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The Legendary Builder #6
The Builder's Conquest
The Final Battle is Here.
When Arthur found a magic sword in a pawnshop, he never thought it would make him into the Builder of Legend and thrust him into the forefront of the fight with the Darkness.
Now, on a mission only he can complete, Arthur and his girls will have to hold the lines against the Darkness’s final assault while defeating the four horsemen, freeing God from captivity, and of course, confronting the Empress.
Sure, the odds might be stacked against him, but if there’s anyone who can do it, it’s the penniless orphan turned King of Heaven and Hell.
When Arthur found a magic sword in a pawnshop, he never thought it would make him into the Builder of Legend and thrust him into the forefront of the fight with the Darkness.
Now, on a mission only he can complete, Arthur and his girls will have to hold the lines against the Darkness’s final assault while defeating the four horsemen, freeing God from captivity, and of course, confronting the Empress.
Sure, the odds might be stacked against him, but if there’s anyone who can do it, it’s the penniless orphan turned King of Heaven and Hell.
351 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 13, 2018
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About the author
J.A. Cipriano
92 books585 followersWhen New York Times Bestselling author, J. A. Cipriano was in second grade, his teacher gave everyone in class a journal to write down whatever they wanted. Their first subject was to write about something they didn’t like. J. A. chose to write about why he didn’t like writing. His reasoning was simple. He had bad handwriting. Even then, he was destined to be an engineer due to his messy scrawl.
Unfortunately, he found through the course of this little adventure that he actually liked writing. That year was sort of the high point for his writing career because he won a writing contest for the state. He got to go to a big dinner and his teacher was all dressed up.
He kept writing little stories, year after year, and in sixth grade, won another contest. In seventh grade, he broke his arm and got the cast signed by both Dean Koontz and Stan Lee. It is, by far, the coolest cast he’s owned. That was about the time he found video games and anime. His writing turned mostly toward fanfiction until about ninth grade when he wrote his first novel, a small book about twenty thousand words called Revelations. In sophomore year, he wrote two more books to complete the trilogy because he saw Star Wars that year and learned trilogies were the cool thing to do.
He rewrote Revelations during his senior year, and his wife swears it is the best thing he’s written. J.A. is not so sure. Every time he reads it, he cringes, but then again, he hates everything he writes, so there is that.
It was about that time, he got heavily involved in a fanfiction writing group, but that isn’t one hundred percent accurate. It was a world based on a popular anime but everything was created especially for this world. It made it so that every story someone wrote was unique.
Imagine writing a Star Wars novel set 1,000 years after A New Hope, where everything that happened was a distant memory and you get the idea. You have the force, some distant memories of the past, and that’s pretty much it.
He wrote about a million words (863K to be exact) for them before he decided to do his own thing. He wrote another novel. He put it in a drawer. He wrote another one that eventually became the basis for The Hatter is Mad. His next novel was Kill It With Magic, his first real novel. It’s not bad, but it’s bumpy. This is unfortunate because the books get loads better as the series progresses.
Since then, he’s written six more novels, four of which are in the Lillim Callina Series, and one in the Abby Banks series. The other is stuck in a drawer for time undetermined. He’s writing his next book now which is about werewolves fighting mummies in Ancient Egypt. After that, he will move onto Abby Banks 2. The Spy Within will come out in June or July.
J.A. also has three chinchillas. Two of them are grey, and because of this, they are named Slate and Cadmium. The third is named Jet because he’s black, and Jet is old English for black. See, creative. He also has a cat named Turtle. This does pose problems for his two-year-old from time to time.
Unfortunately, he found through the course of this little adventure that he actually liked writing. That year was sort of the high point for his writing career because he won a writing contest for the state. He got to go to a big dinner and his teacher was all dressed up.
He kept writing little stories, year after year, and in sixth grade, won another contest. In seventh grade, he broke his arm and got the cast signed by both Dean Koontz and Stan Lee. It is, by far, the coolest cast he’s owned. That was about the time he found video games and anime. His writing turned mostly toward fanfiction until about ninth grade when he wrote his first novel, a small book about twenty thousand words called Revelations. In sophomore year, he wrote two more books to complete the trilogy because he saw Star Wars that year and learned trilogies were the cool thing to do.
He rewrote Revelations during his senior year, and his wife swears it is the best thing he’s written. J.A. is not so sure. Every time he reads it, he cringes, but then again, he hates everything he writes, so there is that.
It was about that time, he got heavily involved in a fanfiction writing group, but that isn’t one hundred percent accurate. It was a world based on a popular anime but everything was created especially for this world. It made it so that every story someone wrote was unique.
Imagine writing a Star Wars novel set 1,000 years after A New Hope, where everything that happened was a distant memory and you get the idea. You have the force, some distant memories of the past, and that’s pretty much it.
He wrote about a million words (863K to be exact) for them before he decided to do his own thing. He wrote another novel. He put it in a drawer. He wrote another one that eventually became the basis for The Hatter is Mad. His next novel was Kill It With Magic, his first real novel. It’s not bad, but it’s bumpy. This is unfortunate because the books get loads better as the series progresses.
Since then, he’s written six more novels, four of which are in the Lillim Callina Series, and one in the Abby Banks series. The other is stuck in a drawer for time undetermined. He’s writing his next book now which is about werewolves fighting mummies in Ancient Egypt. After that, he will move onto Abby Banks 2. The Spy Within will come out in June or July.
J.A. also has three chinchillas. Two of them are grey, and because of this, they are named Slate and Cadmium. The third is named Jet because he’s black, and Jet is old English for black. See, creative. He also has a cat named Turtle. This does pose problems for his two-year-old from time to time.
