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Kaal: God of Destruction: A Dark Fantasy Harem Told from the Villain’s POV — Sex, Blood, and Power in the God of Destruction Saga
Kaal: God of Destruction
by Erik Karver
The god they prayed would never return… has awoken.
Once, Kaal was worshiped in blood and fire—the God of Destruction, breaker of kingdoms, executioner of gods. His coming meant cities burned, armies shattered, and realms crumbled beneath his shadow. His reign ended only when the world united to strike him down.
Centuries passed. His name faded into legend. His cruelty became a cautionary tale whispered to frighten children. The world moved on.
But his faithful never did.
Hidden in the shadows, the ancient Church of Destruction endured—plotting, sacrificing, and awaiting the day their dread lord would rise again. Now, their prayers have been answered.
Resurrected into a world that has forgotten his terror, Kaal awakens hungry for conquest. Prideful, violent, and uncompromising, he demands submission from mortals—and grants protection, power, and purpose in return. Through corruption and devotion, he bends outcasts and unbelievers into zealots, forging a following bound not by chains, but by worship.
To survive, Kaal must carve his dominion through the weight of his aura and the force of his divine strength, transforming those who kneel before him into the foundation of a new world—one that will rise from the ashes of the old.
The heroes will come. They always do. And he will kill them all.
What to Expect:
• A villain’s POV dark fantasy told through the eyes of the God of Destruction
• Harem elements—zealotry, devotion, corruption, and desire
• A power fantasy rooted in pride, violence, and uncompromising conquest
• Dark cult/religious themes woven into a tale of domination and faith
• For fans of pulp villain fantasy, gods who refuse to kneel, and followers who will burn the world for their master
by Erik Karver
The god they prayed would never return… has awoken.
Once, Kaal was worshiped in blood and fire—the God of Destruction, breaker of kingdoms, executioner of gods. His coming meant cities burned, armies shattered, and realms crumbled beneath his shadow. His reign ended only when the world united to strike him down.
Centuries passed. His name faded into legend. His cruelty became a cautionary tale whispered to frighten children. The world moved on.
But his faithful never did.
Hidden in the shadows, the ancient Church of Destruction endured—plotting, sacrificing, and awaiting the day their dread lord would rise again. Now, their prayers have been answered.
Resurrected into a world that has forgotten his terror, Kaal awakens hungry for conquest. Prideful, violent, and uncompromising, he demands submission from mortals—and grants protection, power, and purpose in return. Through corruption and devotion, he bends outcasts and unbelievers into zealots, forging a following bound not by chains, but by worship.
To survive, Kaal must carve his dominion through the weight of his aura and the force of his divine strength, transforming those who kneel before him into the foundation of a new world—one that will rise from the ashes of the old.
The heroes will come. They always do. And he will kill them all.
What to Expect:
• A villain’s POV dark fantasy told through the eyes of the God of Destruction
• Harem elements—zealotry, devotion, corruption, and desire
• A power fantasy rooted in pride, violence, and uncompromising conquest
• Dark cult/religious themes woven into a tale of domination and faith
• For fans of pulp villain fantasy, gods who refuse to kneel, and followers who will burn the world for their master
356 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 18, 2025
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About the author
Erik Karver
1 book2 followersI write fiction primarily from the vantage point of villainy. I love morally ambiguous, pragmatic, or just plain evil characters and I write them to be as textured and relatable as possible. I also veer towards power-fantasy and escapism, I don't write anything with an 'agenda' other than to build a realistic world.
I have been writing for myself since I was in grade school, but now I've finally decided to dedicate myself to publishing all the ideas that have been swimming around in my head for the last 30 years.
If you like fantasy, harem, lit-rpg, and most of all the POV of ethically challenged individuals I hope you'll check out my work.
I have been writing for myself since I was in grade school, but now I've finally decided to dedicate myself to publishing all the ideas that have been swimming around in my head for the last 30 years.
If you like fantasy, harem, lit-rpg, and most of all the POV of ethically challenged individuals I hope you'll check out my work.
