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The Sword
Feared by monsters.
Envied by men.
Craved by women.
The #1 Harem Fantasy Adventure For Men:
#1 bestseller in Epic Fantasy
#1 bestseller in Metaphysical Fantasy
#1 bestseller in Sword & Sorcery Fantasy eBooks
Kaeden is a nomad who lives life on his own terms. He prefers the unbounded steppe over a cramped city, and allegiance to the sword over fealty to a king. When he does make the occasional foray into civilization, it is to procure cold mead, a hot bath, and a good woman. The latter preferably for an hour or less.
Life is great, until his wanderings bring him to a forest inhabited by nightmares. There, trapped beneath those lightless eaves, he is forced to ally with a mysterious woman whose cunning and beauty could prove to be his downfall.
Either way, one thing is certain: if he is to die, then he will do so covered in the blood of his enemies.
Note: this book contains violent scenes, unconventional thinking, and harem elements.
Read more novels by USA Today bestselling author, Isaac Hooke.
Monster Girl Series:
1. Breaker
2. Conqueror
3. Defiler
4. Emperor
5. Fighter
Battle Harem Series:
1. Battle Harem
2. Battle Harem 2
3. Battle Harem 3
Star Warrior Series:
1. Star Warrior
2. Bender of Worlds
3. He Who Crosses Death
4. Doom Wielder
The Forever Gate Series:
1. The Dream
2. A Second Chance
3. The Mirror Breaks
4. They Have Wakened Death
5. I Have Seen Forever
6. Rebirth
7. Walls of Steel
8. The Pendulum Swings
9. The Last Stand
Envied by men.
Craved by women.
The #1 Harem Fantasy Adventure For Men:
#1 bestseller in Epic Fantasy
#1 bestseller in Metaphysical Fantasy
#1 bestseller in Sword & Sorcery Fantasy eBooks
Kaeden is a nomad who lives life on his own terms. He prefers the unbounded steppe over a cramped city, and allegiance to the sword over fealty to a king. When he does make the occasional foray into civilization, it is to procure cold mead, a hot bath, and a good woman. The latter preferably for an hour or less.
Life is great, until his wanderings bring him to a forest inhabited by nightmares. There, trapped beneath those lightless eaves, he is forced to ally with a mysterious woman whose cunning and beauty could prove to be his downfall.
Either way, one thing is certain: if he is to die, then he will do so covered in the blood of his enemies.
Note: this book contains violent scenes, unconventional thinking, and harem elements.
Read more novels by USA Today bestselling author, Isaac Hooke.
Monster Girl Series:
1. Breaker
2. Conqueror
3. Defiler
4. Emperor
5. Fighter
Battle Harem Series:
1. Battle Harem
2. Battle Harem 2
3. Battle Harem 3
Star Warrior Series:
1. Star Warrior
2. Bender of Worlds
3. He Who Crosses Death
4. Doom Wielder
The Forever Gate Series:
1. The Dream
2. A Second Chance
3. The Mirror Breaks
4. They Have Wakened Death
5. I Have Seen Forever
6. Rebirth
7. Walls of Steel
8. The Pendulum Swings
9. The Last Stand
- GenresFantasy
560 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 26, 2019
285 people are currently reading
51 people want to read
About the author
Isaac Hooke
102 books508 followersIsaac Hooke is the best-selling author of the Ethan Galaal series of thriller novels, as well as the SF-themed ATLAS trilogy. When Isaac isn't writing, publishing, and blogging, he's busy cycling and taking pictures in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He has a degree in Engineering Physics.
You can follow Isaac on Twitter @IsaacHooke and his website http://IsaacHooke.com.
You can follow Isaac on Twitter @IsaacHooke and his website http://IsaacHooke.com.
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April 21, 2022
I wanted something mindless for a long trip.
It did satisfy that.
The claim was "Sword and Sorcery".,"Like Conan the Barbarian".
And it really felt like that. I enjoyed just a story with characters who are part of their world and
not this one. I really liked the mystery of his sword. That was well done.
This felt like reading an old Edgar Rice Burroughs book .... Perfect for a young teenage boy .... whoops...
Until you get to the language and the sex .... then it's more for an old guy in a trench coat.
Is it "Penthouse Letters" or "Sword & Sorcery"? I'm not certain if you can do both at the same time.
Even if you don't "fade to black", if you want to make a story that connects with people you can't have so many multiple "deep" relationships. Aaaannnd besides the "Sword & Sorcery" category it's also listed as "Harem Fantasy" .... well it had that... As a story that part didn't work. It could have actually been much better if
It did satisfy that.
The claim was "Sword and Sorcery".,"Like Conan the Barbarian".
And it really felt like that. I enjoyed just a story with characters who are part of their world and
not this one. I really liked the mystery of his sword. That was well done.
