This was a fun adventure with a great cast of characters. I'm not familiar with Fable franchise/games to discuss if true to that world-building or gameplay; I was reading because a new release from a favorite author that promised more along the lines of one of my all time favorite series by him, [The Legend of Jig Dragonslayer].

It delivered as promised. Was a perfect start for my first time participation in Dewey's Readathon back in October 2015. (Yes, a very belated review.)

      "It wasn't a real brawl until the bystanders
      started jumping in from the sidelines."

Books based on video games have always been hit or miss with me depending on whether they just read like a game session or game actions/instructions versus had a real story -- this one had story with true heroes despite the humor. No idea if will be a series or not; I hope so unless a series where too many authors are used to have a good continuity.

Microsoft has discontinued the game so not sure what that means to series possibility. ( )

Ich habe Fable nicht gespielt, das Buch war dennoch sehr unterhaltsam. Acht sehr art-typische Helden bekämpfen gut ausgerüstete Hühner. Ahja, und eine mächtige böse Hexe.

Mittendrin ein Redcap, der nur Unfug anstellen will. Das schreibt Hines sehr gut, also werde ich mir seine Goblin Quest mal anschauen müssen.

Ansonsten leichte Unterhaltung, man fliegt nur so durch das Buch. ( )

I always meant to read a Hines book. This was not his world. Instead it was based in a game called fables. Truth be told I have not heard of that game, I am not a gamer (though I do like games) so I cannot say a lot about that. What I do know is that he obviously brings the humour I have heard so much into this story. I so need to read his original works too.

Right. So this is country called Albion, the king is a ghost. The new king is young, and rather foolish. Heroes are not even remembered in legend, but they are back! Yes some folks seem to be born heroes. And they all come to the king's city.

First we have 4 heroes trying to find out why a tavern was set on fire, then they hunt smugglers and redcaps.

4 other heroes goes to a mining town where a witch is killing people. Are these things connected? What is going on in Albion?

Female heroes! Just as kick-ass as the male ones. And no on looks twice at them, I loved that. Winter, Glory, they were all cool. As for the males, well I liked Leach cos he was a freaky thing that liked to dissect things.

These are heroes that are weird, who thinks only of saving people, who is not all that nice underneath. All heroes saving the world their way.

The humour was the best thing. It was always there, it was never in your face. A funny fantasy book. ( )

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