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The Free Bastards

The Lot Lands, Book 3

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The long-awaited war has come in the sweeping conclusion to the Lot Lands trilogy, which began with Jonathan French's critically acclaimed debut The Grey Bastards.

War has come to the Lot Lands - and Oats stands upon the front line. The formidable armies on the horizon are bolstered by divine champions, dread sorcerers and gunpowder. But Oats has won impossible fights before. He's a thriceblood, after all, more orc than man. And he hasn't forgotten how to kill. He'll stack the bodies high for his chief and his brethren, if that's the price of freeing the Lots from human tyranny.

Besides, the invading forces are getting a damned sight more than they bargained for. They're not facing a handful of half-orc hoofs, but a true army - one forged from all the peoples of the Lots. At its head are Fetching, in full command of the ruinous power that runs through her veins, and Jackal, armed with the blessings of a dead god.

Brimming with epic battles, surprising sorcery and fiendish twists, The Free Bastards is the rousing final instalment to the Lot Lands trilogy that began with Jonathan French's vastly popular debut, The Grey Bastards.

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Critic reviews

"The long-awaited war has come in the sweeping conclusion to the Lot Lands trilogy - another irresistibly swashbuckling, swaggering, foul-mouthed fantasy from the author of The Grey Bastards." (The Wall Street Journal)

"One of the most original fantasy sagas to come along in years." (Kirkus)
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If you loved Angus Watson’s “You die when you Die”, you’ll love this. Plot, characters, humour, pathos. It’s all there. I loved the unusual take on familiar themes and the 3 different perspectives. Recommended.

Not your standard sword and sorcery.

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There were good moments of sorrow, and happiness at the end.

would recommend reading all, the "True Bastards" wasn't a favourite, the ending in "Free Bastards" made sense, on how things changed and it even brought up some old memories from the "Grey Bastards"

I wish there is another series about the chronicles of Jackal, as he tries to find Crafty.

I wanted to learn more about Fuktos.

Well fleshed out and realised world.

some parts I wish were done better, the little show off part of some individual bringing another person down would have been more tactful. I am trying not to spoil it.

But all in all an 8 out of 10 for this book. Grey Bastards was a solid 10

It was good

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A decent follow up that doesn't quite hit the punch originality of the first 2 books but is still a good read if you enjoyed the series thus far.

Enjoyable adventure story

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Damn what a conclusion to a fantastic series, an absolute awesome read thats fun, action packed, a vulgar hilarious tale will have you enthralled from start to finish. The third book The Free Bastards has character building that you will truly love with great depth to them. The camaraderie between the three main protagonists is brilliant. The plot and setting is excellent and in this book it has one of the most epic battles when centaurs blood curdling thirst for killing when the blood moon rises will take your breathaway. You will and laugh and cry when your favourite characters have to fight for their very survival against the frails to keep their homes known as the Lot Lands. When war finally comes to ahead between the Lots and Hisparta, The half orc mongrels must unite with some outside help to try and overcome the might of the bluebloods. There will be losses, but can they be finally free from tyranny. Read to find out, I promise you will not regret it. The narrator Will Damron gives an excellent preformence, highly recommended. LIVE IN THE SADDLE, DIE ON THE Hog.....😁💥🐗🐗🐗

Truly Epic.

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I listen while I work and really enjoyed this, some really interesting little twists that I have never heard before.

easy listen and not run of the mill fancy.

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