This felt like reading an old Edgar Rice Burroughs book .... Perfect for a young teenage boy .... whoops...
Until you get to the language and the sex .... then it's more for an old guy in a trench coat.
Is it "Penthouse Letters" or "Sword & Sorcery"? I'm not certain if you can do both at the same time.
Even if you don't "fade to black", if you want to make a story that connects with people you can't have so many multiple "deep" relationships. Aaaannnd besides the "Sword & Sorcery" category it's also listed as "Harem Fantasy" .... well it had that... As a story that part didn't work. It could have actually been much better if
April 11, 2021
Something to think about
The story line was thoughtful but some of the characters lost their own unique presence even though they were described as unique style
The story line was thoughtful but some of the characters lost their own unique presence even though they were described as unique style
January 28, 2022
2.5 the MC was just too annoying to enjoy the rest of the story and characters.
February 15, 2020
Great read
This is a good book. You should read it. I like the story. The characters are fun. This very Conan like. Love the powerful women.
This is a good book. You should read it. I like the story. The characters are fun. This very Conan like. Love the powerful women.
October 10, 2019
Sometimes a Big Sword is Just a Big Sword...Not This Time
Kaeden, some sort of warrior, has found himself off the beaten track in an area overgrown with Oraks (Orc). He has a few encounters with them and their Bloodwolves, before Amanda, a rogue he first meets after observing here steal into an orak encampment and lift the prized possession of the village mage, an amulet.
Both of them have magic swords that manage to transmit some of the life energy of their kills back into their wielders.
There is a tension over whose the better fighter, etc. between Kaeden and Amanda, not unlike the classic Conan and Red Sonja.
The Amulet is owned by a King, Amanda was hunting it to earn the bounty offered. Another bounty hunter uses magic to threaten Amanda and Kaeden and claims the amulet. Amanda asks Kaeden to help retrieve it, he declines, but ends up going her way anyway.
More orc and blood wolf fights.
Kaeden and Amanda go to the king who sent Amanda to recover the amulet, in hopes that Kaeden can vouch that Amanda recovered it and it was stollen. It turns out that the amulet thief, Tamara is in residence at the castle, and due to a technicality despite acknowledging the theft, owes nothing to Amanda. However, one of the King’s daughters has gone missing, so he dispatches all three of them to recover his daughter, or the head of the Grue that she might have been killed by.
The three of them gather supplies, and head off. After getting to know each other they strike up an uneasy truce. On the way out of town they recruit some “caravan guards” who they have had two previous bad encounters with, where Kaedon showed them mercy after they acted underhandedly. His benevolence has earned their service. At the lair of the beast, they have more time to chastise the soldiers encamped there, who have been too cowardly to risk entering the lair to save the princess.
Cool battle, the grue is slain. Lots of treasure. In his dying breaths, the Grue tells Kaeden he can release the women trapped in the sword back into the world by completing a quest to a far off remote frozen wizards tower. So of course he goes, and everyone else decides to come with him. Even Violet, the newly rescued princess, choses to go along.
The wizard tricked Kaeden, and the tower is a trap. Instead of restoring Kaeden’s long lost love trapped in the sword, it restores the evil wizard who entrapped her there, or so he thought. Wizard escapes effortlessly in snowstorm. Kaeden and his team have to fight a bunch of yetis that were enclosed in ice in the walls of the evil wizard tower.
Kaeden swears revenge. Luckily the evil wizard leads an attack on the very kingdom Violet is from, so she wants him to help defend it anyway. And the king (Violet’s dad) offers a big payout if they help fight, so Tamara can rationalize helping.
New plan, to get the right person out of the sword, must slay a basilisk. Luckily there is one nearby. Kaeden has to enter a dream realm and convince the basilisk to put his soul into the sword, releasing Kaeden’s original love, Guinevere. And as a bonus, the basilisk can be used to kill the evil wizard, who has become near-omnipotent.
At first Guinevere doesn’t know about being part of a harem, but is swayed in that direction.
Eventually Kaeden gets all the girls, literally. Apparently his enigmatic code and confidence to the point of stupidity impresses them. Or maybe his big…sword.
The very low-fantasy feel was awkwardly interrupted by the near-omnipotent evil wizard.
Kaeden, some sort of warrior, has found himself off the beaten track in an area overgrown with Oraks (Orc). He has a few encounters with them and their Bloodwolves, before Amanda, a rogue he first meets after observing here steal into an orak encampment and lift the prized possession of the village mage, an amulet.
Both of them have magic swords that manage to transmit some of the life energy of their kills back into their wielders.
There is a tension over whose the better fighter, etc. between Kaeden and Amanda, not unlike the classic Conan and Red Sonja.
