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Kairos #1
The Last Gods
Divine power is not given. It is taken.
It's been centuries since mortals unlocked the secrets of the Fate System and overthrew Mount Olympus, leaving the Old Gods dead and their thrones empty.
Kairos, a young pirate with the ability to speak with animals, has dreams to ascend as the newest deity of a flooded world. Though it will take more than ambition, charisma, and a ship to do so.
He must sail the endless sea, tame fearsome monsters, and conquer new lands. The challenges are many, but he will face them all. For Kairos is a cunning [Rogue] indeed...
Experience the start of a LitRPG Epic loaded with Greek mythology and pirate-themed adventure, by the bestselling author behind Vainqueur the Dragon and The Perfect Run.
It's been centuries since mortals unlocked the secrets of the Fate System and overthrew Mount Olympus, leaving the Old Gods dead and their thrones empty.
Kairos, a young pirate with the ability to speak with animals, has dreams to ascend as the newest deity of a flooded world. Though it will take more than ambition, charisma, and a ship to do so.
He must sail the endless sea, tame fearsome monsters, and conquer new lands. The challenges are many, but he will face them all. For Kairos is a cunning [Rogue] indeed...
Experience the start of a LitRPG Epic loaded with Greek mythology and pirate-themed adventure, by the bestselling author behind Vainqueur the Dragon and The Perfect Run.
704 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 7, 2022
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July 19, 2022
Not a great litrpg
It’s not a Litrpg, it has some elements of a Litrpg but those elements are an after thought rather than a driving element of the book. It’s there but none of it really matters. The protagonist always gets what he needs when he needs it so who cares about stats.
What the book really is, is a twilight (Harem) soap opera dressed up as a Greek tragedy hero myth.
I hate harem novels mainly because each love story seems completely fake. Protagonist dude always seems to find a hard working loyal chick everywhere that for some reason like him. How are we as readers suppose to believe those same chicks are just okay with the sharing? I know its a fantasy myth but it’s more like a hallucination than a story. Not to mention the protagonist always has a jealousy issue with anyone other than him sleeping around.
So in short this book is a romance novel all dressed up like a fantasy litrpg. It’s fantasy for prepubescent boys to think their’s a gaggle of women out there somewhere just waiting to share them someday. Too much porn-hub fantasy writing.
Now add on predictability of the story and you get very little for your time. The magic system is kind of lame. It utilizes/co-ops known greek items and reuses them. The magic can solve some issues but not others for no good reason. The protagonist doesn’t utilize magic until he needs it for either 1) a quick get of jail card or 2) a simple solution to what would otherwise be a long drawn out issue for the author to write about. Nothing groundbreakingly new in this book. Also the author must watch a lot of one-piece because the book is pretty similar.
Prediction for book 2 - they kill the phoenix in the underworld and somehow that brings back his family. I won’t know because I’m not reading it.
The retelling of the greek myths making the Olympian’s as jerks would’ve been cool if, the winners from the war weren’t a-holes as well. The author likes to spin things so the traditional bad guy is now good and traditional good guy is bad. So really the entire concept of the book is a fantasy about polyamory, with a dude who is basically a Luffy want to be.
Good luck.
It’s not a Litrpg, it has some elements of a Litrpg but those elements are an after thought rather than a driving element of the book. It’s there but none of it really matters. The protagonist always gets what he needs when he needs it so who cares about stats.
What the book really is, is a twilight (Harem) soap opera dressed up as a Greek tragedy hero myth.
I hate harem novels mainly because each love story seems completely fake. Protagonist dude always seems to find a hard working loyal chick everywhere that for some reason like him. How are we as readers suppose to believe those same chicks are just okay with the sharing? I know its a fantasy myth but it’s more like a hallucination than a story. Not to mention the protagonist always has a jealousy issue with anyone other than him sleeping around.
So in short this book is a romance novel all dressed up like a fantasy litrpg. It’s fantasy for prepubescent boys to think their’s a gaggle of women out there somewhere just waiting to share them someday. Too much porn-hub fantasy writing.
