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Threads of Fate #4
Cenotaph of Bones
Divided survivors cast away far from civilization. A mad necromancer eager to expand his army. The lost underground city ready to invade the world.
Jim and his friends are heroes, having closed the gate opened by a dark mana demon. As battered as they are, their work is nowhere near complete. It isn't just humans that can go insane, and saving the world doesn’t mean there aren’t other plots afoot that could destroy the Empire.
Now shipwrecked and with no knowledge of his location, Jim has to find a way to stop a threat even he had never seen before. An infection is spreading, something beyond anything even the gods warned him of, and the team must find a way to cut it out before it spreads. If they fail, the dead will assimilate everything in their path.
There’s no way the heroes can risk holding back.
Jim and his friends are heroes, having closed the gate opened by a dark mana demon. As battered as they are, their work is nowhere near complete. It isn't just humans that can go insane, and saving the world doesn’t mean there aren’t other plots afoot that could destroy the Empire.
Now shipwrecked and with no knowledge of his location, Jim has to find a way to stop a threat even he had never seen before. An infection is spreading, something beyond anything even the gods warned him of, and the team must find a way to cut it out before it spreads. If they fail, the dead will assimilate everything in their path.
There’s no way the heroes can risk holding back.
353 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 24, 2022
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Michael Head
8 books153 followersMichael Head is the author of the Threads of Fate series. He was severely injured while serving in the military, and used his time recovering to rediscover his love for books. After medically retiring, Michael went back to college to finish his degree and become a professor. When the coronavirus shut down his school, his wife encouraged him to finally take the leap and try writing his own books. He found his experience in combat allowed him to write detailed and realistic fight scenes. Those battles, combined with his attention to detail and ability to plan vast, elaborate, and comprehensive worlds, make for fast-paced and thrilling books. With, of course, the occasional touches of humor and sarcasm thrown in the mix.
He currently lives in Texas where his wife, who is still currently serving in the military, is stationed. His days are filled with hiding from their three daughters, two dogs, and three cats. He is also losing an ongoing war with the neighborhood squirrels, but he will continue to fight until the bitter end.
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September 12, 2022
Rating 3.0 stars
Quite a disappointing development for something that I thought was going to be a good series. One of the biggest complaints I have with this story is a lack of balance. I feel I have been harping on this point a lot lately in my reviews but it needs to be discussed. There are multiple aspects to a story. The best stories are the ones that touch on each of the components of a good book. Since this is litrpg/cultivation/progression type book the plot itself is the least important. There theme is pretty much the same in all of them with only changes in the particular. That leaves world building, characters, powerups, leveling, crafting, and fighting as the other important components in this type of book. This book was all about the fighting and there wasn't almost nothing else. No character development. I know just as much about Jim's companions as I did in the first book. They have grown in power but they haven't developed in any other way. Chou is a bumbling merchant whose betrothed makes fun of him all the time. Donnie keeps getting picked on by a horse and his betrothed either doesn't notice of doesn't care. The horse almost killed him in this book and nobody thinks that is a big deal. Jim comes from the future and has all this knowledge but it didn't seem like he used any of that knowledge in the story. Jim and his friends are insanely OP based on their age and yet all through this book they had one really difficult fight after another with hardly an breaks in between. The fun part of having an OP main character is doing things that nobody expects. Having easy fights and making people stand around and say "holy shit". Yes, there needs to be some tough fights here and there but this goes back to the balance problem I mentioned above. There was none in this book. It went from one fight to another fight to another fight and so on. There was minor crafting and minor cultivation but it was mentioned superfluously. Not much detail. There was no fun in this book unless you want to laugh at the horse trying to kill Donnie? But that's it. There was so much potential here and it seems to be wasted. Not sure if I will continue the series.
Quite a disappointing development for something that I thought was going to be a good series. One of the biggest complaints I have with this story is a lack of balance. I feel I have been harping on this point a lot lately in my reviews but it needs to be discussed. There are multiple aspects to a story. The best stories are the ones that touch on each of the components of a good book. Since this is litrpg/cultivation/progression type book the plot itself is the least important. There theme is pretty much the same in all of them with only changes in the particular. That leaves world building, characters, powerups, leveling, crafting, and fighting as the other important components in this type of book. This book was all about the fighting and there wasn't almost nothing else. No character development. I know just as much about Jim's companions as I did in the first book. They have grown in power but they haven't developed in any other way. Chou is a bumbling merchant whose betrothed makes fun of him all the time. Donnie keeps getting picked on by a horse and his betrothed either doesn't notice of doesn't care. The horse almost killed him in this book and nobody thinks that is a big deal. Jim comes from the future and has all this knowledge but it didn't seem like he used any of that knowledge in the story. Jim and his friends are insanely OP based on their age and yet all through this book they had one really difficult fight after another with hardly an breaks in between. The fun part of having an OP main character is doing things that nobody expects. Having easy fights and making people stand around and say "holy shit". Yes, there needs to be some tough fights here and there but this goes back to the balance problem I mentioned above. There was none in this book. It went from one fight to another fight to another fight and so on. There was minor crafting and minor cultivation but it was mentioned superfluously. Not much detail. There was no fun in this book unless you want to laugh at the horse trying to kill Donnie? But that's it. There was so much potential here and it seems to be wasted. Not sure if I will continue the series.