The Amulet is owned by a King, Amanda was hunting it to earn the bounty offered. Another bounty hunter uses magic to threaten Amanda and Kaeden and claims the amulet. Amanda asks Kaeden to help retrieve it, he declines, but ends up going her way anyway.
More orc and blood wolf fights.
Kaeden and Amanda go to the king who sent Amanda to recover the amulet, in hopes that Kaeden can vouch that Amanda recovered it and it was stollen. It turns out that the amulet thief, Tamara is in residence at the castle, and due to a technicality despite acknowledging the theft, owes nothing to Amanda. However, one of the King’s daughters has gone missing, so he dispatches all three of them to recover his daughter, or the head of the Grue that she might have been killed by.
The three of them gather supplies, and head off. After getting to know each other they strike up an uneasy truce. On the way out of town they recruit some “caravan guards” who they have had two previous bad encounters with, where Kaedon showed them mercy after they acted underhandedly. His benevolence has earned their service. At the lair of the beast, they have more time to chastise the soldiers encamped there, who have been too cowardly to risk entering the lair to save the princess.
Cool battle, the grue is slain. Lots of treasure. In his dying breaths, the Grue tells Kaeden he can release the women trapped in the sword back into the world by completing a quest to a far off remote frozen wizards tower. So of course he goes, and everyone else decides to come with him. Even Violet, the newly rescued princess, choses to go along.
The wizard tricked Kaeden, and the tower is a trap. Instead of restoring Kaeden’s long lost love trapped in the sword, it restores the evil wizard who entrapped her there, or so he thought. Wizard escapes effortlessly in snowstorm. Kaeden and his team have to fight a bunch of yetis that were enclosed in ice in the walls of the evil wizard tower.
Kaeden swears revenge. Luckily the evil wizard leads an attack on the very kingdom Violet is from, so she wants him to help defend it anyway. And the king (Violet’s dad) offers a big payout if they help fight, so Tamara can rationalize helping.
New plan, to get the right person out of the sword, must slay a basilisk. Luckily there is one nearby. Kaeden has to enter a dream realm and convince the basilisk to put his soul into the sword, releasing Kaeden’s original love, Guinevere. And as a bonus, the basilisk can be used to kill the evil wizard, who has become near-omnipotent.
At first Guinevere doesn’t know about being part of a harem, but is swayed in that direction.
Eventually Kaeden gets all the girls, literally. Apparently his enigmatic code and confidence to the point of stupidity impresses them. Or maybe his big…sword.
The very low-fantasy feel was awkwardly interrupted by the near-omnipotent evil wizard.
February 8, 2020
Great New series
An awesome New adult fantasy adventure!! Great main character and awesome interaction between him and all the others!! Very refreshing story...More more more
An awesome New adult fantasy adventure!! Great main character and awesome interaction between him and all the others!! Very refreshing story...More more more
August 9, 2019
The story is great, is it just me that thinks the descriptive sex is too much?
The warrior fantasy might and magic makes a great story. The premise of this book is well done.. I think the xXxX stuff borders on porn. I could see this story develop without the addition of describing intimate step by step details. Maybe this is what makes Isaac's books sell. Maybe leaving what happens in the tent or wherever to the readers imagination would open these stories to a wider audience. I wouldn't let my kids read it. I won't read another like it either.
The warrior fantasy might and magic makes a great story. The premise of this book is well done.. I think the xXxX stuff borders on porn. I could see this story develop without the addition of describing intimate step by step details. Maybe this is what makes Isaac's books sell. Maybe leaving what happens in the tent or wherever to the readers imagination would open these stories to a wider audience. I wouldn't let my kids read it. I won't read another like it either.
August 1, 2019
Nice Conan Sword and Sorcery Story
Set in the theme of Conan Sword and Sorcery with an additional harem element this although a little too simliar to Conan at the start becomes more modern with the strong female characters and the code that our southern barbarian lives by with a few quests and revenge to be gained.
Set in the theme of Conan Sword and Sorcery with an additional harem element this although a little too simliar to Conan at the start becomes more modern with the strong female characters and the code that our southern barbarian lives by with a few quests and revenge to be gained.
August 1, 2019
Something different
This book is longer than the authors normal work however it is still just as good. The mc plays a barbarian with a lawful alignment following his code with a party that only kicks of the harem nearing to the 3/4 story point. Overall a good read even if his code is slightly annoying throughout.
This book is longer than the authors normal work however it is still just as good. The mc plays a barbarian with a lawful alignment following his code with a party that only kicks of the harem nearing to the 3/4 story point. Overall a good read even if his code is slightly annoying throughout.