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September 13, 2025
AI-Generated mess that blatantly misunderstands what it wants to be.
TLDR; It is really bad. The MC is not a villain, he is an idiot and creepy niceguy. There is no plot, things just work out for him. There is no tension, as nothing ever feels real, with the world more of a caricature than anythign else. There are sex dolls cleverly disguised as female characters. Oh, and most of the book is ai generated, or at least, edited, which makes it annoying and dull to read.
Full review (more like a rant), ahead
I wanted to like this book. I really did. It has, in theory, everything I like—a villainous MC, religious quasi-sexual cult, world conquest (implied for now, this being the first book and all)...
But I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
This is plain bad. It fails at basically every level of writing. I had to drop it around a third of the way in, and that was while pushing myself.
Spoilers ahead.
Grammar
Very few typos, prose is understandable. It does the job, as opposed to some of the light novels it competes with. That's as good as it gets here.
You'd expect a basic level of competence, however, given the VERY HEAVY use of AI for editing and proofreading, if not outright writing. I'm a notorious em-dash abuser and I don't even use it that much. There is at least five or six per 200 words, clear sign of AI writing, not to mention the 'rules of threes' or the question answer structure of
"And Kaal?
Kaal roared..."
This is to say the usage it's not for debate, it is clearly there.
Having said that, I'm not a rabid AI hater like some of the people in this website, but when it is so blatant, specially intertwined with human written passages, it's distracting and instantly takes you out of whatever scene you're reading. Not to mention boring; as most of the prose is.
Character
This is the part that annoyed me the most. The book markets itself as a "Villain's Pov", but it is anything but. Kaal does kill people. Kaal does plan to "destroy the world and build it anew."
Kaal is otherwise a fool, a 'nice guy', and someone clearly controlled by his baser instincts.
At no point in the story it feels like I'm reading about a bad guy, it feels like I'm reading what a slimy, nice guy weasel feels a strong 'bad boy' to be like. By a third of the way in, Kaal has had more sentences and thoughts about how much he 'respects women' and how 'demihumans are treated unfairly and I don't like that' than any actual villainous thoughts, opinions, or even plans.
Now, neither of these things are necessarily wrong, but come the fuck on, I'm supposed to be reading about evil god. This is made infinitely worse because on his quest to white knight every single female character in the story, he actively makes things harder for himself; which leads to my next point.
Kaal isn't just a simp, but an idiot to boot. His first action in his masterful world domination plan is to attack a nearby village, proudly reveal he is a god, and let some people escape to spread the word. This is after numerous conversations about how the entire world hates him, how the other gods detest him, and how numerous things could slay him or imprison him in this new form.
Surely, threatening and killing dozens of people will not bring about any sort of organized military response, right?
More.
He instantly alienates his fifty-something subjects, because Ellie, an elf-girl, its seen as ugly due to her demihuman status. Instead of ignoring the problem until he actually has the resources to tackle it, or reassuring the girl in private, maybe even subtly let her stay at his side during an important meeting, implying her status, he decides to storm into his church, round every single one of his followers, and starts threatening them.
Because of course, when you have next to zero allies in the whole wide world, the smart thing is to argue with the few you already had: god forbid your little sex doll of a scarred elf has to deal with things like a proper adult for the sake of, you know, not jeopardizing the entirety of the cult/faith just mere hours after finally summoning your god?
But noooo, here is mighty Kaal, respecter of women, and evil god on the evenings. C'mon.
Of course, no consequences come from him actively antagonizing what few subjects he has.
This is part of a wider modus-operandi for the author, keep in mind. Men are stupid, cowards, and detest Kaal. Women fall to their knees and are instantly smitten by him, with zero further thought about their past lives or the things he had just done.
Incidentally, that is the only two states the NPCs of this world have—terrified and horny.
Kaal LITERALLY MURDERS SOMEONE'S BROTHER AND SHE JUST KISSES HIM WHILE HE BURNS????? A FUCKING PALADIN, RAISED AND TRAINED TO BE DEVOUT TO A GOD, JUST GIVES UP HER FAITH AND FAMILY AFTER SPEAKING THREE SENTENCES TO HIM???
