The Mad Lancers

A Powder Mage Novella

By: Brian McClellan

Narrated by: Julie Hoverson

In the colonial cities and towns of Fatrasta, peace has never been easy. Immigrants fight amongst themselves or turn on the native population, while the governing power of the Kez Army steps in only to enforce the will of apathetic local governors assigned by a distant crown.

Young war hero Ben Styke commands a colonial garrison in a sleepy frontier suburb. When the governor's cruel brother stops for the night, rising continental tensions force Styke to protect the people of his town in a brutal escalation that threatens to destroy everything and everyone he has fought for.

Occurs 12 years before the events in Sins of Empire.

©2017 Brian McClellan (P)2017 Brian McClellan

The narrator was awful

The narrator was so bad I almost didn't listen but I'm invested in this trilogy and wanted to hear this story. This is the first book I've ever had to speed up the narration to try to get through the story.

Good book. Terrible narrator

The story was fine. I will actively avoid listening to this narrator ever again.

great book

it was a great story. the onlt real negative was I wanted it to be longer! wish they had the same narrator for the other Brian McClellan powder mage trilogy and Gods of Blood and Powder trilogy.

Great Backstory

Really enjoyed this Mad Lancers origin story. Author has a -knack- for telling a harrowing tale without drifting into the macabre or reveling in depictions of suffering. Makes his books enjoyable rather than traumatic.

Mad Lancers, Madder Major

Another great entry in the powdermage world! The short novela doesn't skip on the action but more importantly gives plunges you headfirst into a complex continent and has you crying for revolution in minutes.