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The Menocht Loop #5
The Blade of Revelation
Ian must pull off the impossible.
Achemiss is a thousand-year-old necromancer with potent shadow magic and a trove of artifacts. To save his world and honor his deal with Karanos, Ian has one task.
Assassinate him.
With Maria, Karanos, and the ever-charming Crystal at his side, Ian seeks out artifacts to level the playing field. He explores treacherous planes and participates in a trial run by the white faction.
He’ll learn that the upper limit on power is far greater than he thought.
Achemiss is a thousand-year-old necromancer with potent shadow magic and a trove of artifacts. To save his world and honor his deal with Karanos, Ian has one task.
Assassinate him.
With Maria, Karanos, and the ever-charming Crystal at his side, Ian seeks out artifacts to level the playing field. He explores treacherous planes and participates in a trial run by the white faction.
He’ll learn that the upper limit on power is far greater than he thought.
- GenresFantasy
471 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 15, 2022
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About the author
Lorne Ryburn
8 books73 followersLorne (also known online as caerulex) is an avid reader who strives to write the kinds of stories she would like to read. Besides web serials, her favorite series tend toward grimdark fantasy, such as The Broken Empire Trilogy by Mark Lawrence and The Acts of Caine by Matthew Woodring Stover. The Menocht Loop is her second book series, which she began after publishing Apex Predator as an online web serial.
When she isn’t writing, Lorne enjoys time spent with loved ones and traveling the world. She spends her days as an AI/machine learning software engineer.
When she isn’t writing, Lorne enjoys time spent with loved ones and traveling the world. She spends her days as an AI/machine learning software engineer.
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November 26, 2022
Heading in very good but unexpected directions
This series has steadily headed in a direction I really didn’t expect though that’s not to say it’s a bad one. There is a consideration of characters internal lives and emotions that you don’t expect from books of this genre. There’s also a pretty prominent romance plot line in this book that has been building for awhile. The plot continues to develop more, the characters continue to be great but there is a soft touch to this series and this book in particular that is usually absent from this genre. Personally I love it, this book is really a sort of rather odd marrying of the normally quite serious and plot focused books of the progression fantasy and lit rpg genre and the urban fantasy romances I also read. There’s just a gentleness to aspects of it that I found myself really loving but also being so surprised by. It’s not at all the direction I expected when I started reading these books but I can’t say I’m disappointed. A lot of people that are drawn to this genre may not be on board with this I suspect but you should give it a go and if your someone like me you’ll love it.
This series has steadily headed in a direction I really didn’t expect though that’s not to say it’s a bad one. There is a consideration of characters internal lives and emotions that you don’t expect from books of this genre. There’s also a pretty prominent romance plot line in this book that has been building for awhile. The plot continues to develop more, the characters continue to be great but there is a soft touch to this series and this book in particular that is usually absent from this genre. Personally I love it, this book is really a sort of rather odd marrying of the normally quite serious and plot focused books of the progression fantasy and lit rpg genre and the urban fantasy romances I also read. There’s just a gentleness to aspects of it that I found myself really loving but also being so surprised by. It’s not at all the direction I expected when I started reading these books but I can’t say I’m disappointed. A lot of people that are drawn to this genre may not be on board with this I suspect but you should give it a go and if your someone like me you’ll love it.
December 13, 2022
incredible!
Ryburn continues to impress with her amazing story of Ian and company! I can’t wait for the next installment and see where new powers take him!
Ryburn continues to impress with her amazing story of Ian and company! I can’t wait for the next installment and see where new powers take him!
December 13, 2022
Awesome book
This was amazing and the end was so cool. Give me book 6 already.
Dear author keep up the good work.
This was amazing and the end was so cool. Give me book 6 already.
Dear author keep up the good work.
May 8, 2024
Man I don't know how I feel about this book. First and foremost, dope ass cover. Onto the book though.. The vast majority of it was just slightly above boring. Whilst the characters were interesting within the first few books we're just seeing limited character growth (there's some but it's not as relevant IMHO). Ian is an interesting character but he's honestly just felt the same for the last few installations; we've met quite a few new characters but none have become more than side characters, most being irrelevant, soon after we've met them.
This one is rough, had the end not been sort of interesting I might have tapped out. I think I still might for now.
TLDR;
a slog but better than the last one.
3*
This one is rough, had the end not been sort of interesting I might have tapped out. I think I still might for now.
TLDR;
a slog but better than the last one.
3*
June 29, 2023
A great continuation to the series. Unlike the previous one there wasn’t a moment where it dragged. Each event had propose and held my interest. Minimal supposition as well. Looking forward to the next one.
November 26, 2023
Lots of talking and philosophizing. Meh for me, compared to book one where he was doing crazy stuff with his abilities.
The cougar looks like she will get her young prey in the end.
We will see how the next book goes.
3/5 Stars
The cougar looks like she will get her young prey in the end.
We will see how the next book goes.
3/5 Stars
dnf
June 13, 2023DNF at 8% on 2023.06.13.
dnf
December 17, 2024Got tired of the characters and formula. Could see myself picking back up after some time off from the series.
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