Insane. Literally insane. The brother is not evil or anything, he actually is shown to be a rather reasonable person.
“I live to serve you,” Thalia said fervently. “I would drown this world in the blood of your enemies, if only you commanded it.”
This line is spoken less than a day after they met for the first time, Thalia being a paladin for the rival god. Kaal has exchanged a total of ten sentences with her.
The book tries to explain it as Kaal having the 'ability to open people up' or some sort of divine power bullshit but I don't buy it, and if I'm meant to really believe this is part of his powers, then I'm sorry, but that is some of the most boring, worst designed abilities ever conceived, specially if your goal is to make an actually entertaining book.
It has been less than five pages since the aforementioned murder and the paladin is already 'in love' with Kaal, or at least, more concerned about drooling over him than... uh, literally anything else going in her live.
This is the same for every female character. It goes something like this:
+"Hello, I am [insert female name]"
-"Hello, I am Kaal, seven feet tall and with a huge dick." <--- With a 'dark', 'ominous', 'divine' voice.
+"I am abused/sad/otherwise mildly inconvenienced by the circumstances of the world."
-"I will call you 'little elf' and make vague promises about how I will change the world for the better, including your life. This promises come after you have witnessed me murdering multiple people, and arguably making things worse for everyone involved, including my subjects, while delivering zero substance to any of it."
+ "Incredible. This is everything I ever wanted. I will let you murder my whole family, spread my legs for you whenever you ask, and have zero further thoughts on the matter. This two minute conversation, in which anyone with a brain would call you delusional, has been more than enough to throw away everything I have ever known and to swear myself to you for the rest of my life."
Rinse and repeat. This is the five introduced love interests so far. Boring, annoying, childish and laughable doesn't begin to describe it. Sex dolls. Nothing else.
Plot
There is none, at least a third of the way in. Kaal wakes up, commits at least three actions that could inevitably doom his little empire before it even starts, and sleeps with his First Priestess. A better book would have consequences for any of these three but Kaal can apparently just murder people on the street without repercussion.
I'd call it character driven if it wasn't for the distinct lack of any real characters. Or drive. I would love to have a rant about the plot, but clearly the author can't be bothered with even attempting to create one, so why should I even care.
I just need to point out the word CONSEQUENCES. Someone forgot it existed.
This book is fucking horrible. Bad, bad, bad, piss-poor all throughout. Made doubly worse because the idea of this is the exact thing I would love to read. I'd love to rant about every single sentence because every single dialogue reveals something that is wrong with the book, but I think I have made my point.
TLDR; It is really bad. The MC is not a villain, he is an idiot and creepy niceguy. There is no plot, things just work out for him. There is no tension, as nothing ever feels real, with the world more of a caricature than anythign else. There are sex dolls cleverly disguised as female characters. Oh, and most of the book is ai generated, or at least, edited, which makes it annoying and dull to read.
Full review (more like a rant), ahead
I wanted to like this book. I really did. It has, in theory, everything I like—a villainous MC, religious quasi-sexual cult, world conquest (implied for now, this being the first book and all)...
But I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
This is plain bad. It fails at basically every level of writing. I had to drop it around a third of the way in, and that was while pushing myself.
Spoilers ahead.
Grammar
Very few typos, prose is understandable. It does the job, as opposed to some of the light novels it competes with. That's as good as it gets here.
You'd expect a basic level of competence, however, given the VERY HEAVY use of AI for editing and proofreading, if not outright writing. I'm a notorious em-dash abuser and I don't even use it that much. There is at least five or six per 200 words, clear sign of AI writing, not to mention the 'rules of threes' or the question answer structure of
"And Kaal?
Kaal roared..."
This is to say the usage it's not for debate, it is clearly there.
Having said that, I'm not a rabid AI hater like some of the people in this website, but when it is so blatant, specially intertwined with human written passages, it's distracting and instantly takes you out of whatever scene you're reading. Not to mention boring; as most of the prose is.
