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The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound #8
The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound 8
Randidly Ghosthound threw down the gauntlet and his closest supporters have taken it up. Soon, the two sides will clash in the Challenge of Donnyton.
As both make their preparations, the goals of the two are very different. Randidly wants to show how they cannot rest on their laurels, how under the System there will always be one more monster, one more Calamity, one more 'Creature' watching the development of their planet and plotting how to extract everything of value.
He witnessed the brutality of the Second Calamity on Tellus, and does not want his own world to be so scarred.
Yet on the other side of a the challenge, the people of Earth want to send a different message: Randidly Ghosthound, you do not need to carry this burden alone.
Chasing his shadow, the people of Earth have grown strong.
In the wake of the challenge, Randidly will head into a Dungeon to train. And there, he will discover clues of how ancient the struggle to escape the Calamities truly is.
And he will also unearth a darkness that can wound even the System itself...
Book 8 of the hit LitRPG Fantasy series with over 50 Million views on Royal Road. Grab your copy today!
About the Series: Experience a particular flavor of LitRPG/GameLit, where Skill growth and the Path System allow individuals to tailor their growth toward infinite possibilities. There are Classes, Skills, Levels, and Rarities that will feel familiar to any connoisseur of role-playing games. Follow Randidly as he balances his growing power with the worrisome ripples of his existence. The System doesn’t discriminate; when he is ready for more dangerous threats, the rest of humanity better be ready, too. Those who have read the web-novel when it was available online can experience the saga the way it was always meant to be told, fully revised and re-edited, and with tons of new material!
As both make their preparations, the goals of the two are very different. Randidly wants to show how they cannot rest on their laurels, how under the System there will always be one more monster, one more Calamity, one more 'Creature' watching the development of their planet and plotting how to extract everything of value.
He witnessed the brutality of the Second Calamity on Tellus, and does not want his own world to be so scarred.
Yet on the other side of a the challenge, the people of Earth want to send a different message: Randidly Ghosthound, you do not need to carry this burden alone.
Chasing his shadow, the people of Earth have grown strong.
In the wake of the challenge, Randidly will head into a Dungeon to train. And there, he will discover clues of how ancient the struggle to escape the Calamities truly is.
And he will also unearth a darkness that can wound even the System itself...
Book 8 of the hit LitRPG Fantasy series with over 50 Million views on Royal Road. Grab your copy today!
About the Series: Experience a particular flavor of LitRPG/GameLit, where Skill growth and the Path System allow individuals to tailor their growth toward infinite possibilities. There are Classes, Skills, Levels, and Rarities that will feel familiar to any connoisseur of role-playing games. Follow Randidly as he balances his growing power with the worrisome ripples of his existence. The System doesn’t discriminate; when he is ready for more dangerous threats, the rest of humanity better be ready, too. Those who have read the web-novel when it was available online can experience the saga the way it was always meant to be told, fully revised and re-edited, and with tons of new material!
692 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 12, 2024
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June 15, 2024
Strong first half and a limp noodle of a second
I've always liked this series but the half a book training montage has got to go. I've noticed in several of the books we'll get a good chunk that's really advancing the story line and the rest is training montage. That's not to say there arent important bits in there, it's just slow and really would better half the words or less.
I've always liked this series but the half a book training montage has got to go. I've noticed in several of the books we'll get a good chunk that's really advancing the story line and the rest is training montage. That's not to say there arent important bits in there, it's just slow and really would better half the words or less.
June 24, 2024
A significant portion of the book was a battle between Donnyton and Randidly and then Randidly trying to develop his skills. The "image" details and reasoning were really boring to me, and I just wanted more action tbh.
July 22, 2024
4.5 stars. Overall, this series is the tale of one man's quest to keep driving himself to improve. The author has introduced many side characters, but most are not allowed to develop any real relationship with the MC. As such, their chapters have felt overlong. I would like the author to review his use of the word commiserate. Unfortunately, he uses it several times in the series, while the correct word for his meaning would be commensurate. (Last used page 928). I would love to see the author correct this.
October 17, 2025
Still plenty interesting but getting less structured, we get more philosophical mumbojumbo and the plot is less streamlined.
January 26, 2025
This one was a little heavy on the metaphysical navel-gazing but mostly entertaining.