September 3, 2022
You would think that by book 4 at least someone in these books would have developed a personality. Well with the exception of the murdering horse. There are a couple grating sentence ticks like "Meaning" being used 37 times. It didn't seem as bad when I counted them, but it is a short novel and you notice every use. Travis as usual did an amazing job, that was the bright spot in this one. There was much less mindless murder and that was better, but that isn't to say there was none. The MC seems to be getting a lot more stupid and less powerful which makes little sense considering his massive jumps in power. His personality hasn't gotten less similar to dirty dishwater either. I did listen to this one start to finish relatively fast, but I didn't need to continue. I also didn't find time to commit to reading it exclusively. This was a strange unnecessary sidequest grind session where the side characters made little to no progress with their furniture esk presences. Just a mediocre installment narrated excellently.
November 16, 2022
This crap with the horse trying to kill that one guy has worn out its' welcome. Everyone is laughing it off, when it's a serious issue.
This series is still off. So much violence is happening that it should be labeled an adult book, but the author is still writing it like it's some YA book.
The protagonist had people try to kill him multiple times after he tried to help them, and if he wasn't strong, he would have died. What does he do after they tried to kill him by lynch mob and he left? Go back back to them to "help".
The logic in this book is so stupid. It doesn't help that the brashness of his companions puts him in problems too.
This entire book feels like it is some sort of filler.
2/5 Stars
This series is still off. So much violence is happening that it should be labeled an adult book, but the author is still writing it like it's some YA book.
The protagonist had people try to kill him multiple times after he tried to help them, and if he wasn't strong, he would have died. What does he do after they tried to kill him by lynch mob and he left? Go back back to them to "help".
The logic in this book is so stupid. It doesn't help that the brashness of his companions puts him in problems too.
This entire book feels like it is some sort of filler.
2/5 Stars
September 7, 2022
I'm afraid I've had enough of this series. I had such high hopes but the story is now bogged down in a very familiar rut.
The sailors' antipathy and irrationality were barely addressed, and it went on far beyond the bounds of my patience. When people are shitty towards you, cut them off. Don't come back for more.
There are minor signs of progress in the magic system but it's slow going. I wanted to see that future knowledge and experience being leveraged more.
And lastly, the antagonist was hidden behind the scenes for 90% of the book. The reader had no idea of his powers, goals, or allies. Despite this, the hero barges into his lair with nary a plan. Disappointing.
The sailors' antipathy and irrationality were barely addressed, and it went on far beyond the bounds of my patience. When people are shitty towards you, cut them off. Don't come back for more.
There are minor signs of progress in the magic system but it's slow going. I wanted to see that future knowledge and experience being leveraged more.
And lastly, the antagonist was hidden behind the scenes for 90% of the book. The reader had no idea of his powers, goals, or allies. Despite this, the hero barges into his lair with nary a plan. Disappointing.
December 11, 2022
Felt rushed but the story is still very much entertaining.
October 13, 2022
You know something is wrong when you merely skim the last third of the book wishing for it to end.
I liked the first three books quite a bit but this is just...
Jim is 656(ish) years old now, and he acts like the teenager he is. Moody and impulsive. He repeatedly states that he doesn't leave enemies alive to later stab him in the back, yet again and again he leaves them alive to be stabbed in the back by. Again, and again, and again.
Then there are his companions. Two men who grow mentally weaker by the page and two women who grow meaner and more irrational without a single reason for them to be like that. Never mind the murder horse.
This book was just... a big miss, sadly. I don't think I'll return to the series unless the reviews are overwhelmingly positive and show a different kind of book than this one.
I liked the first three books quite a bit but this is just...
Jim is 656(ish) years old now, and he acts like the teenager he is. Moody and impulsive. He repeatedly states that he doesn't leave enemies alive to later stab him in the back, yet again and again he leaves them alive to be stabbed in the back by. Again, and again, and again.
Then there are his companions. Two men who grow mentally weaker by the page and two women who grow meaner and more irrational without a single reason for them to be like that. Never mind the murder horse.
