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Towers of Orion #1
Soul Knight
On Orion, becoming king is easy… just climb a tower filled with monsters and don't die.
Reborn in a crypt, Nick was given an ancient heritage and an important to become king, and make the Archaens rise again.
Nick was now the last one, and he would need to find allies by forming Soul Pacts with both followers and wives. With the power of the Soul Knight class, he would have to use both paladin and necromancer magics to conquer the tower and defeat his enemies.
But not all was right, in or outside the tower. A bandit warlord had taken control of the city of Havendale, and a deathly Trial within the tower lurks, barring Nick from collecting his Heritage.
Will Nick take his first step toward Eternity and claim his kingdom, or will he fall before his journey begins?
LitRPG/Cultivation System, Tower Climbing, Kingdom Building, and loveable beastfolk girls with dating and romance.
Reborn in a crypt, Nick was given an ancient heritage and an important to become king, and make the Archaens rise again.
Nick was now the last one, and he would need to find allies by forming Soul Pacts with both followers and wives. With the power of the Soul Knight class, he would have to use both paladin and necromancer magics to conquer the tower and defeat his enemies.
But not all was right, in or outside the tower. A bandit warlord had taken control of the city of Havendale, and a deathly Trial within the tower lurks, barring Nick from collecting his Heritage.
Will Nick take his first step toward Eternity and claim his kingdom, or will he fall before his journey begins?
LitRPG/Cultivation System, Tower Climbing, Kingdom Building, and loveable beastfolk girls with dating and romance.
496 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 13, 2024
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October 15, 2025
This one was a real slog for me. It just wasn't gripping at all. I found the characters rather bland and their relationships superficial. The plot didn't really have any compelling elements either. The prose was weak and there were many grammar and punctuation mistakes.
Having said all of that, the epilogue has made me actually want to read book 2. I'll read a few other books before I do though.
2.5 out of 5
Having said all of that, the epilogue has made me actually want to read book 2. I'll read a few other books before I do though.
2.5 out of 5
September 10, 2024
Royal Road is a pipeline for Edgelords
It’s an ok story.
Like most royal road stories, the main character is a Mary sue. More xianxian garbage. MC gets into relationships without doing anything, winds up ‘marrying’ them after 57 minutes.
A few genuinely amusing moments in the story. Long fairly boring fight scenes. Long awkward sex scenes. Story overall is highly mid. Awkward ‘town building’ scenes starting. Power creep going on. Author has definitely read other xianxian stories, so… he’s incorporating things from other stories.
If you’re a 12 year old boy who likes to run across the playground while making lightsaber noises with his mouth, this book is for you.
It’s an ok story.
Like most royal road stories, the main character is a Mary sue. More xianxian garbage. MC gets into relationships without doing anything, winds up ‘marrying’ them after 57 minutes.
A few genuinely amusing moments in the story. Long fairly boring fight scenes. Long awkward sex scenes. Story overall is highly mid. Awkward ‘town building’ scenes starting. Power creep going on. Author has definitely read other xianxian stories, so… he’s incorporating things from other stories.
If you’re a 12 year old boy who likes to run across the playground while making lightsaber noises with his mouth, this book is for you.
April 1, 2024
Phenomenal
Truly a great read! A nice, long book to sink your teeth into, with plenty of fighting, romance, and game systems. Can't recommend enough, and can't wait for book 2!
Truly a great read! A nice, long book to sink your teeth into, with plenty of fighting, romance, and game systems. Can't recommend enough, and can't wait for book 2!
April 2, 2024
Good
Good progression of characters with sex just sprinkled in much enjoyed the story and will get the next book. Thanks
Good progression of characters with sex just sprinkled in much enjoyed the story and will get the next book. Thanks
March 31, 2024
Worthy!
I really enjoyed reading this book. It was fun and entertaining. The story and characters were incredibly interesting and engaging. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next. This book is definitely worth checking out.
I really enjoyed reading this book. It was fun and entertaining. The story and characters were incredibly interesting and engaging. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next. This book is definitely worth checking out.
March 27, 2024
Absolutely perfect beginning!!!
No one who has read this author should be surprised at how enjoyable this book is to read!!! An outstanding blend of tower/dungeon genre with cultivation and a little science fiction mixed in as well!!! I can't wait for more in this series!!!
No one who has read this author should be surprised at how enjoyable this book is to read!!! An outstanding blend of tower/dungeon genre with cultivation and a little science fiction mixed in as well!!! I can't wait for more in this series!!!
March 20, 2024
Great start!
This I going to be a great series, and I look forward to the next book. The characters are very well done. Pacing is very good, and action scenes get the point across without dragging on for too long.
