Breakaways: Volume I - Extended Edition

Extended EditionThe full audiobook version, narrated by Richie Billing4x pieces of monster artwork by Thea MagerandBonus: Benzan's Guide To Monster HuntingTHE WITCHER MEETS TERRY PRATCHETTBenzan has finally escaped the shadow of Marteus, the celebrated monster hunter who for years treated him like dirt. Determined to prove he can lead, he assembles a crew of his own: Hylda, a scarred warrior with a vicious temper; Lukas, a trapper who releases more creatures than he catches; and Dudley, an overconfident crossbowman whose mouth is often faster than his aim.Their first contract should be straightforward: kill a drake and collect the bounty. Instead, one terrible plan leaves the newly formed Breakaways fighting for their lives. From there, it's one blunder after another.A secretive stranger and a job that isn't what it seems soon pull the crew into goblin-infested caves, dangerous swamplands, and a chain of threats far beyond their experience. Every blunder risks proving Marteus right and getting one of them killed.Yet as the danger grows, so does their refusal to leave one another behind. The Breakaways may not be the heroes anyone would choose, but they could become the crew each of them needs.Dark fantasy with bite, humour and heartThe Breakaways: Volume I combines the peril and monster-hunting appeal of The Witcher with the sharp, character-led humour associated with Terry Pratchett. Readers who enjoy the chaotic adventuring parties of Kings of the Wyld and Dungeons and Dragons will find a similarly ragtag group here, but the Breakaways are younger, less accomplished and prone to a screw-up.The novel delivers the tropes fantasy readers love right now: found family, a reluctant leader, a dysfunctional adventuring party, rival hunters, deadly quests and gallows humour. At the same time, it gives monsters real menace, and fatal consequences to those who cross them unprepared.