This book was just... a big miss, sadly. I don't think I'll return to the series unless the reviews are overwhelmingly positive and show a different kind of book than this one.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 29, 2022
A cultivation story without any real cultivation. Poor character development masked as aggressive women and simple men. The action in each book is similar and cultivation levels become less important, defined, or meaningful when each person in the MC’s party can fight above their level. Sometimes two. After being warned of not progressing fast enough, MC still needed to be convinced to go forward with an upgrade (not a qualitative level mind you). If you want a cultivation story where cultivation takes a back seat, this series is the one for you.
December 14, 2022
Book four
This book played out like an anime in my head. A lot of really ridiculous things happened. Just like in any cartoon. Still a good story overall. Could have had a more satisfying ending. Just not much of a struggle there at the end.
I look forward to book five and an explanation as to why the horse has it in for Donny.
7/10 A little to cartoon-y for me to really enjoy.
This book played out like an anime in my head. A lot of really ridiculous things happened. Just like in any cartoon. Still a good story overall. Could have had a more satisfying ending. Just not much of a struggle there at the end.
I look forward to book five and an explanation as to why the horse has it in for Donny.
7/10 A little to cartoon-y for me to really enjoy.
February 24, 2024
I had forgotten much of what happened in this series, so I re-read the earlier books in preparation for book four. In doing so, I noticed a major issue that compounded with every novel and had me checked out by the time we got to this book. These stories are plot-driven, not character-driven, and the plot isn't up to the challenge.
I speak about the importance of characters in so many reviews that I won't repeat it here. Instead, I will point out that a plot has to do five times as much work to keep readers invested as a character-driven story, so you better have a great plot. Unfortunately, while this series has the ingredients for a great plot, it has the ratios for those ingredients backwards.
These are the four driving elements of this series as I see it (ordered from most to least unique/interesting):
1 - 660-year-old cultivator gets a second chance at life
This story of a peak cultivator getting a second chance at his life with 660 years of expert knowledge is the most unique element of this story. It has so much potential. The benefit of hindsight before events happen, pre-knowledge of historical events, knowledge of other people who don't know him, ability to do things someone at his level shouldn't be able to do, ability to know things people his age shouldn't know, and so much more. This is the hook for this series, and it comes with a treasure trove of story elements that would enhance any story.
2 - Cultivation
The reason cultivation stories work so well is that they have an in-built method of story progression. Simply overcoming obstacles and progressing along that cultivator journey has a built-in beginning, middle and end, plot progression, character growth, and stakes. Staying true to the formula and having your characters do what is necessary to overcome the obstacles so they can level up is a guarantee of plot progression and reader engagement.
3 - Existential evil threat (Big Bad Guy)
Despite the type of existential threat in these books being unique to this story, they are essentially just another big bad guy that needs to be defeated, something we have seen in thousands of other stories. Therefore, they aren't even as unique as the cultivator genre itself and are not as important. The only thing this brings to the story is stakes, as it provides a goal for the characters to work towards.
4 - Day to day adventures and side quests
These are easily the most boring parts of every adventure book. Side quests and mundane adventures are only helpful if they are a tool to explore something more important, like character growth. Therefore, they are only interesting for what else they can bring to the table, and not for their own merit. Alone, they are meaningless and boring.
These four elements should be used in this order, with the series leaning on its most interesting element and then falling back on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th elements only when necessary. Unfortunately, this series has reversed that formula, with this book being the biggest example of this as any of the other books.
This book spends so much time on mundane adventures that it barely remembers that the world faces an existential threat, that the characters are on a cultivation journey, and that the reincarnation story even exists. The only thing that could have rescued this story in its current form was if this series was character-driven, and these events were only excuses to make the characters shine brighter. But we've already established this is a plot-driven novel, so this story suffers.
It's a waste of a great premise. The reincarnation story may as well have been thrown aside. Not only is that only a plot gimmick by this point, but it's barely been relevant since book two. It's like all the benefits of this storyline were used up, and now it's just a group of advanced cultivators having mundane adventures.
And I say group begrudgingly. The natural byproduct of the reincarnation story is that the protagonist should be accelerating through his cultivation journey at impossible speeds. He can help those around him, but they wouldn't benefit as much as he would. He has intimate and expert knowledge of what he needs to do and when to get the most out of his cultivation, so he should have progressed past the level of his friends long ago. Instead of leaning into the inherent conflict in that plot that would lead to interesting character moments by default, the author chooses to have all the characters progress at a similar speed so the main character can't get so far ahead that he has to leave his friends behind. Now, rather than having one genius cultivator hundreds of years ahead of schedule, you get a group of them, which dilutes the awesomeness of that story's potential.
Ultimately, this book is the culmination of what this series has done wrong with every novel. The problems have compounded in each book until we get to this novel, where the audiobook just struggled to maintain my interest. I think this is it for me with this series. The potential is there for more, but I hold no hope that it will live up to that potential.
