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The Pawns of Havoc

The Envoys of Chaos

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The Pawns of Havoc

By: Dave Lawson
Narrated by: Laurence Stirling Knott
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No Mercy, No Questions Asked.

Cork has quickly made a name for himself among the Kosellan mercenaries, but now his boss has come to him with an unusual job. Cork’s erstwhile countrymen, the Winn, have hired to him to travel into the barren Frozen Lands and destroy a convoy, leaving only one survivor.

Cork isn’t sure he can trust the Winn. He feels like a pawn in their political game. However, his mother is sick and the Winn have promised to heal her if Cork does the job. And killing is what Cork does best.

To make matters worse. Cork’s crew has been decided for him: Arabella, an inexperienced and infuriating archer, and Nessa, a gloomy criminal with murder on her mind.

Cork will have to figure out how to complete the job, avoid Winn treachery, and manage conflicts with Arabella and Nessa along the way.

It’s going to be chaos.

A Envoys of Chaos Novella.

©2025 Dave Lawson (P)2025 Dave Lawson Action & Adventure Fantasy Crime
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Cork was one of the highlights of Envoys of War. Getting to learn a little bit more about his backstory and watch more of his personality was just such a fun time. I really enjoyed this book and as always, the narration was stellar!

Great little story for our favorite side character!

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Loved hearing this story the second time through on audio! The narration was great! This was a solid novella! It was definitely darker than Envoys, but I appreciated the deeper dive into the world and the Winn. The humor added an element of balance for sure. Cork is so funny. It was difficult reading about some of his decisions, but I kind of liked that the novella didn't take the easy way out and just make everything happy. The characters were forced to look at their own humanity and how far they would go for the ones they love.

Great dark fantasy novella!

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I, unfortunately, don’t like this narrator but man Dave Lawson can tell a fantastic story. I went into this book looking forward to more of Cork and ending up love Arabella even more! Loved their development throughout the book and how it makes Cork a better person

The story telling and romance development between Cork and Arabella.

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The Pawns of Havoc by Dave Lawson is an excellent crime adventure fantasy. Laurence Stirling Knott did an incredible job with the narration. The story is entertaining, interesting, action packed, fun, little romantic, thrilling and more. The Pawns of Havoc is the second book in The Envoys of Chaos series. I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review. highly recommended

Fantasy

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The narrator and every character subsequently have a cockney accent. It's a lot. World and story were solid.

Short and sweet. You better like a cockney accent though

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