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Earth Reformation #6
Battlemage
In an effort to hold on to his expanding empire, Ivor needs to advance his Class and increase his power. He understands someone, somewhere, sooner or later, will attempt to take what he has.
Ivor’s new Class is both a blessing and a curse. It will allow him access to new spells, but comes at the cost of extremely slow leveling.
Zed has some ideas on how Ivor can counteract the leveling slowdown, but first, Ivor needs to find a place to learn and train away from prying eyes. He may have found the solution on another human planet, Gaia.
Once again, Ivor will be in disguise, concealing how powerful he actually is. He knows the disguise won’t hold forever; after all, true power never stays hidden.
This book has an OP main character, game-like stats, skills, spells and level progression. No AI was used in the creation of this book’s content.
Ivor’s new Class is both a blessing and a curse. It will allow him access to new spells, but comes at the cost of extremely slow leveling.
Zed has some ideas on how Ivor can counteract the leveling slowdown, but first, Ivor needs to find a place to learn and train away from prying eyes. He may have found the solution on another human planet, Gaia.
Once again, Ivor will be in disguise, concealing how powerful he actually is. He knows the disguise won’t hold forever; after all, true power never stays hidden.
This book has an OP main character, game-like stats, skills, spells and level progression. No AI was used in the creation of this book’s content.
420 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 18, 2026
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September 18, 2026
Great book as usual
Brad Botz is currently at the top of my auto buy list. One of the things that I appreciate is his ability to consistently challenge an extremely overpowered MC without resorting to the typical ploy of just throwing bigger stronger monsters at him. Ivor being challenged by social situations, politics, Magic, economics, learning to run an empire are all far more interesting than just beating up another bigger stronger monster. As always I love that Ivor just a decent guy. Honestly that is so hard to find when you're looking for overpowered MCs in the LITRPG genre. This book like the five before it well worth your time and money!
Brad Botz is currently at the top of my auto buy list. One of the things that I appreciate is his ability to consistently challenge an extremely overpowered MC without resorting to the typical ploy of just throwing bigger stronger monsters at him. Ivor being challenged by social situations, politics, Magic, economics, learning to run an empire are all far more interesting than just beating up another bigger stronger monster. As always I love that Ivor just a decent guy. Honestly that is so hard to find when you're looking for overpowered MCs in the LITRPG genre. This book like the five before it well worth your time and money!
September 23, 2026
Botz knows how to wring the most out of an OP protagonist.
September 19, 2026
Fanfreakingtastic!
What an amazing book! I absolutely loved this book and such wonderful characters! I can not wait for the next book to come out!
What an amazing book! I absolutely loved this book and such wonderful characters! I can not wait for the next book to come out!
September 19, 2026
I took a half day of PTO to read this the day it came out. I'm glad I did (with some caveats, see below). Ultimately, if you loved the preceding 5 books in this series, you'll love this one too.
Each installment so far has taken a slightly different angle to the reformation of Earth, which keeps things interesting and the reader wondering where things will go. Overall, Brad Botz excels at executing the "face slapping" trope. i.e. an arrogant youngster antagonizes the wrong person and receives a public beat down. There's a constant theme of the MC being ignored/underestimated only for him to turn around and blow everyone's minds with his awesomeness. I love this. You love this. Everyone loves this. It's what we're here for.
However, this latest book did get to the point where that trope felt somewhat repetitive. As before, the MC has to constantly prove his power to people who don't know better. That's all well and good when it's stupid ppl you want to see beaten down, but when it's genuinely valuable folks the MC needs on his team, it can be a royal pain in the emperor's tush. There's a whole rigmarole to convincing them, and after the first couple of times, the emperor's problem starts becoming the reader's problem, and that's not good for anyone. There was also some repetitive hero worship by side characters which, while warranted, got to the point where I personally found it to be a bit much.
Don't get me wrong, I still thoroughly enjoyed the read. At the same time, I hope the next book covers more new and interesting ground.
5 stars regardless. Compliments to the author. Keep up the great work.
