The Goblin Corps

The Few, the Proud, the Obscene

By: Ari Marmell

Narrated by: James Fouhey

Welcome to the Goblin Corps. May the best man lose.

Morthûl, the dreaded Charnel King, has failed. Centuries of plotting from the heart of the Iron Keep, deep within the dark lands of Kirol Syrreth—all for naught. Foiled at the last by the bumbling efforts of a laughable band of so-called heroes. Still, after uncounted centuries of survival, the Dark Lord isn’t about to go down without a fight, particularly in battle against a mortal! No, the Charnel King still has a few tricks up his putrid and tattered sleeves, and the only thing that can defeat him now may just be the inhuman soldiers on whom he’s pinned his last hopes.

©2011 Ari Marmell (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing

Absolutely loved it.

The characters were entertaining and the story kept me interested. The narrator did amazing on changing up voices and it seemed as if they had fun with the read as well.

The Antihero’s Journey

This book was a lot of fun.

Pros: Has a great time playing with genre tropes, funny, tongue-in-cheek

Cons: Very episodic (clearly a novelization of a D&D campaign), some fairly gruesome and grim moments (nothing compared to George RR Martin, though)

The narration was pretty good, though I did not care for the constant slurping of the troll’s voice. The narrator is also a pretty slow reader, I listened to it on 1.2x speed.

Different in a good way.

The plot is awesome and different. Imagine Lord of the rings or warhammer but from the orcs point of view. it's a little dark but hilarious the entire time. my only issue is the narrator, some voices like the main teams voice are perfect but the secondary or back ground characters voices are very similar and can get you confused. the main evil guy sounds like Jim Carrey's Grinch but that actually made it funnier for me. overall 4/5. remember grandpa was an orge and grandma was hollow.

Great story!

I hated that it ended! This was hard to put down. I enthusiastically bought into the characters. This is well worth the credit. Treat yourself and don't wait for a sale.

Lots of depth,dissapointing ending

This one was looooong. But I got into it. I was fully invested in the characters. so much so that when the inevitable casualties occurred I felt it. Then the ending came and I was sorely disappointed.

James Fouhey gave a masterful performance.