Ein Ausgestoßener in einer anderen Welt 5: Ein Fantasy-LitRPG-Abenteuer: Buch 5 – Wachsender Wahnsinn

An Outcast In Another World #5

by KamikazePotato, Tamara Peiter (translator)

The shadow of war looms over Elatra. Rob and Riardin's Rangers have returned triumphant after assisting Dwarven territory and Merfolk territory. They endured Blights, betrayals, and bombs, barely managing to prevail over the many trials that assailed them. An alliance has been brokered between nations, and for the first time, the Blight seems like it's on the ropes. Unfortunately, there's never rest for the weary. It isn't long before they hear news of a brewing war between the Harpies and Dragonkin. Confused and concerned, the newly-formed allied coalition heads down to find out what's going on – only to become embroiled in a dark conspiracy that threatens to shake Elatra to its core. As Corruption rises in Harpy territory, Rob finds himself surrounded by enemies on all sides. With two Leaders, the Blight, and the gods all setting their sights on him, the stakes have never been higher. He has no choice but to fight onwards, motivating himself with the knowledge that peace lies at the end of this long, bloody road. If he can hold onto his sanity, that is. About the An Outcast in Another World is a LitRPG adventure series with elements of fantasy, portal fantasy, isekai, progression, and weak-to-strong character development. Victories are difficult but earned. Rob gains strength at a rate that continuously increases his importance in the world, but without making his allies irrelevant. The plot has consistent forward momentum, and the story's cast of characters is fully fleshed-out, each with their own struggles. Fight scenes are high-octane brawls that involve creative applications of Rob's abilities. Book 5 also comes with a bonus side story included at the end.

Genres: Fantasy

504 pages, Hardcover

Published July 19, 2024

About the author

Hello all you lovely people! My name is Brett - a.k.a. KamikazePotato - and I've been a massive fan of fantasy stories since the first time I first picked up a book. Over the years, I've devoured well over 100 fantasy novels, dozens of fantasy video games, plenty of fantasy TV shows and movies...you get the idea.

Naturally, this made me want to create a fantasy world of my own. Around the time I decided to sit down and write a story I would actually share with everyone, I also got into the LitRPG genre, and here we are.

I plan to write plenty more stories in this genre, and to spread my wings out to other genres as well! Writing is a joy, and so is getting to see people enjoy what I've created.

Reviews

[Gavin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Warring Insanity, the fifth installment in KamakaziePotato’s Outcast In Another World series, lived up to my expectations. The author has managed to maintain a strong and consistent quality throughout the series and this book was no exception.

I like the blend of LitRPG mechanics and portal fantasy elements offered in this story. We get the best from both genres in this series! KamakaziePotato may have a typically awful LitRPG name but his writing style is pretty engaging which makes the story immersive and easy to get sucked into. The characters are likable yet complicated enough to be interesting with each having distinct personalities and motivations of their own that brought depth to the story. I’m just a fan of this fantasy world. The fantasy races and politics, magical system, and diverse creatures are as compelling as ever in this fifth outing.

In Warring Insanity, Rob and his new alliance of nations (Fiends, Elves, Dwarves, Merfolk, and Gellan) faced new challenges as they pushed into Harpy territory. What they found was more trouble than they expected as both the Blight and the formidable Dragonkin were already wreaking havoc in the territory. This added plenty of tension to the tale and kept things interesting as Rob had to juggle with multiple dangerous enemies as well as dealing with the frailties of his new alliance.

All in all this installment was a solid instalment of what has turned out to be one of the better and more consistent LitRPG series I’ve read so far.

Rating: 4 stars.

Audio Note: Neil Hellegers did a decent job with the audio. Dude struggles a bit with the female dialogue but outside of that is a good narrator.

[Tyler · Rating 5 out of 5]

So invigorated right now.