Each installment so far has taken a slightly different angle to the reformation of Earth, which keeps things interesting and the reader wondering where things will go. Overall, Brad Botz excels at executing the "face slapping" trope. i.e. an arrogant youngster antagonizes the wrong person and receives a public beat down. There's a constant theme of the MC being ignored/underestimated only for him to turn around and blow everyone's minds with his awesomeness. I love this. You love this. Everyone loves this. It's what we're here for.
However, this latest book did get to the point where that trope felt somewhat repetitive. As before, the MC has to constantly prove his power to people who don't know better. That's all well and good when it's stupid ppl you want to see beaten down, but when it's genuinely valuable folks the MC needs on his team, it can be a royal pain in the emperor's tush. There's a whole rigmarole to convincing them, and after the first couple of times, the emperor's problem starts becoming the reader's problem, and that's not good for anyone. There was also some repetitive hero worship by side characters which, while warranted, got to the point where I personally found it to be a bit much.
Don't get me wrong, I still thoroughly enjoyed the read. At the same time, I hope the next book covers more new and interesting ground.
5 stars regardless. Compliments to the author. Keep up the great work.
September 23, 2026
If you enjoy the other books of this series, you will enjoy this one. The main character, Ivor visits a planet full of humans, I personally was wondering where the other humans were during the first five books of this series. Anyway, he discovers a planet full of them, find interesting and intriguing things to do and makes a few enemies. But then again, the MC always makes enemies no matter what he’s doing, and even if he is not looking for them. he tries to do the right thing, helps the downtrodden and less fortunate, and uses his OP abilities to do what others can’t. there are tangling threads that hopefully will happen in the next or following books of the series. Ivor has to find a more powerful blacksmith as well as armourer. He also has to find a spiritualist and a way to increase his stats. Those are some of the things he needs to do in future books. If you haven’t read the series or don’t particularly care for OP characters, I urge you to give this guy a shot. I believe you would like the way he is written. He’s not Superman, he is vulnerable can be hurt, poisoned, ECT the only issue I have with this book is the repeated montage of heroism that the characters in the book bestow upon him. This should be cut down to at least just once in the book, I know it’s too acclimate readers who just picked this book up and is letting them know about the mC’s inclinations. But it should be handled in a better or different way. Will continue reading the series, wish it was on Audible cause I would buy them as well. read the series I believe as a reader, you won’t be disappointed
September 28, 2026
Another enjoyable entry into the series with Ivor continuing to be an OP powerhouse.
Only a couple of things that stop it being a perfect read. They are mostly inconsequential and are only minor points but they still niggled.
First and most minor, the use of "etc" at the end of lists is just out of place, a simple "and so on" would work much better.
The big one for me was certain parts of the story felt rushed. The two main ones were the "bad guild instructor" story line was wrapped up in a sentence with no real explanation of what happened, it kinda made the whole story line pointless when you don't get any resolution to why it happened. The second instance was again the ending, everything wrapped up so quickly with just short sentences tying each thread up rather than exploring some consequences to the actions taken. Not much tension in the resolution which hurt the story a little I feel.
Those small issues aside i'm looking forward to the next one.
Only a couple of things that stop it being a perfect read. They are mostly inconsequential and are only minor points but they still niggled.
First and most minor, the use of "etc" at the end of lists is just out of place, a simple "and so on" would work much better.
The big one for me was certain parts of the story felt rushed. The two main ones were the "bad guild instructor" story line was wrapped up in a sentence with no real explanation of what happened, it kinda made the whole story line pointless when you don't get any resolution to why it happened. The second instance was again the ending, everything wrapped up so quickly with just short sentences tying each thread up rather than exploring some consequences to the actions taken. Not much tension in the resolution which hurt the story a little I feel.
Those small issues aside i'm looking forward to the next one.
November 6, 2026
500 Luck
Errant Philosopher Emperor takes a sabbatical (though he spends more time on personal growth than actually running his worlds) to a world filled with humans, to train his magic. Meets some people, helps make their lives better, meets some monarchs, helps make their countries better, dominates a tournament and crushes arrogance over and over.
Interesting comment, that humanity of Earth may face extinction, can Ivor make an Inheritance of his own?
