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Hell to Pay

Ascend Online, Book 3

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Hell to Pay

By: Luke Chmilenko
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
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About this listen

A side novel set in the same world as the bestselling Ascend Online series that takes place between Ascend Online and Legacy of the Fallen, and follows a different cast of characters.

Sometimes, just being a hero isn't an option. Sometimes, you just need to get the job done.

Lazarus Cain is a member of the Grim Shadows, one of the Thieves Guilds in the city of Eberia. Unfortunately, Lazarus is having a bad day. Waking up in a torture chamber, suffering from amnesia, he'd be pretty much screwed if not for the mysterious, magical sigil burned into his chest.

Sometimes a really bad day should be shared with others, especially professional torturers.

Lazarus will need to use all his cunning and skill to work with his comrades, uncovering schemes within schemes, discovering that The Grim Shadows are not the only Thieves Guild in the city mired in conflict. What's more, the leaders of the other guilds, the Thief Lords, don't respond well to treachery...

©2017 Luke Chmilenko (P)2017 Podium Publishing Action & Adventure Dark Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Thief LitRPG

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Not as long as the first book in the series but still a great book.

Great book

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really enjoyed these RPG book, sometimes a little long on stats but great story arch, well recommend

I need the rest of this story!!!

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set a couple of weeks after release of ascend online this book provides a different view on the world established in the first book.
I was only disappointed that the book was not as long as the first and it left me hungey for more!

An excellent side story

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doesn't disappoint, can't wait for book 3 and hopefully a return to the adventurers in book 1

doesn't disappoint.....

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Having loved book 1 I was sad that book 2 wasn’t a continuation. While very well read, the total change of cast was a struggle from the same reader.
However, I got into it and enjoyed enough to have bought 3 and preordered 4... so it can’t be that bad!
I like the gaming references, though less strategising than in the first book.

Disappointed but good

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