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The World #16
It Never Ends
Running around Aeroch Nor, Startum Ironwolf has a lot to do and little time to do it in. He needs to swing by the lower caverns for his new Dwarfling vassals, face off against an enraged Badruc, and deal with the resulting clan politics, which doesn’t include his visit to the Great Library where the Azure Skull Mages are on alert against infiltrators. On top of that, the Goon Squad hasn’t forgotten the ass-whooping he handed them the night before.
Arriving in the port city of Dolurn, Star and his friends discover that it’s not just the Kraken that’s gonna be a major problem. Marshal Slangneedon hasn’t given up trying to interfere with his wager against Viscount Hollysharp. The old Gnome quickly proves that he has a few more dirty tricks up his sleeves. And if that isn’t bad enough, there is more trouble laying in wait for them. It quickly becomes apparent that even if the HollyTerror arrives in time, all might still be lost.
This is a GameLit/LitRPG story and contains explicit intimate relations, explicit violence, explicit expletives, cussing and swearing, explicit hacking and slashing, betrayals, pant wetting, improper use of motorcycles, general speeding, polyamory, theft, arson, egg-laying, open relationships, power leveling, twinking, PVP, ogling of demi-humans, ogling of humanoids, ogling of monsters, PVE, spawn camping, trespassing, dwarf tossing, cell phone hacking, account hacking, attempted rape, adult situations, violations of civilian rights, a dire wolf with an attitude, infidelity, bawdy relations with Orcs, Goblins, Trolls, Beastkin, Gnomes, Dwarves, Elves and monsters, MMORPG-style violence, allusions to nonconsensual relations, consensual relations, wolves and bears as pets, nudity and nakedness, no bras, naked raids, murder, attempted murder, atheism, rationalizations, man-handling, decapitations, pirate on pirate violence, gossiping, defenestration, sexual harassment, religious rationalizations, unusual morals, NPC relations, player relations, possible centaur riding, stalking, looting, womanizing, mansplaining, bribery, LAN parties, fantasy depictions of mages and warriors, highly risqué fantasy gaming tropes, personal rants, assault and battery, stabbings, cannibalism, general mayhem, specific mayhem, immolations, explosions, siege weapons of mass destruction, existential discussions, controversial topics of sci-fi fandom, real-world intimate relationships, in-game intimate relationships, playing the field, disrespect for authority, womansplaining, realm invasions, mind control fears, bad tempered marines, conspiracy theories, cohabitation, men playing women, digital prostitution, exsanguinations, women playing men, references to science fiction literature and television, references to gaming, playing MMOs for too many hours straight, government surveillance, jelly donuts, inappropriate gaming names, player abuse, interrogations and torture, chest ogling, grocery store misconduct, talking on a cell in public, relational misconduct, magic misconduct, fangs, general misconduct, voyeurism, making out sessions, heavy petting, insanity, random violence, promiscuity, werewolves and vampires that like to kill, evil gnolls and goblins, good orcs and bad orcs, too much drinking, dismemberment, abuse of authority, abuse of popularity, electrocutions, freeze blasts, arcane explosions, destruction of property, public indecency, annoying escort quests, rezzing and resurrections, castle sieging, city ransacking, slavery, raping and pillaging, role-playing, abuse, crazy ex-girlfriend flashbacks, nutshots and eye poking, the stabbing of private organs, pick-up groups, fast-moving zombies, and anything else offensive I may have forgotten to mention. Read at your own risk.
Arriving in the port city of Dolurn, Star and his friends discover that it’s not just the Kraken that’s gonna be a major problem. Marshal Slangneedon hasn’t given up trying to interfere with his wager against Viscount Hollysharp. The old Gnome quickly proves that he has a few more dirty tricks up his sleeves. And if that isn’t bad enough, there is more trouble laying in wait for them. It quickly becomes apparent that even if the HollyTerror arrives in time, all might still be lost.
