Returner's Defiance 7

by Bruce Sentar

Bran and team are working towards a brighter future, but that means the demons in the world need to be exterminated. After the Wukong, Bran realizes that he needs to take the fight to the demons and begins looking for places that have changed the greatest in this life.

For if the Demon King also has knowledge of the past life then those greatest deviations will be the places that he's building up forces.

Thus Bran and company end up traveling down to the Amazon where the forces Bran expected to protect the area never came to pass. The situation down there has changed drastically for the worse, to the point that Bran isn't sure there are any suitable allies to take up the mantle and lead the area.

Genres: Harem

432 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 8, 2026

About the author

Born and raised in the agricultural midwest, I moved every year after school even as far as Shanghai before settling down with my wife in Chicago.

I have always enjoyed Wuxia stories and became thrilled when I discovered harem stories spreading to western books. I've written down my day dreams for years as an idle hobby. Inspired by the harem genre I'm finally fleshing them out into full blown novels.

I'm excited to share my stories with you as I turn them into novels and series.

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Reviews

[Jonathan Willis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite enjoyable read

Still basically the only harem author I read, even if the dynamic is a little more tiresome in this one then some of the others. Honestly Simone's meddling and "smoothing" out some of the girls makes some of the additions less interesting and some of the girls are getting kind of samey. It also hampers some of the developing romance as it adds an almost manipulative feel to it, especially when Bram says multiple times he wants to let them make up their own mind. Which feeds into one of my other critics, in that just like every MC in each the series I've read, with the partial exception of the four sphere mage guy who actually had hard lines where he put his foot down, Bram has reached the point where he just caves on basically everything Simone wants, rather than it feeling like they reach compromises or have a healthy give and take.

The fights were fun, and I enjoyed the banter between Bram and the DL. Pretty much most of the second half of the book, or after stuff properly kicked off was super gripping and had me reading nonstop. The first half had some fun bits, but honestly any interaction with Eve was a slog and several times i had to take a break, especially as he kept acting like she was a necessary ally to put up with, but she didn't actively provide anything meaningful, they had surveillance covered themselves, they had to handle both the city and tribes themselves because Eve didn't veiw either as worth her time, even her sect acting as bait in the instance didn't truely require her, as they could have easily found a few instances themselves and just used their own people as bait. She didn't provide anything worthwhile and yet Bram seemed to act like he needed to play along with her.

Probably sounds pretty critical, but i did end up really enjoying it, so this just venting out the few frustrations I had so I can look forward to the next one.

[Ethan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Pretty good entry.

Another good book from Bruce although you can tell that the story is now quickly coming to a close.

This has been a bit of a mixed bag series. Much of it has been great, and the story is good, but just some things and choices fell and fall a bit flat.

So the good stuff:

Good character development (with a caveat, but for the most part good)

Good detailing/world building.

Some decent subplots.

As always great grammar and flow/pacing.

Freaking finally some power ups (but still with a caveat)


The less good stuff:

Simone. At this stage just annoys me tbh. It feels a bit like who’s the main character here? Type of thing. Dunno if it’s just me or what but yeah.

Character development was good, but is starting to feel a bit more rushed, but it’s to be expected as the series is ending sooner than originally planned.

The relative levels of personal power between characters and the system has pretty much fallen on the way side, and it’s kinda just all over the place.
Bran mostly feels seriously stupidly underpowered for where we are, and then at other times it’s kinda just right. This has been a thing through for most of the latter half of this series I feel though. So for a returners type story with a system, this part has just kinda flopped.


So basically it’s good enough I’ll still read it and see it off to the end, but it’s not really a stand out story for me at least.

[Ben Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great set up for the last book

The last book should be a great conclusion to the series. Please Bruce I love your books but your greatest weakness is ending series. Most either feel rushed out the door so you can move on or just kinda end in a completely unsatisfied way. It's not all of them, but as someone who has read all your books and religiously reads them right when they come out it something i worry about. Nothing ruins my day like ending a series and just feeling empty.

[David Harriss · Rating 3 out of 5]

Declining Series

Bran has been boring for a few books, but now the plot is also getting predictable in a dull way. It's clear that the author is setting up the ending, narrowing the final conflict to also resolve the Faction War that is predicted to follow.
I suspect that he is getting tired of this series.

[Vishal Patel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another good adventure

This book continues is the same vein as the previous, with fun outings to interesting places. The characters continue to grow in power and skill, allowing for more interesting scenarios and avoiding repetitive ones. If you liked the last book, you'll probably like this one even better.

[Austin Richins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Worthy

This is the best installment I've read in the series since book 1. Plot is really ramping up! Great work, Bruce!

[Riley Quinn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bruce returns with another great installment

Bruce doesn't disappoint in his latest release in Returners Defiance. The action, the pace, and the story progression are all on par.

[Nichole · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great addition

I feels like we are getting closer and closer to the final show down I hope the demon lords death won't mark the end of this wonderful series

[Zack Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

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!

[Mitchell kaiser · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this series!

I can’t ever get enough of this series and I hope it goes on for a along time! Great battles beautiful women, great twist at the end what more can you ask for?

[Brian Tate · Rating 5 out of 5]

another excellent series installment

I know this isn’t among his most popular series, but I really enjoy all the characters in it. If you’ve read this far, you should definitely continue, and I’m sure you’ll be happy you did.

[N · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent Continuation

An excellent continuation of the series, advanced both the plot and relationships well. I am Looking forward to the next.

[Dp2k · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't know what happened but Bruce is losing his touch. I'm just not into this story anymore, even though Simone is Best Girl.

[Haretic · Rating 5 out of 5]

More!!

I really love these books. So good. Need these to continue for a while longer please!! I need at least 3 whole wars. :)