Now add on predictability of the story and you get very little for your time. The magic system is kind of lame. It utilizes/co-ops known greek items and reuses them. The magic can solve some issues but not others for no good reason. The protagonist doesn’t utilize magic until he needs it for either 1) a quick get of jail card or 2) a simple solution to what would otherwise be a long drawn out issue for the author to write about. Nothing groundbreakingly new in this book. Also the author must watch a lot of one-piece because the book is pretty similar.
Prediction for book 2 - they kill the phoenix in the underworld and somehow that brings back his family. I won’t know because I’m not reading it.
The retelling of the greek myths making the Olympian’s as jerks would’ve been cool if, the winners from the war weren’t a-holes as well. The author likes to spin things so the traditional bad guy is now good and traditional good guy is bad. So really the entire concept of the book is a fantasy about polyamory, with a dude who is basically a Luffy want to be.
Good luck.
April 14, 2022
This is really not a Lit, sure you have stats, but it means little to nothing when the author lets the MC carry around poison that can defeat anything, even monsters 20+ levels above him. Also, why prop up Thieves, Pirates and murderers put them on a pedestal? So many issues with this book, the characters are not likeable and they are very one dimensional. Then they go after a Scylla because moron got himself a spear that he has never used once, so he go's to visit a fate to get a quest for it. He doesn't prepare at all for it, doesn't gather any information on it. Just goes off the very next day looking to kill something blindly without knowing anything.
April 25, 2022
Kairos is a boy who's traveling on his uncle's ship, the Foresight. He hopes to be a hero, and eventually a Legend like pretty much every other adventurer does. His uncle is a pirate at heart.
The time is set after what we know of the Greeks and their gods, and perhaps after the Romans, although I don't think so. An apocalypse happened which led to another flood, this time leaving the world full of water with only islands popping up.
Kairos' uncle is going after the ship that Pelopidas, a hero with a well known spear, is on. It doesn't go well. Instead of following the counsel of his seer, nephew, and others, he decides to attack Pelopidas head on.
He doesn't get a chance to live to regret it.
I'll stop the recap there, which is barely a scratch into the long story. While I enjoyed the book, I had a few other thoughts I want to share.
The battle against Pelopidas happens within the first fifteen percent of what is a longer than average story, so I expected Kairos to grow hand over feet into a Legend, and maybe even a Demigod by the time book one came to a close.
It doesn't go anything like that. The first battle is fast, but then things slow down, as Kairos navigates a political world he doesn't know much about. His country is poor and people die from starvation every few generations, while others are hoarding wealth he wants to bring his people up to the same standard.
Because of the pace slowing down, I found the book was dragging at the 50% mark, and I went and read a different book at the 60% mark. It did get better after that and ends strong.
The author tosses out dozens and dozens of Greek names, from Heracles to Jason to Medea. It made me want to go back and watch Jason and the Argonauts, which the great Ray Harryhausen special effects work, especially with the skeletons that Jason fights. The book has some of the same elements, but it's amped up like the author had just crammed for his PhD thesis paper in Greek history before drinking a gallon of Red Bull and just started writing.
There are names everywhere. Honestly, it's impressive, but it did require me to stop on almost every page to look up a name or word that I didn't recognize to see if it had historical significance. Most of them do.
All in all, I enjoyed the book. The action is tight, and the story is spread around enough characters that we don't get sick of Kairos. Cass is especially great.
Recommended. 5/5*
The time is set after what we know of the Greeks and their gods, and perhaps after the Romans, although I don't think so. An apocalypse happened which led to another flood, this time leaving the world full of water with only islands popping up.
Kairos' uncle is going after the ship that Pelopidas, a hero with a well known spear, is on. It doesn't go well. Instead of following the counsel of his seer, nephew, and others, he decides to attack Pelopidas head on.
He doesn't get a chance to live to regret it.
I'll stop the recap there, which is barely a scratch into the long story. While I enjoyed the book, I had a few other thoughts I want to share.
The battle against Pelopidas happens within the first fifteen percent of what is a longer than average story, so I expected Kairos to grow hand over feet into a Legend, and maybe even a Demigod by the time book one came to a close.