The grammar though... Noret needs an editor. His favourite word is "Parse" but he doesn't know how to use it. He can't help add a word afterward as if it was exactly equivalent to "Split", E.g. "parse apart." That type of redundant/misaligned addition was constant. I doubt he could say "sink" without adding "down" or "bisect" without adding "in half." Once this flawed habit hits your radar, you can't ignore it. Oh, I had to laugh near the end when someone coughed up "excrement" — I think he meant "expectorant" but maybe it's a Rap lyric like "spittin' shit."
The grammar though... Noret needs an editor. His favourite word is "Parse" but he doesn't know how to use it. He can't help add a word afterward as if it was exactly equivalent to "Split", E.g. "parse apart." That type of redundant/misaligned addition was constant. I doubt he could say "sink" without adding "down" or "bisect" without adding "in half." Once this flawed habit hits your radar, you can't ignore it. Oh, I had to laugh near the end when someone coughed up "excrement" — I think he meant "expectorant" but maybe it's a Rap lyric like "spittin' shit."
November 1, 2026
It's great being back on Earth, and a lot of fun things happen in this story, but the negatives in this series are really becoming lead weights holding it back.
The first major issue is one I've mentioned multiple times in other reviews, but it keeps rearing its ugly head. That is one of the author setting up an inevitable situation/outcome, taking so long to build up to that situation/outcome that the payoff has to be massive, and then underdelivering on that payoff. Possibly the best example of that scenario is Randidly taking on Donnyton's combined forces again.
This event was set up in the closing chapters of the last book, but we don't actually arrive until 35% of the way into this story. These are long books, so 35% is a long time to build up to a specific event everyone knows is coming, so with that kind of build-up, the payoff has to be huge. And... well... Meh.
The actual confrontation was dragged out over a stupid number of pages with endless chapters of fights that don't really matter save for the outcome, followed by just as many endless chapters of various characters navel-gazing as they gain insights from those fights. There are only so many crazy power-ups, in-fight breakthroughs, and heroic moments of characters reaching deep to pull out one last valiant effort you can cram into a scene before all of it loses impact and meaning.
The result is that the payoff expected after such a massive build-up wasn't delivered, and it just felt like another slog to endure to reach the inevitable conclusion I won't spoil, but I think we all knew was coming.
In all honesty, this book would have been greatly improved if Randidly had just come back to earth, talked about this huge fight, immediately got to it, skimmed over the earlier fights in summary form, and then delivered 3-5 chapters of epic battles that end in an extremely explosive finale that we all knew was coming. It would have been a fraction of the word count, but it would have had so much more impact.
One final complaint I have is that this author doesn't fulfil his promises. He often sets up storylines that never pay off. Ed is a great example of this in this book. His constant doubt about Randidly's power was clearly leading to one of those truly cathartic moments in books where a willfully ignorant and arrogant character gets shut up and put in his place. The fact that this was one of the most fun elements of the story leading up to the big event made it all the more exciting to see Ed have to eat his words... but nothing ever comes of it. Once we reach the battle, Ed's character is forgotten for good, and the story moves on to other things.
It's hugely disappointing.
With all that said, though. This was a much better story than the last book by a wide margin. It was good to be back on Earth again, to have Randidly refresh some of his relationships, and to make what felt like a genuine impact on the story again. I enjoyed this book overall, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit that the fatigue with this story is definitely sinking in. This series has some heavy baggage that needs to be addressed, and unfortunately I don't see that happening anytime soon.
The first major issue is one I've mentioned multiple times in other reviews, but it keeps rearing its ugly head. That is one of the author setting up an inevitable situation/outcome, taking so long to build up to that situation/outcome that the payoff has to be massive, and then underdelivering on that payoff. Possibly the best example of that scenario is Randidly taking on Donnyton's combined forces again.
This event was set up in the closing chapters of the last book, but we don't actually arrive until 35% of the way into this story. These are long books, so 35% is a long time to build up to a specific event everyone knows is coming, so with that kind of build-up, the payoff has to be huge. And... well... Meh.
The actual confrontation was dragged out over a stupid number of pages with endless chapters of fights that don't really matter save for the outcome, followed by just as many endless chapters of various characters navel-gazing as they gain insights from those fights. There are only so many crazy power-ups, in-fight breakthroughs, and heroic moments of characters reaching deep to pull out one last valiant effort you can cram into a scene before all of it loses impact and meaning.
The result is that the payoff expected after such a massive build-up wasn't delivered, and it just felt like another slog to endure to reach the inevitable conclusion I won't spoil, but I think we all knew was coming.
In all honesty, this book would have been greatly improved if Randidly had just come back to earth, talked about this huge fight, immediately got to it, skimmed over the earlier fights in summary form, and then delivered 3-5 chapters of epic battles that end in an extremely explosive finale that we all knew was coming. It would have been a fraction of the word count, but it would have had so much more impact.
