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Rise of the Last Star #1
Nebula
As multiple worlds and dimensions converged, humanity was met with the Unknown.
A mysterious System forces it to play its part in a death game, and through the workings of a higher power teleports every human to a deadly Tutorial Zone. In order to save himself and others, Liam must reach his full potential as the last hope.
He must become the last shining star that guides his people.
This is the story of a man's desperate attempts to save humanity from certain extinction, as well as find out who's behind it all. He dreams of creating a fairer, more just reality and through the System, finds a ray of hope. Follow his journey as he struggles to build up his power while withstanding the trials of Fate.
A mysterious System forces it to play its part in a death game, and through the workings of a higher power teleports every human to a deadly Tutorial Zone. In order to save himself and others, Liam must reach his full potential as the last hope.
He must become the last shining star that guides his people.
This is the story of a man's desperate attempts to save humanity from certain extinction, as well as find out who's behind it all. He dreams of creating a fairer, more just reality and through the System, finds a ray of hope. Follow his journey as he struggles to build up his power while withstanding the trials of Fate.
362 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 10, 2021
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February 23, 2022
KU Review
Good blend of apocalypse and portal fantasy. Great development of gritty and tortured mc. Look forward to see how the side characters evolve.
As the title says this is a review for Kindle Unlimited and as such is a reflection of my enjoyment of the book and in no way reflects cost to value analysis.
Good blend of apocalypse and portal fantasy. Great development of gritty and tortured mc. Look forward to see how the side characters evolve.
As the title says this is a review for Kindle Unlimited and as such is a reflection of my enjoyment of the book and in no way reflects cost to value analysis.
February 14, 2022
Awesomeness
Fantastic start to a new series hooked from the start, liams story is a different take on the zero to hero path what if you were already the strongest fastest most agile person but with a scared past and thrust into a new epic fight for survival could you become a superhero and beat the hands of fate to change humanitys destiny, read this to find out.
Fantastic start to a new series hooked from the start, liams story is a different take on the zero to hero path what if you were already the strongest fastest most agile person but with a scared past and thrust into a new epic fight for survival could you become a superhero and beat the hands of fate to change humanitys destiny, read this to find out.
July 29, 2022
Good story, odd writing
If I had to guess I'd say the authors first language isn't English. They clearly have a good story in mind but the work is marred by a lot of malapropisms and clumsy usages. For example 'a 360 degree angle'. Does this mean swept in a circle or held in place? Either could be construed. Elsewhere we have the usual modern misconstructions: shined rather than shone as the past tense, I'm still waiting for normalcy in the place of normality, but I'm sure it'll be along soon. The characters are sufficiently engaging to reward perseverance, but the language usage makes it more of a struggle than it need be. Hence only 3 stars.
If I had to guess I'd say the authors first language isn't English. They clearly have a good story in mind but the work is marred by a lot of malapropisms and clumsy usages. For example 'a 360 degree angle'. Does this mean swept in a circle or held in place? Either could be construed. Elsewhere we have the usual modern misconstructions: shined rather than shone as the past tense, I'm still waiting for normalcy in the place of normality, but I'm sure it'll be along soon. The characters are sufficiently engaging to reward perseverance, but the language usage makes it more of a struggle than it need be. Hence only 3 stars.
December 14, 2021
Geat book
It was a great book keep me on the edge of my seat the whole time. I hope the new book comes out soon.
It was a great book keep me on the edge of my seat the whole time. I hope the new book comes out soon.
December 26, 2021
Good start to a new series
Great start to a series with a unique and very cool idea on why the protagonist is more powerful than average. Very much looking forward to the next book
Great start to a series with a unique and very cool idea on why the protagonist is more powerful than average. Very much looking forward to the next book
December 25, 2021
Amazing
Slow development but strong storyline. An overpowered MC realizes the tutorial is a death zone and focuses on stat development while staying low leveled.
Slow development but strong storyline. An overpowered MC realizes the tutorial is a death zone and focuses on stat development while staying low leveled.
May 8, 2022
Fantastic start.
Great blend of cultivation and litrpg, with a fun personalized system to everyone. There are some moments that seem unnecessary for the story, like some POVs and backstory sections but overall this is very good.
Great blend of cultivation and litrpg, with a fun personalized system to everyone. There are some moments that seem unnecessary for the story, like some POVs and backstory sections but overall this is very good.
March 1, 2022
Apocalypse, RPG, Wuxia
Some aspects of cultivation, transport of humanity to another world. The main characters darkness and depression ring authentic. His progression is well done. Great book 1
Some aspects of cultivation, transport of humanity to another world. The main characters darkness and depression ring authentic. His progression is well done. Great book 1
January 2, 2022
Amazing
The book was great, plot, side characters, and character growth was super web I can’t wait for part 2 to come out.
