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Welcome to the Multiverse #4
Resistance
Silas is growing into the responsibilities weighing him down.
Earth is struggling, but there is hope. The deals that Silas has made have brought resources and trainers to Earth. He's helped some leaders gain an understanding of what they will face.
His team has continued to grow but now he finds himself facing the greatest challenge to any Forerunner, the Wild Hunt. He'll be hunted but also have to hunt other Forerunners while forging a shaky alliance with those he can't trust.
Even more disturbing, it seems like there might be more than one system to choose from? Or is that just a temptation. When his back is to the wall will he choose the devil he knows or the one he has yet to learn about?
Resist the apocalypse. Resist the system. Resist the traitors.
Earth is struggling, but there is hope. The deals that Silas has made have brought resources and trainers to Earth. He's helped some leaders gain an understanding of what they will face.
His team has continued to grow but now he finds himself facing the greatest challenge to any Forerunner, the Wild Hunt. He'll be hunted but also have to hunt other Forerunners while forging a shaky alliance with those he can't trust.
Even more disturbing, it seems like there might be more than one system to choose from? Or is that just a temptation. When his back is to the wall will he choose the devil he knows or the one he has yet to learn about?
Resist the apocalypse. Resist the system. Resist the traitors.
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August 5, 2024
Another masterpiece
This one was non-stop action. Silva's has to be one of the most OP McCain the genre. I love it.
This one was non-stop action. Silva's has to be one of the most OP McCain the genre. I love it.
March 9, 2025
4.5 stars.
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November 20, 2024This is not spoilered because this is literally in the first few pages.
So I gotta ask:
Why--if all forerunners from the same world are nominally aligned in the goal of "don't let your world get destroyed"--would the wild hunt specifically call out "killing all other runners from your world" as a goal? Also, wouldn't Morvarg win that one by default, given that he has no other forerunners from his world?
It also states that this (and the other two goals) ends the wild hunt early. So if a world only has two living forerunners at the start and they seek each other out from minute 1 and one kills the other as soon as possible... what about the other four worlds involved? Are they just SOL for gaining any kind of rewards? "It's been 61 minutes, the event is over now, sorry."
Also, the Wild Hunter is "released after 72 hours" except that he's not. Every 6 hours without a forerunner death nets him a level and a step towards release (one link in the chains holding him falls away). This implies there's 12 links in the chains, so if no forerunners die for 72 hours, then the Hunter is freed. But if one does die, that time is extended by 6 hours. With a maximum of 25 forerunners--er, 15, because you can't kill off all from a single world, so you need 2 alive from each of five worlds--the Hunter is guaranteed to be released before the end of day 7...right?
The rules of this game are dumb.
Edit:
Near the end the "goal condition" is rephrased as "kill all other forerunners not from your world and kill-or-subjugate all other forerunners from your world." That is: your team needs to be the only team still alive, your team needs to all be from the same world, and your team needs to consist of all living forerunners from your world (ie. a united front).
So I gotta ask:
Why--if all forerunners from the same world are nominally aligned in the goal of "don't let your world get destroyed"--would the wild hunt specifically call out "killing all other runners from your world" as a goal? Also, wouldn't Morvarg win that one by default, given that he has no other forerunners from his world?
It also states that this (and the other two goals) ends the wild hunt early. So if a world only has two living forerunners at the start and they seek each other out from minute 1 and one kills the other as soon as possible... what about the other four worlds involved? Are they just SOL for gaining any kind of rewards? "It's been 61 minutes, the event is over now, sorry."
Also, the Wild Hunter is "released after 72 hours" except that he's not. Every 6 hours without a forerunner death nets him a level and a step towards release (one link in the chains holding him falls away). This implies there's 12 links in the chains, so if no forerunners die for 72 hours, then the Hunter is freed. But if one does die, that time is extended by 6 hours. With a maximum of 25 forerunners--er, 15, because you can't kill off all from a single world, so you need 2 alive from each of five worlds--the Hunter is guaranteed to be released before the end of day 7...right?
The rules of this game are dumb.
Edit:
Near the end the "goal condition" is rephrased as "kill all other forerunners not from your world and kill-or-subjugate all other forerunners from your world." That is: your team needs to be the only team still alive, your team needs to all be from the same world, and your team needs to consist of all living forerunners from your world (ie. a united front).