Ivor must have a monopoly on fortuitous encounters, he keeps finding talent that lets him amass wealth and then leave it in good hands while he explores more of the worlds.
Can Ivor make a suppression ring to automatically restrict his stats, so he’s merely exceptional and not godlike?
Maybe not Constitution, how long does 500 Con let you live?
Errant Philosopher Emperor takes a sabbatical (though he spends more time on personal growth than actually running his worlds) to a world filled with humans, to train his magic. Meets some people, helps make their lives better, meets some monarchs, helps make their countries better, dominates a tournament and crushes arrogance over and over.
Interesting comment, that humanity of Earth may face extinction, can Ivor make an Inheritance of his own?
Ivor must have a monopoly on fortuitous encounters, he keeps finding talent that lets him amass wealth and then leave it in good hands while he explores more of the worlds.
Can Ivor make a suppression ring to automatically restrict his stats, so he’s merely exceptional and not godlike?
Maybe not Constitution, how long does 500 Con let you live?
October 24, 2026
Probably the best power fantasy series I've read.
I'll co-sign everything Cassandra Stryffe said in their review.
The only really minor niggle I would say without detracting from the quality of the work is the personality of the protagonist moves back in time as the series progresses. It makes the starting point feel like a plot device that is quickly discarded.
Even that though is not jarring, the transition is gradual.
I enjoyed the whole series a lot, author found creative ways to mitigate the power creep that is inherent in the genre often making the need to "up the stakes" reach ridiculousness.
This did not happen here, hoping for more.
I'll co-sign everything Cassandra Stryffe said in their review.
The only really minor niggle I would say without detracting from the quality of the work is the personality of the protagonist moves back in time as the series progresses. It makes the starting point feel like a plot device that is quickly discarded.
Even that though is not jarring, the transition is gradual.
I enjoyed the whole series a lot, author found creative ways to mitigate the power creep that is inherent in the genre often making the need to "up the stakes" reach ridiculousness.
This did not happen here, hoping for more.
September 27, 2026
Battle Mage is the next book in this series, and it's interesting to see other parts of the main character's build. The story takes off world, but I suspect there will be more of that kind of thing as the books progress, but this is a really good look at what those worlds might look like. I liked this addition to the story, and will continue to read the series as the books are released.
September 19, 2026
Battlemage is truly enchanting!
If you love litrpg, this is book 6 in the series. This series is amazing. I'm crying on the inside because now i need to wait for book 7. I live the characters. Ivor (mc) is one of my favorites. It is hard to find strong characters that believe in doing what is right, yet still get all the levels, fighting and magic. No spoilers here. But I suggest if you love litrpg you should try this series!
If you love litrpg, this is book 6 in the series. This series is amazing. I'm crying on the inside because now i need to wait for book 7. I live the characters. Ivor (mc) is one of my favorites. It is hard to find strong characters that believe in doing what is right, yet still get all the levels, fighting and magic. No spoilers here. But I suggest if you love litrpg you should try this series!
September 19, 2026
LITrpg with an actual OP MC
I love the fact that the MC in this series is actually OP rather than the norm which seems to be constantly moving the goal posts as the MC gets there ... only 6 people are at X level until the MC reaches it and suddenly there's loads and only 6 at the next level... none of that here. The MC dominates constantly. The side characters are interesting and the world being created is exciting and engaging. Can't wait to find out where Ivor goes next.
I love the fact that the MC in this series is actually OP rather than the norm which seems to be constantly moving the goal posts as the MC gets there ... only 6 people are at X level until the MC reaches it and suddenly there's loads and only 6 at the next level... none of that here. The MC dominates constantly. The side characters are interesting and the world being created is exciting and engaging. Can't wait to find out where Ivor goes next.
