The Grey Bastards (The Lot Lands, #1)

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LIVE IN THE SADDLE DIE ON THE HOG Such is the creed of the half orcs dwelling in the Lot Lands Sworn to hardened brotherhoods known as hoofs, these former slaves patrol their unforgiving country astride massive swine bred for war They are all that stand between the decadent heart of noble Hispartha and marauding bands of full blood orcs Jackal rides with the Grey Bastards, one of eight hoofs that have survived the harsh embrace of the Lots Young, cunning and ambitious, he schemes to unseat the increasingly tyrannical founder of the Bastards, a plague ridden warlord called the Claymaster Supporting Jackal s dangerous bid for leadership are Oats, a hulking mongrel with orc than human blood, and Fetching, the only female rider in all the hoofs When the troubling appearance of a foreign sorcerer comes upon the heels of a faceless betrayal, Jackal s plans are thrown into turmoil He finds himself saddled with a captive elf girl whose very presence begins to unravel his alliances With the anarchic blood rite of the Betrayer Moon close at hand, Jackal must decide where his loyalties truly lie, and carve out his place in a world that rewards only the vicious. Download The Grey Bastards (The Lot Lands, #1) – kino-fada.fr Filthily fantastic I never cared about pigs this much, and I m not talking about bacon.The Grey Bastards was the champion of SPFBO Self Published Fantasy Blog Off 2016 and in my opinion, it totally deserved the winning crown and all the praises This review is based on my experience of reading the indie edition which I stumbled upon in my good friend s shared kindle library For those of you who don t know, the self published edition of The Grey Bastards has been removed from sale as of June Filthily fantastic I never cared about pigs this much, and I m not talking about bacon.The Grey Bastards was the champion of SPFBO Self Published Fantasy Blog Off 2016 and in my opinion, it totally deserved the winning crown and all the praises This review is based on my experience of reading the indie edition which I stumbled upon in my good friend s shared kindle library For those of you who don t know, the self published edition of The Grey Bastards has been removed from sale as of June 1st, 2017, and will be re released by Penguin Random House on June 19th, 2018 I hope the cover wi...Note The book has just been withdrawn from sale self published prior to relaunch by a major publisher in 2018 So this is without question the filthiest fantasy book I ve read, beating the former title holder The Grim Company by a factor of ten possibly a hundred The book has elements in common with Jeff Salyard s Scourge of the Betrayer in that much of it concerns the interplay between a small b...Actual rating 4.5 stars.I m sure a lot of you are aware of the following fact but I ll remind you anyway The Grey Bastards is the winner of the SPFBO 2016 and the worthy winner it sure is I was lucky to grab the indie version before the book and its forthcoming sequel were sold to Penguin Random House, because as of June 1, 2017 the book was no longer available for purchase The new edition will be released in 2018 and I can only hope it will have a cover that will rival the badassery of thi Actual rating ...4.5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum fucking loved this book The Grey Bastards went down like a shot of good top shelf tequila warm and smooth, but with one hell of a spicy kick If SPFBO has taught me any lessons, it s that you never know what you re going to get when you pick up a self published novel, but many stars aligned to make this one work immensely well for me It happened to perfectly fit my tastes, for one With a title and cover like that, 4.5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum fucking loved this book The Grey Bastards went down like a shot of good top shelf tequila warm and smooth, but with one hell of a spicy kick If SPFBO has taught me any lessons, it s that you never know what you re going to get when you pick up a self published novel, but many stars aligned to make this one work immensely well for ...Live in the saddleDie on the hog Kerching This is the fantasy payload All the stars for this highly original, foul mouthed story I was surprised by various twists and turns in the plot I loved the world of half orcs, orcs thicks , centaurs horse cocks , elves, halflings, humans frails , magicians and sludge demons yes you read correctly sludge I loved the hogs that the Grey Bastards ride I loved the main charact...4.5 stars The Grey Bastards is a worthy winner of last year s Self Published Fantasy Blog Off An original tale of valour, loyalty and friendship told from the perspective of half breeds between humans and orcs, it was well written and entertaining with loads of vulgarity I am not entirely convinced that this book should be termed grimdark though Sure, there was a lot of crude language in this story that is set mainly within the forsaken badlands of Ul wundulas, the home of the half orcs whos 4.5 stars The Grey Bastards is a worthy winner of l...I have a bone to pick with you, Jonathan French, aka author of The Grey Bastards You, sir, owe me a great many hours of sleep hours that were spent avidly following the grim adventures of Jackal and co.Mr French, the pacing of your novel is truly brilliant Starting with a bang and then racing from conflicts and schemes to plot twists and battles, Bastards is ...Live in the saddle, die on the hog THE GREY BASTARDS have been on my list of things to review for quite some time but I ve been distracted a lot from my reading due to a tidal wave of other good books Still, I never lost my desire to read about half orc calvary fighting against full blooded orcs along the borderlands The excellent art on its front intrigued me as well Which goes to show you you can judge a book by its cover.The premise as mentioned, is half orcs are the unloved former slav Live in the saddle, die on the hog THE GREY BASTARDS have been on my list of things to review for quite some time but I ve been distracted a lot from my reading due to a tidal wave of other good books Still, I never lost my desire to read about half orc calvary fighting against full blooded orcs along the borderlands The excellent art on its front intrigued me as well Which goes to show you you can judge a book by its cover.The premise as mentioned, is half orcs are the unloved former slaves of humanity who have been bequeathed the wretched badlands between their territory Hispathia and full blooded orcs called thicks The half orcs, who live in nomadic clans called hooves, take pride in their role as humanity s defenders Jackal is a prostitute loving young warrior who kills a human nobleman at the start of the book and, after hooking up wit...The Grey Bastards WAS a self published novel, but not any because it s been picked by Penguin Random House and will be properly re released in 2018, which is honestly great news I managed to get a copy before it was pulled offin June, and I m glad I did Anyway, even though it s a self published book, everthing about The Grey Bastards smells professional I mean, check out the cover, it looks awesome, doesn t it And the content is equally ace Some people might consider th...Ever asked yourselves if maybe Tolkien was a bit unjust towards Orcs Ever tried to imagine what was Orcs perspective on humans, elves, wizards and Hobbits Humans race of people which that inept scoundrel Isildur belong to.Elves and wizards race of malicious and cunning meddlers to Great Orc Expansion.And Hobbits Those thousand time cursed Halflings DWell, if you always happen to find yourselves procrastinating to do so,...

The Grey Bastards (The Lot Lands, #1)
  • English
  • 14 February 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 529 pages
  • Jonathan French
  • The Grey Bastards (The Lot Lands, #1)