Character
This is the part that annoyed me the most. The book markets itself as a "Villain's Pov", but it is anything but. Kaal does kill people. Kaal does plan to "destroy the world and build it anew."
Kaal is otherwise a fool, a 'nice guy', and someone clearly controlled by his baser instincts.
At no point in the story it feels like I'm reading about a bad guy, it feels like I'm reading what a slimy, nice guy weasel feels a strong 'bad boy' to be like. By a third of the way in, Kaal has had more sentences and thoughts about how much he 'respects women' and how 'demihumans are treated unfairly and I don't like that' than any actual villainous thoughts, opinions, or even plans.
Now, neither of these things are necessarily wrong, but come the fuck on, I'm supposed to be reading about evil god. This is made infinitely worse because on his quest to white knight every single female character in the story, he actively makes things harder for himself; which leads to my next point.
Kaal isn't just a simp, but an idiot to boot. His first action in his masterful world domination plan is to attack a nearby village, proudly reveal he is a god, and let some people escape to spread the word. This is after numerous conversations about how the entire world hates him, how the other gods detest him, and how numerous things could slay him or imprison him in this new form.
Surely, threatening and killing dozens of people will not bring about any sort of organized military response, right?
More.
He instantly alienates his fifty-something subjects, because Ellie, an elf-girl, its seen as ugly due to her demihuman status. Instead of ignoring the problem until he actually has the resources to tackle it, or reassuring the girl in private, maybe even subtly let her stay at his side during an important meeting, implying her status, he decides to storm into his church, round every single one of his followers, and starts threatening them.
Because of course, when you have next to zero allies in the whole wide world, the smart thing is to argue with the few you already had: god forbid your little sex doll of a scarred elf has to deal with things like a proper adult for the sake of, you know, not jeopardizing the entirety of the cult/faith just mere hours after finally summoning your god?
But noooo, here is mighty Kaal, respecter of women, and evil god on the evenings. C'mon.
Of course, no consequences come from him actively antagonizing what few subjects he has.
This is part of a wider modus-operandi for the author, keep in mind. Men are stupid, cowards, and detest Kaal. Women fall to their knees and are instantly smitten by him, with zero further thought about their past lives or the things he had just done.
Incidentally, that is the only two states the NPCs of this world have—terrified and horny.
Kaal LITERALLY MURDERS SOMEONE'S BROTHER AND SHE JUST KISSES HIM WHILE HE BURNS????? A FUCKING PALADIN, RAISED AND TRAINED TO BE DEVOUT TO A GOD, JUST GIVES UP HER FAITH AND FAMILY AFTER SPEAKING THREE SENTENCES TO HIM???
Insane. Literally insane. The brother is not evil or anything, he actually is shown to be a rather reasonable person.
“I live to serve you,” Thalia said fervently. “I would drown this world in the blood of your enemies, if only you commanded it.”
This line is spoken less than a day after they met for the first time, Thalia being a paladin for the rival god. Kaal has exchanged a total of ten sentences with her.
The book tries to explain it as Kaal having the 'ability to open people up' or some sort of divine power bullshit but I don't buy it, and if I'm meant to really believe this is part of his powers, then I'm sorry, but that is some of the most boring, worst designed abilities ever conceived, specially if your goal is to make an actually entertaining book.
It has been less than five pages since the aforementioned murder and the paladin is already 'in love' with Kaal, or at least, more concerned about drooling over him than... uh, literally anything else going in her live.
This is the same for every female character. It goes something like this:
+"Hello, I am [insert female name]"
-"Hello, I am Kaal, seven feet tall and with a huge dick." <--- With a 'dark', 'ominous', 'divine' voice.
+"I am abused/sad/otherwise mildly inconvenienced by the circumstances of the world."
-"I will call you 'little elf' and make vague promises about how I will change the world for the better, including your life. This promises come after you have witnessed me murdering multiple people, and arguably making things worse for everyone involved, including my subjects, while delivering zero substance to any of it."
