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Darker Paths, The Eternal Challenge, Book 2: An Epic Fantasy LitRPG Adventure
A vast and threatening world. The unknown territories of a deadly game.
One hasty decision. One rash leap through a mysterious circle of light in pursuit of a fugitive. That was all it took for Jon to be trapped in The Eternal Challenge. Life as a bounty hunter had just become much more interesting and dangerous.
Powerful forces have tried to thwart his progress, but Jon has battled to survive and reach the entrance to the third region of the challenge. New and greater dangers await, but his resilience and power have grown. Now, he seek to extend those abilities further, to face the lonelier and more treacherous paths ahead.
Can he continue to outwit his enemies and destroy those who try to destroy him?
Join Jon on the next stage of his epic voyage through the realms of The Eternal Challenge, as more of the unpredictable dangers of its deadly world confront him.
One hasty decision. One rash leap through a mysterious circle of light in pursuit of a fugitive. That was all it took for Jon to be trapped in The Eternal Challenge. Life as a bounty hunter had just become much more interesting and dangerous.
Powerful forces have tried to thwart his progress, but Jon has battled to survive and reach the entrance to the third region of the challenge. New and greater dangers await, but his resilience and power have grown. Now, he seek to extend those abilities further, to face the lonelier and more treacherous paths ahead.
Can he continue to outwit his enemies and destroy those who try to destroy him?
Join Jon on the next stage of his epic voyage through the realms of The Eternal Challenge, as more of the unpredictable dangers of its deadly world confront him.
508 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 14, 2024
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Jim Shanahan
4 books2 followersHello everyone, welcome to my author page. I am from Dublin, Ireland. I am an artist as well as a writer. A little about my first novel The Serpent of Time... My influences in writing my debut novel have been from many sources, really too numerous for to mention here. A large influence for me has been the world of comics like the British comic 2000AD, the artwork and ideas of artists like Rodney Matthews, and the fantasy books of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. Combine all these with the worlds of Tolkien, Brandon Sanderson and C .S. Lewis and you might be getting closer to the blend that formed my first story. However, all these are still merely influences and the final shape of The Serpent of Time was from stretching my imagination as best I could. A seed of the idea for the mysterious Time-Lands (within my book) began with a vivid dream of a desert that I had many years ago now, and from which I created the painting I call "Desert of the Blue Stones". I shall post it eventually on my website. My second novel is in the LitRPG Genre and part of what hopefully can become a series. It is called Unknown Realms, The Eternal Challenge Book 1. It follows the journey of a bounty hunter called Jon as he tries to survive being trapped in a game-like world of danger and magic. Wishing everyone an enjoyable visit here and I hope you will explore my fantasy worlds and enjoy reading my novels. Thanks to all readers of fantasy and LitRPG, best regards Jim
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April 18, 2025
I liked a lot this book. It was a good continuation or even better than the first in series. It was immersive and takes you into the world of fantasy really a lot. The story is often umpredictable and I found difficult to stop reading it. I'waiting for the next book of the series!
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