This I going to be a great series, and I look forward to the next book. The characters are very well done. Pacing is very good, and action scenes get the point across without dragging on for too long.
March 17, 2024
dam good book
This new book series is really good and well written. This series is very close to Summoner’s Bond series by this author.
This new book series is really good and well written. This series is very close to Summoner’s Bond series by this author.
March 3, 2025
A harem fantasy book, or men’s fantasy, if you like.
Expect a lot of women falling in for the protagonist for no understandable reason, unrealistic relationships, occassional sex scene, and of course, an overpowered protagonist which walks through the challenges with little of the effort. This is not a flaw, at least, not for the book in this category, it is a feature!
What, however, isn’t a feature is the protagonist.
He is overpowered, yes, and while it is not technically necessary for the harem fantasy book, it is not necessarily a problem either.
His attitude is.
He is the most annoying, obnoxious person imaginable, ranging from the ignorant fool to the self-righteous douche, who quickly replaced the ranting about the game (which the story doesn’t take place in) to the most asinine roleplay of the paladin imaginable. 90% of the book, he just goes on and on about goodness and justice, which is 180-degree turn from what he started, and does in possibly the most rage inducing way possible.
A plot could be excused to be a simple and straightforward, that's expected, but make the protagonist unlikable, that's a big no no.
If you don't like annoying protagonists, this book isn't for you.
Expect a lot of women falling in for the protagonist for no understandable reason, unrealistic relationships, occassional sex scene, and of course, an overpowered protagonist which walks through the challenges with little of the effort. This is not a flaw, at least, not for the book in this category, it is a feature!
What, however, isn’t a feature is the protagonist.
He is overpowered, yes, and while it is not technically necessary for the harem fantasy book, it is not necessarily a problem either.
His attitude is.
He is the most annoying, obnoxious person imaginable, ranging from the ignorant fool to the self-righteous douche, who quickly replaced the ranting about the game (which the story doesn’t take place in) to the most asinine roleplay of the paladin imaginable. 90% of the book, he just goes on and on about goodness and justice, which is 180-degree turn from what he started, and does in possibly the most rage inducing way possible.
A plot could be excused to be a simple and straightforward, that's expected, but make the protagonist unlikable, that's a big no no.
If you don't like annoying protagonists, this book isn't for you.
August 12, 2025
I think the issue is that the author *almost* writes the sorts of books I love, but ends up in a slightly different place. They're not bad books (and you might love them), but they don't land well for me.
The world is interesting enough, but the plot doesn't really grip me, and the characters are a bit too bland to be likeable. I read the book and half the next and realised I just didn't care.
If you read these sorts of books because you want character development or a touching romance or a thrilling plot development, this will leave you cold. If you want to read a bunch of pages where stuff happens in a competently executed manner, and you're not too fussed about the who or the why, this may be right up your alley.
(I recently tried re-reading the same author's Bonded Summoner series, and realised I had much the same complaint.)
The world is interesting enough, but the plot doesn't really grip me, and the characters are a bit too bland to be likeable. I read the book and half the next and realised I just didn't care.
If you read these sorts of books because you want character development or a touching romance or a thrilling plot development, this will leave you cold. If you want to read a bunch of pages where stuff happens in a competently executed manner, and you're not too fussed about the who or the why, this may be right up your alley.
(I recently tried re-reading the same author's Bonded Summoner series, and realised I had much the same complaint.)
March 30, 2024
This book is consistent with the author's other series Bonded Summoner, both for better and for worse. The story is very good, but it's frequent ruined by two significant flaws. First, this book needs an editor far worse than most in this genre. The minor grammar mistakes are forgivable. However, from sentences that have to be reread several times to figure out what the author was trying to say, to entire paragraphs that simply don't make sense no matter how many times you reread them, to the author using words they don't know the meaning off (for example, enemies 'ambling at full speed'), many issues are quite immersion breaking. The second issue is frequent inconsistencies. Some are small, but many are quite significant and very immersion breaking.
The book itself is very long, coming in at over 800 pages where many in this genre top out at 350, which is a pleasant surprise. The world seems like it has potential to be interesting when expanded upon, and the other characters are interesting with their own personalities. The MC was a bit of an issue for me though. At first he comes across as an entertaining moron. Thankfully the moron part is dialed back quickly, but his frequently over the top attitude and some of his actions made him tough to related to. I wouldn't say I dislike him, but I definitely don't like him either.
This story has the potential to be very good and I did enjoy it, but the issues and especially the inconsistencies really put a damper on it, and I seriously considered abandoning it. I'm glad I didn't, but the author could benefit enormously from some more editing, even if just in the form of rereading his own work.