It doesn't go anything like that. The first battle is fast, but then things slow down, as Kairos navigates a political world he doesn't know much about. His country is poor and people die from starvation every few generations, while others are hoarding wealth he wants to bring his people up to the same standard.
Because of the pace slowing down, I found the book was dragging at the 50% mark, and I went and read a different book at the 60% mark. It did get better after that and ends strong.
The author tosses out dozens and dozens of Greek names, from Heracles to Jason to Medea. It made me want to go back and watch Jason and the Argonauts, which the great Ray Harryhausen special effects work, especially with the skeletons that Jason fights. The book has some of the same elements, but it's amped up like the author had just crammed for his PhD thesis paper in Greek history before drinking a gallon of Red Bull and just started writing.
There are names everywhere. Honestly, it's impressive, but it did require me to stop on almost every page to look up a name or word that I didn't recognize to see if it had historical significance. Most of them do.
All in all, I enjoyed the book. The action is tight, and the story is spread around enough characters that we don't get sick of Kairos. Cass is especially great.
Recommended. 5/5*
September 17, 2022
This is Gamelit done really well, in my opinion.
Yes the story rushes ahead a bit, and yes, there are really convenient wish-fulfilly moments.
A game system basically does away with having to learn anything, and it felt oddly out of place in this story, sometimes even a bit over the top. The superlative nature of skills and levels hindered the immersion more than helped the tale. Especially the concept of "legend" was really murky. Luckily the author didn't go as far as having an HP bar. That almost always kills any realistic tale.
I loved the mature tone. The tight rope that the MC walks, his humility and his ambition are quite well portrayed, I think. He's clearly en route to OPness, but there is a very convincing attempt at showing him to be bottom-tier.
Additionally, I really found the theme of the book surprising: win them over with kindness? That's a first!
Human interactions are obviously one of the author's strong points. The dialogues are quite clever, even if things tend to progress far quicker than would be reasonable. Gamelit!
I especially appreciated the deep dive into Greek mythology. That got this book an extra star. It reminded me of Dirk Ashton's Paternus, in a good way.
By the end of this book, while I've had a great time, I'm convinced that whatever comes after won't be good. Too many liberties have been taken with whatever makes world-building successful and immersive. I didn't enjoy the romance either. It felt too contrived. I will still give the next volume a go when I can.
Book rating is ultimately an extremely subjective thing. In my personal hierarchy, this books sits around the top of it's category. I'm uncertain if this is a reflection of my bad luck in choosing what to read or the author's skill in writing a captivating tale.
I had fun. YMMV.
Yes the story rushes ahead a bit, and yes, there are really convenient wish-fulfilly moments.
A game system basically does away with having to learn anything, and it felt oddly out of place in this story, sometimes even a bit over the top. The superlative nature of skills and levels hindered the immersion more than helped the tale. Especially the concept of "legend" was really murky. Luckily the author didn't go as far as having an HP bar. That almost always kills any realistic tale.
I loved the mature tone. The tight rope that the MC walks, his humility and his ambition are quite well portrayed, I think. He's clearly en route to OPness, but there is a very convincing attempt at showing him to be bottom-tier.
Additionally, I really found the theme of the book surprising: win them over with kindness? That's a first!
Human interactions are obviously one of the author's strong points. The dialogues are quite clever, even if things tend to progress far quicker than would be reasonable. Gamelit!
I especially appreciated the deep dive into Greek mythology. That got this book an extra star. It reminded me of Dirk Ashton's Paternus, in a good way.
By the end of this book, while I've had a great time, I'm convinced that whatever comes after won't be good. Too many liberties have been taken with whatever makes world-building successful and immersive. I didn't enjoy the romance either. It felt too contrived. I will still give the next volume a go when I can.
Book rating is ultimately an extremely subjective thing. In my personal hierarchy, this books sits around the top of it's category. I'm uncertain if this is a reflection of my bad luck in choosing what to read or the author's skill in writing a captivating tale.
I had fun. YMMV.
