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The cycle comes to an end as the long-anticipated Immortal War kicks off once again.

Powerful Immortals, living for eternity, have had centuries to millennia to build up their power, wary of their neighbors doing the same thing. When the first shot is fired, thousands of plans and doomsday weapons are unleashed, once again nearly scouring all life from the face of Pallos.

Elaine is having none of this nonsense.

Tossed from one crisis to another like a leaf in the wind, Elaine and the rest of the Eventide Eclipse are stretched to their limits, doing everything in their power to save lives.

But as the cataclysmic war tears Pallos apart, as ancient dragons descend to unleash their wrath, as pebbles going the speed of light descend upon cities, Elaine is faced with a terrible decision.

She can't save everyone.

Who is she going to pick?

474 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 24, 2025

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9 reviews
July 9, 2025
Where do I even begin with this? I thought 13 was a low point, but it was excused as such as it was more or less positioned and written as a build-up for the big thing, the Immortal War, namely this book.

Spoilers ahead, so beware. Not hiding the review because I want people to read it and not reflexively shy away from it. Also sorry for my ramblings, I am writing this after reading half the book in one go and after a night shift.

I had a lot of issues with the various intermissions and time skips of 13, they were incredibly brief, lacked the writing quality of previous books and felt as they were literally there to just skip ahead. Character development took a backseat, worldbuilding and grand events such as literally landing on the moon felt insignificant, the flight back went by nearly unmentioned despite the feat. Then it ended on hints of something big, White Dove not appearing to give its curse as customary.

Then the Immortal War hits, the metaphorical shit hits the fan in apocalyptic fashion. Only for it to all be over in a flash. We are now playing Farmville and main characters along with side characters are reduced to mere peasants in an Age of Empires session to try and speed through the tech tree to the Castle Age. Only to hit a few snags along the way and have a literal Deus Ex Machina duo in form of the Lifebringers come and make all the hardships mean literally nothing. Nina also rejoins Elaine and Iona and summarizes her 10 year absence with "I don't want to talk about it, lol".

I thought that was the low point. But then we are dealt the hand that is Julius death and the utter devastation of the School. Delivered to us on a stone memorial and an Artemis that basically says "shit hit the fan, lol", nothing is explained or elaborated on aside from Elaine being sad for a whole two paragraphs. Then it's back to the daily grind and Artemis joins them in Orthus like nothing happened.

But we can't stop there! Because a Dragon appears and we need Elaine to class up before the end of the book, so it's killed within two pages and we suddenly need to hide the evidence because clearly nobody in this sprawling village saw the devastating fight between a Wyvern, Dragon, flying fortress of a Valkyrie and literal angel of death Elaine. No we must be sneaky and cover it up in the most cringe inducing police tape illusion just to have Nina be relevant since her rejoining the group.

After the obvious class-ups, we have the ending intermission, that suddenly speaks of the New Remus Empire, despite never seemingly being formed in the previous chapter or even hint of much time between these points, then the book ends.

It has been a long time since I have been so disappointed in a book, so let me explain why:

- Characters

Characters are treated like nothing more than convenient plot devices or Skyrim NPC's. Titania, which has been with Elaine and Iona for the better parts of their lives is barely given any lines. Not that she had many before this point, but she was just a hint of my gripes when she was introduced. She was never fleshed out to begin with. Yet I feel that she was treated as being worthless. If I read passages like "We chatted away merrily before the fireplace", then I'd rather just read that chat than a line telling me you had a chat.

Even Iona was treated like this, one line was delivered as "Iona started to describe everything she could in great detail", only for there to be no description of anything at all, in any detail whatsoever. Please for the love of god stop doing this. If you're going to write something, write it out in detail. It's like in previous books when you sometimes wrote "it was a sad/epic tale", like that retelling of Night's shenanigans. If you're going to tell us something, tell the whole story and then let the reader decide if it was epic, sad or whatever other superlative or emotion you want to apply to it. Don't just shorthand it and tell us how to feel or think, it's belittling the reader or listener.

Nina was barely given a glance in this book which is sad. We haven't really gotten to know her much since the falling out with Iona, or her own short quests.

Amber got one or two mentions, a brief point of view from her then absolutely nothing.

Julius had the worst crime in literature happen to him, being killed off-screen, then not even given the funeral he deserves. One of the longest lasting characters in all the series aside from Elaine and Artemis and you barely mention him in passing.

- World building and side-characters:

We are given brief glimpses of the world and its different power players, only for them to not be mentioned again after the initial impact of the war. Side characters like Skye, Titania, Katerina & crew are being reduced to NPC's and fetch quests or there to enable Elaine in the worst possible way. They don't feel like genuine characters because they don't get a say half the time, the dialogues are so unnatural it feels off, if they have any dialogue at all.