August 8, 2024
The plot thickens and Wild Hunt is afoot!
The Wild Hunt is of course the biggest portion of the book, and as you’d expect Silas and company get a lot of power ups as well as face challenges. There are some twists to keep things interesting, and we are gearing up for some big stuff back on Earth! Also feels like we are pulling a bit from other system apocalypse books with the looming potential of excursions from outside of the world and the conflicting system info that’s been expanded on in this one. Good stuff for sure! Really interesting things to come in the next few books!
The Wild Hunt is of course the biggest portion of the book, and as you’d expect Silas and company get a lot of power ups as well as face challenges. There are some twists to keep things interesting, and we are gearing up for some big stuff back on Earth! Also feels like we are pulling a bit from other system apocalypse books with the looming potential of excursions from outside of the world and the conflicting system info that’s been expanded on in this one. Good stuff for sure! Really interesting things to come in the next few books!
September 18, 2024
Bigot and misogynist, couldn't get past it
Sorry, just could not let that slide. I bought the first 4 books together. Big mistake. First two were okay, last two had res flags. I'm done. Bruh, if the author is holding these minds of repressed feelings of contempt and scorn for women, why even write about them?
I wish I could get my money back.
Sorry, just could not let that slide. I bought the first 4 books together. Big mistake. First two were okay, last two had res flags. I'm done. Bruh, if the author is holding these minds of repressed feelings of contempt and scorn for women, why even write about them?
I wish I could get my money back.
November 18, 2024
After some improvement, the story is getting to be too much for the author. I'm getting a little tired of hearing how evil the corporations are from a guy who keeps bumping his charisma as if he has no agency. Pages and pages of stats, pages and pages of boring combat, a couple paragraphs of interpersonal growth.
June 16, 2025
Well, as expected based on the diminishing momentum I experienced in the last volume, I think I'm calling it quits at this point.
All of the previous issues I had continued in this volume, namely the absence of quality characterization and plot progression just made all the minor annoyances even more annoying. The plot is in no hurry to go anywhere and it felt like for every chapter of genuine story progress, I had to slog through 2 interlude chapters with various supporting cast povs, and then 10 chapters of training/grinding where the author just heaped more unearned skills and stats upon the MC.
The author's fetish for using the words cacophony and symphony continued and perhaps reached a peaked with lines such as: The air was filled with a cacophony of sounds, a symphony of life both alien and familiar, or The sound of their wings—a cacophony of buzzing, whirring, and clicking—created a ceaseless, maddening symphony that echoed across the hellish plains.
If you took a drink for every instance of cacophony, symphony, or each time the author compared something to a dance, you would end up in the hospital. I think the author relies too heavily on colorful language rather than having anything substantial happen and there are only so many musical nouns and adjectives out there.
The series scratched my itch for some System tropes for a bit, but this feels like it will be another one of those never-ending series where the author just wanders around. I don't have the patience for it, especially since I don't like or care about any of the characters. Jiang, in particular, has become nothing but a running joke parody of the Worf Effect.
Book 4 for a series is my standard dropping point, so I guess it was okay while it lasted, but I'm off to greener pastures.
All of the previous issues I had continued in this volume, namely the absence of quality characterization and plot progression just made all the minor annoyances even more annoying. The plot is in no hurry to go anywhere and it felt like for every chapter of genuine story progress, I had to slog through 2 interlude chapters with various supporting cast povs, and then 10 chapters of training/grinding where the author just heaped more unearned skills and stats upon the MC.
The author's fetish for using the words cacophony and symphony continued and perhaps reached a peaked with lines such as: The air was filled with a cacophony of sounds, a symphony of life both alien and familiar, or The sound of their wings—a cacophony of buzzing, whirring, and clicking—created a ceaseless, maddening symphony that echoed across the hellish plains.
If you took a drink for every instance of cacophony, symphony, or each time the author compared something to a dance, you would end up in the hospital. I think the author relies too heavily on colorful language rather than having anything substantial happen and there are only so many musical nouns and adjectives out there.