April 20, 2022
Honestly, I'm surprised by how 1 dimensional the characters were. I had to just skim through the last 1 hour or so because I honestly couldn't be bothered any longer. This series lacks any uniqueness or humor which I found in The Perfect Run. It lacks interesting magic and calling it Litrpg is a bit of a stretch to be perfectly frank. Throwing in levels with a world that lacks any other Litrpg elements just baffles me. The worldbuilding and magic system were very lacking as well. Honestly, if I hadn't been a fan of the author I wouldn't have even finished this book.
October 25, 2021
So this is my first review ever, and I'm just writing it cuz it's a crime for Kairos to have such a small ammount of them. Kairos was the first serious story by void I have read, and its a solid, smart and flavourful greek-inspired fantasy. The world is tasty, working off greek mythos without being bound by it, the characters and the relationships are solid, not falling into dumb tropes. Above all, Kairos himself is a solid character, being multidimensional and acting in a way that shows MULTIPLE CONFLICTING MOTIVATIONS.
Ya know, like a real person.
I read this as a serial, and i can tell you the following. Pacing is immaculate, and it keeps you reading and reading till you catch up.
Good luck.
Ya know, like a real person.
I read this as a serial, and i can tell you the following. Pacing is immaculate, and it keeps you reading and reading till you catch up.
Good luck.
June 17, 2022
This was actually good. I love Greek mythology, and how the author tied the myths together with a "faith system".
The story did give me a feeling like I was reading a modern retelling of an epic.
When I first saw the book and read the blurb, I had my doubts, but I thoroughly enjoyed it in the end.
I will pick up the sequel. This was an ingenious combination.
3.5/5 Stars
The story did give me a feeling like I was reading a modern retelling of an epic.
When I first saw the book and read the blurb, I had my doubts, but I thoroughly enjoyed it in the end.
I will pick up the sequel. This was an ingenious combination.
3.5/5 Stars
April 17, 2022
another solid Maxime series
Although not replacing my favorite series, which is The Perfect Run, this is another solid, enjoyable series by Mr Durand. If you already enjoy Greek mythology and litRPG, you will almost certainly enjoy this, and it is of appropriately epic length.
🙂
Although not replacing my favorite series, which is The Perfect Run, this is another solid, enjoyable series by Mr Durand. If you already enjoy Greek mythology and litRPG, you will almost certainly enjoy this, and it is of appropriately epic length.
🙂
October 15, 2021
This is the first book from this author that I completely enjoyed from start to finish. I don’t enjoy this authors style of comedy so the the lack of it in this series makes it even better for me personally.
This story features an intelligent, ambitious protagonist out to make the world a better place for his people (especially himself). Greek mythology is always a plus.
The only negative I could find was the neigh ceaseless conflict. The protagonist gets into over the top situations too often, some parts (like the kingdom building) need slower pacing and more detail.
Volume 1 ends on chapter 41.
This story features an intelligent, ambitious protagonist out to make the world a better place for his people (especially himself). Greek mythology is always a plus.
The only negative I could find was the neigh ceaseless conflict. The protagonist gets into over the top situations too often, some parts (like the kingdom building) need slower pacing and more detail.
Volume 1 ends on chapter 41.
April 17, 2022
as expected
Durand has really grown and this book shows it. The book flows so well you barely notice how long it is. And like with great fight scenes And character development. I look forward to book 2.
Durand has really grown and this book shows it. The book flows so well you barely notice how long it is. And like with great fight scenes And character development. I look forward to book 2.
January 14, 2025
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and can't wait to read the others in the series!
It had many of my favorite tropes / topics to read:
- Greek mythology !!!
- Magic !!!
- Leveling progression !!!
- Magical beasts and befriending them !!!
It had many of my favorite tropes / topics to read:
- Greek mythology !!!
- Magic !!!
- Leveling progression !!!
- Magical beasts and befriending them !!!
August 31, 2024
Audible edition review
Not as good as Perfect Run.