The book was great, plot, side characters, and character growth was super web I can’t wait for part 2 to come out.
February 25, 2022
Good Story
I enjoyed the story and the development.
The MC is well fleshed out. The story is folding out in interesting ways so looking forward to the next book.
I enjoyed the story and the development.
The MC is well fleshed out. The story is folding out in interesting ways so looking forward to the next book.
November 26, 2021
Good bones
Got some good bones here, im guessing the author is esl or it has been translated it definitely needs a editing pass with a focus on Word usage. Often uses five words where two would do. Or one where three are needed. Monosyllabic characters abound
Other than that not a terrible first entry.
Got some good bones here, im guessing the author is esl or it has been translated it definitely needs a editing pass with a focus on Word usage. Often uses five words where two would do. Or one where three are needed. Monosyllabic characters abound
Other than that not a terrible first entry.
November 25, 2021
Good read
The books alright, the story is one you see. often in the genre, the personality of the character are okay and you see growth from all all characters.
The books alright, the story is one you see. often in the genre, the personality of the character are okay and you see growth from all all characters.
May 21, 2022
It seemed like this story wasn't sure what it wanted to be. Either that or it is going to take too long to get the party started, so I'm out at the 25% mark.
Character - 4/10, Plot - ?/10, Game Mechanics/Setting - ?/10, Writing - 4/10, Enjoyment - 1/10
There's really not a lot to say about each category individually. Even though the 90ish pages I read were mostly a series of info dumps, I felt like nothing really happened and I don't think most of the info that was dumped will actually matter much. We're going to have another OP character, but this time there's a 'tragic' backstory that's basically the beginning of Elfen Lied, but without the tiddies, to explain why the MC is Cursed With Awesome.
The writing was a bit clunky and rough with a lot of grammar issues like subject/verb disagreement. The author also couldn't seem to decide whether they wanted to write in 3rd person omniscient or limited. It made the random descriptions of pupils dilating and eyes vibrating feel even more out of place.
It's often the case that writers need to warm up and write their way to the story. After getting in the groove and writing some quality bits, they can go back and delete the warmup fluff. I feel like 90 pages in, this story hasn't gotten past the fluff.
There just wasn't anything here for me to grab onto to keep me reading.
Character - 4/10, Plot - ?/10, Game Mechanics/Setting - ?/10, Writing - 4/10, Enjoyment - 1/10
There's really not a lot to say about each category individually. Even though the 90ish pages I read were mostly a series of info dumps, I felt like nothing really happened and I don't think most of the info that was dumped will actually matter much. We're going to have another OP character, but this time there's a 'tragic' backstory that's basically the beginning of Elfen Lied, but without the tiddies, to explain why the MC is Cursed With Awesome.
The writing was a bit clunky and rough with a lot of grammar issues like subject/verb disagreement. The author also couldn't seem to decide whether they wanted to write in 3rd person omniscient or limited. It made the random descriptions of pupils dilating and eyes vibrating feel even more out of place.
It's often the case that writers need to warm up and write their way to the story. After getting in the groove and writing some quality bits, they can go back and delete the warmup fluff. I feel like 90 pages in, this story hasn't gotten past the fluff.
There just wasn't anything here for me to grab onto to keep me reading.
February 20, 2022
couldn’t finish
This book is not the worst I’ve read, but it’s pretty bad.
The prose is awkward at times. There is little character development. LITRPG elements are extremely week, and poorly thought out. It seems like the author is just making things up as he goes along. The character has the same philosophical discussions with himself over and over again, while in the middle of life of death fights. There’s a lot more. Definitely not a 5-star book.
This book is not the worst I’ve read, but it’s pretty bad.
The prose is awkward at times. There is little character development. LITRPG elements are extremely week, and poorly thought out. It seems like the author is just making things up as he goes along. The character has the same philosophical discussions with himself over and over again, while in the middle of life of death fights. There’s a lot more. Definitely not a 5-star book.
October 1, 2026
Nebula is the start of a series that has system arriving on earth, dangerous tutorial zones, zones that are way overpowered for the earth residence being transported there, dungeons that go a long way to mitigating the overpowered areas, without really being designed to do so, and a whole lot more. There sure was a lot of politics in this first installment, and I'm never a fan of such, but I do understand it's necessary for world building, but just a word of warning to those who feel like I do, be prepared for a bit of a slog in places. Otherwise, not a bad start. I'm not (yet) convinced to continue the series, since I didn't find this first book to be very intriguing, but I'm rather jaded these days, what with all the nonsense going on in Washington D.C, so your mileage will likely vary.