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May 16, 2018
The End
So great book. I'm not a fan of the ending though. So many unanswered questions. I honestly feel like there could be another book.
So great book. I'm not a fan of the ending though. So many unanswered questions. I honestly feel like there could be another book.
June 13, 2018
Welcome to the exciting conclusion to The Legendary Builder Series. The final battle of good versus evil is about to take place, but before it does Arthur and company will have to finish taking out the Empress’s Generals, defeat each of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, release God from Her imprisonment at the cemetery, and ultimately defeat the Empress herself. New revelations are made known concerning certain characters and background history; some going way back to the beginning, as in the Garden of Eden. I did miss the intimate interactions with the angels, which marked Ciprianao’s prior volumes. Perhaps the focus solely on defeating the Darkness and the seriousness of the mission left little room for the playtime and humor that was lacking. Even so, I enjoyed the series immensely and am satisfied with the way everything was wrapped up. The ending too was wonderful. The narrator, Gary Furlong presided over the entire series and did a remarkable job of entertaining with unique voices, style and consistency. This audiobook was given by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review via Audiobook Boom.
June 4, 2018
Creative derivation is a massive understatement
Always fun to drop back into a familiar environment with known interesting characters. However, this book felt so rushed, almost as if the author just copy-pasted an outline into the book, and filled out minimally. And what was totally left out were any significant new interactions with the cadre of characters (angels, etc.) which make the books in this series fun.
Instead, a huge dose of the continuing Judeo-Christian loosely derived story, rushing towards its ultimate conclusion in huge steps.
There were a good half-dozen LOL moments, such as facing the famine horse of the apocalypse in an iron chef-like arena.
Sad to see the series draw to a close in this fashion (rushed), but if the author is bored and wants to move on, glad it was at least wrapped up neatly.
Always fun to drop back into a familiar environment with known interesting characters. However, this book felt so rushed, almost as if the author just copy-pasted an outline into the book, and filled out minimally. And what was totally left out were any significant new interactions with the cadre of characters (angels, etc.) which make the books in this series fun.
Instead, a huge dose of the continuing Judeo-Christian loosely derived story, rushing towards its ultimate conclusion in huge steps.
There were a good half-dozen LOL moments, such as facing the famine horse of the apocalypse in an iron chef-like arena.
Sad to see the series draw to a close in this fashion (rushed), but if the author is bored and wants to move on, glad it was at least wrapped up neatly.
September 3, 2018
In this, my sixteenth read/listen from author J.A. Cipriano, it's all come together! Outstanding & enjoyable read, especially for fans of FRP and so much more. The book continues seamlessly from book 5 and concludes the series. Narrator Gary Furlong again lends his amazing talents to the reading of this book, his varied voice inflections adding greatly to the enjoyment of the book. (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018).
July 4, 2018
3 stars, okay so first off I loved this series. I really enjoyed it and was so glad that I came across it. With that said this is not the strongest book in the series and maybe the one I liked the least. I still think the series as a whole was very good and worth the 4 stars that I gave most books but this one just falls a little short.
June 29, 2020
A real crappy last book to an otherwise excellent series. The rest of the series was written in a series of meet a goal, get beaten, overcome & meet the next goal while this last one was just walk here meeting super minor inconveniences & making fairly lame & ham-fisted references. Further more the ending was just bad, like the final battle ended like that?!?!? Bleh.
May 15, 2018
Amazing read
I was amazed at the book and I hope too read more like it. Would recommend to anyone who enjoys a good book
I was amazed at the book and I hope too read more like it. Would recommend to anyone who enjoys a good book
May 28, 2018
The Builder's Conquest
I loved this book from start to finish the author did a great job with the characters and the story very awesome books.
I loved this book from start to finish the author did a great job with the characters and the story very awesome books.
May 29, 2018
This makes me want more
This a bloody beautiful book and I can't wait for his next work till then I wait and how it's as good of not more
This a bloody beautiful book and I can't wait for his next work till then I wait and how it's as good of not more
June 1, 2018
That ending though!!! great book, great series. just hope we havent seen the last of Arthur and his girls.
June 3, 2018
It was beautiful
I loved that ending unexpected and different. I'm sad that it's over but glad it ended happy. Keep up the good work!
I loved that ending unexpected and different. I'm sad that it's over but glad it ended happy. Keep up the good work!
June 20, 2018
Well damn.....
I don't have enough good things to say about this book. Such a unique way to close out the series. And I'm not mad about the Hollywood ending. Thanks to Mr. Cipriano.
I don't have enough good things to say about this book. Such a unique way to close out the series. And I'm not mad about the Hollywood ending. Thanks to Mr. Cipriano.
April 10, 2023
Wait, why did he die? I mean seriously what killed him?
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July 9, 2018
Dont read phoned in the ending at best think mass effect 3 end but even worse
May 21, 2018
Great conclusion to a fantastic series. highly recommend it.
May 30, 2023
I both love and hate the ending of this series. I think it is both fitting but also anticlimactic.
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June 3, 2018Terrific Ending !!!!
I've read the entire series. And I have got to tell you all. This is a fantastic book, and a fantastic ending. Books are meant to be enjoyed . Not critiqued. At least in my opinion. And I enjoyed this book. And this whole series. I look forward to reading more from this author.
I've read the entire series. And I have got to tell you all. This is a fantastic book, and a fantastic ending. Books are meant to be enjoyed . Not critiqued. At least in my opinion. And I enjoyed this book. And this whole series. I look forward to reading more from this author.
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