Savage (Badland Heroes Book 1)
- 4.3 out of 5
- 700 ratings
- 187 pages
Overall Content Rating: Parents Strongly Cautioned PG-13
This adult fantasy adventure pairs a half-orc warrior and a female investigator with heavy action, mystery, and flirtatious banter. Expect recurring mild-to-moderate swearing, name-calling in heated scenes, and vulgar tavern jokes. Parents should know sexual violence is a recurring topic: enemies and criminals threaten rape, a past assault is referenced, and brothels are part of the setting even when most reviewers say explicit sex is minimal and largely confined to the final chapter. Violence is a core draw—sword and dagger fights, pit matches, assassinations, and war casualties—with injuries and blood described in plain terms. A punishment scene with whipping is noted in reviews as torture. Themes of prejudice against a mixed-race protagonist appear in the story world but are not driven by the slur samples supplied here. The overall tone is gritty adventure rather than erotica; still, assault threats and combat may be too much for younger teens.
Reviews first uploaded October 11, 2026 7:46 am. Page updated October 11, 2026 7:46 am.
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Profanity Moderate
48Swearing and insults appear throughout action and banter, with stronger terms during fights and confrontations. Crude body comments and tavern humor show up between the leads and toward villains.
Amazon reviews mentioning profanity
Specific words
- damn: 24
- ass: 9
- bastard: 8
- hell: 3
- shit: 3
- bitch: 1
Sex Moderate
18Sexual assault is talked about often as threats, taunts, and past abuse rather than lengthy explicit depictions. Brothel settings, bawdy talk, and body comments are present; reviewers widely describe only a brief intimate moment at the very end with little on-page detail.
Specific words
- rape: 9
- tit: 3
- whore: 3
- cock: 2
- eunuch: 1
Violence Moderate
96The story opens with battlefield killing and keeps a steady pace of bar fights, pit combat, stabbings, and arrow wounds with blood described. Reviewers mention a torture sequence involving whipping and a character reflecting on killing after tormenting a captive.
Amazon reviews mentioning violence
Specific words
- blood: 37
- stab: 19
- kick: 12
- punch: 10
- smash: 10
- bleed: 8
About this book
A beautiful thief, a dangerous warrior... together an unstoppable force When the attacks started, Prince Astar hired an investigator to solve the crimes. When the third investigator went missing he knew he had to try something different. He decided to hire Kyra, a smart and sassy woman, who also happens to be a thief. Kyra wants the job, it pays well and is far more interesting than sneaking around and copying people’s signatures. But she has no intention of being the fourth dead investigator, so she needs protection. Kyra turns to the one man even mercenaries fear: Bazur, a solitary mercenary half-orc, infamous for his barroom brawls. Together they might solve the problem of the mysterious attacks on the prince's associates, but only if they can ignore the building chemistry between them and survive the attacks on their lives! Epic sword and sorcery fantasy with thriller plot lines. Suitable for readers 15+ Read more