This is something the previous books did so much better. Elaine in the Legion as "Bunny" felt refreshing, like an actual character having conversations and playing a role, the viewpoints from the others in the line were also great there. We had nothing like this here. Hell, even Iona felt reduced to be nothing more than someone saying how much she loves Elaine or throwing in the odd wiggly eyebrow joke or some innuendo. Nothing really tested her character like when she was mentoring Nina.

I thought shit was going down with Lun'Kat after the temple being built on the moon. But even the damned dragon the book is named after is reduced to barely a mention despite the implication of the title Moonfall, the whole build-up of the Moon Cult and then it's all forgotten in the Immortal War. What the hell happened?

- The System, Oaths, Curses

What is even the point of a curse if it's going to end up superficial for the main characters? Nina thanks Elaine because she can somehow twist it to be perfect for her. Elaine's curse has never been a damned thing since she got it, apart from that one brief moment when her head got sliced and diced into cubes, only for Iona to know exactly that she should rip her head off and heart out because the sword was laced with a million poisons + apple juice (lol).

I swear to god if I heard Elaine say that she has an Oath one more time... On a more serious note, why the circular arguments and endless introspection if it's not going to go anywhere? It feels like her characters has done nothing like circles, just like the plot of the book. We're back at square one of Elaine being a scatterbrain that is trying so hard to talk about problems that never are problems or are mere hypotheticals. I thought we were clear on this point after her hermit treck to the mountain giants? It feels like she's devolved since. She's supposed to be nearly 130 years old at this point, make it believable in her maturity.

Why, on the point of curses, do they suddenly have more devastating ones for absolute random characters, but no impact on the main cast? A random survivor in a city is cursed to forever walk its barren and dead landscape, to never leave its walls, all while the rest of the town is trying to find greener pastures. Meanwhile Elaine's curse has given us little more than a smirk on our lips because of "An apple a day...".

Conclusion

Give things gravitas and meaning, please. Have character choices mean something, have characters be their own person and be believable. You had this nailed down with Julius and the other Rangers, Night and Susan. Barely anything presented in 13 and 14 has given us even an inkling of that old character development. Hell, even the elf toyboy had more development than the whole cast has had in the past two books, and he was a temporary fling.

I like the setting, the system and the characters, but why in Ciriel's name squander it and for what purpose? I know you can write an interesting story, because I have read it. But the past two books have been absolute bottom barrel in nearly every way and it feels like you've done not only the readers, but the characters of Pallos a great injustice.
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310 reviews4 followers
March 2, 2025
Who would have thought that a series of orbital strikes could cause such bother?

While I love this series and have been anticipating the inevitable Immortal War, this felt too short and abbreviated for something as grand as the end and rebirth of civilization. I really enjoyed the book; I just wanted something broader and deeper, not just what felt like a collection of vignettes about the war and its aftermath. I am wondering if we've just run the course on this series, and if it's this format that spans the 3,000 or so levels to get to its conclusion.
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1,266 reviews19 followers
August 27, 2025
The first 60% or so of the book are about the immortal war. The rest about helping a few hundred people survive the aftermath. The story kept me hooked, and the author certainly knows how to describe a magic apocalypse happening and how the main character tries to save as many people as possible over a large area mostly by rushing from one site to another. It is descriptive, tense and kept me hooked.

On a closer look though it does feel like the author has been running out of steam for some time. Writing stories for characters on a demi-god level might not be their strong point. There is no character development, neither in regards to personality or powers. We get little to nothing on anybody besides the main character even Iona who is with her all the time is little more than present. During the main part of the story events are rushed, rightfully so, and in the second part it is more like a slide show of short events to highlight how much time passes, and the deus ex machina way the apocalypse is eventually dealt with felt really cheap as well. It lacks the spark of the start of the series.

Still, I really was caught up in the first part of the book, so the author is doing something right. 3.5 stars rounded up.

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173 reviews6 followers
May 2, 2025
Another excellent volume, and unfortunately the last available (at time of writing). I enjoyed getting to read 14 volumes straight through. The author has a "The Story So Far" at the beginning that helpfully summarizes each of the preceding books.



The Immortal War is kicked off by the elf in space we briefly saw in Moonfall, with an attack of the same name. 

Slightly before that Elaine goes on a gloves off healing spree around Exterri to combat a Vampire specific bio attack. Just as she finishes that the first attacks hit "near" her. 


Spoilers below ...



She and the Sixth eventually get settled and she leaves them, returning home.


Her preparations allow her to setup a nice town and we eventually skip through seasons to see things going well. The big event is when a Dragon shows up and they have to kill it. Then they harvest all the parts and Elaine stores it.

Elaine ends the book by classing up, then we get an interlude of a Clean Demon fighting an Elf (2 factions at war in the New World) that find they can't die. Elaine shows up in her Witch Garb explaining that she didn't give them permission to die in her city.
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Profile Image for Nathan.
1,068 reviews4 followers
September 22, 2025
reset button

The System apocalypse, where people skilled and/or lucky enough collect enough power destroy cities, and then some happens to set them off.