September 27, 2026
Good series
I've really enjoyed the series. I wish that there's a little more of some things and a little less of some things. I'm not gonna give it away. It's a good book. I'm glad that he keeps writing. I hope we're gonna give 789. Really enjoy them. Get all 6 books. But then the weekend, so yep, there's my recommendation cause I did all 6 in the weekend. Thank you, enjoy the book. If you get it, I recommend it highly Ai
I've really enjoyed the series. I wish that there's a little more of some things and a little less of some things. I'm not gonna give it away. It's a good book. I'm glad that he keeps writing. I hope we're gonna give 789. Really enjoy them. Get all 6 books. But then the weekend, so yep, there's my recommendation cause I did all 6 in the weekend. Thank you, enjoy the book. If you get it, I recommend it highly Ai
September 29, 2026
Just as gripping as the first
I read these books as soon as they come out and the quality has stayed top notch. I love that it’s from the perspective of an older main character and that there hasn’t been a romance plot embedded (seriously, thank you for no romance!!). The many worlds, personalities, and powers keep you engaged with learning new things. Can’t wait to see what the next book and the ocean have in store for us!
I read these books as soon as they come out and the quality has stayed top notch. I love that it’s from the perspective of an older main character and that there hasn’t been a romance plot embedded (seriously, thank you for no romance!!). The many worlds, personalities, and powers keep you engaged with learning new things. Can’t wait to see what the next book and the ocean have in store for us!
November 1, 2026
Upset they can’t be written as fast they’re read
This is one of the few series that I can’t get enough of. The MC is a favorite type of archetype for these op styles. Ruthless with a kindheart, intelligent and yet simple, explorer that has roots etc There is also a difficulty to guess how many books might be planned as story could resolve in the next book or another dozen. Nice work Botz
This is one of the few series that I can’t get enough of. The MC is a favorite type of archetype for these op styles. Ruthless with a kindheart, intelligent and yet simple, explorer that has roots etc There is also a difficulty to guess how many books might be planned as story could resolve in the next book or another dozen. Nice work Botz
September 19, 2026
Such good adventures
It’s so fun to see all the crazy situations Ivor gets into, even when he’s trying to fly under the radar. This new world of humans is another microcosm of factions, great people and backstabbing schemers. Lots of action, growth strategies, and interesting problem solving.
It’s so fun to see all the crazy situations Ivor gets into, even when he’s trying to fly under the radar. This new world of humans is another microcosm of factions, great people and backstabbing schemers. Lots of action, growth strategies, and interesting problem solving.
September 19, 2026
Excellent
Ivor 's life is as hectic as usual , he spends a lot of time in Gaia , entering a tournament to attract potential magical instructors and finds himself pleasantly immersed in their society , but Ivor being Ivor conflict is never far away.Another excellent episode in Earth Reformation
Ivor 's life is as hectic as usual , he spends a lot of time in Gaia , entering a tournament to attract potential magical instructors and finds himself pleasantly immersed in their society , but Ivor being Ivor conflict is never far away.Another excellent episode in Earth Reformation
October 12, 2026
solid book 6
This was a great read however I felt like the last 25% was slow. I’m going to need Ivor to run into an actual challenge at some point. Things are too easy to beat others and he’s not being challenged the way he could be but now there’s a whole ocean on a planet full of things that can kill hik so yay book 7
This was a great read however I felt like the last 25% was slow. I’m going to need Ivor to run into an actual challenge at some point. Things are too easy to beat others and he’s not being challenged the way he could be but now there’s a whole ocean on a planet full of things that can kill hik so yay book 7
October 28, 2026
Does Not Disappoint
Mr. Botz has become one of my favorite authors. I love this series, and every time I finish a book I can’t wait for the next one. Book Six in this series was no exception. I will be waiting on pins and needles for the next installment! I highly recommend the entire series starting with Inheritance.
Mr. Botz has become one of my favorite authors. I love this series, and every time I finish a book I can’t wait for the next one. Book Six in this series was no exception. I will be waiting on pins and needles for the next installment! I highly recommend the entire series starting with Inheritance.
October 30, 2026
I am very disappointed with this sixth volume.
The new planet being explored offers no challenges and nothing new—just a plethora of additional secondary characters.
Ivor makes only marginal progress in this installment, with no real stakes involved. I fail to see what the author’s objective was; nothing of any note happens in this book.
A major disappointment.
The new planet being explored offers no challenges and nothing new—just a plethora of additional secondary characters.
