Free Lancers

Self-Published

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Description

Roaming the Free Kingdoms seeking contracts to fight wars and monsters in the name of coin and glory, the Free Lancers are knights without a home. Sir Jon the Younger, along with his Lancer troupe, seeks to prove himself the equal of his famous father and prove that even a half-breed bastard can rise to greatness fighting the Wylde, the conquering Empire, and all manner of monsters.

A Knight's Tale meets Game of Thrones in this ongoing story, released 1k words at a time, twice a day.

Information

Status
Hiatus
Year
2022
Author
Gerald von Kahr

Tags

ACTIONFANTASYADVENTUREMAGICSTRONG LEADMALE LEADWAR AND MILITARYGRIMDARKHIGH FANTASYSTRATEGY

Royal Road Stats

Rating
4.6/ 5.0
Followers
13
Views
4,280

Chapters(16 total)

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Community Reviews(1)

  • aghastRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Technically, this is excellent work. All the technical and structural bits are done right - spelling, grammar, multiple POVs, chapters/sections, etc.
    I'm writing this at only chapter 16, so I won't bother trying to talk about character development or consistency or story evolution.
    The worldbuilding seems pretty good, but we haven't seen nearly enough of it yet. We know there are some non-human races, and apparently some magic, but the focus of the story appears to be on a non-magical MC and his similarly non-magical party.
    I was really mad when I hit the end of the posted chapters. It is right at the end of the first battle and there is a good rhythm set up, so running out of words is infuriating. It made me so mad I had to write this review!
    Since this is RR, I'll point out the following:
    * This is a "gritty" fantasy, and may turn into "dark fantasy." So far, it bears a lot of similarities to the "Black Company" deadtree novels. There is the notion of mercenaries with a code of professional behavior but not honor, per se, and the idea that an individual's past doesn't matter, just the current contract.
    * This is not gamelit/litrpg/progression/xianxia, so ... there goes 90% of RR readers :-|.
    I'm optimistic about this story. I hope there are 100 more chapters just as good as these first few.