This wasn't necessarily a bad book but there were a lot of bad parts. On the good side: it was an innovative idea, the protagonist was active and not crippled by angsty, the dialogue was generally good and the settings were well described. The MC makes mistakes and shows development throughout.
On the medium side it is a bit if a power fantasy with the MC getting powers/levels on a very regular basis. He also seems to get whatever he needs as and when he needs it which was a bit painful.
On the bad side the author paints OP's relationship as true love when it is really toxic (spoilers)
- Their first hook-up with her holding him at knifepoint
- She said she'd kill herself if he died.
- She said she'd kill all his friends/family if he left
- She has killed many of his men and allowed others to die avoidably
- She calls him her soulmate/other half within like a week of dating.
I couldn't sympathise with the OP picking her, a monster with squid legs, as his concubine rather than his loyal, trusted first mate who is attracted to him like he is to her, who understands him instinctively and who he trusts with his life.
Honestly, the dodgy relationships are the main reason I won't be reading any more of these. The pacing is far too fast too. Always hopping straight from one thing to another.
The narration was great but overall, I would not recommend the book.
Not as good as Perfect Run.
This wasn't necessarily a bad book but there were a lot of bad parts. On the good side: it was an innovative idea, the protagonist was active and not crippled by angsty, the dialogue was generally good and the settings were well described. The MC makes mistakes and shows development throughout.
On the medium side it is a bit if a power fantasy with the MC getting powers/levels on a very regular basis. He also seems to get whatever he needs as and when he needs it which was a bit painful.
On the bad side the author paints OP's relationship as true love when it is really toxic (spoilers)
- Their first hook-up with her holding him at knifepoint
- She said she'd kill herself if he died.
- She said she'd kill all his friends/family if he left
- She has killed many of his men and allowed others to die avoidably
- She calls him her soulmate/other half within like a week of dating.
I couldn't sympathise with the OP picking her, a monster with squid legs, as his concubine rather than his loyal, trusted first mate who is attracted to him like he is to her, who understands him instinctively and who he trusts with his life.
Honestly, the dodgy relationships are the main reason I won't be reading any more of these. The pacing is far too fast too. Always hopping straight from one thing to another.
The narration was great but overall, I would not recommend the book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 2, 2022
When you take great potential and twist it around your ego, you end up with this pile of trash.
My impression is that the author had some lofty dreams of an anti-hero, but was too lazy to put the time in.
Additionally they piggy-backed off the expectation that everyone knows at least about the Greek and
Roman classics, so if they say a name/location you can fill in the rest of it yourself.
And everyone else here has remarked on the poor stats support.
It seems to me the author realised this was too much rubbish to stand by itself as standard fantasy, so through some arbitrary stat statements in from time to time, in the hopes of hiding the absence of talent in a fledgling genre such as litrpg.
I won't finish this series, however I'll give their other books a go. Just in case.
My impression is that the author had some lofty dreams of an anti-hero, but was too lazy to put the time in.
Additionally they piggy-backed off the expectation that everyone knows at least about the Greek and
Roman classics, so if they say a name/location you can fill in the rest of it yourself.
And everyone else here has remarked on the poor stats support.
It seems to me the author realised this was too much rubbish to stand by itself as standard fantasy, so through some arbitrary stat statements in from time to time, in the hopes of hiding the absence of talent in a fledgling genre such as litrpg.
I won't finish this series, however I'll give their other books a go. Just in case.
July 7, 2022
A great setting and "oodles" of creativity make for a fun premise, but a lack of contractions makes the dialog feel stilted and clunky. In real life, people don't say "do not." They say "don't." When read aloud, this pattern makes dialog sound overly formal and canned. In addition, the story meanders around in the not-unpleasant fashion of a tourist, but the ensuing pacing issues tended to drop the tension with fair regularity, and I found myself struggling to stay engaged. Finally, there is too much "tell" and not enough "show," which exacerbated the boredom. Still, there were some great "one-liners" sprinkled throughout and a fantastic setting that give me hope for the future of this series, so I will be continuing to keep an eye on this one.
August 9, 2024
I gave this a skip at first, because of the number of 1 star reviews at the front page here.
