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Kings of the Wyld

The Band, Book 1

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Kings of the Wyld

By: Nicholas Eames
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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'A fantastic read, a rollicking, page-turning, edge-of-your-seat road-trip of a book' - John Gwynne, author of Shadow of the Gods

Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best - the meanest, dirtiest, most feared and admired crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld.

But their glory days are long past; the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk - or a combination of the three. Then a former bandmate turns up at Clay's door with a plea for help: his daughter Rose is trapped in a city besieged by an enemy horde one hundred thousand strong and hungry for blood. Rescuing Rose is the kind of impossible mission that only the very brave or the very stupid would sign up for.

It's time to get the band back together for one last tour across the Wyld.

'Every avid fantasy reader, pay attention and let me do you a favour. Make sure you read this book no matter what. As of now, I'm calling Kings of the Wyld one of the best fantasy debuts of all time' Novel Notions

'Every single word is bloody brilliant . . . 11 out of 10' Fantasy Hive

LOOK OUT FOR BLOODY ROSE, THE SECOND BOOK IN THE BAND SERIES©2017 Nicholas Eames (P)2017 Little Brown Book Group
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Critic Reviews

"An outstanding debut which will make you laugh and cry and hold your breath. This is a book that has it all." (K. J. Parker)

"A fantastic read, a rollicking, page-turning, edge-of-your-seat road-trip of a book." (John Gwynne)

"Could very well be the debut of the year." (Fantasy Book Review)

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Tough as nails are the Kings of the Wyld

I only brought this book because Jeff Harding was the narrator, I think Jeff could even make a bad book sound book. I really enjoyed this story, lots was Witt an humor, filled with fantasy characters an lots of action.

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Outstanding Story and Narration!

I loved everything about this book. A fantastic fantasy story with well fleshed out characters who you root for til the very end, the comedic spin and exciting set pieces made this a joy to read. One of my new favourites.

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Great fun story

I only listened to this because I love Jeff Harding narrations but ended up loving this great rollicking adventure. Great humour in it also. It really is worth a listen if you like a fast fun story.

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Awesome

Great story, very well read, full of action but still very funny! recommend to all.

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The heavy metal of fantasy

great book, very different to my usual read fealt like a heavy metal version of a standard fantasy book

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Easy book to listen to.

Not the most complex of stories, nor very unpredictable.. still though very enjoyable.
It’s a nice “in between” book to give you a break from more heavy stories.

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hilarious! great story. great characters, what's missing at the beginning is some good female characters, also, there is too much misogyny, but, the story, comedy and adventure makes up for it. there is a few stereotypical characters but they get deeper as the adventure continues. It is a profound look into how different men communicate, think and see their world.

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Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames is a book that at times is a bit slow but nontheless still keeps you immersed.

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Fantastic!

One of my favourite authors Mark Tufo mentioned he was reading Kings of the Wyld. I thought I'd see what it was like.
Nicholas Eames you have a new fan. Jeff Harding is a great narrator. Laughed out loud in parts.
The battle scenes were enthralling. Great book. Had every supernatural creature and then some.

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A really fun story with great moments.

This story was great. I did struggle in tje beginning with Jeff Harding's narration, there was nothing wrong with, far from it infact, i was just so used to him being the voice of Jack Reacher. But once I got past that he was a great fit for the story and characters. I was already downloading the next book before i was half way through. I was laughing out loud a lot listening to this book. I thoroughly recommend it to anyone who loves fantasy and especially if you've ever played D&D.

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