The book itself is very long, coming in at over 800 pages where many in this genre top out at 350, which is a pleasant surprise. The world seems like it has potential to be interesting when expanded upon, and the other characters are interesting with their own personalities. The MC was a bit of an issue for me though. At first he comes across as an entertaining moron. Thankfully the moron part is dialed back quickly, but his frequently over the top attitude and some of his actions made him tough to related to. I wouldn't say I dislike him, but I definitely don't like him either.
This story has the potential to be very good and I did enjoy it, but the issues and especially the inconsistencies really put a damper on it, and I seriously considered abandoning it. I'm glad I didn't, but the author could benefit enormously from some more editing, even if just in the form of rereading his own work.
September 12, 2024
I liked this book, but it ended up being too long. Realistically, it should have been broken up into 2 books, with a different antagonist in each. Instead, we got multiple antagonists with too much time in between. Especially the first mentioned but last resolved that was almost never on screen.
The MC was decent. He's quite OP, and gets more so through the book. His journey starts off awkwardly, and it takes a while for him to get going. He has the annoying habit of making stupid comments, to the point that my most common note about him was "he's a jerk". He gets somewhat better as the book goes on.
The ladies are basically adopted sisters; a red panda woman and a sheep woman. They are pretty good, with decent backstories and personalities. There is more that may be queued up. Despite being with two full harem members, it is fairly slow burn, especially the second to fully commit. The book is over 750 pages long, so this is nice.
I'll read the next book, but I hope it is more focused.
The MC was decent. He's quite OP, and gets more so through the book. His journey starts off awkwardly, and it takes a while for him to get going. He has the annoying habit of making stupid comments, to the point that my most common note about him was "he's a jerk". He gets somewhat better as the book goes on.
The ladies are basically adopted sisters; a red panda woman and a sheep woman. They are pretty good, with decent backstories and personalities. There is more that may be queued up. Despite being with two full harem members, it is fairly slow burn, especially the second to fully commit. The book is over 750 pages long, so this is nice.
I'll read the next book, but I hope it is more focused.
June 1, 2025
Cringe worthy
I don't know what to make of this MC. He seems like a nice enough guy but he has to make things weird with an awkward joke, or a sexual innuendo, or "please, please, please sell me your hair!" It's weird and kind of gross.
And then there's everything about his strange Archaen race. His superpower is he can make his wife pregnant whenever he wants to, and she can't object!? Consent is important!! Then there's the way this Orion system enforces people's actions like some sort of thought police. Am I supposed to be impressed that he's a stand-up kind of guy when be literally can't do evil?
I'm about a third of the way through and the cringe is starting to get to me. I'm going to move on to the next book in my queue-hopefully one with a more relatable protagonist.
I don't know what to make of this MC. He seems like a nice enough guy but he has to make things weird with an awkward joke, or a sexual innuendo, or "please, please, please sell me your hair!" It's weird and kind of gross.
And then there's everything about his strange Archaen race. His superpower is he can make his wife pregnant whenever he wants to, and she can't object!? Consent is important!! Then there's the way this Orion system enforces people's actions like some sort of thought police. Am I supposed to be impressed that he's a stand-up kind of guy when be literally can't do evil?
I'm about a third of the way through and the cringe is starting to get to me. I'm going to move on to the next book in my queue-hopefully one with a more relatable protagonist.
October 8, 2024
There's a fine line between 'bold and confident' and 'raging douchebag' and the MC for this story falls on the wrong side of that line. The story itself is fairly boilerplate LitRPG, with a (small, easily-skipped) dash of harem involved, but good lord the MC is like nails on a chalkboard to me, and I just couldn't get past that.
Add to that the trope that many authors run afoul of - the MC can do no wrong and never faces a challenge that he can't overcome, easily and without much effort. He just strolls in, solves whatever needs solving, boasting about how great he is the entire time. Barf.
So, yeah, not the book for me.
Add to that the trope that many authors run afoul of - the MC can do no wrong and never faces a challenge that he can't overcome, easily and without much effort. He just strolls in, solves whatever needs solving, boasting about how great he is the entire time. Barf.
So, yeah, not the book for me.
November 23, 2024
It's meh, personally checked out when author added immortality, really makes a story feel pointless for me...then it was just frustrating as the author leans into the tropes as a crutch, doesn't help that writing has issues. Same thing with the other series, may have to give up on the author, just not worth the time to plot ratio. The chemistry is still kinda cringe and the women don't have any agency, it's literally taken away by the 'system'.
June 14, 2025
By the rules on Goodreads no half stars so 3 but it should be 3.5.
Nick is reborn in an unknown location which he discovers is a crypt. When he exits, he is tasked with returning his heritage and his people from extinction.
Its a good story and its more than interesting but the problem is the pacing. It was hard to keep reading at some points on the book. In all honesty it could have been broken up into a couple novels instead of staying on this one.