The series scratched my itch for some System tropes for a bit, but this feels like it will be another one of those never-ending series where the author just wanders around. I don't have the patience for it, especially since I don't like or care about any of the characters. Jiang, in particular, has become nothing but a running joke parody of the Worf Effect.
Book 4 for a series is my standard dropping point, so I guess it was okay while it lasted, but I'm off to greener pastures.
August 8, 2024
fantastic
Well the adventure continues and I’m very glad !
Don’t want to leave any spoilers but have to say that I absolutely loved the development of the characters , the expansion of the plot with the Hunt , Earth etc and the ending leaves hints of an amazing conclusion to this series
Sean never fails to take each book to a higher level
Overall highly recommended
Well the adventure continues and I’m very glad !
Don’t want to leave any spoilers but have to say that I absolutely loved the development of the characters , the expansion of the plot with the Hunt , Earth etc and the ending leaves hints of an amazing conclusion to this series
Sean never fails to take each book to a higher level
Overall highly recommended
August 7, 2024
Great one sitting read.
I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend this book to anyone who likes LitRPG and progression types of books with apocalypse type themes and lots of action
I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend this book to anyone who likes LitRPG and progression types of books with apocalypse type themes and lots of action
November 5, 2024
+1 for writing a Recap.
Only 3 forerunners from Earth are left standing. While on Earth mc's sis is full on action hero mode. Normandy is besieged by monsters and mc kicks their ass.
Only 3 forerunners from Earth are left standing. While on Earth mc's sis is full on action hero mode. Normandy is besieged by monsters and mc kicks their ass.
August 7, 2024
Fun Read
Nice plot twists and amazing story line. Story is definitely full speed ahead and the enemies and challenges are increasing rapidly.
Nice plot twists and amazing story line. Story is definitely full speed ahead and the enemies and challenges are increasing rapidly.
August 10, 2024
Great story.
Great story,Great book.
Thank you Oswald .
I look forward to reading the next four books in the series.
Pax
Great story,Great book.
Thank you Oswald .
I look forward to reading the next four books in the series.
Pax
August 25, 2024
Great action storytelling
With so many things happening, Oswald does well to bring us and the changing climate into a fascinating and engrossing read. This book goes into a lot more of the background and hidden until now aspects of the system, but it does work well as another part of the world building.
Hopefully not too long before we see the next of this great series.
With so many things happening, Oswald does well to bring us and the changing climate into a fascinating and engrossing read. This book goes into a lot more of the background and hidden until now aspects of the system, but it does work well as another part of the world building.
Hopefully not too long before we see the next of this great series.
October 1, 2024
4.5 stars. This is moving well from book one, as some significant moves are made here. This shows me that the author has enough plot elements to not fall back on the recurring villian trope too much, and I appreciate that. There are large, planet dismantlng movements coming, so we'll see if the MC and crew can pull Earth into 1st place before the deadline.
June 13, 2025
This is my least liked book of the series so far. Though I enjoyed the Hunt scenario, there’s just so many things about this aspect of the story that make no sense. This book also suffers from numerous plot contrivances and a lack of payoffs.
What doesn’t make sense about the Hunt? How about that it kills off every single forerunner from every other world with like a month left to go before induction. What’s the point of this exercise from the system’s POV? It’s just mindless slaughter. Even if we take into account the system has other motivations for testing forerunners, assumably to let the cream rise to the top to combat other systems, the fact that various finishing ranks for induction planets leads to most or all of their pollution being culled, this seems to make this whole testing motivation contradict itself. For example, if I was a king in the Middle Ages, and I needed to raise some soldiers. I wouldn’t go to five different villages and ask them to send me five random people each then when one group kills all the other groups in one of my tests, I don’t wipe out all those villages too?
First, this system motivation is not a remotely logical way to find talent on new worlds. You can’t get an accurate sample size from 5 people out of billions. Second, what’s the point of wiping the entire population out? They’re already self sufficient within their own societies, wouldn’t it make way more sense to simply abduct people periodically? But that wouldn’t fit the plot outline the author has for this series.
