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Cricket

Name: Cricket
Rating: 4.82 (52 reviews)
Author: Scoates

Scoates

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Synopsis

The dark, damp, rat-infested underworld is no place for a human slave. Fortunately, Cricket is not human. He’s a five-foot-tall insect—six if you count his antennae, and he insists that you do. He has a shiny black shell, ADHD, and a winning smile.

After all, nothing improves forced servitude like a positive attitude!

With his fellow slaves—an amiable dryad from the surface, a sour necromancer cephalopod, and a host of ratlings and lizardmen—Cricket develops a knack for combat as he assassinates rivals and hunts down deserters.

Despite his love for a good fight, however, Cricket resents furthering the agenda of a corrupt and waning empire.

When he uncovers a plot to overthrow that empire, he must decide whether his home is worth defending!

What to Expect:

-Progression High Fantasy with a Dungeons and Dragons feel

-Fun banter with clean fight scenes

-A neuro-divergent, non-human protagonist

-Depictions of slavery, violence, and racism toward non-humans

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