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Last Life #12
Onslaught (Last Life Book #12): A Progression Fantasy Series
Ricardo di Lorenzo, the renowned Golden Lion, is irritated by the delays his campaign is facing. King Adrian presses him to move; tension is rising among the nobility due to the machinations of the Scarlet Order; and the threat of insufficient provisions makes every wasted day a direct blow to discipline in his legions. More and more often, Ricardo finds himself thinking about the offer from Olgerd III's messenger.
Meanwhile, Carl III and the rest of the capital wait impatiently for news of a pitched battle between the Vestonian Coalition and the legions of Otto II. After all, the outcome of that battle will determine the balance of power on the continent.
For his part, Max has managed to halt the advance of the Atalian forces.
As the Golden Lion's legions disperse into winter quarters around Conterne, Max returns to Fort de Gris, in order to marshal his forces and take command of a united army of first-born, true gifted, and humans.
The onslaught is gathering strength... The battle for Northern Bergonia is coming!
Meanwhile, Carl III and the rest of the capital wait impatiently for news of a pitched battle between the Vestonian Coalition and the legions of Otto II. After all, the outcome of that battle will determine the balance of power on the continent.
For his part, Max has managed to halt the advance of the Atalian forces.
As the Golden Lion's legions disperse into winter quarters around Conterne, Max returns to Fort de Gris, in order to marshal his forces and take command of a united army of first-born, true gifted, and humans.
The onslaught is gathering strength... The battle for Northern Bergonia is coming!
- GenresFantasy
380 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 8, 2026
About the author
Alexey Osadchuk
29 books534 followersAlexey Osadchuk was born in 1979 in the Ukraine. In the late 1990s his family moved to the south of Spain where they still live today.
Alexey was an avid reader from an early age, devouring adventure novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jack London and Arthur Conan Doyle. In 2010 he wrote his first fantasy novel which was immediately accepted for publication.
He also used to be a passionate online gamer which prompted him to write the story of a man who joins an MMORPG game hoping to raise money for his daughter’s heart surgery. The first book of Mirror World was published In 2013. The English translation of the series is now available on Amazon in its entirety, prompting a reviewer to call Alexey “one of the best LitRPG authors to date”.
Alexey was an avid reader from an early age, devouring adventure novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jack London and Arthur Conan Doyle. In 2010 he wrote his first fantasy novel which was immediately accepted for publication.
He also used to be a passionate online gamer which prompted him to write the story of a man who joins an MMORPG game hoping to raise money for his daughter’s heart surgery. The first book of Mirror World was published In 2013. The English translation of the series is now available on Amazon in its entirety, prompting a reviewer to call Alexey “one of the best LitRPG authors to date”.
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May 12, 2026
Starting as a sort of generic progression fantasy/hero sent into another body/world, Last Life has morphed into one of the top fantasy series with an increasing cast of characters, action, and intrigue on multiple fronts and of course magical undertones and battles on various levels of the multiverse.
Onslaught continues the multiple storylines, adding some complications - the mythical Vultarn comes to take over Max's body, though of course he is quite surprised when Max disagrees with that course of action, and on this subplot we find out more and more about Max's true past.
Among the many threads we also have:
The sort of vampire King Olgerd starts getting more and more into action and of course not quite as the benign figure he presents himself to his vassal and Max's former associate and sort of friend, the princess witch Lada.
The vainglory of prince Heinrich (the Heir to Vestonia and Verena's semi-official fiance) and Marshall von Mansfeld (the leading light of Verena's loyalist Astlandic nobles) leads to their dismissive attitude to Verena' worries and insights as what could a young woman, princess though she may be, can know about war, politics and so on, having Verena regretting more and more she didn't go with Max.
The increasing assertiveness of King Adrian (of Attalia) and King (of Astland and Emperor to be) Otto II making their chief subordinates, the Golden Lion (most famed general of the times who put Adrian on the throne) and minister Lander (who masterminded the coup that dethroned Verena's father and put Otto on the throne) respectively, more and more worried about their futures so to speak.
Princess Astrid (the true Queen of the North as her surviving brother rules there by her will, and knows what happend with the other brother who Astrid made king but then he tried to go his way) in tow with Prince Louis (her submissive poet husband and younger brother of Heinrich) have come to Vestonia with a powerful army and nobody quite knows what Astrid intends - beyond of course becoming Queen of Vestonia in due time.
