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Black Centurion
A new novel from the bestselling Russian LitRPG author of Small Unit Tactics!
Sometimes, life can be cruel and unpredictable, snatching away all you hold dear in an instant. When you’re betrayed by the one person you love most, the actions you commit in the heat of the moment may derail the rest of your life. You can’t undo what’s been done, and now an incorruptible AI keeps thwarting your attempts to find the truth. Will you be able to persuade it?
This is the opportunity given by an RPG game that works like an international arbitration court - an impartial and error-free machine. For a top-ranked player who has already made millions in the game, this task sounds like child’s play. But things aren’t as simple as they seem, and this game is totally unlike any other!
Our hero will have to save a life, survive, and - most importantly - prove to an AI that he’s a good guy and deserves to have the one thing he wants more than anything else on Earth!
Sometimes, life can be cruel and unpredictable, snatching away all you hold dear in an instant. When you’re betrayed by the one person you love most, the actions you commit in the heat of the moment may derail the rest of your life. You can’t undo what’s been done, and now an incorruptible AI keeps thwarting your attempts to find the truth. Will you be able to persuade it?
This is the opportunity given by an RPG game that works like an international arbitration court - an impartial and error-free machine. For a top-ranked player who has already made millions in the game, this task sounds like child’s play. But things aren’t as simple as they seem, and this game is totally unlike any other!
Our hero will have to save a life, survive, and - most importantly - prove to an AI that he’s a good guy and deserves to have the one thing he wants more than anything else on Earth!
629 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 14, 2022
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About the author
Alexander Romanov
3 books2 followersAlexander Romanov is a sci-fi/fantasy author from Saint Petersburg. At first glance, his early life was nothing out of the ordinary: an unremarkable childhood, then school and higher education. He studied at the Polygraphic Institute, where he was drawn to the printed word and earned a degree in printing production technology, a field he still works in to this day. But this ordinary man also has some extraordinary talents.
His first forays into writing as a hobby brought him near instant acclaim from readers. Mainstream publishers discovered him soon after, and his work started showing up in bookstores. What really stood out about his books were the precise, expertly rendered descriptions of close combat weapons and their use. This is another of his hobbies, these deadly weapons: his passion for historical fencing and experience in battle reconstructions brings his in-depth, first-hand knowledge of melee combat to the forefront. He’s a master of both sword and pen.
While not willing to constrain himself to a single genre, his greatest commercial success has been in LitRPG. His two-volume set Small Unit Tactics has become a cult favorite, with fans begging him to continue the series. However, he has stated that the work will stand alone, with no sequels planned. Alexander is consistently one of the top ten authors on the largest Russian self-publishing portal, and he continues to delight readers with new releases each year.
His first forays into writing as a hobby brought him near instant acclaim from readers. Mainstream publishers discovered him soon after, and his work started showing up in bookstores. What really stood out about his books were the precise, expertly rendered descriptions of close combat weapons and their use. This is another of his hobbies, these deadly weapons: his passion for historical fencing and experience in battle reconstructions brings his in-depth, first-hand knowledge of melee combat to the forefront. He’s a master of both sword and pen.
While not willing to constrain himself to a single genre, his greatest commercial success has been in LitRPG. His two-volume set Small Unit Tactics has become a cult favorite, with fans begging him to continue the series. However, he has stated that the work will stand alone, with no sequels planned. Alexander is consistently one of the top ten authors on the largest Russian self-publishing portal, and he continues to delight readers with new releases each year.
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February 19, 2022
Great book one
I'm really excited to read book 2 ,3 and 4. I really like the characters I like the storyline progression it was pretty epic.
I'm really excited to read book 2 ,3 and 4. I really like the characters I like the storyline progression it was pretty epic.
March 2, 2022
Really good
I really like the world and the characters in it. Very interesting story and concept. I highly recommend this book to everyone
I really like the world and the characters in it. Very interesting story and concept. I highly recommend this book to everyone
March 12, 2022
excellent
Excellent story that has incredible character development that is very rare in the fantasy genre, much less LitRPG. Great read. Sobering.
Excellent story that has incredible character development that is very rare in the fantasy genre, much less LitRPG. Great read. Sobering.
March 21, 2022
Good, however
It really is a good story with interesting turns and an interesting world but it needs a better edit. I highly recommend for fans of small unit tactics.
It really is a good story with interesting turns and an interesting world but it needs a better edit. I highly recommend for fans of small unit tactics.
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