I also despised the fight against Balrog or whatever his dumb name is. He doesn’t make ANY sense as an antagonist. Apparently he’s used some system-forbidden magic to cull his world’s entire population to feed his power. The system recognizes this and even gives MC a quest to eliminate this guy. Why doesn’t the system just take care of him? Teleport him into a star or something? Makes no sense why this character is allowed to continue to compete in the induction competition. It also makes no sense how much plot armor and contrivances are needed to kill him. Literally MC went to chaotic space and got help from three different systems to kill the guy? Like wtf even is that? Wouldn’t have been more interesting if the guy was simply peak solo leveler who lost to a peak team? Teamwork you know? This probably isn’t a fair gripe of this series or this book, but it’s just a personal preference I despise when stakes get elevated with never-before-seen (or even hinted at) abilities that get countered by the same thing.
Next complaint is the two plus years the good guys spent in a dungeon wihh th time dilation to level. In two years, MC still doesn’t consider himself a friend of the Chinese dude? He still hasn’t made a move on the Norwegian chick? Sure, it’s a cool idea for them to be able to power level their skills while in the hunt to gain an advantage over other teams, but I think at a minimum some relationship growth would have occurred over two damned years…
As for the budding relationship, I don’t see it on the page. It’s not being adequately framed by the author for it to be believable. The two years spent together would have been a great opportunity to close that gap and not even have to explain how to the readers. Have then go in as attracted to eachother and come out together. Easy. I’ll give the author credit for trying, too many authors in this genre avoid relationships entirely for whatever reason. But this is done so poorly, it’s almost cringey. It doesn’t help that I still don’t like the MC, he’s such a blah person. I also feel the same about the chick.
Next is the reason they fought the huntsman made ZERO sense especially when the Norwegian chick just agrees to be subservient to MC after the fight, her initial refusal being the reason they chose to fight him. Making it all an exercise in just moving the plot in certain directions. That’s a plot contrivance. It doesn’t make sense in context, but it’s needed to set up plot lines. That’s bad writing.
Other gripes, I don’t care for this confusing mess of systems and non-systems and primal and on and on. It’s not even a unique idea, system universe has yet to get there but that’s what that series has been clearly setting up since the first novel. There’s a ton of borrowed elements in this series from other series in the genre. This book we even see the MC, who reads these books, make references to them here and there. Not a fan of that, but I know that’s a personal taste thing. Write your own series. This series even bothers entire species from other stuff. The advanced aliens are literally the Asgard from Stargate SG1. Small, gray, low population of technologically advanced clones.
I don’t have a problem with derivative stuff, it’s only natural to borrow ideas. But when it’s so often so cut and paste, it’s distracting.
So all in all, I have one book left I got on sale. Not sure if I’ll read anymore after that. Nothing about this series really jumps out at me that’s a good thing. Plenty of annoying stuff.
What doesn’t make sense about the Hunt? How about that it kills off every single forerunner from every other world with like a month left to go before induction. What’s the point of this exercise from the system’s POV? It’s just mindless slaughter. Even if we take into account the system has other motivations for testing forerunners, assumably to let the cream rise to the top to combat other systems, the fact that various finishing ranks for induction planets leads to most or all of their pollution being culled, this seems to make this whole testing motivation contradict itself. For example, if I was a king in the Middle Ages, and I needed to raise some soldiers. I wouldn’t go to five different villages and ask them to send me five random people each then when one group kills all the other groups in one of my tests, I don’t wipe out all those villages too?
First, this system motivation is not a remotely logical way to find talent on new worlds. You can’t get an accurate sample size from 5 people out of billions. Second, what’s the point of wiping the entire population out? They’re already self sufficient within their own societies, wouldn’t it make way more sense to simply abduct people periodically? But that wouldn’t fit the plot outline the author has for this series.
I also despised the fight against Balrog or whatever his dumb name is. He doesn’t make ANY sense as an antagonist. Apparently he’s used some system-forbidden magic to cull his world’s entire population to feed his power. The system recognizes this and even gives MC a quest to eliminate this guy. Why doesn’t the system just take care of him? Teleport him into a star or something? Makes no sense why this character is allowed to continue to compete in the induction competition. It also makes no sense how much plot armor and contrivances are needed to kill him. Literally MC went to chaotic space and got help from three different systems to kill the guy? Like wtf even is that? Wouldn’t have been more interesting if the guy was simply peak solo leveler who lost to a peak team? Teamwork you know? This probably isn’t a fair gripe of this series or this book, but it’s just a personal preference I despise when stakes get elevated with never-before-seen (or even hinted at) abilities that get countered by the same thing.