This is a GameLit/LitRPG story and contains explicit intimate relations, explicit violence, explicit expletives, cussing and swearing, explicit hacking and slashing, betrayals, pant wetting, improper use of motorcycles, general speeding, polyamory, theft, arson, egg-laying, open relationships, power leveling, twinking, PVP, ogling of demi-humans, ogling of humanoids, ogling of monsters, PVE, spawn camping, trespassing, dwarf tossing, cell phone hacking, account hacking, attempted rape, adult situations, violations of civilian rights, a dire wolf with an attitude, infidelity, bawdy relations with Orcs, Goblins, Trolls, Beastkin, Gnomes, Dwarves, Elves and monsters, MMORPG-style violence, allusions to nonconsensual relations, consensual relations, wolves and bears as pets, nudity and nakedness, no bras, naked raids, murder, attempted murder, atheism, rationalizations, man-handling, decapitations, pirate on pirate violence, gossiping, defenestration, sexual harassment, religious rationalizations, unusual morals, NPC relations, player relations, possible centaur riding, stalking, looting, womanizing, mansplaining, bribery, LAN parties, fantasy depictions of mages and warriors, highly risqué fantasy gaming tropes, personal rants, assault and battery, stabbings, cannibalism, general mayhem, specific mayhem, immolations, explosions, siege weapons of mass destruction, existential discussions, controversial topics of sci-fi fandom, real-world intimate relationships, in-game intimate relationships, playing the field, disrespect for authority, womansplaining, realm invasions, mind control fears, bad tempered marines, conspiracy theories, cohabitation, men playing women, digital prostitution, exsanguinations, women playing men, references to science fiction literature and television, references to gaming, playing MMOs for too many hours straight, government surveillance, jelly donuts, inappropriate gaming names, player abuse, interrogations and torture, chest ogling, grocery store misconduct, talking on a cell in public, relational misconduct, magic misconduct, fangs, general misconduct, voyeurism, making out sessions, heavy petting, insanity, random violence, promiscuity, werewolves and vampires that like to kill, evil gnolls and goblins, good orcs and bad orcs, too much drinking, dismemberment, abuse of authority, abuse of popularity, electrocutions, freeze blasts, arcane explosions, destruction of property, public indecency, annoying escort quests, rezzing and resurrections, castle sieging, city ransacking, slavery, raping and pillaging, role-playing, abuse, crazy ex-girlfriend flashbacks, nutshots and eye poking, the stabbing of private organs, pick-up groups, fast-moving zombies, and anything else offensive I may have forgotten to mention. Read at your own risk.
529 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 11, 2024
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About the author
Jason A. Cheek
25 books278 followersJason A. Cheek, author of The World and The Last Paladin Series, lives in Germany due to his current job assignment. He lives with his wife and daughter, along with their two dogs Monte and Melow. Originally from West Palm Beach, Jason was born in Florida.
Interested in martial arts, swords, archery, Dungeon & Dragons, the SCA (Society of Creative Anachronisms), reading Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Jason became a computer gamer after leaving the Army. Paying his own way through college while working as a waiter, he studied to become an Occupational Therapist Assistant.
Teaching himself computers and networking on his own time. Jason changed career paths, becoming a Regional Systems Administrator several years later. During this time, he played many hours of first person shooters and strategy games at LAN parties around the United States or logged into Anarchy Online and World of Warcraft leading his guilds.
Excelling in his career as an Information Technology Specialist, Jason became a Microsoft Certified Systems Security Engineer and VMware Certified Professional, furthering his knowledge by learning new technology whenever possible.
Expanding his horizons, Jason became interested in extreme sports and traveling. Finding a job that allowed him to travel around the world while working on computers, he taught himself German and Polish and met his wife Anja.
Always interested in writing, Jason began his first novel called Flight, Book One of The Last Paladin Series, in 2013 and self-published the next year in 2014. He went on to continue writing, releasing the popular series The World in 2018.
Interested in martial arts, swords, archery, Dungeon & Dragons, the SCA (Society of Creative Anachronisms), reading Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Jason became a computer gamer after leaving the Army. Paying his own way through college while working as a waiter, he studied to become an Occupational Therapist Assistant.
Teaching himself computers and networking on his own time. Jason changed career paths, becoming a Regional Systems Administrator several years later. During this time, he played many hours of first person shooters and strategy games at LAN parties around the United States or logged into Anarchy Online and World of Warcraft leading his guilds.
Excelling in his career as an Information Technology Specialist, Jason became a Microsoft Certified Systems Security Engineer and VMware Certified Professional, furthering his knowledge by learning new technology whenever possible.
Expanding his horizons, Jason became interested in extreme sports and traveling. Finding a job that allowed him to travel around the world while working on computers, he taught himself German and Polish and met his wife Anja.
Always interested in writing, Jason began his first novel called Flight, Book One of The Last Paladin Series, in 2013 and self-published the next year in 2014. He went on to continue writing, releasing the popular series The World in 2018.
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August 15, 2024
Another great additions
This moves quickly back and forth across current story streams. Great to see all quickly coming to head with old/new enemies popping up. Now gonna wait ages for book as am guessing he gonna rls bk 2 of terminus before bk17 of this series. So write faster!!!!
This moves quickly back and forth across current story streams. Great to see all quickly coming to head with old/new enemies popping up. Now gonna wait ages for book as am guessing he gonna rls bk 2 of terminus before bk17 of this series. So write faster!!!!
August 17, 2024
Delightful Large Scale Fantasy
Ignore the whiners. Jason Cheek has good story telling, doesn’t slow walk the combat, and tells a large scale story of politics, intrigue, culture, war and the nature of deception.
