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Bad Luck Charlie

The Dragon Mage, Book 1

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Bad Luck Charlie

By: Scott Baron
Narrated by: Gary Bennett
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About this listen

Charlie Gault had all the luck. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the good kind.

It was looking like Lady Luck had quite a grudge against him. In fact, at this point merely crashing the multi-billion-dollar ship he had helped design would have felt like winning the lottery compared to his current dilemma. If only he were so lucky. Things had started off all right - that is, until a freak wormhole unexpectedly swallowed his ship, leaving him stranded on an unknown planet far, far from home.

With the crew’s lives at stake, Charlie had no choice but to stop his whining, put on his big boy pants, and step up to save them all, and much to his surprise, it actually looked like he might succeed. Of course, that was when things really went sideways in ways that made merely crashing on an uncharted planet seem like a walk in the park.

Suddenly, faced with alien space pirates, talking dragons, and something that seemed very much like magic, Charlie found himself adrift, feeling like a space age Robinson Crusoe - only his man Friday was a blue-skinned alien, and this wasn't just a desert island. It was a whole new galaxy.

©2019 Scott Baron (P)2019 Scott Baron Action & Adventure Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Steampunk Sword & Sorcery Magic Paranormal Solar System Magic Users

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This is the type of SF books I used to read in the 80s, Not overly taxing but enjoyable and light.

I would say they a would be better aimed at the young adult market.

I liked the narrator and the books get better through the series.

One negative is that the scenes can jump around a little, and feel that they have been edited down from larger text, e.g. some fights start and instantly end as if a dozen paragraphs have been cut out to shorten the book.

Enjoyable series

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Really enjoyed this book, hopefully start of a great series. Looking forward to next installment.

Starting off great. whens the rest due out?

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completely enjoyable, narrator is wonderful. love the mix of science fiction and fantasy, cannot wait to start the next book

a wonderful book

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This book gives a good introduction into the series of Charlie, a series of bad luck balanced with some luck and skill. He has to accept the concept of magic, slavery and more. I would highly recommend this book series. I was surprised how enjoyable this book (and series as I couldn’t stop listening) was. If you like science fiction but also like magic then this is the book for you.

A leap in space and universe

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This is the first book I have read / listened to by Scott Baron and to be honest I really didn't know what to expect as the cover dodnt give a lot away. I went into the book completely blind and was shocked by just how quickly I got caught up in the story. It was completely different to what I thought it would be in a good way. I love the humour within the chapter names and in some sense it reminded me of books such as hitchhiker's guide and discworld. Just the quirky humour contained within. Charlie is such a likeable character and you want him to succeed but he has to be the most luckiest people that has ever existed. Nothing is as expected so many twists and turns . it's just one of those books that has to be experienced first hand. I was given this book by the author/narrator in return for an honest and unbiased review

Nothing is as expected

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