Next complaint is the two plus years the good guys spent in a dungeon wihh th time dilation to level. In two years, MC still doesn’t consider himself a friend of the Chinese dude? He still hasn’t made a move on the Norwegian chick? Sure, it’s a cool idea for them to be able to power level their skills while in the hunt to gain an advantage over other teams, but I think at a minimum some relationship growth would have occurred over two damned years…
As for the budding relationship, I don’t see it on the page. It’s not being adequately framed by the author for it to be believable. The two years spent together would have been a great opportunity to close that gap and not even have to explain how to the readers. Have then go in as attracted to eachother and come out together. Easy. I’ll give the author credit for trying, too many authors in this genre avoid relationships entirely for whatever reason. But this is done so poorly, it’s almost cringey. It doesn’t help that I still don’t like the MC, he’s such a blah person. I also feel the same about the chick.
Next is the reason they fought the huntsman made ZERO sense especially when the Norwegian chick just agrees to be subservient to MC after the fight, her initial refusal being the reason they chose to fight him. Making it all an exercise in just moving the plot in certain directions. That’s a plot contrivance. It doesn’t make sense in context, but it’s needed to set up plot lines. That’s bad writing.
Other gripes, I don’t care for this confusing mess of systems and non-systems and primal and on and on. It’s not even a unique idea, system universe has yet to get there but that’s what that series has been clearly setting up since the first novel. There’s a ton of borrowed elements in this series from other series in the genre. This book we even see the MC, who reads these books, make references to them here and there. Not a fan of that, but I know that’s a personal taste thing. Write your own series. This series even bothers entire species from other stuff. The advanced aliens are literally the Asgard from Stargate SG1. Small, gray, low population of technologically advanced clones.
I don’t have a problem with derivative stuff, it’s only natural to borrow ideas. But when it’s so often so cut and paste, it’s distracting.
So all in all, I have one book left I got on sale. Not sure if I’ll read anymore after that. Nothing about this series really jumps out at me that’s a good thing. Plenty of annoying stuff.
May 23, 2025
Rating 4.0 stars
A good continuation of the series. There were a couple of head scratching things that happened with the plot but overall I still enjoy the series. The biggest thing is the whole premise of this book. The wild hunt. It sounded like it was meant to whittle down the competition. That ended up being an understatement. Overall I still like the series and the characters. There are hints of other series from different author's in this one. He who fights with monsters, the Legend of Randidly Ghosthound, Primal Hunter are just a few I can think of.
A good continuation of the series. There were a couple of head scratching things that happened with the plot but overall I still enjoy the series. The biggest thing is the whole premise of this book. The wild hunt. It sounded like it was meant to whittle down the competition. That ended up being an understatement. Overall I still like the series and the characters. There are hints of other series from different author's in this one. He who fights with monsters, the Legend of Randidly Ghosthound, Primal Hunter are just a few I can think of.
August 10, 2025
There were many aspects of this book I struggled with. Grammar errors and continuity errors aside, several of the characters seemed to fall backwards with character development. Some made sense plot wise and others not so much. Asta falling victim to her father's machinations made sense lore wise even if it made her character flat. She had zero personality any more, and honestly it's really disgusting to see a woman broken down to such a simple tropes. Meanwhile, Jiang's sudden decision to subjugate himself to Silas made absolutely no sense with his character so far. Jiang had refused to work in teams until Silas healed him and brought him back from the dead. Jiang trusted no one. Jiang barely shared his stats, yet we as readers are expected to believe he decided during his race evolution to trust in Silas to the point he would subjugate himself permanently? I will not be continuing with this series. I had found myself fuming when Silas said women wanted men to lead them. And then again when Asta happily subjugated herself after arguing about not wanting to subjugate herself. It was as bad as when he said Anika's body disappeared so it couldn't be looted and then two pages later said her headless corpse fell over. The author is so inconsistent!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 31, 2025
Well well well. Too many pop culture references maybe. But that's because other litRPG series are referenced. IDK, it breaks the 4th wall in a weird way. HWFWM was referenced a few times; that series is still ongoing! At least reference something from the past or that isn't so new.