Elaine’s first apocalypse, too; she’s skipped out on all the others, and she managed to weather it well, thanks to her overpowered healing and her found family.

Looping back to old Remus, wonder if the “discharge your mana” was a holdover from an earlier scouring of the world.

A triple-classed healer might be a good way to protect a huge swath of land—if you can survive assassins.

On the other hand, if your whole family in a pocket dimension and your survival is their survival, any skill that boosts you while protecting them may be permanently activated.

What happens to a pocket dimension if the wielder dies?

Can you clone yourself, stash that clone in stasis in your pocket dimension, and set a contingency that if the active you dies, the clone wakes up? Probably with wizardry.
128 reviews
March 7, 2025
It's great

If you like the previous books in the series, you're going to love this book. If you're new to this series, start at the beginning please, you'll really enjoy it. The first book is a little slow in the beginning, but it's only a few chapters. Once you start slaying the world out, it's a wonderful series. Great character and about Matt. Great magic system. Wonderful powers very imaginative kindly recommend. I apologize for any spelling errors or for anything that decides incomplete or weird cuz I'm writing this review with voice to text
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416 reviews
July 31, 2025
This book was much better than book 13. More of a complete and cohesive story. However, as much of a build up as there was to the immortal wars there was very little focus on the actual war itself. Most of the focus was on the aftermath, of devastation, and what Elaine and Iona can do to help. Then on them rebuilding a city. I would’ve liked to see more of the story be about an actual war instead all of these insane one shot skills that annihilated the world. The story was still interesting and a good read but I was expecting more.
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48 reviews
March 17, 2025
Great as always

Massive changes are brought to the story in this book and that is something that this saga always excels at. The new state of the world is just as fun to read about as the old one. The main characters area there engaging in amazing adventures, world shaking battles and impressive character growth. The best part of the story is still the main character, Elaine is awesome and still funny as hell. Can't get enough of this story I wish the next one comes soon .
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1,330 reviews6 followers
May 25, 2025
Spectacular: took me awhile to find the time but once I was able to begin my capativation I was lost in the world of Remus until I finished it☺️☺️❗. What a marvelous series. Elaine is such a wonderful woman with such a devotion to those she allows into her bubble. Auri is such a brite firey character. And the list is so extensive that I'll just cut it short and all her other friends plus Iona are such a joy to read about in her on going journey through the millennia .
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26 reviews
July 16, 2025
Feels like a missed opportunity

The writing in this series continues to be top-notch, but this book feels a bit underwhelming in the overall series. This should have been a big deal - apocalypse, rebuilding society from scratch. But I feel like there was very little in the way of character growth or development. It’s like everyone’s in a comfortable position and in spite of armageddon, the only growth is in class and levels. The characters themselves - not so much.
53 reviews
February 24, 2025
Another amazing chapter.

On the whole, I absolutely love it!

Now, it does feel a bit like a 'middle' book, the stage getting wiped clean and then reset.

And I'm rather eager to see what comes next.

But it's still an awesome read that pulled me in, and had me finishing the book in less than seven hours.
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76 reviews
February 26, 2025
This doesn't quite have the same impact as the last 'reset' that the world had for Elaine but I still love it all the same. As one other reviewer stated; this does feel like a book made to transition the story between two overarching plots and the last book was sort of the same. Regardless, I still very much enjoyed it and this remains one of my favorite LitRPG series. I can't wait for more.
147 reviews1 follower
March 18, 2025
another

Another wonderful story from the author and I enjoyed it. Some things are getting old but there is always something new to discover in here. I recommend you start with book one and continue from there it is. Great read.
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366 reviews28 followers
July 11, 2025
The immortal wars section was so epic, but also so much shorter than I would have liked and even anticipated… But it did make sense. Rebuilding was interesting and Elaine has come so far. The end was also just *chefs kiss* excellent. Excited for the next one!
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2,999 reviews37 followers
August 15, 2025
I didn’t write a comment straight away, as I really didn’t understand what the author was trying to accomplish with this book. It seemed an endless litany of disaster porn, involving a random collection of characters and locations.
171 reviews
November 18, 2025
Kind of a disappointing war, I think poor plot natural disaster movies have more action. The attention to the aftermath was kind of interesting but a lot of magical saving grace so ehh... not the writing I enjoy. So why am I reading/listening? Hah completion issues...
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1,800 reviews88 followers
February 25, 2025
over too soon

Massive destruction, then more, then more, then…

Some nice little side scenes about events during the cataclysm.

Now to wait for more.
2 reviews
February 25, 2025
Fun!

It is nice to see Elaine and crew continuing on. It's cozy, it's interesting. There's not as much excitement these days, but that's okay.
47 reviews
March 12, 2025
Great war

And thank you for another great read. Definitely, can't put down. I love how they defeated. You know, sustaining themselves after the great cataclysm, that's all.
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447 reviews15 followers
May 28, 2025
The first wave of the immortal war and its aftermath.
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3,821 reviews35 followers
June 17, 2025
5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
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