+ "Incredible. This is everything I ever wanted. I will let you murder my whole family, spread my legs for you whenever you ask, and have zero further thoughts on the matter. This two minute conversation, in which anyone with a brain would call you delusional, has been more than enough to throw away everything I have ever known and to swear myself to you for the rest of my life."
Rinse and repeat. This is the five introduced love interests so far. Boring, annoying, childish and laughable doesn't begin to describe it. Sex dolls. Nothing else.
Plot
There is none, at least a third of the way in. Kaal wakes up, commits at least three actions that could inevitably doom his little empire before it even starts, and sleeps with his First Priestess. A better book would have consequences for any of these three but Kaal can apparently just murder people on the street without repercussion.
I'd call it character driven if it wasn't for the distinct lack of any real characters. Or drive. I would love to have a rant about the plot, but clearly the author can't be bothered with even attempting to create one, so why should I even care.
I just need to point out the word CONSEQUENCES. Someone forgot it existed.
This book is fucking horrible. Bad, bad, bad, piss-poor all throughout. Made doubly worse because the idea of this is the exact thing I would love to read. I'd love to rant about every single sentence because every single dialogue reveals something that is wrong with the book, but I think I have made my point.
September 13, 2025
Kaal God of Destruction is a must read. I couldn’t put it down. From one chapter to the next the action and violence is strait up bru-tal.
There is plenty of spice (all consensual, no NTR) that is very well written and gets the blood flowing.
The world building is immersive and detailed, you can really envision the settings the author has created. The characters are unique, playful, and fun. And a couple of them are just down right Scynn-ister. 😈
I really enjoyed this new and refreshing POV of the villain. It really has you rooting for him. Can’t wait to see what kind of carnage Kaal leaves behind in book two!
There is plenty of spice (all consensual, no NTR) that is very well written and gets the blood flowing.
The world building is immersive and detailed, you can really envision the settings the author has created. The characters are unique, playful, and fun. And a couple of them are just down right Scynn-ister. 😈
I really enjoyed this new and refreshing POV of the villain. It really has you rooting for him. Can’t wait to see what kind of carnage Kaal leaves behind in book two!
September 17, 2025
Very good book
This is a fine fantasy harem adventure novel. It is well written and edited. I especially like Scynne. I anxiously await the sequel.
This is a fine fantasy harem adventure novel. It is well written and edited. I especially like Scynne. I anxiously await the sequel.
September 17, 2025
The genre desperately needs more like this.
November 27, 2025
So this is something Amazon recommended to me as “something enjoyed by other readers of The Witcher” and I thought fuck it, why not, let's see wth this is. I read the sample chapter and it was decent enough, it promised to be irreverent and ngl I was curious to see what a book like this from a guy's perspective would read like.
Now that I’ve finished it I genuinely don't know how to rate it. I’m clearly not the target audience, but regardless of that I feel like it gets repetitive after the first few chapters. It's the same rinse and repeat. Kaal goes to a new place and sees some hottie who very quickly falls in awe, but she's not being coerced you guys, nah, just her inhibitions lowered. Big side eye, but again I get that this is part of the fantasy it's supposed to sell.
Anyway, it starts out with him wanting to burn the world down and free everyone from oppression, but it quickly turns into him trying to protect his harem of women. There are very rarely thoughts spared towards anything else and I wonder where the actual plot went. I can't speak to how satisfying the target audience will find this constant circle of finding and defending women, but I didn't feel like it delivered on the promises it made in the blurb. The God of Destruction was just a big horny guy, and didn't feel otherworldly or particularly driven or particularly smart. His opponents never felt like real threats and there wasn't enough build up before any confrontation. They should have been set up beforehand as threats and there should have been some anticipation before they met, but instead the intermezzo between conflicts was spent thinking about how he has to protect his women and how angry he is when they get hurt. Zero thoughts to the other peons around tho. Like there's a whole village of demis that he never worries about and anytime we're supposed to feel bad about the demis we get a portrayal of some sad (but hot) oppressed bunnykin or cat girl, never a dude or even a child. Maybe I’m being cynical but it sounded like a case of “we can only feel compassion for the fuckable ones”, sorry for the crudeness. You could say that this was intentional, only it doesn't read like it was self aware. It comes off as trying to have its cake and eat it too because there isn't even one conscious remark that this was on purpose. It also clutters the narration with explanations so heaven forbid you wouldn't understand the *wrong* thing because Kaal is the epitome of what men think a “nice guy” is when in fact he's anything but nice. The cherry on the cake dropped at about 90% when Kaal bangs his demigod niece after extensively torturing her to the point of breaking her, then Scynn binds her to his will, making her horny for him as a byproduct. And I don't understand why this is trying to sell me on the idea that it's consensual. He's supposed to be a bad dude. Commit to the bit if you’re going as far as incest. No, the book is trying to convince me that these women are liberated from the constraints of their morals and it's totally what they want. Like I said, the book doesn't seem aware of how this is getting across and that this is in fact SA.
