Son of a Liche - Orreadi

Paperback, 604 pages

Published May 21, 2018 by ‎ Gnomish Press LLC.

ISBN:: 978-0-9908596-4-2
ASIN:: B07BJLMZ5W

(2 reviews)

A doubly disgraced dwarven hero. A band of accident-prone adventurers. Giving redemption a second shot may have been a grave mistake…

Still bruised and heartbroken from their last calamitous quest, Gorm Ingerson and his band of washed-up heroes try to make amends for the Orcs they accidentally betrayed. But justice is put on hold when an old foe marches to the city gates. Gorm is horrified to discover a liche pitching the frightened city-dwellers on the merits of the undead lifestyle… at the head of a corpse army.

To save the city from high-pressure sales tactics and an inevitable siege, the Dwarf warrior and his misfit band hatch a harebrained scheme that lands them at the top of the king’s kill list. With death and dark magic on his heels, Gorm must craft his own pitch to round up the troops and put the undead snake-oil salesman and his army …

A doubly disgraced dwarven hero. A band of accident-prone adventurers. Giving redemption a second shot may have been a grave mistake…

Still bruised and heartbroken from their last calamitous quest, Gorm Ingerson and his band of washed-up heroes try to make amends for the Orcs they accidentally betrayed. But justice is put on hold when an old foe marches to the city gates. Gorm is horrified to discover a liche pitching the frightened city-dwellers on the merits of the undead lifestyle… at the head of a corpse army.

To save the city from high-pressure sales tactics and an inevitable siege, the Dwarf warrior and his misfit band hatch a harebrained scheme that lands them at the top of the king’s kill list. With death and dark magic on his heels, Gorm must craft his own pitch to round up the troops and put the undead snake-oil salesman and his army of pushers permanently out of business.

Son of a Liche is the second book in The Dark Profit Saga, a trilogy of humorous epic fantasy novels. If you like rib-tickling shenanigans, second-rate heroes, and imaginative new takes on tired tropes, then you’ll love J. Zachary Pike’s hilarious blend of finance and high fantasy.

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Frank Burns reviewed Son of a Liche by J. Zachary Pike (The Dark Profit Saga, #2)

Bought and started the second one straight after the first, need I say more?

4 stars

Again, quality entertainment was had. To be fair, this is a second book in a series and suffers from some of the usual pitfalls therein. It is a little slow to get going but once it does it heads of to a nicely satisfying conclusion. Perhaps less of the humour and comparisons to Pratchett, Holt et al this time which may have contributed to it being a little slower to get started. I am still thumping down a recommend though.

Huey

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Feb. 20, 2023