February 20, 2026
3.7 stars. I really liked the characters backstory and his relationship with his best friend. I liked when he got to the tutorial and started lvling his stats and figuring things out. But His relationship with the camp/village of other humans felt very forced. Like the character is a super loner, that doesn't really trust anyone except two people from earth. So why did he almost immediately get entangled with this group of strangers? He feels way too attached to them even though he barely has interacted with them.
November 3, 2022
This has several grandiose ideas.
It needs some polish, a lot of polish, some rework and then polish, yeah that last one. The grammar is weak in general. The writing is hard to follow, the way pronouns are used makes keeping track of characters very difficult. The character development is just badly done. There is a good framework here, but it need more work.
It needs some polish, a lot of polish, some rework and then polish, yeah that last one. The grammar is weak in general. The writing is hard to follow, the way pronouns are used makes keeping track of characters very difficult. The character development is just badly done. There is a good framework here, but it need more work.
February 8, 2023
reserve judgment
I’m not sure but something about this book kept it from being really enjoyable for me. The book was pretty long but I feel that it was rushed. Also I’m not sure if I missed it but the leveling and stats choices are mind boggling. Minor spoiler!!!! Why does the MC refuse to level up!!!!!
I’m not sure but something about this book kept it from being really enjoyable for me. The book was pretty long but I feel that it was rushed. Also I’m not sure if I missed it but the leveling and stats choices are mind boggling. Minor spoiler!!!! Why does the MC refuse to level up!!!!!
November 25, 2022
Sorry but not
This hit all of my buttons about why I disliked this book from a mopey mc to a whiny mc who cried it's so unfair!! Really? Don't know who the writer is but I bet he or she is a younger generation!!
This hit all of my buttons about why I disliked this book from a mopey mc to a whiny mc who cried it's so unfair!! Really? Don't know who the writer is but I bet he or she is a younger generation!!
December 23, 2022
Writing can be hard to read
Decent story but the first few chapters were a real slog and the way sentences are formatted feels different from the norm. Either the author hasn't read other books or is trying to use a different writing method.
Decent story but the first few chapters were a real slog and the way sentences are formatted feels different from the norm. Either the author hasn't read other books or is trying to use a different writing method.
February 22, 2024
Not good
Didn't like the characters, the world, or the meta. Trying too hard to create sympathy led to disgust. Time and viewpoint shifts made the story unreadable. Bleh. Need to read Cradle or Mother of Learning to get rid of the bad taste.
Didn't like the characters, the world, or the meta. Trying too hard to create sympathy led to disgust. Time and viewpoint shifts made the story unreadable. Bleh. Need to read Cradle or Mother of Learning to get rid of the bad taste.
October 20, 2025
DNF 10% I’m pretty certain this was written by someone whose first language was not English. I couldn’t get past the weird, clunky language, even with Michael David Axtell’s narration helping it along. I honestly do not understand the high reviews on this one.
August 9, 2026
If you love mopey, whoa is me, internal dialogue, this is the book for you. MC is probably the most OP of any I've seen at the start of a series, yet spends most this book planning, contemplating, and or accepting his intent demise.
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June 21, 2023Great book
Stellar work from L.E. Miranda! Lots of action and adventure, skills and monsters, leveling and training. Looking forward to the next one!
Stellar work from L.E. Miranda! Lots of action and adventure, skills and monsters, leveling and training. Looking forward to the next one!
July 14, 2023
Good book!
I enjoyed reading this book. I look forward to reading the next book in the series and hope the author has many more!
I enjoyed reading this book. I look forward to reading the next book in the series and hope the author has many more!
November 10, 2023
2 Stars, not a fan of this one
January 22, 2022
I really tried
I think the issue is the translation... past and present tense is confusing, honestly trying to explain all the issues would take way to much time. I don't think the author has any idea where he is taking the story.. all the females are rape bait, all the guys are instantly rapist if the don't agree with the MCs way of thinking. The thought of all the loot left to rot in a survival situation.. if a spear hitting with the force of a freight train can't get through a creature's hide and said hide is made in to a shirt how the hell does the mc have his ripped when he trips. I'm pretty sure the author is a desk jokey from a urban setting.. the book was just frustrating
I think the issue is the translation... past and present tense is confusing, honestly trying to explain all the issues would take way to much time. I don't think the author has any idea where he is taking the story.. all the females are rape bait, all the guys are instantly rapist if the don't agree with the MCs way of thinking. The thought of all the loot left to rot in a survival situation.. if a spear hitting with the force of a freight train can't get through a creature's hide and said hide is made in to a shirt how the hell does the mc have his ripped when he trips. I'm pretty sure the author is a desk jokey from a urban setting.. the book was just frustrating
September 5, 2022
Too depressing. Reading is supposed to be fun, not feeling horror because of children being horribly abused.
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