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Invasion #2
An Equation with One Unknown
More Barliona adventures from the bestselling author of The Way of the Shaman LitRPG series!
To make a clan does not necessarily mean to make it successful. First you have to walk the hard path from the foundations of your castle to victory in interclan conflicts. Only then will you be recognized. Only then can you be listed among the location's top clans.
Your adversaries, however, will not be sitting around twiddling their thumbs. No dominant clan needs yet another wannabe competitor. Or its two founders. Which is why Kvalen and Eradani are being hunted down. Bugles sound as players sharpen swords and draw arrows. Bring on the show!
Just one thing – have the contestants accounted for all the factors involved in such a dubious undertaking? For in this equation not all the variables are known.
To make a clan does not necessarily mean to make it successful. First you have to walk the hard path from the foundations of your castle to victory in interclan conflicts. Only then will you be recognized. Only then can you be listed among the location's top clans.
Your adversaries, however, will not be sitting around twiddling their thumbs. No dominant clan needs yet another wannabe competitor. Or its two founders. Which is why Kvalen and Eradani are being hunted down. Bugles sound as players sharpen swords and draw arrows. Bring on the show!
Just one thing – have the contestants accounted for all the factors involved in such a dubious undertaking? For in this equation not all the variables are known.
- GenresFantasy
569 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 23, 2020
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Vasily Mahanenko
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Vasily Mahanenko is a fantasy author working in the new genre of LitRPG - the MMO-based fantasy and sci fi. His Way of the Shaman series took Russian literature by storm in 2012.
Vasily dipped into his college-days insider knowledge as a hardcore gamer in order to create a believable world of the virtual-reality MMO game. His bestselling series combines fiction and video games, telling the story of Shaman and his friends stuck in the ruthless reality of Barliona. He used his more than ten years' experience as an ERP implementation project manager to approach his writing in a well-organized manner, working to a strict schedule, a set of deadlines and even a budget. At the moment, the series boasts six novels with the seventh one in the works - this time the author expands on stories of Shaman's companions and those who helped and supported him in his trials and tribulations.
The first book of the series has already been translated into English, with more translations to follow, aiming to make the Way of the Shaman series available to the English-language reader in its entirety.
Vasily's other passion is space exploration which is why he now works on a follow-up series entitled Galaktiona. Set in a space-simulator based world, the first book of the series in already finished while Vasily works on its sequel.
Vasily Mahanenko is a fantasy author working in the new genre of LitRPG - the MMO-based fantasy and sci fi. His Way of the Shaman series took Russian literature by storm in 2012.
Vasily dipped into his college-days insider knowledge as a hardcore gamer in order to create a believable world of the virtual-reality MMO game. His bestselling series combines fiction and video games, telling the story of Shaman and his friends stuck in the ruthless reality of Barliona. He used his more than ten years' experience as an ERP implementation project manager to approach his writing in a well-organized manner, working to a strict schedule, a set of deadlines and even a budget. At the moment, the series boasts six novels with the seventh one in the works - this time the author expands on stories of Shaman's companions and those who helped and supported him in his trials and tribulations.
The first book of the series has already been translated into English, with more translations to follow, aiming to make the Way of the Shaman series available to the English-language reader in its entirety.
Vasily's other passion is space exploration which is why he now works on a follow-up series entitled Galaktiona. Set in a space-simulator based world, the first book of the series in already finished while Vasily works on its sequel.
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February 17, 2020
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I hate trying to write reviews because there are really only pass/fail results for me. Did I make it all the way through? Yes? 5 stars. No? There would be nothing here to read. In all fairness, if an author holds my attention from page one to the end, they’ve done their job. Anything less than 5 stars is petty criticism from someone incapable of even doing the job let alone doing a better one.
So in respect for the author and their work, I am going to start pasting this along with a generic review I found somewhere. “This was a fun book. I am glad that I read it. You should try it too.”
Now, since I have to keep explaining myself to people who don't like my reviews, I guess some clarification is in order.
1. I am 100% against criticism for works of art. Art is subjective, meaning reviews are irrelevant. The observer's opinion is only relevant to the observer. It is my belief that regardless of what others might say, I have to experience the art for myself.
2. I read upwards of 20 books a month. The $10/month I spend on K U, feels like I am cheating the authors. But since I can't afford 20 books a month if I were to purchase them directly, all I can offer is a positive review. That leads us to the final point.
3. If I get to the end of a book, then it was worth my time. I give those books 5 stars because it helps the author get exposure. That is the only reason I write reviews at all.
I understand that people are people and they are going to do what they do regardless of my stance. I know the way that I review books upsets some people. I am sorry they feel that way but as many have said, they will just ignore my review going forward. In fact, if you made it this far through my review, you should definitely read the book and completely ignore all of the reviews here. You are a much better judge of what you will like than anyone here.
Cheers
I hate trying to write reviews because there are really only pass/fail results for me. Did I make it all the way through? Yes? 5 stars. No? There would be nothing here to read. In all fairness, if an author holds my attention from page one to the end, they’ve done their job. Anything less than 5 stars is petty criticism from someone incapable of even doing the job let alone doing a better one.
