The Dividing River

The Dividing River #1

by Arthur Stone, Michael East (editor), Mikhail Yagupov (translator)

This world has its own laws and is in no particular rush to welcome newcomers. A wide river separates the deadly lands of Haitana from human domains, and thousands of uprooted new arrivals are now wandering along its banks. They don’t have much of a die a horrible death from the hands of multiple enemies or go into indentured servitude in the more civilized areas down the river. The cavalry is not coming, there is no way back, and death is but a wrong step away. Not even cannibals dare settle permanently around these parts, and only the ancient ruins stand as a silent reminder of the region’s former glory. Yet the resilient earthlings live, love, and fight—all in the never-ending pursuit of happiness.
There’s just no other way.

331 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 21, 2024

About the author

Arthur Stone is the pen name of one Arthur Smirnov, a prolific author in the sci-fi and fantasy genres.
Born in 1973 in Donetsk, Ukraine, Arthur worked as a geologist, and also in the environmental sector and industrial archeology all over the world. He lives and works in Ukraine.
Arthur began writing fiction in 2005 on a bet, and thus his addiction was born. His first book was published in 2006, and by mid - 2025 he had published a total of 84 books in Russian, English and German-speaking markets.

Arthur Stone - email arthurstone2017@gmail.com

Reviews

[Johnny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book one

Arthur stone is done it again. Arthur The man is a great storyteller. I could see this 1 becoming a series as well, I hope it does. I did find what I think were some mistakes, And I will post them over on goodreads, But this was in enjoyable enough book that I finished it a little over 24 hours. This is the 1st book that I've read In about a In about a week I just hadn't been able to get interested in anything. And then this got published and I dove right in.

8/10 I definitely want more.

[Michael J. Conway · Rating 3 out of 5]

Slow Going!

Very slow going here. Not sure what is going on here and the story line is disjointed. If you are going to name the title of the book " The Dividing River" I would think there would be more to of the storyline of why the RIVER is so important! This book fails. Hopefully, it gets better.

[Travis · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent story. It's a well done story, although I've read similar stories before, this one covered things nicely, and had some building (I really like civilation building stories), so it interested me well enough to be sure. It's an average story, but it's well written, keeps interest from start to finish, and makes for good storytelling. I'm most likely going to read more of this series.

[andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Other world adventures!

Always a pleasure to read Arthur Stone. The main character Luther the Poorer is an adventurous geologist turned merchant captain who sails through pirate and monster infested waters. What's not to love?

[Dantegideon · Rating 2 out of 5]

I could not take the excruciating banter. And if you’re a wilderness expert, for gods’ sake don’t drink directly from a stream! Low-quality stuff.

[Mike Goodman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very weird start, but as it goes along it’s a very interesting entertaining fast paced excellent story

[Johnie C · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good 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!

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

the romantic bits felt awful but did like that adventures and enjoyed reading the book.