The Dark Lords Handbook, Paul Dale
The Dark Lords Handbook, Paul Dale
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The Dark Lord's Handbook

Author: Paul Dale

Narrator: Gildart Jackson

Unabridged: 13 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/04/2014

Categories: Fiction, Humorous, Fantasy


Synopsis

To become a Dark Lord is no easy thing. The simple ambition to hold dominion over the world and bend all to your will sounds straightforward, but it's not. There are armies to raise, fortresses to build, heroes to defeat, and battles to be fought.

After many spectacular failures, Evil decided to lend more than inspiration to these would-be tyrants. He wrote an easy-to-follow Dark Lord's Handbook. And yet the next Dark Lord that came along screwed up like all the others.

It had been hundreds of years, and the Handbook was lost in the annals of time, along with all that was mythic and exciting in the world. Then one day, a randy dragon had a chance encounter. Nine months later a Dark Lord was born. In time, the Handbook found its way to this new contender: Morden.

About Paul Dale

Paul Dale is the author of Il Libro Segreto del Signore Oscuro. He has a degree in physics from Bath University and a master's degree in creative writing from Bath Spa University. When he's not writing, he's cycling, which means he doesn't get much writing done. Paul lives in Bath, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mia on May 10, 2012

I really enjoyed this book. It was a lot of fun, which is certainly what a description like the above promised that it would be. The extended description reminded me of a line from "The Princess Bride" which is among the annals of legend for late twenty-something geeks everywhere, and thus drew me r......more

Goodreads review by Tanabrus on May 13, 2018

Divertente e ironico, questo libro gioca con i vari luoghi comuni del genere fantastico incentrati su due figure cardine di questi libri: il Signore Oscuro che raduna le forze del male per governare il mondo, e l'Eroe che gli si contrappone e, sopravvivendo a tutti gli attacchi del nemico, alla fine......more

Goodreads review by RuthAnn on December 11, 2012

Really 4.5 stars. Everything about this was fresh and original. Imagine for a moment you're at the pub with the lads. One of the boys mentions that TNT (or the British equivalent, what have you) is showing the Lord of the Rings trilogy start to finish this weekend. The conversation progresses and lea......more

Goodreads review by Terry on February 23, 2022

Fun take on fantasy tropes and cliches with enough new flavors to keep things interesting.......more