And as expected there is more about Max Renard's birth in this world as he finally finds out that while his philandering father's liason with Isabelle, the merchant heiress who most people believe to be Max's mother, was an open secret, there were some rumors about a liason with the daughter of a duke who happened to be the premier marshal of Vestonia, which was of course a much more serious business.
Just nonstop action and a book I couldn't put down until I finished it, with the only regret being that book 13 has no release date yet - and of course that the audio versions are progressing even slower with 10 scheduled for late in the year so far.
Overall, an excellent series that is getting better and better as complexity and the cast of characters keeps increasing.
Onslaught continues the multiple storylines, adding some complications - the mythical Vultarn comes to take over Max's body, though of course he is quite surprised when Max disagrees with that course of action, and on this subplot we find out more and more about Max's true past.
Among the many threads we also have:
The sort of vampire King Olgerd starts getting more and more into action and of course not quite as the benign figure he presents himself to his vassal and Max's former associate and sort of friend, the princess witch Lada.
The vainglory of prince Heinrich (the Heir to Vestonia and Verena's semi-official fiance) and Marshall von Mansfeld (the leading light of Verena's loyalist Astlandic nobles) leads to their dismissive attitude to Verena' worries and insights as what could a young woman, princess though she may be, can know about war, politics and so on, having Verena regretting more and more she didn't go with Max.
The increasing assertiveness of King Adrian (of Attalia) and King (of Astland and Emperor to be) Otto II making their chief subordinates, the Golden Lion (most famed general of the times who put Adrian on the throne) and minister Lander (who masterminded the coup that dethroned Verena's father and put Otto on the throne) respectively, more and more worried about their futures so to speak.
Princess Astrid (the true Queen of the North as her surviving brother rules there by her will, and knows what happend with the other brother who Astrid made king but then he tried to go his way) in tow with Prince Louis (her submissive poet husband and younger brother of Heinrich) have come to Vestonia with a powerful army and nobody quite knows what Astrid intends - beyond of course becoming Queen of Vestonia in due time.
And as expected there is more about Max Renard's birth in this world as he finally finds out that while his philandering father's liason with Isabelle, the merchant heiress who most people believe to be Max's mother, was an open secret, there were some rumors about a liason with the daughter of a duke who happened to be the premier marshal of Vestonia, which was of course a much more serious business.
Just nonstop action and a book I couldn't put down until I finished it, with the only regret being that book 13 has no release date yet - and of course that the audio versions are progressing even slower with 10 scheduled for late in the year so far.
Overall, an excellent series that is getting better and better as complexity and the cast of characters keeps increasing.
May 10, 2026
Too much drama for my taste
The author seems to love constant drama. Maybe even more so than George R.R Martin, as he continues with his high stake betrayals that wipe out armies with tens of thousands of soldiers. Recapitulating the story so far, Vestonia has suffered at least 5 complete wipes of their major armies so far, which makes me wonder how many trained soldiers they have left..
The mass killing of first born continues as well bringing them ever closer to extinction. Unfortunately the author make them seem gullible and incompetent despite their age and experience which in turn makes the MC's faction seem rather complacent given the events in this book.
While i find the realistic political intrigues some of the best parts of the story, the huge scale betrayals in this book were over the top for my taste.
And then there is even more drama around the MC and his fight to death with V.. Oh yeah!
Lastly, i am very annoyed that the author STILL hasn't bothered to provide maps for the readers!
The author seems to love constant drama. Maybe even more so than George R.R Martin, as he continues with his high stake betrayals that wipe out armies with tens of thousands of soldiers. Recapitulating the story so far, Vestonia has suffered at least 5 complete wipes of their major armies so far, which makes me wonder how many trained soldiers they have left..
The mass killing of first born continues as well bringing them ever closer to extinction. Unfortunately the author make them seem gullible and incompetent despite their age and experience which in turn makes the MC's faction seem rather complacent given the events in this book.
While i find the realistic political intrigues some of the best parts of the story, the huge scale betrayals in this book were over the top for my taste.
And then there is even more drama around the MC and his fight to death with V.. Oh yeah!