Nick is reborn in an unknown location which he discovers is a crypt. When he exits, he is tasked with returning his heritage and his people from extinction.
Its a good story and its more than interesting but the problem is the pacing. It was hard to keep reading at some points on the book. In all honesty it could have been broken up into a couple novels instead of staying on this one.
May 20, 2024
Potential but wasted
Sorry had potential to be cool but it totally failed to fulfill. Just another super OP character who masters everything and can destroy everyone no matter how many levels above him they are. Heavy plot armor as well and very limited world building. Don't mind the sexy scenes and they're well labeled so if you want to avoid them you can.
Sorry had potential to be cool but it totally failed to fulfill. Just another super OP character who masters everything and can destroy everyone no matter how many levels above him they are. Heavy plot armor as well and very limited world building. Don't mind the sexy scenes and they're well labeled so if you want to avoid them you can.
October 9, 2024
Shaky start with potential
Putting this down now even though I'm not done, will change it if things improve or get worse.
It's a decent start, the MC is OP but ignorant so that is a slight foil.
My biggest issue is I want to punch the MC in his stupid face. He's just soooo cringe it hurts. It's really making getting through the book rough.
Putting this down now even though I'm not done, will change it if things improve or get worse.
It's a decent start, the MC is OP but ignorant so that is a slight foil.
My biggest issue is I want to punch the MC in his stupid face. He's just soooo cringe it hurts. It's really making getting through the book rough.
November 28, 2024
3.5 stars. A pleasant read, with a story that flows easily and that keeps the attention. It is very self-indulgent with the main character, though. I know it's typical of the genre, but as it is long, at some point it was a bit too much for me. It made my brain work only at a minimal level, this is by no means an unpleasant read, but not the greatest book I've read either.
April 27, 2024
Great start for a new series!
This novel is just the beginning. Only a small part of the world is built, and it looks good so far. The main character is fleshed out with his missing memories found. I look forward to reading more of him and the struggles he will go through.
This novel is just the beginning. Only a small part of the world is built, and it looks good so far. The main character is fleshed out with his missing memories found. I look forward to reading more of him and the struggles he will go through.
July 5, 2024
Reverse Isekai?
A fun comedic adventure that’s both fantastical as it is modern. I enjoyed the banter and world building. All the characters are unique and the author does a great job building depth into each of them. Though the villains are sort of 2d in comparison.
A fun comedic adventure that’s both fantastical as it is modern. I enjoyed the banter and world building. All the characters are unique and the author does a great job building depth into each of them. Though the villains are sort of 2d in comparison.
April 26, 2024
Good book
It was a little slow at first bur it definitely picks up and go's on a wild ride. I will definitely be looking for the next book in the series
It was a little slow at first bur it definitely picks up and go's on a wild ride. I will definitely be looking for the next book in the series
May 5, 2024
An enjoyable read!
This is the 1st book I've read by this author and I am seriously impressed. You make the characters come alive The story is great
This is the 1st book I've read by this author and I am seriously impressed. You make the characters come alive The story is great
May 27, 2024
Great story and world building
Could not stop reading this, got hooked right away. It'll be interesting how things go in the next book, I'll definitely be looking forward to that.
Could not stop reading this, got hooked right away. It'll be interesting how things go in the next book, I'll definitely be looking forward to that.
June 7, 2024
Not...
... bad. Enjoyed it. Will see what comes next.
Twelve more words Amazon says and I ponder why so many words are required.
... bad. Enjoyed it. Will see what comes next.
Twelve more words Amazon says and I ponder why so many words are required.
September 11, 2024
An interesting
This was an interesting book. a combined a lot of different ideas into one story. I am interested in where the author will take the story next.
This was an interesting book. a combined a lot of different ideas into one story. I am interested in where the author will take the story next.
September 17, 2024
really good story
Action packed and good character building can’t wait to read the second book recommend people giving it a read and you will be rewarded
Action packed and good character building can’t wait to read the second book recommend people giving it a read and you will be rewarded
October 12, 2024
Great book
I really enjoyed this book I was worried towards the end is gonna end up with dude having an inner voice of the former prince glad that wasn't the case
I really enjoyed this book I was worried towards the end is gonna end up with dude having an inner voice of the former prince glad that wasn't the case
October 13, 2024
great book
One of the best books I’ve read lately I can wait to see how strong nick and wives will grow
One of the best books I’ve read lately I can wait to see how strong nick and wives will grow
January 20, 2025
Very fun and interesting story
I look forward to more from the series and author. The story was interesting and fun and the characters are very intriguing. Very good work!
I look forward to more from the series and author. The story was interesting and fun and the characters are very intriguing. Very good work!
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