4.8 🌟

[Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall pretty good, but I find I tire of "earthlings" who can't accept how the worlds they are transported to work. There is an assumption that the norms we (mostly) accept today are the "right" ones, and everything that preceded us/is different is wrong. The current "culture wars" should make it clear that what is pushed by the politically correct is not universally popular, and nobody's ideology is automatically a universal truth. If such a thing (other than entropy) even exists.

Considering the sweep of human history, our current fetishes of "fairness" etc. are very recent. Slavery in one form or another has been present in all periods of history, but westerners seem hung up on it and is the one thing they can't abide in an isekei or similar situation. Is it still the worst possible option in a place that doesn't abide by the LOAC or Geneva Conventions for, say, captives, when the alternative is death?

Likewise the irreducible truth that violence can and does solve things is something the more naive MCs (like Rob) have trouble with. The concept that anyone from Earth with fashionable "modern" ideas is "right" while entire planets worth of people are "wrong" is popular in these type of book, but really gets my goat.

Warfare is messy, and Rob's insistence on zero allied, let alone collateral casualties, is setting himself up for failure. The operational objective may be achieved, but the mental burden of unrealistic expectations is a self-inflicted wound for him.

Yes, Rob is a mess, we get it. Too much of that takes away from the reading experience, but that of course is not everyone's opinion. The Jason section was ok, but stuff off the main sequence of the story is never my favourite thing. We seem to be approaching endgame in this series, but I guess we'll see where it goes from here.

[Jeffing · Rating 5 out of 5]

it wasn't enough to drag my rating down (well, maybe down to a 4.5 if anything), maybe because the author had become quite good at writing about introspections and the various characters' mental states after making it a primary aspect of the series (obviously, I know, since it's called human insanity), BUT I was getting really close to a boiling point in this book for how much introspection and mental health issues i could handle. not just introspection, but reflections on introspections, monsters or friends forcing introspection, frequent dialogue about various characters' mental states, and so on.
Thankfully, while I know there will still be some time spent on it and some issues to be resolved, it did feel like the main character's arc for this reached something of a resolution in time for the final plot arc

[Thorsten · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great continuation and the end is in sight. This one was a little slow, a lot of introspection and not much focus on the whole team. The last third of the book is a stand-alone story updating us on Jason and I'm just not as invested in that character so I skimmed a lot of it.

Looking forward to seeing how this all ends.

[M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Recap: Rob has created an alliance to defeat the king of Harpies who has been completely taken over by the corruption. His mages have managed to create a dimension tv of sort to earth. He kills the king and gets confronted by the Dragon queen, and that very moment, Gods intervene and tell everyone to protect Rob, coz he's the only one who can get rid of corruption.

[George Rokkos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book. Loved the world-building in this series and I love how realistic and well-developed the main characters are. Every time I read this series, there is always something new that I did not except. The amazing book can not wait for book 6. Loved seeing Rob and the gain grow and develop.

[Steve Naylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating 4.0 stars

Still a good series. A little bit slow at times. Rob is in his head A LOT and it can be a little much at times. I was hoping for more with Jason since that aspect was opened up in the last book, but he was only in this one a little bit. Overall, still pretty good.

[Sandra (I don't read, I devour.) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I admit, I mostly skimmed over Jason's part. but, I do know what happened. The main plot was super good though! and I can't wait to see what's going to happen in the next book with everything being how it is now.

[Lukas Lovas · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had to step away from this series due to the amount of introspection and mid-action inner voice monologues...it's more bearable now that I've read other stuff in between and the book itself is actually going in an interesting direction.

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely loved it. The character development in the series is absolutely fantastic and a joy to read. I'm really excited to see what comes next in the series!!

[Matthew · Rating 3 out of 5]

Started off great but as the story progressed the pace and story became lacking. With over 1/3 of the book being an Epilogue is a bit much as well.

Expected more from this book.

[Miles · Rating 3 out of 5]

3*

[Nick Rizzo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rob battles his inner turmoil and finally realizes his own inner and outer strength (re: he’s so over leveled and over powered compared to everyone else)

[John Galt]

dnf

[Denisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

And the series keeps on giving!