Ignore the whiners. Jason Cheek has good story telling, doesn’t slow walk the combat, and tells a large scale story of politics, intrigue, culture, war and the nature of deception.
August 15, 2024
Wonderful
I love this story. Real people, making good and bad decisions makes me feel a connection with them. The story also advanced almost 2 days and pared back on the long vignettes that I found to be a better ratio of the book.
Keep up the good writing!
I love this story. Real people, making good and bad decisions makes me feel a connection with them. The story also advanced almost 2 days and pared back on the long vignettes that I found to be a better ratio of the book.
Keep up the good writing!
September 16, 2024
Sadly I have to agree with other readers. Come for Star, not for 'Game of Thrones Lite'. Already the first books with only take place over a day were slow enough but at least it was still focused on Star.
Then there was some experimentation with Side Characters at the very end, Maybe one chapter from another view. Fine..interesting addition.
But now it's 30% Star, taking 6 books to get five feet and 40% Side characters and then 20% stat pages. So really you only have like 150-200 pages of Star and he's doing nothing in it. Go to town, get in fight, side adventure, sex talk, repeat. It's getting boring.
Honestly It got to the point, I literally just skip any chapter that isn't Star. I'll learn about what's going on in the world when Star does.
Please Jason, STOP with the side characters. Focus on Star and the main adventure. If you really want to tell about side characters , write a 16.5 Novella story full of just them but stick to JUST STAR in your main series. Every book should have a start , mid and finish of his story. All this traveling from his battle mage quest to the Kraken fight and back to Broken Fang? THAT SHOULD BE ONE BOOK. A start, Mid battle, and finish climax. Not 6 freaking books to do one mini arc.
If you started the book as some game of thrones, 16 characters from the start and following them with no MC that's fine but transitioning from a central MC viewpoint to multiple character series where the old MC isn't doing anything? Not fun. Rule of thumb, If Star isn't gained at least 15-30 levels PER BOOK, you're going too slow.
Then there was some experimentation with Side Characters at the very end, Maybe one chapter from another view. Fine..interesting addition.
But now it's 30% Star, taking 6 books to get five feet and 40% Side characters and then 20% stat pages. So really you only have like 150-200 pages of Star and he's doing nothing in it. Go to town, get in fight, side adventure, sex talk, repeat. It's getting boring.
Honestly It got to the point, I literally just skip any chapter that isn't Star. I'll learn about what's going on in the world when Star does.
Please Jason, STOP with the side characters. Focus on Star and the main adventure. If you really want to tell about side characters , write a 16.5 Novella story full of just them but stick to JUST STAR in your main series. Every book should have a start , mid and finish of his story. All this traveling from his battle mage quest to the Kraken fight and back to Broken Fang? THAT SHOULD BE ONE BOOK. A start, Mid battle, and finish climax. Not 6 freaking books to do one mini arc.
If you started the book as some game of thrones, 16 characters from the start and following them with no MC that's fine but transitioning from a central MC viewpoint to multiple character series where the old MC isn't doing anything? Not fun. Rule of thumb, If Star isn't gained at least 15-30 levels PER BOOK, you're going too slow.
March 15, 2025
forest for the trees
16 books in, barely past a quarter of max level. It took what 13 books to get a class. It’s like a soap opera with too many characters taking side quests, talking about the same self realizations, while still having yet to complete anything. At this rate it’ll take a decade before the incursions are defeated and he has a sit down with Mila, these are book 1 issues that are still percolating while adding on more problems. I hope this series is doing well for you and you find the finish line. If the series is ever concluded I may finish it, but as of now future Jason’s problems are here.
16 books in, barely past a quarter of max level. It took what 13 books to get a class. It’s like a soap opera with too many characters taking side quests, talking about the same self realizations, while still having yet to complete anything. At this rate it’ll take a decade before the incursions are defeated and he has a sit down with Mila, these are book 1 issues that are still percolating while adding on more problems. I hope this series is doing well for you and you find the finish line. If the series is ever concluded I may finish it, but as of now future Jason’s problems are here.
August 18, 2024
Advertisements mid book and filler.
Yet again, the book itself stops at about 76% of the whole thing, and nearly 25% is advertisement on their other books, and filler about gear and levels .
It seems despite this happening in prior books, it is only persisting and becoming more exacerbated.
In addition to this, there were many mismatched words, typos, and spelling errors. I had hoped my last review would have been taken to heart, but these reviews will persist until such things change.
Yet again, the book itself stops at about 76% of the whole thing, and nearly 25% is advertisement on their other books, and filler about gear and levels .
It seems despite this happening in prior books, it is only persisting and becoming more exacerbated.
In addition to this, there were many mismatched words, typos, and spelling errors. I had hoped my last review would have been taken to heart, but these reviews will persist until such things change.