Lastly, i am very annoyed that the author STILL hasn't bothered to provide maps for the readers!
May 12, 2026
probably have to give up series
I had really enjoyed the series and thought it was a short but fun read so I paid the $8 per kindle book which is pricey for something this length. Unfortunately with back to back books of a lot of nothing story wise I will have to give up. I’m not a fan of cliffhangers where nothing happened in the whole book to satisfy you to make it worth it. Just one piece of bad news after another just to make you read the next book is just short sighted from my point of view. Also hated a major development in a chapter being followed by useless drivel and details that added nothing to the story. Like 4 pages of a pointless letter following a major event. When your driving point is to create tension with no release you end up with frustrated loyal readers who end up skipping pages because it becomes excessive. Just really disappointed the author felt more compelled to make me want to buy the next book rather than making sure each book left the reader satisfied.
I had really enjoyed the series and thought it was a short but fun read so I paid the $8 per kindle book which is pricey for something this length. Unfortunately with back to back books of a lot of nothing story wise I will have to give up. I’m not a fan of cliffhangers where nothing happened in the whole book to satisfy you to make it worth it. Just one piece of bad news after another just to make you read the next book is just short sighted from my point of view. Also hated a major development in a chapter being followed by useless drivel and details that added nothing to the story. Like 4 pages of a pointless letter following a major event. When your driving point is to create tension with no release you end up with frustrated loyal readers who end up skipping pages because it becomes excessive. Just really disappointed the author felt more compelled to make me want to buy the next book rather than making sure each book left the reader satisfied.
May 12, 2026
Good but frustrating.
I enjoy this book series but this book leaves a lot to be desired and feels full of filler chapters that did nothing but increase word count to justify selling a book. We’re in book 12 now and we’re still building without resolution. We’re still exposing people and armies that are so much better than the MC and side characters from previous books you have to wonder, why didn’t they just crush everyone in book 3 and already conquer everyone? Many of the things happening seem to be happening because the author said so, not because there is a plausible backstory that better explains their motivations. Sadly the next book is probably well underway but if it’s as bad as the last two books then I’ll probably just write off this series as having jumped the shark and move on to something else that better justifies spending the money.
I enjoy this book series but this book leaves a lot to be desired and feels full of filler chapters that did nothing but increase word count to justify selling a book. We’re in book 12 now and we’re still building without resolution. We’re still exposing people and armies that are so much better than the MC and side characters from previous books you have to wonder, why didn’t they just crush everyone in book 3 and already conquer everyone? Many of the things happening seem to be happening because the author said so, not because there is a plausible backstory that better explains their motivations. Sadly the next book is probably well underway but if it’s as bad as the last two books then I’ll probably just write off this series as having jumped the shark and move on to something else that better justifies spending the money.
May 10, 2026
The fog of war, who actually is the enemy ?
The war is in full swing and it's not going well for Vestonia , all Carl's generals except Max and de Clairmont are either incompetent or traitors and the treachery is effecting Max's supply chain but Max's troops have still had several crushing victories. Max unfortunately is being unwillingly distracted by Vultarn and Olgerd the blood mage and Otto the butcher are using every trick in the book to win , the bizarre thing is that Max and Ricardo di Lorenzo the golden lion have more in common than the backstabbing degenerates they are allied to. Events at the end of the book are going to have a massive influence moving forward and I eagerly await the next volume
The war is in full swing and it's not going well for Vestonia , all Carl's generals except Max and de Clairmont are either incompetent or traitors and the treachery is effecting Max's supply chain but Max's troops have still had several crushing victories. Max unfortunately is being unwillingly distracted by Vultarn and Olgerd the blood mage and Otto the butcher are using every trick in the book to win , the bizarre thing is that Max and Ricardo di Lorenzo the golden lion have more in common than the backstabbing degenerates they are allied to. Events at the end of the book are going to have a massive influence moving forward and I eagerly await the next volume
May 15, 2026
End of series for me
I'm in 12 books/episodes and no more...filler, filled with hot air. Story not advancing. Vignettes of whatever fantasy for whatever different characters in the MC, head/memory/hallucination. There are hints the story may develop but it continues as an old fashioned soap opera. At ($9.00) bucks a pop. Is it worth the price? Maybe if it advanced?, maybe not...I'm tired of it. I'm in to a Crazy Ivan over a hundred dollars and believe he might be drinking vodka and laughing over the Crazy American who keeps sending him money. :-)
I'm in 12 books/episodes and no more...filler, filled with hot air. Story not advancing. Vignettes of whatever fantasy for whatever different characters in the MC, head/memory/hallucination. There are hints the story may develop but it continues as an old fashioned soap opera. At ($9.00) bucks a pop. Is it worth the price? Maybe if it advanced?, maybe not...I'm tired of it. I'm in to a Crazy Ivan over a hundred dollars and believe he might be drinking vodka and laughing over the Crazy American who keeps sending him money. :-)
May 10, 2026
Wow! Onslaught is right!
