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Gildart Jackson
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By:
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Paul Dale
About this listen
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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- Owen
- 22-12-14
An unexpectedly good read
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
The book grows from the same ground as Terry Pratchett, Tom Holt and Robert Asprin and balances dry humour with a solid story.
What does Gildart Jackson bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
The reading is superlative and complements the text well.
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- Susan
- 23-03-15
Great fun
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I thought this would be a predictable rip off of similar amusing fantasy novels. But it wasn't at all. A delightfully amusing diversion. The story of Morden, who's career choice is being a dark lord. Made me laugh and kept me thoroughly entertained.
What other book might you compare The Dark Lord's Handbook to, and why?
Terry Pratchet....
Have you listened to any of Gildart Jackson’s other performances? How does this one compare?
Yes I have...he does comedic narration very well. Good array of charachters
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Cant say that with out giving the story away
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Well worth a credit. Good story and good narration and great entertainment value. There is a second book which I hope audible brings out.
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- Owen Jones
- 05-12-17
performance great , Story kind of basic
performance was great made the whole thing enjoyable , Story kind of basic needed a bit more
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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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