August 2, 2019
An excellent Read
This was a great read. You were quickly drawn into the story, Kaden has a code that makes sense driving him forward and into adventures the arms of warrior women. The adventures are well done and so are the sexual encounters. The Sword is several steps above much of the harem adventures that are flooding the genre. You will enjoy this read.
This was a great read. You were quickly drawn into the story, Kaden has a code that makes sense driving him forward and into adventures the arms of warrior women. The adventures are well done and so are the sexual encounters. The Sword is several steps above much of the harem adventures that are flooding the genre. You will enjoy this read.
August 10, 2019
One of his best
Lot's of action, sex, & adventure in this one. At the end our hero winds up with a harem of four women. Any man that's ever been with more than one women at a time see's that for what it is. A tired life, drained of energy, dealing with constant jealousy, stress, and zero peace and quiet. What most see as a blessing is really a curse.
Lot's of action, sex, & adventure in this one. At the end our hero winds up with a harem of four women. Any man that's ever been with more than one women at a time see's that for what it is. A tired life, drained of energy, dealing with constant jealousy, stress, and zero peace and quiet. What most see as a blessing is really a curse.
July 27, 2019
Great fantasy reading with plenty of action. emotions,love and humor.I was tempted to read it a second timebut did not want to wear cout the book and prevent other readers from missing a chance to read a good book.
July 30, 2019
Persistent
I really liked this book, it's almost 2 books when compared to other authors. Great plot, really liked the characters that make up his harem and team. I will be buying the next book in this series. Adult only.
I really liked this book, it's almost 2 books when compared to other authors. Great plot, really liked the characters that make up his harem and team. I will be buying the next book in this series. Adult only.
August 5, 2019
A mysterious blade with an unknown history
This was an interesting read, with the concept of the Sword not fully realising until the last quarter of the book. The final quarter of the story tied up the loose ends and gives a great ending with the promise of more...
This was an interesting read, with the concept of the Sword not fully realising until the last quarter of the book. The final quarter of the story tied up the loose ends and gives a great ending with the promise of more...
August 5, 2019
Enjoyed this book but...
Throw out the X rated love scenes and it would be a book I would enjoy reading a sequel if or telling others about it. I enjoyed the story, charactors and sword action.
Throw out the X rated love scenes and it would be a book I would enjoy reading a sequel if or telling others about it. I enjoyed the story, charactors and sword action.
August 18, 2019
Enjoyed the characters and adult content
Isaac Hooke holds a degree in engineering physics, though his more unusual inventions remain fictive at this time. He is an avid hiker, cyclist, and photographer who sometimes resides in Edmonton, Alberta.
Isaac Hooke holds a degree in engineering physics, though his more unusual inventions remain fictive at this time. He is an avid hiker, cyclist, and photographer who sometimes resides in Edmonton, Alberta.
October 19, 2019
2 to 2.5 stars DNF 80%, not a big fan of this book but I have liked other books by this author. Just found the dialog between the characters corny and could not get into it fully. I did like some aspects but all in all it was not the best for me.
July 28, 2019
Thoroughly enjoyed
Great new series as issac won’t be writing monster tamer for the foreseeable future. Give us another good sir. Thank you.
Great new series as issac won’t be writing monster tamer for the foreseeable future. Give us another good sir. Thank you.
July 30, 2019
Okay
It's a pretty good harem story. Not so much sex that it distracts from the story. Too many perils, however.
It's a pretty good harem story. Not so much sex that it distracts from the story. Too many perils, however.
July 30, 2019
When is book 2 coming
This is a great series.Swordplay,brotherhood,magnificent women and non stop action.I really hope this series continues and the writer weaves a dam good story.
This is a great series.Swordplay,brotherhood,magnificent women and non stop action.I really hope this series continues and the writer weaves a dam good story.
August 4, 2019
Okay read. Left open for another book.
August 7, 2019
Great read
Book kept you wanting to keep reading till the end. Loved the whole book. Ending was great.. Looking forward to the next one.
Book kept you wanting to keep reading till the end. Loved the whole book. Ending was great.. Looking forward to the next one.
August 22, 2019
Interesting
I don't usually read this type of story line,but the characters and their battle against all odds were to say the least a good story and I did enjoy it as well.
I don't usually read this type of story line,but the characters and their battle against all odds were to say the least a good story and I did enjoy it as well.
September 20, 2019
Not good
Glad I did not buy this book, did not enjoy the story. The blurb made it sound like my kind of story, but it turned out not to be. What can I say...
Glad I did not buy this book, did not enjoy the story. The blurb made it sound like my kind of story, but it turned out not to be. What can I say...
October 27, 2019
Very Enjoyable
I enjoyed the characters and story of this book wish for more and hope to see a continuation of it.
I enjoyed the characters and story of this book wish for more and hope to see a continuation of it.
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