luck Hank: Fourth Quadrant
- Narrated by: Liam Owen
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
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Summary
The royal family of a powerful empire are visiting Belvaille for an upcoming diplomatic summit. But their plans are somewhat interrupted when the galaxy’s premier assassin shows up and eliminates every single aristocrat. All except for one child who had been hidden.
Hank is happy minding his own business. Of course, his business entails robbing, extorting, eating lots of food, and fighting. But compared with the rest of the criminals of his city, he’s practically a saint. However, Hank’s easy existence is interrupted by the chief of security who entrusts him with safeguarding the royal survivor.
Along with his unsavory friends, Hank struggles to keep the last child alive while avoiding the navy, bounty hunters, organized crime, and the most successful assassin in history. If Hank fails, it will result in catastrophic economic collapse brought about by a vengeful empire.
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- Martin James
- 02-07-23
Back to his best
Back to beat of Hank and friends. Great story, brilliant humour expertly read.
Hanks perspective on life and everything is adorable but I have to say when Delovoa is involved I can help chuckling, his character is so funny. Thank you 🙏
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- Jake
- 10-08-22
Hard Luck Hank jumps the shark
First off, I want to say I have enjoyed every Hard Luck Hank book so far, even the one centered on Garm, however this one was a slog to get through. It really does feel like the author is getting bored of Hank unfortunately. I think my biggest complaint is that Hank is getting progressively less intelligent. Hank has always been the lovable buffoon, but he is not the same character that he began as. Hank cant even shoot a freaking gun in this book, He literally has to be told how to hold it and which end to point at the bad guy, I get that Hank has never been the best shot but he has literally carried a gun in every book so far, so it would stand to reason that he knows how to hold one. He went from solving crimes, being a professional athlete, negotiating million credit deals with gangsters, and literally saving the universe to throwing clumps of dirt in the back while others do all the thinking for him. I feel like the author has taken our beloved Hank and reduced him to a complete and utter moron.
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The other complaint is the story doesn't go anywhere. Hank gets a kid to watch, wonders around in the wilderness for a while for no reason and no payoff then comes back and gets in a fight. The kid goes home. The entire middle of the book is completely pointless and useless. It was mildly entertaining seeing Hank out in the wilderness but it was hard to stomach because of his reduced intelligence. But there is not reason for having him go out in the wilderness in the first place, a point the author even makes after having his characters come back with one saying why did we bother to go hide when we have Hank who is indestructible with us?
My final complaint is the lack of resolution with the ending in the last book. Hank is transported to a new dimension/universe with all the same characters in it, a new Bellvaile with new people. But the Author never addresses that these are completely different people. We are just supposed to forget about all the characters that we knew and believe that these new people act and behave and have the same history as the other dimension, meanwhile the actual Garm, Delovoa, Clisten, MTB and other people we have grown to love, rot in the other dimension. Its like the author doesn't realize that because they have the same name doesn't make them the same people. Maybe he believes twins are the same person and we can swap them in and out at will and it doesn't matter.
I guess I am feeling jaded by the Author after being a loyal fan for so long. I hope he can pull it together and write like he cares about the characters he created and not just throw us around with endless narration and pointless details.
If you are a fan you will probably want to read this one, just beware it's not good and hopefully it gets us to the next book which will hopefully be better.
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- thomas dye
- 08-06-22
nothing happens
I love Hank. This book was ultimately pointless. Nothing really significant happened other than Hank doing his normal bumbling best and accidentally -as well as on purpose, killing a bunch of people. Normally we have a new setting, a new situation Hank fits himself into, and he hilariously bumbles through a major world / star system / Galaxy wide intervention in his own unique way. None of that happened this time. I still rated it three stars, because it was Hank being Hank for 8 plus hours, but this is absolutely not Steven Campbell's best work. Ultimately, nothing of any significance really happened in the story. We didn't get the really new situation we were hoping for, or Hank truly intervening in the way he has done in previous books. Disappointed. Not recommended for anyone but die hard Hank fans
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- Andreas
- 31-05-22
Fun story - Hank really rocks
Really good one, recommend it fully.
Lots of humor and action. Weirdest part was when Liam tells something not seen through Hanks pov, like telling something what is going on somewhere else. His voice-acting is the same (so it feels weird). Other than that happening, it was awesome. The story takes Hank and his friends out in the wilderness, meeting serial killers and what not... most entertaining. I am not sure it´s a huge progression towards something but it doesn't matter. I was entertained and I loved it.
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- mrs fuller
- 02-06-22
Hank has to babysit.
And has to go camping. This book is hilarious. go ahead and buy this one.
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-01-23
Entertainingly Silly, but Witty
it's hard to describe the hard luck Hank series. but it seems to be an acquired taste that I enjoy. I had more laugh out loud moments from this book than any of the others I believe. keep up the good work Steve!
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- Johan III
- 08-01-23
Funniest sci-fi!
I love the clever narrative and story.
The smartest dumb person in any universe. Hank will never die!
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- Damon
- 21-12-22
Loved It
As good as some of my favorite HLH books. Book and narration both great. Keep ‘em comin’ please!!
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- Lisa
- 02-11-22
Best Hank book yet!
I can’t tell you how many times I laughed out loud. I’ve listened to all of the Hank books. Some were hits, some were misses. This one was a hit! It had that twisted, dry, and juvenile sense of humor that I have come to love. Author plus narrator = excellence!
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- Tag
- 22-09-22
Liam Owen is perfect for playing Hank.
Liam Owen is perfect for playing Hank. always a good listen. my wife and I love hard luck hank
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- Sam V
- 13-09-22
I'm a simple man. I see HLH book, I buy HLH book.
I'm a simple man. I see HLH book, I buy HLH book.
Liam Owen narrating this is perfection.
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