We got LOTS of training montages and fights and what not. Got a bit repetitive after a while but also made sense. The author does a decent job at framing things so that you can fill in the blanks for yourself without him having to explain complex science to the reader. At times this shows. Like when someone new to our solar system counts 9 planets then corrects themselves by saying the ninth doesn't count since its orbit isn't clear of debris. I'm pretty sure orbit clearance was never a factor into what is or isn't considered a planet and there lots of junk between the planets. What'd you think falling stars were? whahah
Anyway, the world grows, we got more world building but instead of building the world up from the bottom up, the author takes a lot of inspo from other media. Not so much as to make this feel like a copy but too much be seen as a mere nod to other works.
We got LOTS of training montages and fights and what not. Got a bit repetitive after a while but also made sense. The author does a decent job at framing things so that you can fill in the blanks for yourself without him having to explain complex science to the reader. At times this shows. Like when someone new to our solar system counts 9 planets then corrects themselves by saying the ninth doesn't count since its orbit isn't clear of debris. I'm pretty sure orbit clearance was never a factor into what is or isn't considered a planet and there lots of junk between the planets. What'd you think falling stars were? whahah
Anyway, the world grows, we got more world building but instead of building the world up from the bottom up, the author takes a lot of inspo from other media. Not so much as to make this feel like a copy but too much be seen as a mere nod to other works.
September 14, 2024
Leaning more heavily into religious tropes.
There's an uptick in phrase & action repetition. These clumsy errors are disappointing but not enough to turn away from the heart of the interesting & entertaining story being told.
As the author/s (if I remember correctly another author was credited on a previous book) attempt to build the protagonist & the narrative at large, the abilities & build of the young man & his allies is getting somewhat bloated, but possibly necessarily so. This, however, is opening the opportunities for instances of inconsistency & as the author/s lose track, & there's a hell of a lot to keep track of, the awkward instances of phrase repetition & duplication of descriptive passages is becoming quite frequent.
So, suspend your belief, accept that you probably couldn't keep track of all this stuff yourself & just go along for the ride. It's fun. You'll like it.
Looking forward to Book 5 in November 2024.
There's an uptick in phrase & action repetition. These clumsy errors are disappointing but not enough to turn away from the heart of the interesting & entertaining story being told.
As the author/s (if I remember correctly another author was credited on a previous book) attempt to build the protagonist & the narrative at large, the abilities & build of the young man & his allies is getting somewhat bloated, but possibly necessarily so. This, however, is opening the opportunities for instances of inconsistency & as the author/s lose track, & there's a hell of a lot to keep track of, the awkward instances of phrase repetition & duplication of descriptive passages is becoming quite frequent.
So, suspend your belief, accept that you probably couldn't keep track of all this stuff yourself & just go along for the ride. It's fun. You'll like it.
Looking forward to Book 5 in November 2024.
June 8, 2025
Storyline is mostly intriguing; recent added secondary characters are MEH...
Asta Larson inherits her forerunner slot from her crazed father Emil and appears to be impressive on the surface, but her innermost self is eighty-percent self motivated; she eventually reveals herself to be selfish and somewhat greedy. She's using Silas shamelessly under the cover her unfeigned lust & attraction to his (thankfully) very physically attractive exterior & highly charismatic personality. Jiang at least became a better, more interesting character who helps shape the plot, distracts from & makes up for Astra a little, and becomes a team player who fully supports Silas. This book is exciting and chock full of action, mystery, and uncertainty where Earth's future is concerned. Lots of plot twists keep people on their toes and readers enthralled. Aside from Astra, the book is pretty good. Poor Silas sadly didn't stand a chance... Four stars.
Asta Larson inherits her forerunner slot from her crazed father Emil and appears to be impressive on the surface, but her innermost self is eighty-percent self motivated; she eventually reveals herself to be selfish and somewhat greedy. She's using Silas shamelessly under the cover her unfeigned lust & attraction to his (thankfully) very physically attractive exterior & highly charismatic personality. Jiang at least became a better, more interesting character who helps shape the plot, distracts from & makes up for Astra a little, and becomes a team player who fully supports Silas. This book is exciting and chock full of action, mystery, and uncertainty where Earth's future is concerned. Lots of plot twists keep people on their toes and readers enthralled. Aside from Astra, the book is pretty good. Poor Silas sadly didn't stand a chance... Four stars.