I decided to give it a go now, because I really like some of the author's other books (Perfect Run, Underland, Blood and Fur). It was a good idea.
It's not a literary masterpiece, but it's fun. World-building is ok, though it's more litrpg adjacent than full system stuff. Fight scenes are pretty well described and fun. Conversations are ok, though I didn't find the griffon funny, so sometimes the bantery parts were a bit of a minus. MC succeeds most of the times, but not without a price, and he struggles throughout the books.
At first I was also afraid there would be some harem nonsense, thankfully there wasn't really, and I feel like the relationships and motivations were handled pretty well. MC loves one person, has a political marriage with someone else, who loves a fourth person. It's not a "Gotta catch them all" MFFFFFFF bs, they face actual issues with the relationship, and while no one is entirely happy with the situation, they make it sorta work.
Overall, the trilogy wasn't my favorite, but I liked it a lot.
Ps: Author, if you write a Cass again, next time please give them a bit more happiness.
I decided to give it a go now, because I really like some of the author's other books (Perfect Run, Underland, Blood and Fur). It was a good idea.
It's not a literary masterpiece, but it's fun. World-building is ok, though it's more litrpg adjacent than full system stuff. Fight scenes are pretty well described and fun. Conversations are ok, though I didn't find the griffon funny, so sometimes the bantery parts were a bit of a minus. MC succeeds most of the times, but not without a price, and he struggles throughout the books.
At first I was also afraid there would be some harem nonsense, thankfully there wasn't really, and I feel like the relationships and motivations were handled pretty well. MC loves one person, has a political marriage with someone else, who loves a fourth person. It's not a "Gotta catch them all" MFFFFFFF bs, they face actual issues with the relationship, and while no one is entirely happy with the situation, they make it sorta work.
Overall, the trilogy wasn't my favorite, but I liked it a lot.
Ps: Author, if you write a Cass again, next time please give them a bit more happiness.
May 22, 2022
First Void Herald novel I didn’t like
I’ve been a Hugh fan of Void Herald from way back Royalroad, but this story was the fist I didn’t like not because it wasn’t interesting it was the world building that got on my nerves. From The System design was more simple compared to his other LitRPG series, then time skips between scenes was unknown because it was only later in the book do we relished that the story from the start of ch 1 till the end was set over yearish time from that I lost progession of how he wasn’t stronger, and finally why add dragons when it slightly contradicted there origins from your first series.
I’ve been a Hugh fan of Void Herald from way back Royalroad, but this story was the fist I didn’t like not because it wasn’t interesting it was the world building that got on my nerves. From The System design was more simple compared to his other LitRPG series, then time skips between scenes was unknown because it was only later in the book do we relished that the story from the start of ch 1 till the end was set over yearish time from that I lost progession of how he wasn’t stronger, and finally why add dragons when it slightly contradicted there origins from your first series.
May 9, 2022
Yep, another good one.
This author was been releasing literary gems! I've found myself enjoying every single series he publishes, from Vainqueur the Dragon to A Perfect Run, to this!
The mc has flaws as person, but he learns from every mistake made. He's smart, cunning and a strong will, but none of it is to his detriment. The overall plot and mythos I find intriguing and dark. Book 2 can't come fast enough.
This author was been releasing literary gems! I've found myself enjoying every single series he publishes, from Vainqueur the Dragon to A Perfect Run, to this!
The mc has flaws as person, but he learns from every mistake made. He's smart, cunning and a strong will, but none of it is to his detriment. The overall plot and mythos I find intriguing and dark. Book 2 can't come fast enough.
October 30, 2022
Great find. This is a smart, well written, litrpg.
I read a lot and I read a lot of litrpg, as of late.
So many are shallow, juvinile and/or poorly edited.
I don't finish most of them because they aren't worth my time.
This one is definately worth my time.
Well constructed and well written. The is one of those "intelligent" litrpg titles I am always looking for.
It is unfortunate to see this one flying under the radar.
Hopefully it gets the attention it deserves soon.
I read a lot and I read a lot of litrpg, as of late.
