The Wastes

Underdog Series, Book 2

By: Alexey Osadchuk, Andrew Douglas Schmitt - Translated

Narrated by: Derek Shoales

Eric has survived where people much stronger than him have found their deaths. And not just that: He's managed to activate his magic supply, tame one of the most dangerous dungeon monsters, find the ancient city of monster hunters, and rescue Jay, the girl abandoned by the scouts in Gulper's lair.

He left the Dungeons of the Crooked Mountains behind him. Now his path leads him to Orchus, where our freshly-minted mage intends to finally free himself of his debt-repayment oath.

But as soon as Eric and Jay descend into the valley, they discover that the local barons have been attacked by young Corwin's men who have swept through their neighbors' estates, pillaging and plundering.

This makes Eric's task all the more difficult: he has to return to his home city without ending up in his enemies' clutches. You'd think his natural cautiousness and the acute instincts of his pet Gorgie would make this journey a walk in the park - but fickle Lady Luck has her own ideas.... Once again Eric is being pulled into a bloody vortex of dangers.

©2019 Alexey Osadchuk; English translation copyright 2019 by Andrew Schmitt (P)2020 Tantor

Different type of story

This was included free in membership. I would honestly never spend a credit to get an 8 hour book, but since it was free I listened to it. I do really like it and it was interesting. The main character is unique and I have not encountered a main with his certain problem. I would suggest this if it is free, but not long enough to warrant a credit imo.

The great underdog story continues.

I think what I love about Alexey's stories the most, is that they mostly don't turn into a huge clan/raid managing story, just the main character and a few supporting characters. He keeps the battles short an exciting and focuses on the characters interaction and story instead of describing RPG combat numbers and such. The Narration was good but personally I didn't like Mii's voice.

Amazing

Amazing I love this story every chapter just keeps getting better. Thai is definitely one of my new favorite books.

Great continuation

Man, this book threw me for a loop at a few points. I kept wondering what's next the whole way though. Can't wait to see where the next book goes, considering the ending here.

Everything’s great, I only feel like venting about one thing

As I said, I really enjoy it and will look forward to the rest of the series.

That said, I only have one thing I feel like venting about. This is all just one dummy’s opinion btw. Maybe it’s some writing technique to describe events more fully/give more context, but Rick (Ric?) gets lost in thought far too often. More often than not he just zones out in the middle of events to ‘contemplate/analyze the positives and negatives/consider eventualities and possibilities, etc’. His allies are constantly snapping him out of his own thoughts. It’s a silly complaint, but to me the flow of events is significantly more important in storytelling than making sure the reader knows literally everything there is to be thought about what the protagonist is experiencing. Thats all I had to say.