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The Lawless Land

By: Beth Morrison, Boyd Morrison
Narrated by: Mark Elstob
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First in a fast-paced historical adventure series from New York Times best-selling author Boyd Morrison and expert medievalist Beth Morrison.

England, 1351. The Pestilence has ravaged the land. Villages lie abandoned but for crows and corpses. Highways are patrolled by marauders and murderers. In these dark and dangerous times, the wise keep to themselves. But Gerard Fox cannot afford to be wise. The young knight has been robbed of his ancestral home, his family name tarnished. To regain his lands and reputation, he sets forth to petition the one man who can restore them.

Fate places Fox on the wrong road at the wrong time as he hurtles towards a chance encounter. It will entangle him with an enigmatic woman, a relic of incalculable value, and a dark family secret. It will lead him far from home and set him on a collision course with one of the most ambitious and dangerous men in Europe—a man on the cusp of seizing Christendom's highest office. And now, Fox is the only one standing in his way....

©2022 Gordian Fiction LLC and Beth Morrison (P)2022 Head of Zeus Action & Adventure Christian Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Medieval Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Fiction

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Critic reviews

"Fantastic—suspenseful and historically fascinating.... Gerard Fox could be Jack Reacher's ancestor, 700 years ago. Highly recommended!" (Lee Child, number one New York Times best-selling author of Better Off Dead)

"A thoroughly entertaining tale that I found to be exceedingly well told.... A novel full of both authenticity and thrills, and readers are sure to clamor for more from this writing duo." (Mark Greaney, number one New York Times best-selling author of The Gray Man)

"The Lawless Land is a compulsively readable, immersive tale of chivalric adventure and dangerous romance in a war-torn, plague-stricken Europe.... A hugely entertaining historical novel!" (Eric Jager, New York Times best-selling author of The Last Duel)
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I felt that the writers were very keen to show off their historical knowledge, with lots of unnecessary exposition. Worse, the narration was very arch and a bit camp. The voices of the various characters were very distracting so that the story got lost. Even the heroes of the piece sounded like cartoon villains.

Shame about the narrator

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A simplistic tale with a gallant knight, a pretty young maid and dastardly villains who got their just desserts. The narrator could have done 'Allo, 'allo. His accents were comical. I won't be buying any more of this series.

Average adventure tale.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The dynamics between the 2 writers in my opinion really works. looking forward to the sequel.

Good listen

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my goodness the narrative was awful! the character voices made we laugh out loud at times but the story passed the time

predictable but reasonably entertaining

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A captivating story let down by poor narration. The voices of the key characters were poor with poor intonation and the 'foreign accents' were excruciating. Nevertheless, the story was very good.

A captivating story let down by poor narration.

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a great tale that keeps you listening and not wanting to stop. highly recommended entertainment.

excellent story

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The story kept me wanting more as the tale tangled towards a rapturous ending

Excellent story

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An exciting and edge of your seat listen. I'm looking forward to listening to the next book. I'm not au fait about armour or fighting techniques of that time but it felt like the authors had researched it thoroughly. The descriptive passages felt very authentic. The narrator is very good too.

Certainly exciting

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if you are into the 1940s style Robin hood with Eroll Flyn swinging in to slap his thigh then this is the book and reader for you ! Personally the ridiculous cartoonist voices were more than I could handle and I stopped after 10 chapters ..... AWFUL

please make it stop

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