So in respect for the author and their work, I am going to start pasting this along with a generic review I found somewhere. “This was a fun book. I am glad that I read it. You should try it too.”
Now, since I have to keep explaining myself to people who don't like my reviews, I guess some clarification is in order.
1. I am 100% against criticism for works of art. Art is subjective, meaning reviews are irrelevant. The observer's opinion is only relevant to the observer. It is my belief that regardless of what others might say, I have to experience the art for myself.
2. I read upwards of 20 books a month. The $10/month I spend on K U, feels like I am cheating the authors. But since I can't afford 20 books a month if I were to purchase them directly, all I can offer is a positive review. That leads us to the final point.
3. If I get to the end of a book, then it was worth my time. I give those books 5 stars because it helps the author get exposure. That is the only reason I write reviews at all.
I understand that people are people and they are going to do what they do regardless of my stance. I know the way that I review books upsets some people. I am sorry they feel that way but as many have said, they will just ignore my review going forward. In fact, if you made it this far through my review, you should definitely read the book and completely ignore all of the reviews here. You are a much better judge of what you will like than anyone here.
Cheers
October 31, 2024
I received a review copy of this book.
An Equation WithOne Unknown isn't really a descriptive title of what happens in this book, but it doesn't matter, since we see all kinds of interesting things happen in this book. Not to give away the story, I won't mention them here, but suffice it to say, if you liked the first book, this one will raise many more questions, and introduce many more new concepts. Great fun this book was, and I doubt any fan of the first book will be disappointed.
An Equation WithOne Unknown isn't really a descriptive title of what happens in this book, but it doesn't matter, since we see all kinds of interesting things happen in this book. Not to give away the story, I won't mention them here, but suffice it to say, if you liked the first book, this one will raise many more questions, and introduce many more new concepts. Great fun this book was, and I doubt any fan of the first book will be disappointed.
May 26, 2024
This book is a convoluted mess. Things just jump around all over the place with no rhyme nor reason. It seems like dozens of plot holes were left open or more likely completely forgotten about. Only reason it gets two stars instead of one is it actually had something of a conclusion, even though it decided to skip an introduction, so if you somehow read this without reading pretty much the entire Barliona series up to this point (not just this series, but the Mayan books too) there's no way you could get any of what was going on. Seriously, utterly and completely terrible.
October 26, 2025
Pirates, Vindictive Clans, and a crazy mummy
Book 2 of the Invasion series. Impossible odds, deals upon deals, and a mysterious company. What is really going on and can one little low level player survive the wrath of vengeful clans. A crazy read all the way through that reminds me a lot of Way of the Shaman. Overall, it was entertaining and kept me pushing through to see how it would all turn out especially went The pirates showed up. A very fun and exciting series so far. Warning: Explicit language.
Book 2 of the Invasion series. Impossible odds, deals upon deals, and a mysterious company. What is really going on and can one little low level player survive the wrath of vengeful clans. A crazy read all the way through that reminds me a lot of Way of the Shaman. Overall, it was entertaining and kept me pushing through to see how it would all turn out especially went The pirates showed up. A very fun and exciting series so far. Warning: Explicit language.
February 28, 2020
Great fun and well written!
All thungs considered I truly believe this is as fun a series as I have read. My only negative comment would be that things work out a little too conveniently and too much like a Mira le sometimes. Nonetheless you'll never be bored reading this!
All thungs considered I truly believe this is as fun a series as I have read. My only negative comment would be that things work out a little too conveniently and too much like a Mira le sometimes. Nonetheless you'll never be bored reading this!
March 9, 2020
Yet another excellent book
Fantastic author. I really enjoy his work. Good litrpg with not too much agonizing over every stat and good world building. Would really like them to be on kindle unlimited but also respect why he doesn’t want to.
Fantastic author. I really enjoy his work. Good litrpg with not too much agonizing over every stat and good world building. Would really like them to be on kindle unlimited but also respect why he doesn’t want to.
November 14, 2025
Toto som už nezvládol dočítať. Hráč začiatočník sa dostáva do interakcie s nepomernými silami a týmto vzťahom, ako aj víťazstvám a vývoju (peniaze, klan, schopnosti) chýba elementárna logika. A keď už na niečo nestačí, zasiahne vyššia moc a zase to "ide". Škoda strácať čas.
April 6, 2020
Love it
Mahanenko writes awesome books. This story gets more interesting with every new chapter and I can't wait to see what's next
Mahanenko writes awesome books. This story gets more interesting with every new chapter and I can't wait to see what's next
April 29, 2020
Good continuation
Enjoyed second book looking forward to next. Progressed info on characters with A few nice twists in story line .
Enjoyed second book looking forward to next. Progressed info on characters with A few nice twists in story line .
February 12, 2021
Solid book, much like the others by the author.
April 2, 2021
Excellent!
Fun read, worthy successor to the Shaman Series.
Nice to have a project manager way of doing things. Not everything needs to be directly done.
Fun read, worthy successor to the Shaman Series.
Nice to have a project manager way of doing things. Not everything needs to be directly done.
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