One final complaint I have is that this author doesn't fulfil his promises. He often sets up storylines that never pay off. Ed is a great example of this in this book. His constant doubt about Randidly's power was clearly leading to one of those truly cathartic moments in books where a willfully ignorant and arrogant character gets shut up and put in his place. The fact that this was one of the most fun elements of the story leading up to the big event made it all the more exciting to see Ed have to eat his words... but nothing ever comes of it. Once we reach the battle, Ed's character is forgotten for good, and the story moves on to other things.
It's hugely disappointing.
With all that said, though. This was a much better story than the last book by a wide margin. It was good to be back on Earth again, to have Randidly refresh some of his relationships, and to make what felt like a genuine impact on the story again. I enjoyed this book overall, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit that the fatigue with this story is definitely sinking in. This series has some heavy baggage that needs to be addressed, and unfortunately I don't see that happening anytime soon.
March 28, 2025
Despite the pretty epic confrontation with the old village he founded, with plenty of surprises in store, or the overall re-focus on Earth and Earth's image of itself to grow and protect itself from the coming cataclysms, the whole novel has a serious introspective mood to it. Reflection and a sharpening of focus.
I think it's pretty awesome--like a self-therapy session that ultimately builds a brand new foundation for your soul.
Of course, this has happened multiple times in the series, but it really stands out as something that tackles much bigger "state of the universe, of existence," questions.
I'm a sucker for this stuff in OTHER literature. So the fact we're getting it taken seriously in a LitRPG where it OUGHT to be forbidden or laughed out of existence, I'm very pleasantly surprised to get a hefty dose of self-improvement alongside massive magics, cataclysms, and large-scale bloodshed.
I likey.
My synesthesia is getting the sensation of paper under my fingers, of a chocolate smell.
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If anyone reading my reviews might be interested in reading my own SF, I'm going to be open to requests. Just direct message me in goodreads or email me on my site. I'd love to get some eyes on my novels.
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I think it's pretty awesome--like a self-therapy session that ultimately builds a brand new foundation for your soul.
Of course, this has happened multiple times in the series, but it really stands out as something that tackles much bigger "state of the universe, of existence," questions.
I'm a sucker for this stuff in OTHER literature. So the fact we're getting it taken seriously in a LitRPG where it OUGHT to be forbidden or laughed out of existence, I'm very pleasantly surprised to get a hefty dose of self-improvement alongside massive magics, cataclysms, and large-scale bloodshed.
I likey.
My synesthesia is getting the sensation of paper under my fingers, of a chocolate smell.
Personal note:
If anyone reading my reviews might be interested in reading my own SF, I'm going to be open to requests. Just direct message me in goodreads or email me on my site. I'd love to get some eyes on my novels.
Arctunn.com
June 14, 2024
progress
I read all this previously in its raw form, so I *do* like it. I am quite pleased to finally pay the author for the hours spent reading a few years back.
That being said…this is a massive and convoluted mess that sometimes merely plods forward. It was written as a serial, so there aren’t plot arcs that all come to resolution neatly. More and more characters appear, once important threads are lost or left behind.
I’m going to keep buying and reading. There’s probably a few more books before it catches up to where I was before.
I read all this previously in its raw form, so I *do* like it. I am quite pleased to finally pay the author for the hours spent reading a few years back.
That being said…this is a massive and convoluted mess that sometimes merely plods forward. It was written as a serial, so there aren’t plot arcs that all come to resolution neatly. More and more characters appear, once important threads are lost or left behind.
I’m going to keep buying and reading. There’s probably a few more books before it catches up to where I was before.
June 30, 2024
Great Plot Advancement
Another strong showing in the Ghosthound series. I love how the author continues to expand the MCs skill set but doesn’t make it seem that he’s way too overpowered. The MC faces many internal challenges as well as physical ones. I’m excited to see how the series moves forward. It’s a must read for fans of the series.
Another strong showing in the Ghosthound series. I love how the author continues to expand the MCs skill set but doesn’t make it seem that he’s way too overpowered. The MC faces many internal challenges as well as physical ones. I’m excited to see how the series moves forward. It’s a must read for fans of the series.
November 1, 2024
great time again :)
Man… like…. It was a GOOD book, nice fun read and was getting near the end and was like “I should be able to stop and take a break and maybe try another series..” then NOPE im frikkin hooked again in the last like 50-ish pages. Good job author man-guy! =D have a good one and thanks for the entertainment!