So many are shallow, juvinile and/or poorly edited.
I don't finish most of them because they aren't worth my time.
This one is definately worth my time.
Well constructed and well written. The is one of those "intelligent" litrpg titles I am always looking for.
It is unfortunate to see this one flying under the radar.
Hopefully it gets the attention it deserves soon.
June 3, 2022
A great mix of genres
I love history novels fact or fiction.I love myths as well and mix this with litrpg and action such as games like assassins creed and you have a monster hit of a book.
Without spoilers if you like tales of the ancient world about Greece and Greek gods then you will love this.
I love history novels fact or fiction.I love myths as well and mix this with litrpg and action such as games like assassins creed and you have a monster hit of a book.
Without spoilers if you like tales of the ancient world about Greece and Greek gods then you will love this.
April 13, 2022
A very interesting and enjoyable read. This story combines LitRPG and Greek legend into a truly pleasurable read. The love life is very interesting and filled with drama, hopefully it does not end in true Greek fashion.
April 22, 2022
Greekish
'That went very poorly, and I'll never do that again.' Seems to be the catch phase of this book. Spoiler alert: He does it again.
All in all a fun book that has some pretty good, and accurate, mythology. Tom out
'That went very poorly, and I'll never do that again.' Seems to be the catch phase of this book. Spoiler alert: He does it again.
All in all a fun book that has some pretty good, and accurate, mythology. Tom out
April 27, 2022
Great Start
Really enjoyed the story. I like how the stats didn't take away from story like some books. I can't wait to read more. Not sure how I will like reading different characters pov. That will be in the other stories but will have to wait and see.
Really enjoyed the story. I like how the stats didn't take away from story like some books. I can't wait to read more. Not sure how I will like reading different characters pov. That will be in the other stories but will have to wait and see.
May 16, 2022
A pretty heavy read, but it kept my attention throughout. It's pretty long though, so it did take me a few days to finish it, in between other, lighter books. This could be a complete story, but there is obviously lots of room for more. I'll read the next one, so that's the upshot.
June 27, 2022
I really do not understand why this is an LitRPG. Other than IDENTIFY SKILL (or whatever it's called) I don't see the point why Durand turned it into an LitRPG? Perhaps to ca$h in on the genre, I suppose. All he has done is thrown in some gamelit buzz words and that's about it.
June 29, 2022
Entertaining, with a wide variety of characters and mythos intertwined. Where it falls short for me is the overly dramatic dialogue and interactions.
Basically, it's a gritty/cringy soap opera adaptation of "Assassin's Creed: Odyssey".
Basically, it's a gritty/cringy soap opera adaptation of "Assassin's Creed: Odyssey".
August 1, 2023
A Greek mythology/retelling LitRPG. Very good. I'm a fan of Maxine J. Durand's so check out most things he writes. I thought this was a very promising start. Lots of action, but also some good character work. Also had the start of empire building, which I also enjoy
November 23, 2024
The past with a twist
I loved that the story was based on the ancient Greek and Roman world and found it interesting how the Argo was in the story, and I did not remember Jason being married. I look forward to reading/listening to the next book.
I loved that the story was based on the ancient Greek and Roman world and found it interesting how the Argo was in the story, and I did not remember Jason being married. I look forward to reading/listening to the next book.
April 15, 2022
Excellent!
Excellent combination of Greek mythology and LitRPG created an amazing storyboard!
Story and characters are very well written, and lots of action.
Excellent combination of Greek mythology and LitRPG created an amazing storyboard!
Story and characters are very well written, and lots of action.
April 20, 2022
An Excellent Debut
A creative and well done blend of LitRPG and Greek mythology. Looking forward to the next books in the series!
A creative and well done blend of LitRPG and Greek mythology. Looking forward to the next books in the series!
June 19, 2022
Gamer meets Greek Mythology
Can't wrong with this book. Good pace. Powerful action. Good mix of Gamer progression while building awesome fantasy heros. You will love it.
Can't wrong with this book. Good pace. Powerful action. Good mix of Gamer progression while building awesome fantasy heros. You will love it.
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