January 21, 2025
Vast scenery card board people
The ability to map out a whole multiverse with action and yet have the world views of someone born a hundred years ago. Yes ladies you'll be happy to find out that the thing your looking for is a man to tell you what to do. Lots of sandwiches and cookies and little kids under foot for you. His view of the military is basically that soldier shooting a twenty two revolver at Godzilla and thinking he's making a difference.
Weird word replacements and substitutions point to a lot of spell check and no proof reading but the basic story is good but I think he's digging himself a hole as his main character is already so over powered he's running into godhood. That cheap trick of pulling some magical spell or ability out of thin air to fix any problem is getting old too.
The ability to map out a whole multiverse with action and yet have the world views of someone born a hundred years ago. Yes ladies you'll be happy to find out that the thing your looking for is a man to tell you what to do. Lots of sandwiches and cookies and little kids under foot for you. His view of the military is basically that soldier shooting a twenty two revolver at Godzilla and thinking he's making a difference.
Weird word replacements and substitutions point to a lot of spell check and no proof reading but the basic story is good but I think he's digging himself a hole as his main character is already so over powered he's running into godhood. That cheap trick of pulling some magical spell or ability out of thin air to fix any problem is getting old too.
August 16, 2025
Resistance is the fourth book in this series, and if you're a reader that craves endings, and really don't want to read more of this series, then this book would be a good place to throw in the towel. I'm convinced there's way more fun stuff to come, so I'm not doing that, just offering that up for those that want it.
This book answers several questions about the system, and even gives a bit of background on the main character's mentor. We also learn about competing systems, which is always a fun thing. Pretty good story, and I'm looking forward to reading the next one, but not just yet, got to catch up on other series first.
This book answers several questions about the system, and even gives a bit of background on the main character's mentor. We also learn about competing systems, which is always a fun thing. Pretty good story, and I'm looking forward to reading the next one, but not just yet, got to catch up on other series first.
August 9, 2024
Still really enjoyable with great pace and characters (one or two too many interludes though)
Silas is developing really well. The story is fun and the pace is great. This book really opens up the worldbuilding and by the end you'll be excited for what's coming next. My only nitpicks are couple spots for the imagery gets really verbose to the point I think Sean is trying to hard and they I could have done without one or two of the interludes because they interrupted big scenes or that whatever will be happening next is just way more interesting they what's happening on Earth with Cece.
Still that doesn't take anyone any from the book for me. Was really looking forward to this one and it delivered a great continuation.
Silas is developing really well. The story is fun and the pace is great. This book really opens up the worldbuilding and by the end you'll be excited for what's coming next. My only nitpicks are couple spots for the imagery gets really verbose to the point I think Sean is trying to hard and they I could have done without one or two of the interludes because they interrupted big scenes or that whatever will be happening next is just way more interesting they what's happening on Earth with Cece.
Still that doesn't take anyone any from the book for me. Was really looking forward to this one and it delivered a great continuation.
March 11, 2025
It's okay
After having read this entry I'm wondering whether or not the author is what's called a discovery writer. It would explain some of the decisions made when telling the story. I did not like the motivations for the lady forerunners. I didn't like how one of them died and I really hated how the other one died. It's no secret that one was a traitor and the other was a zealot. But for my point of view the author didn't put in enough work for me to hate the characters enough to justify the way their story thread came to an end. I like the bunny Warriors and the war between the various systems. I really like the interludes. They show up at the right time and I enjoy the different perspectives from the other characters.
After having read this entry I'm wondering whether or not the author is what's called a discovery writer. It would explain some of the decisions made when telling the story. I did not like the motivations for the lady forerunners. I didn't like how one of them died and I really hated how the other one died. It's no secret that one was a traitor and the other was a zealot. But for my point of view the author didn't put in enough work for me to hate the characters enough to justify the way their story thread came to an end. I like the bunny Warriors and the war between the various systems. I really like the interludes. They show up at the right time and I enjoy the different perspectives from the other characters.
November 18, 2024
So exciting!!! It goes and goes and goes.
