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The Fifth Place #4
Taidan
‘I don’t want to be a good f**kin human being. I want to survive.’
After the perilous events of VOLSYNG, a badly wounded Jay Wulf leads his friends Alexia Slade and Vrowd Volsyng back to the Westlands. To recover – and to find his father and hold him to account for Jay's abusive childhood.
Tormented by hallucinations, anger and trauma, and trying to get back the strength he's lost, Jay and his allies must brave the volcanic, desolate lands of Rath, for a reunion Jay is dreading as much as he is needing...
Yet unbeknownst to our antiheroes, they have someone else on their trail. A prodigiously skilled bounty hunter known only as the Ghost, he will be the most lethal opponent they have ever faced, and has no qualms about killing everyone in sight to get to them – in fact, he takes pleasure in it . . .
The Fifth Place is about the universe under mysterious control, and the group of antiheroic misfits determined to survive it and be free no matter what comes. Ideal for fans of Stephen King's The Dark Tower books, Garth Ennis’s Preacher comics, Joe Abercrombie, and the Farscape TV series, The Fifth Place is for those who want a pull-no-punches adult series merging western, sci-fi, gritty fantasy, dystopian, adventure and horror genres, with a diverse, irreverent and tragically flawed cast of characters to root for against all odds.
After the perilous events of VOLSYNG, a badly wounded Jay Wulf leads his friends Alexia Slade and Vrowd Volsyng back to the Westlands. To recover – and to find his father and hold him to account for Jay's abusive childhood.
Tormented by hallucinations, anger and trauma, and trying to get back the strength he's lost, Jay and his allies must brave the volcanic, desolate lands of Rath, for a reunion Jay is dreading as much as he is needing...
Yet unbeknownst to our antiheroes, they have someone else on their trail. A prodigiously skilled bounty hunter known only as the Ghost, he will be the most lethal opponent they have ever faced, and has no qualms about killing everyone in sight to get to them – in fact, he takes pleasure in it . . .
The Fifth Place is about the universe under mysterious control, and the group of antiheroic misfits determined to survive it and be free no matter what comes. Ideal for fans of Stephen King's The Dark Tower books, Garth Ennis’s Preacher comics, Joe Abercrombie, and the Farscape TV series, The Fifth Place is for those who want a pull-no-punches adult series merging western, sci-fi, gritty fantasy, dystopian, adventure and horror genres, with a diverse, irreverent and tragically flawed cast of characters to root for against all odds.
331 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 10, 2020
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Set Sytes
34 books61 followersAuthor and purveyor of all things fantastical, dark and weird.
Please don't feed him onions.
Please don't feed him onions.
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May 28, 2021
Finally, a return to the Westlands! Not that I didn't enjoy Wulf and gang's adventures in the wider world, but I've been missing the feel of the story from the first volume, and this one did not disappoint. Even the harsh landscape of Rath felt preferable to the warrens of the outside world, or the totalitarianisms of Dale.
Sytes is also showcasing here just how much the flow of his stories have improved since the first book, and everything from the omnipresent threat of the Ghost to the building and shifting relationships between the characters felt smooth and natural. This is a world that one can get lost in. It's characters, setting, and plot are harmonious, really deserve far more attention than they've been getting.
Taidan stands perfectly fine on its own, but also the foundation that it lays for the next book Dancer should not be taken lightly, and I'm already quivering with anticipation to sink my claws into it.
Sytes is also showcasing here just how much the flow of his stories have improved since the first book, and everything from the omnipresent threat of the Ghost to the building and shifting relationships between the characters felt smooth and natural. This is a world that one can get lost in. It's characters, setting, and plot are harmonious, really deserve far more attention than they've been getting.
Taidan stands perfectly fine on its own, but also the foundation that it lays for the next book Dancer should not be taken lightly, and I'm already quivering with anticipation to sink my claws into it.
October 4, 2020
Back in the saddle again!
Driven back to their favourite watering hole once more, a reckoning is coming forth. Follow the band down the dusty trail where the strays wander. Old hands now with trials and tribulations to ponder. Lawman and Outlaws together apart and the same. Wherein you'll discover a new chapter in a high-stakes game.
You come this far and you'll be glad you did.
"I’m tired of running around looking for answers to questions that I already know
I could build me a castle of memories just to have somewhere to go
Count the days and the nights that it takes to get back in the saddle again
Feed the pigeons some clay,
Turn the night into day
And start talking again when I know what to say"
Blaze Foley
Driven back to their favourite watering hole once more, a reckoning is coming forth. Follow the band down the dusty trail where the strays wander. Old hands now with trials and tribulations to ponder. Lawman and Outlaws together apart and the same. Wherein you'll discover a new chapter in a high-stakes game.
You come this far and you'll be glad you did.
"I’m tired of running around looking for answers to questions that I already know
I could build me a castle of memories just to have somewhere to go
Count the days and the nights that it takes to get back in the saddle again
Feed the pigeons some clay,
Turn the night into day
And start talking again when I know what to say"
Blaze Foley
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