If I judge this by what I would have wanted in a book it would be a 1/5… if I judge it by what it promised to be, I’d give it a 2.5 or 3 because it did promise harem, but the dark and gritty fantasy is just a cardboard propped behind the actors.
Now that I’ve finished it I genuinely don't know how to rate it. I’m clearly not the target audience, but regardless of that I feel like it gets repetitive after the first few chapters. It's the same rinse and repeat. Kaal goes to a new place and sees some hottie who very quickly falls in awe, but she's not being coerced you guys, nah, just her inhibitions lowered. Big side eye, but again I get that this is part of the fantasy it's supposed to sell.
Anyway, it starts out with him wanting to burn the world down and free everyone from oppression, but it quickly turns into him trying to protect his harem of women. There are very rarely thoughts spared towards anything else and I wonder where the actual plot went. I can't speak to how satisfying the target audience will find this constant circle of finding and defending women, but I didn't feel like it delivered on the promises it made in the blurb. The God of Destruction was just a big horny guy, and didn't feel otherworldly or particularly driven or particularly smart. His opponents never felt like real threats and there wasn't enough build up before any confrontation. They should have been set up beforehand as threats and there should have been some anticipation before they met, but instead the intermezzo between conflicts was spent thinking about how he has to protect his women and how angry he is when they get hurt. Zero thoughts to the other peons around tho. Like there's a whole village of demis that he never worries about and anytime we're supposed to feel bad about the demis we get a portrayal of some sad (but hot) oppressed bunnykin or cat girl, never a dude or even a child. Maybe I’m being cynical but it sounded like a case of “we can only feel compassion for the fuckable ones”, sorry for the crudeness. You could say that this was intentional, only it doesn't read like it was self aware. It comes off as trying to have its cake and eat it too because there isn't even one conscious remark that this was on purpose. It also clutters the narration with explanations so heaven forbid you wouldn't understand the *wrong* thing because Kaal is the epitome of what men think a “nice guy” is when in fact he's anything but nice. The cherry on the cake dropped at about 90% when Kaal bangs his demigod niece after extensively torturing her to the point of breaking her, then Scynn binds her to his will, making her horny for him as a byproduct. And I don't understand why this is trying to sell me on the idea that it's consensual. He's supposed to be a bad dude. Commit to the bit if you’re going as far as incest. No, the book is trying to convince me that these women are liberated from the constraints of their morals and it's totally what they want. Like I said, the book doesn't seem aware of how this is getting across and that this is in fact SA.
If I judge this by what I would have wanted in a book it would be a 1/5… if I judge it by what it promised to be, I’d give it a 2.5 or 3 because it did promise harem, but the dark and gritty fantasy is just a cardboard propped behind the actors.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 16, 2025
DNF @23%
Kaal isn't the God of Destruction, he's just another communist here to destroy the capitalist order to raise up the down-trodden. God, I am so sick of this lame-ass trope infecting everything.
Kaal isn't the God of Destruction, he's just another communist here to destroy the capitalist order to raise up the down-trodden. God, I am so sick of this lame-ass trope infecting everything.
September 18, 2025
DNFd at 30%
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