September 1, 2024
Good story
Great, long-running book series. I enjoy every bit of the story and worldbuilding. My problem is the appendix. It's 20% of the book in this particular one. Almost 21%. That massively inflates the page count and should not be part of the book. Put that bologna on Wikipedia or something. Also the last few books have only been hours long chunks of story in the book. Still a good story, but without the appendix, 2 books would be one book. This needs to be fixed.
Great, long-running book series. I enjoy every bit of the story and worldbuilding. My problem is the appendix. It's 20% of the book in this particular one. Almost 21%. That massively inflates the page count and should not be part of the book. Put that bologna on Wikipedia or something. Also the last few books have only been hours long chunks of story in the book. Still a good story, but without the appendix, 2 books would be one book. This needs to be fixed.
August 30, 2024
All for nothing
So all that secrecy and build up means nothing when a totally random new character suddenly shows up with the ability to steal schematics. What do you mean a master isn't required for building a submarine, a Journeyman engineer isn't going to copy the details enough to be the same product.
You make this too complicated.
So all that secrecy and build up means nothing when a totally random new character suddenly shows up with the ability to steal schematics. What do you mean a master isn't required for building a submarine, a Journeyman engineer isn't going to copy the details enough to be the same product.
You make this too complicated.
September 19, 2024
Still fantastic
This series continues to be a fantastic adventure and I can't wait for more. In this installment the terrible ex, Julie, pops in, and we get to continue to be totally annoyed in a good way, by Sir Talos and his snooty wife. I am looking forward to Helgath finally getting to set those two straight.
This series continues to be a fantastic adventure and I can't wait for more. In this installment the terrible ex, Julie, pops in, and we get to continue to be totally annoyed in a good way, by Sir Talos and his snooty wife. I am looking forward to Helgath finally getting to set those two straight.
August 21, 2024
Great story
I didn't stop reading. Literally could not put this story down. So excited to finally see the HollyTerror revealed! It did not disappoint the waves of this reveal will rock the Nordic region. Excited for the next step in this story.
I didn't stop reading. Literally could not put this story down. So excited to finally see the HollyTerror revealed! It did not disappoint the waves of this reveal will rock the Nordic region. Excited for the next step in this story.
September 9, 2024
This has lost the story
It's like watching the show 24 Hours. Just bogged down in minutia without advancing any plot. The character actions are becoming predictable because it is basically the same interactions over and over. I much prefer the early books
It's like watching the show 24 Hours. Just bogged down in minutia without advancing any plot. The character actions are becoming predictable because it is basically the same interactions over and over. I much prefer the early books
October 22, 2024
It was worth it
Though it took a while for the story to build far enough for us to GRT to this point it was worth it. And of course if you have something nice everyone would want to take it.
Though it took a while for the story to build far enough for us to GRT to this point it was worth it. And of course if you have something nice everyone would want to take it.
March 24, 2025
Good
The auther keeps adding more and more characters , I haven't got a clue who most of them are and as most either appear briefly or don't effect the main story I don't attempt to remember them. Another good book in the series but to bring all the story arcs together is going to take another ten books at least and with the increased gaps between books that's years.
The auther keeps adding more and more characters , I haven't got a clue who most of them are and as most either appear briefly or don't effect the main story I don't attempt to remember them. Another good book in the series but to bring all the story arcs together is going to take another ten books at least and with the increased gaps between books that's years.
August 18, 2024
Addiction at its best
Once again done to fast, and really wish this was a real game so I could play, love the smooth development of the story fro! The July view points.
Once again done to fast, and really wish this was a real game so I could play, love the smooth development of the story fro! The July view points.
August 30, 2024
Great story
The story only moved forward a little, but a lot happened. Messed up the guy that can copy anything just happened to be there. Have see what happens next.
The story only moved forward a little, but a lot happened. Messed up the guy that can copy anything just happened to be there. Have see what happens next.
September 2, 2024
Good 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 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 lots of action.
September 3, 2024
WOW
Love the book. Great non-stop action and impeccable storyline. Can’t wait for book 17 to be released for the next part of the story!!!
Love the book. Great non-stop action and impeccable storyline. Can’t wait for book 17 to be released for the next part of the story!!!
September 7, 2024
read
I like the series and will be waiting for the next book to drop. Appreciate the stats are not in your face all the time.
I like the series and will be waiting for the next book to drop. Appreciate the stats are not in your face all the time.
September 26, 2024
Kickass Series!
After binge reading all 16 books in 2 weeks time, I was instantly jonesing for book 17. I need a date so I can start on the next awesome book in the series!
After binge reading all 16 books in 2 weeks time, I was instantly jonesing for book 17. I need a date so I can start on the next awesome book in the series!
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