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Wendigo Fever

Warden, Book 1

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Part lawman, part tracker and part magician, the Wardens are monster-hunters - tasked with protecting the people from the various, nightmarish creatures that have invaded the world of men. However, despite being descended from a long line of Wardens, 16-year-old Errol Magnus believes it to be the absolute worst job on the planet: How could a single occupation simultaneously be the most boring, abominably stupid, and extraordinarily dangerous profession imaginable?

But when his older brother Tom - the current Warden for their region - goes missing, Errol has no choice but to enter the Badlands, where monsters abide in mind-boggling numbers, to find him. During his search, Errol crosses paths with - and finds himself stalked by - the legendary Wendigo, a monster with preternatural strength and speed, as well as enhanced senses of sight, smell and hearing...and an insatiable hunger for human flesh.

Now Errol must do the impossible and not only escape from the monster (something no one has ever done before), but also avoid the unearthly legacy it leaves on all its victims - a terrifying curse known as Wendigo Fever.

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I loved the book. it was a great story, details, and narrator. I can't wait for more adventures!

so good

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This book is a fun read. A young man who works with his brother as a Warden to control supernatural beings but dreams of moving to the city. He is thrust into a new reality when his brother vanishes and he is required to track a monster to protect his neighbors and himself.

This is a first person telling. The story is interesting and at times amusing. The young man must develop determination and understanding to survive.

The narrator did a very good job with this material.

This book was provided free of charge and this review was freely and willingly done.

Coming of age with monsters

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This is quite a different book for me to listen too, I normally choose murder mysteries but I enjoyed the author's Kid Sensation series and this series is read by the same narrator. Two big plusses for giving this series ago. Glad I did, I really enjoyed it. I loved the way the author left little clues as to how the story was going to unfold but there were small enough that you didn't actually see them coming, until they were explained.
Wardens protect the world from what we're once only thought of as mythical creatures and monsters but who protect the wardens. This is the question being faced by 16 year old Errol when his older brother goes missing. Not able to sit and do nothing when the villagers demand he steps up and takes his brothers place. It is not long before he is having to travel to the one place he never really wanted to go, the bad lands where the worst of the worst monsters live. Relying on just few a weapons, some magic and the knowledge past down to him from his brother he must out wit a very dangerous foe to stay alive.
I really enjoyed this book and started book two as soon as it was finished.
The narrator is just a pleasure to listen too.

Scary world makes for Great story

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I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

This is a short novel that begins the Warden series. A Warden is somebody who takes care of their local town and protects it from creatures, like the titular wendigo. Errol, the apprentice to his brother who is the town Warden, is thrust into the role that he doesn't want after his brother goes missing. Accompanied by a girl from the town, they set off to discover what happened to his brother.

I liked the premise of this book. I love the idea of there being Wardens. And I thought that the interaction between the two main characters was pretty good. But the book itself just didn't grab me.

Short

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This has everything you need - good guys versus bad guys, a sub-plot and a reasonably suspense-filled climax. I kinda enjoyed it but felt it should have been allowed to develop over a longer story.

Straight on to Book 2 in the Series ...

It's very short

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