The last two books in the series were apparently just to setup book 12 and beyond because a lot happens in this book. Everyone is attacking each other with a huge tangle of deceit and betrayal mixed in. I was most surprised by the way the person who brought Max to the world added a whole new level of difficulty to Max's life. "The Gods" in this series are truly selfish and finicky.
The last two books in the series were apparently just to setup book 12 and beyond because a lot happens in this book. Everyone is attacking each other with a huge tangle of deceit and betrayal mixed in. I was most surprised by the way the person who brought Max to the world added a whole new level of difficulty to Max's life. "The Gods" in this series are truly selfish and finicky.
May 9, 2026
I liked it.
I am looking forward to book 13. I love the way the author tells/narrate this tale. A very quick and entertaining read. One problem, it is too short. I let my imagination loose and before I know its over. There are writers and there authors, this man is an author.
I am looking forward to book 13. I love the way the author tells/narrate this tale. A very quick and entertaining read. One problem, it is too short. I let my imagination loose and before I know its over. There are writers and there authors, this man is an author.
May 10, 2026
I always look forward to this series!
Can’t ever get enough of this series, it’s deep lore, the mythology, the politics, the magic system are all very fascinating and I love every second of it, hopefully our MC kicks some butt next book! The only thing that could be improved is I wish there was a map so I could keep track of everything and it’d be a nice reference.
Can’t ever get enough of this series, it’s deep lore, the mythology, the politics, the magic system are all very fascinating and I love every second of it, hopefully our MC kicks some butt next book! The only thing that could be improved is I wish there was a map so I could keep track of everything and it’d be a nice reference.
May 9, 2026
Too abrupt
Great series. Loved it and looked forward to each new book. But feel kinda cheated at the end. Need at least two or three more books. Or better yet a follow on series to resolve all the cliffhangers.
Great series. Loved it and looked forward to each new book. But feel kinda cheated at the end. Need at least two or three more books. Or better yet a follow on series to resolve all the cliffhangers.
May 9, 2026
solid installment
This book had some interesting developments. The story remains compelling. I’m giving it 4 stars because it’s too short. Especially for the price. The book ended right as it was getting interesting.
This book had some interesting developments. The story remains compelling. I’m giving it 4 stars because it’s too short. Especially for the price. The book ended right as it was getting interesting.
May 9, 2026
Awesome Stuff
This was the story right before the world war. Our guy defeats the demigod and keeps a portion of his power. Can’t see how king Carl makes it out alive.
This was the story right before the world war. Our guy defeats the demigod and keeps a portion of his power. Can’t see how king Carl makes it out alive.
May 12, 2026
Omg
My only complaint is that para being a real funding but I get why. Overall good continuation of the story.
My only complaint is that para being a real funding but I get why. Overall good continuation of the story.
May 13, 2026
another great book!
Great continuation of the series. Can’t wait to see what’s next. Lots of moving pieces. Looking forward to seeing it continually progress.
Great continuation of the series. Can’t wait to see what’s next. Lots of moving pieces. Looking forward to seeing it continually progress.
May 13, 2026
Great story in desperate need of an editor.
The story that is being woven is very captivating and entertaining. It is, by the way (in-store reference), lessened by poor editing.
The story that is being woven is very captivating and entertaining. It is, by the way (in-store reference), lessened by poor editing.
May 13, 2026
2.5- 3 stars because 60% of this was NOT an enjoyable read. Too many unnecessary filler books and this was one of them.
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