Turn a certain adventuring guild into a flaming wreck while dancing merrily through the smoldering ruins. All for the chance to get back at a handful of people.
It isn’t as if they didn’t deserve it either.
They had driven him from his home. Chased him physically from the very guild house itself. All the way to the gates of the city.
Simply because he wasn’t as strong as they expected him to be.
As strong as he’d expected himself to be.
He’d returned to the city the next day and left with his means for revenge. Something he’d hidden away and told no one about when he found it in one of his few Dungeon Dives.
An inactive Dungeon Core.
A crystal the size of a fist with a soul inside. One that could create anything from mana it wanted to. From monsters and complex cave systems to gold coins.
Years spent in planning, and unfortunately farming, as he waited. Now it felt like his moment was finally here.
The Dungeon Core had been acting strange lately. As if it were finally… coming to life.
Watching over the crystal like a hawk for this very event, Ryker impatiently waits. Any day now, it'd start.
And he could set about taking his vengeance.
Starting with ripping the soul of the Dungeon out.
Warning and minor spoiler: This novel contains graphic violence, undefined relationships/harem, unconventional opinions/beliefs, forced political marriage (and consummation), and a hero who is as tactful as a dog at a cat show. Read at your own risk.
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As with the rest of Arand's books he keeps the ever expanding storyline going. I imagine there is an entire wall containing the outline. He nice to see what he does with the strike force.
I reread these from time to time, love the standalone or intricately linked story the author has been building. Whether you decide to read all of it or just a piece is remains a fun read.
This is just one trilogy in a large number of stories that Randy Darren and William Arand , the same person, have been writing. It is a fantastic idea with a very creative world and a lot of nookie. My only problem is waiting for the next books to come out.
Re-read May 2021 after reading Monster's Mercy 3 to firm up Runnerverse backstory. Still good.
I read all of these books on KU, but I have found most of the author's books bear re-reading, so I picked up this compilation (helps the author's bottom line too).
Reading these sequentially I found it flowed better, and the bonus epilogues continue to fill in the Runnerverse.