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Dark Paladin Series, Book 3

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By: Vasily Mahanenko
Narrated by: Kevin Kraft
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The Game is in turmoil. All the players' strength and resources are invested in preparing for Restart: only 20 percent of the players will make it to the next era. Murders are becoming commonplace; bribes and nepotism are at their height. Betrayal is becoming an inherent part of everyday interactions.

The Game has spread its perfidious influence to the farthest corners of the Universe, affecting every sentient being. Will the Dark Judge reach the right verdict? Will he follow the ideals of his class to the end or will he reject them, becoming an ordinary player? Yaropolk must make a fateful choice: he is the Guide. The one who will launch the Restart.

©2018 Vasily Mahanenko, Alexandra Tussing for English translation copyright (P)2018 Tantor Action & Adventure Epic Fantasy
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Ich glaube der Autor hat den Nagel getroffen.
Menschen reagieren auf Betrogungen ihres Lebens mit Verlust jedweder Moral.

The way of Man

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It is a very promising idea but executed in such a bad way that it’s a real shame. The plot has huuuge gaping holes in it. And I hate stupid protagonists (especially stupid, chauvinistic, bipolar russians). Wow what an unrealistic personality. One side a good guy trying to do the right thing. The other side a self-righteous, mass-murdering bastard without a conscience.
Sure, I am sentencing a whore to death as a judge and feel I have to make a case against a jaywalker due to my subconscious requiring me, but I am the good guy who is sacrificing himself for the greater good. Wow. Sorry. That was s huge miss.
I am not sure, if the Shaman series came after, but I hope as it is a big step in the right direction but the way is still long to get over the idiotic preconceptions of the author of how self-centered all people (who deserve to live) act.
Get a grip on reality, you could be great.

Don’t read/listen to this series

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The story has a good basic idea, and it was free. That's it.

The author's idea of life seems to be that of a pubescent teenager. The way women are described I'm almost certain this guy has not stayed in relationships long, if he's ever had one. Women are described as stupid, emotional and irrational almost every time one shows up.

The story is full of deus ex machina moments and convenient chance encounters. The protagonist is the center of the universe, everything revolvers around him.

The narration isn't especially good to begin with and you can hear multiple places where they cut something in mid-sentence.

Chauvinistic and incongruent

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