This book continues with Silas' entrance in the "The Great Hunt" or whatever it's called. Time is winding down before Earth is Inducted and billions or people die etc... Silas' sister is awesomely kicking monster butt on Earth as Silas is away.
The growth of those in the hunt is huge and great! Treachery is exposed and almost vanquished. I love that there is something "bigger" at work in the background and that some of those that wield tremendous power to use to it to subjugate others, but teach and help.
No sex and no swearing (that I can recall).
This series will continue and I will continue to read it!!!
Great Author!
This book continues with Silas' entrance in the "The Great Hunt" or whatever it's called. Time is winding down before Earth is Inducted and billions or people die etc... Silas' sister is awesomely kicking monster butt on Earth as Silas is away.
The growth of those in the hunt is huge and great! Treachery is exposed and almost vanquished. I love that there is something "bigger" at work in the background and that some of those that wield tremendous power to use to it to subjugate others, but teach and help.
No sex and no swearing (that I can recall).
This series will continue and I will continue to read it!!!
Great Author!
October 6, 2025
eh
This series will never be a favorite but its adventure enough. I’ve stopped reading better series because they started leaning in a direction I wasn’t interested in or didn’t like. This one is starting to teeter in that direction. As they go on this book genre can get to intangible mystic and un-relatable. Personally I don’t care for fire as a power base, it’s cruel. Fire has its place, it’s to be respected for those qualities not thrown around like cooking something alive isn’t cringe. I don’t like Asta, Even as a person prone to practicality myself. Her power set is dirty to me and therefore not of interest.
This series will never be a favorite but its adventure enough. I’ve stopped reading better series because they started leaning in a direction I wasn’t interested in or didn’t like. This one is starting to teeter in that direction. As they go on this book genre can get to intangible mystic and un-relatable. Personally I don’t care for fire as a power base, it’s cruel. Fire has its place, it’s to be respected for those qualities not thrown around like cooking something alive isn’t cringe. I don’t like Asta, Even as a person prone to practicality myself. Her power set is dirty to me and therefore not of interest.
November 6, 2025
dig deep
Lots of times-wimey stuff, going from time dilation training montages to two instances of “I just stepped between reality and got lost for a month or two”.
Wild hunt battle royale, sounds like earth won’t be stripped for parts, but sucks for Crembor.
The most coldly practical courtship, which I appreciate for not giving the protagonist a trophy-spouse.
Mom is still in the midst of her own crisis, though I wonder why a Marine’s wife would balk at all the changes rather than rallying. Years of bouncing around, outliving your spouse and struggling with grief and you this is where you draw the line?
Lots of times-wimey stuff, going from time dilation training montages to two instances of “I just stepped between reality and got lost for a month or two”.
Wild hunt battle royale, sounds like earth won’t be stripped for parts, but sucks for Crembor.
The most coldly practical courtship, which I appreciate for not giving the protagonist a trophy-spouse.
Mom is still in the midst of her own crisis, though I wonder why a Marine’s wife would balk at all the changes rather than rallying. Years of bouncing around, outliving your spouse and struggling with grief and you this is where you draw the line?
July 12, 2025
The direction is still excellent. I really like that the events are starting to unfold on Earth as well. This volume hasn’t lost any of its magic either, and it still manages to hold my attention and maintain my interest from chapter to chapter. It’s not too much, and not too little. My only criticism, which is slowly starting to crystallize in my mind, is that the main character is too perfect. Apart from minimal uncertainty, they have no flaws, and handle every situation so professionally that it can’t even be justified by their enhanced attributes.
August 21, 2024
Just when you think they are getting ahead
Silas’ story continues and doesn’t disappoint! This 4th book of the series carries a punch all while leading to the end of the probationary period for the chosen worlds.
I think book three was more fun, but this book is more interesting because it carries the story along and there is a TON of revelations about what’s really happening in the multiverse. And of course, Silas continues to grow.
I’m excited for book five!
Silas’ story continues and doesn’t disappoint! This 4th book of the series carries a punch all while leading to the end of the probationary period for the chosen worlds.
I think book three was more fun, but this book is more interesting because it carries the story along and there is a TON of revelations about what’s really happening in the multiverse. And of course, Silas continues to grow.
I’m excited for book five!
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