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Rise of the Shadow Rogue

By: Mike Truk
Narrated by: Ryan West
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Betrayal cuts deepest when someone you love wields the knife.

For Kellik, a once-rising star of Port Gloom's guild of thieves, it also leaves him floating in the bay, bleeding out and without hope or allies. Saved by an urchin and healed by a disgraced saint, Kellick is consumed by a single desire: to find out why his guild master ordered him cut down moments after passing his initiation trial.

Burning with injustice, Kellik recruits a number of gorgeous rogues to his side: fallen assassins, dark elf witches, and unnervingly polite necromancers. Together they journey through the shadowy underbelly of Port Gloom in pursuit of bloody revenge, daring to face impossible odds and uncover the grim truth: not only the reason for the guild's unnatural monopoly on crime, but why his guild master might have been justified in ordering his death after all.

Warning and minor spoilers: Rise of the Shadow Rogue is an 18+ audiobook intended for mature listeners. It contains graphic sex, medieval violence, and nudity. People swear, betray their loved ones, set each other on fire, seduce each other, and are scared witless by abysmal horrors. Most importantly, you'll meet gorgeous, powerful women, some capable of twisting the very fabric of fate, others of tearing a man in half with their bare hands. All are willing to enter unconventional, polyamorous harem relationships if it means helping Kellik achieve justice, and with this many powerful women on his side, he just might stand a chance.

©2019 Mike Truk (P)2019 Audible, Inc.
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Excellent - Can’t wait for book 2...

Enjoyed Mike’s other audio book, but this series has surpassed it and I can’t wait to listen to the next when its release in audio.

Excellent narrative brings all of the characters to life.

I highly recommend adding to your Wish List

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fantastic story

The whole story is so good from start to finish! only thing I will say is some sex scenes that pop up are very very descriptive so be careful who you listen to this with

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Harem

Performance. Starts off stilted in a somewhat frustrating manner, but once you get used to it, you do appreciate it as it is a fast-paced story and the little breaks give you time to keep up when the reader speeds up. especially if listening whilst being productive.
The story is great. My only problem is I tend to read at home and listen to audiobooks whilst working, so the rather large quantity of sex is uncomfortable, made more so by me being out in public. and the ever increasing quantity as the books progress.

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Amazing

Omg this book though a little slow at some times was brilliant and I am eagerly anticipating the next book

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very talented author

it took me a little while to get into it but loved it. cant wait for mote

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Xes in the city.

Just a forewarning, every encounter/story beat is punctuated by 'meeting' a hot fantasy girl. While not all of them end in xes the story revolves around collecting them as a fighting force to take down his former gang. The story serves as a back drop to make this happen and to give an excuse for the MCs growing strength.

The city has an interest in treating magical girls as a commodity and the MC has a change of heart, allowing him swoop on by and take all the girls for himself. Each of these encounters is contrived and lack stakes considering how central the MC is to the story. The story has a lack of notable enemies despite the story being centered around revenge. The ending would amount to a CGI boss battle.

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An ok story hides behind all the gratuitous sex

This reads as the book i would have written back in my college D&D playing days. I was aware it would be awful and would just read as my personal fantasy list of hot female cliche characters to "bang". The author had no such self awareness, and so, we have this book.

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