Man… like…. It was a GOOD book, nice fun read and was getting near the end and was like “I should be able to stop and take a break and maybe try another series..” then NOPE im frikkin hooked again in the last like 50-ish pages. Good job author man-guy! =D have a good one and thanks for the entertainment!
February 28, 2025
This series has turned into a yoyo. Long stretches of boredom with either little happening or nothing of consequence happening. Then it gets exciting for a while, rinse, repeat. At this point I'm going to keep reading (listening), but the excitement I had when the first 4 books were released is long gone. 👍🏽
July 18, 2024
Finally coming into and understanding his path..
Great character development, love these books and the building of this universe. Even overpowered main character knows there is always a bigger fish.
Great character development, love these books and the building of this universe. Even overpowered main character knows there is always a bigger fish.
August 3, 2024
Great story, but needs an editor
I love the plot and story, but there are countless misspellings and incorrect words that throw me off. They desperately need an editor before they publish these books.
I love the plot and story, but there are countless misspellings and incorrect words that throw me off. They desperately need an editor before they publish these books.
December 30, 2024
Still good, yet underwhelming following the quality of #6 and #7
¹/₄ preps for the Donnyton duel 4*
²/₄ the duel (lots of fighting) 4*
³/₄ world politics and Erickson Steel 4*
⁴/₄ dungeon training (kinda boring) 2*
Looking forward to #9
¹/₄ preps for the Donnyton duel 4*
²/₄ the duel (lots of fighting) 4*
³/₄ world politics and Erickson Steel 4*
⁴/₄ dungeon training (kinda boring) 2*
Looking forward to #9
January 2, 2025
A 27 hour training montage of useless explanations and nonsense that does not matter, I get it , it could be considered a filler book, but this series has a very bad habit of wasting way too much time on philosophical nonsense that does not matter.
June 15, 2024
Great
Really enjoyed this book. My only complaint would be there seemed to be chalked like the tower matches that where noir like filter than adding any desk substance.
Really enjoyed this book. My only complaint would be there seemed to be chalked like the tower matches that where noir like filter than adding any desk substance.
June 19, 2024
I like the series, especially when the story is Randidly's interaction with others including fights. This book seemed more focused on training and crafting and that doesn't appeal to me that much.
June 23, 2024
3.5 Stars
Aside than being far too long, still a solid entry in the series. Definitely one that I’ll see through to the end.
Aside than being far too long, still a solid entry in the series. Definitely one that I’ll see through to the end.
June 24, 2024
best of the series
Fantastic follow up; character building with colossal fights. The Ghosthound continues to be a ‘can’t wait until the next one’ series.
Fantastic follow up; character building with colossal fights. The Ghosthound continues to be a ‘can’t wait until the next one’ series.
June 26, 2024
Good payoff
A lot of setup and building. Some good fight scenes, but all together a seemingly setup book. Not as engaging as previous, but still flashes of fun.
A lot of setup and building. Some good fight scenes, but all together a seemingly setup book. Not as engaging as previous, but still flashes of fun.
July 1, 2024
It's worth the read.
I guess if you made it this far, you wouldn't balk, and the slow build this genre is, but let me tell you, the wait is worth it.
I guess if you made it this far, you wouldn't balk, and the slow build this genre is, but let me tell you, the wait is worth it.
July 2, 2024
so many epic moments
This story keeps getting better. There are tons of things that happen on this book and many secrets finally unveiled for both us and randidly
This story keeps getting better. There are tons of things that happen on this book and many secrets finally unveiled for both us and randidly
July 5, 2024
good
Another good book in this series. The world building and the characters are growing in interesting ways. The action and humour are good as well.
Another good book in this series. The world building and the characters are growing in interesting ways. The action and humour are good as well.
July 24, 2024
Good developments, fun side characters, cool magic system.
March 27, 2025
The series is in a much better place now
August 20, 2025
4/5
Best so far
Best so far
August 9, 2024
Great
The story is progressing well. This book opens up even more of the story the author has imagined. The skill break downs are getting stupid long, so that could be better.
The story is progressing well. This book opens up even more of the story the author has imagined. The skill break downs are getting stupid long, so that could be better.
August 4, 2024
5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
July 14, 2025
so many words and I don't think I can get through another collection of them. I've been skipping over the long wordy internal dialog more and more, and in this book it was quite a bit. It would be so good if it was more to the point with action, but it is not. All the issues from other books are still there too, but without any of the positives.
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