Ivor makes only marginal progress in this installment, with no real stakes involved. I fail to see what the author’s objective was; nothing of any note happens in this book.
A major disappointment.
September 18, 2026
Another Gem
This is a fun demonstration of an OP character exploring a new world. Ivor gets to temporarily shed the mantle of Emporer and explore as a lower leveled person. Shenanigans ensue. I really enjoyed. I hope you do as well.
This is a fun demonstration of an OP character exploring a new world. Ivor gets to temporarily shed the mantle of Emporer and explore as a lower leveled person. Shenanigans ensue. I really enjoyed. I hope you do as well.
September 19, 2026
Good
A couple spots could use some proofreading, but otherwise an excellent and enjoyable addition to the series. The author does a wonderful job with characters and Ivor is a delight.
A couple spots could use some proofreading, but otherwise an excellent and enjoyable addition to the series. The author does a wonderful job with characters and Ivor is a delight.
September 19, 2026
another great book in this series
God I really love this series . Cant help but love the character of Ivor . Brilliant addition of a new world and characters to the series. Really can’t wait for the next book .
God I really love this series . Cant help but love the character of Ivor . Brilliant addition of a new world and characters to the series. Really can’t wait for the next book .
September 19, 2026
Awesome Stuff
After reading this book in fourteen hours straight, I was both sad and relieved that it will only be a couple of months for the next book. This story was about our guy going to a new planet with humans who have had the System for millennia was a fantastic read.
After reading this book in fourteen hours straight, I was both sad and relieved that it will only be a couple of months for the next book. This story was about our guy going to a new planet with humans who have had the System for millennia was a fantastic read.
September 19, 2026
New challenges overcome
Once again, Evor has to learn something new and all of the challenges associated with it. No one believes his levels, and he continues to grow in skill and abilities and develop a system, an empire that will be just and fair, with lots of action.
Once again, Evor has to learn something new and all of the challenges associated with it. No one believes his levels, and he continues to grow in skill and abilities and develop a system, an empire that will be just and fair, with lots of action.
September 20, 2026
Goed verhaal. Wel wat spelfouten, zo weet de auteur Escher verkeerd te spellen. De vele verschillende intelligente soorten worden wel steeds met de naam aangeduid, maar ik ben allang vergeten hoe ze er uit zien, dat is toch een gemiste kans.
September 20, 2026
Wonderful series
In this time of AI repetitive short stories, a series worth the read. The story has all the components I look for in a great book. Thank you for sharing your vision.
In this time of AI repetitive short stories, a series worth the read. The story has all the components I look for in a great book. Thank you for sharing your vision.
September 20, 2026
waiting for the next
I’ve enjoyed this series. It’s been fun to read and I’ve only caught a few typos over 6 books. Have recommended to my teenage son for his next read. Lots of violence but no harem.
I’ve enjoyed this series. It’s been fun to read and I’ve only caught a few typos over 6 books. Have recommended to my teenage son for his next read. Lots of violence but no harem.
September 20, 2026
Awsome read
Once again the author has hit it out of the ball park. Hreat characters, great plot. Cant wait till the next one. Darn I hate waiting if any is bad about the book it's that. The waiting for the next one. Don't miss out
Once again the author has hit it out of the ball park. Hreat characters, great plot. Cant wait till the next one. Darn I hate waiting if any is bad about the book it's that. The waiting for the next one. Don't miss out
September 22, 2026
Another great addition to the series
I love this whole series. It is the perfect combination of slice of empire, leveling and fighting, with just the right amount of OP goodness thrown in as well.
Good characters and good storytelling. Can’t wait for the next one
I love this whole series. It is the perfect combination of slice of empire, leveling and fighting, with just the right amount of OP goodness thrown in as well.
Good characters and good storytelling. Can’t wait for the next one
September 22, 2026
The whole series is a great and entertaining read!
The whole series is a great and entertaining read! I would recommend to all who enjoy lots of action and the escape to fantasy from our ordeal world problems.
The whole series is a great and entertaining read! I would recommend to all who enjoy lots of action and the escape to fantasy from our ordeal world problems.
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