I speak about the importance of characters in so many reviews that I won't repeat it here. Instead, I will point out that a plot has to do five times as much work to keep readers invested as a character-driven story, so you better have a great plot. Unfortunately, while this series has the ingredients for a great plot, it has the ratios for those ingredients backwards.
These are the four driving elements of this series as I see it (ordered from most to least unique/interesting):
1 - 660-year-old cultivator gets a second chance at life
This story of a peak cultivator getting a second chance at his life with 660 years of expert knowledge is the most unique element of this story. It has so much potential. The benefit of hindsight before events happen, pre-knowledge of historical events, knowledge of other people who don't know him, ability to do things someone at his level shouldn't be able to do, ability to know things people his age shouldn't know, and so much more. This is the hook for this series, and it comes with a treasure trove of story elements that would enhance any story.
2 - Cultivation
The reason cultivation stories work so well is that they have an in-built method of story progression. Simply overcoming obstacles and progressing along that cultivator journey has a built-in beginning, middle and end, plot progression, character growth, and stakes. Staying true to the formula and having your characters do what is necessary to overcome the obstacles so they can level up is a guarantee of plot progression and reader engagement.
3 - Existential evil threat (Big Bad Guy)
Despite the type of existential threat in these books being unique to this story, they are essentially just another big bad guy that needs to be defeated, something we have seen in thousands of other stories. Therefore, they aren't even as unique as the cultivator genre itself and are not as important. The only thing this brings to the story is stakes, as it provides a goal for the characters to work towards.
4 - Day to day adventures and side quests
These are easily the most boring parts of every adventure book. Side quests and mundane adventures are only helpful if they are a tool to explore something more important, like character growth. Therefore, they are only interesting for what else they can bring to the table, and not for their own merit. Alone, they are meaningless and boring.
These four elements should be used in this order, with the series leaning on its most interesting element and then falling back on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th elements only when necessary. Unfortunately, this series has reversed that formula, with this book being the biggest example of this as any of the other books.
This book spends so much time on mundane adventures that it barely remembers that the world faces an existential threat, that the characters are on a cultivation journey, and that the reincarnation story even exists. The only thing that could have rescued this story in its current form was if this series was character-driven, and these events were only excuses to make the characters shine brighter. But we've already established this is a plot-driven novel, so this story suffers.
It's a waste of a great premise. The reincarnation story may as well have been thrown aside. Not only is that only a plot gimmick by this point, but it's barely been relevant since book two. It's like all the benefits of this storyline were used up, and now it's just a group of advanced cultivators having mundane adventures.
And I say group begrudgingly. The natural byproduct of the reincarnation story is that the protagonist should be accelerating through his cultivation journey at impossible speeds. He can help those around him, but they wouldn't benefit as much as he would. He has intimate and expert knowledge of what he needs to do and when to get the most out of his cultivation, so he should have progressed past the level of his friends long ago. Instead of leaning into the inherent conflict in that plot that would lead to interesting character moments by default, the author chooses to have all the characters progress at a similar speed so the main character can't get so far ahead that he has to leave his friends behind. Now, rather than having one genius cultivator hundreds of years ahead of schedule, you get a group of them, which dilutes the awesomeness of that story's potential.
Ultimately, this book is the culmination of what this series has done wrong with every novel. The problems have compounded in each book until we get to this novel, where the audiobook just struggled to maintain my interest. I think this is it for me with this series. The potential is there for more, but I hold no hope that it will live up to that potential.
December 11, 2023
Really Great Fun book
I just completed the 4th book and I can't wait for the next. The author has a good sense of humor and I love the squirrel hate he has going.
What I like about the book:
I really like this hero. He is funny and is still open to learning and trusting again after betrayal. I am a big fan of his ability to stick to a goal and still get some vengeance on the side. The trolls cracked me up.
The surrounding characters are not so detailed, which creates too many threads for me to keep track of, while still being fully developed. I love how the women were portrayed as vital parts of the team.
The LITRPG elements were A1 and the author must have a really good outline because I haven't caught some of the progression issues other authors run into the longer the series goes.
I am going to go read his other series.
Note to author: If you read this, I really loved your author's notes. Both it and the quality of the books are why I am writing this. Please update your socials/website with release dates. Tentative is fine. It helps readers of the longer running stories an idea of when to come back. Can't wait for the next!
I just completed the 4th book and I can't wait for the next. The author has a good sense of humor and I love the squirrel hate he has going.
What I like about the book:
I really like this hero. He is funny and is still open to learning and trusting again after betrayal. I am a big fan of his ability to stick to a goal and still get some vengeance on the side. The trolls cracked me up.
The surrounding characters are not so detailed, which creates too many threads for me to keep track of, while still being fully developed. I love how the women were portrayed as vital parts of the team.
The LITRPG elements were A1 and the author must have a really good outline because I haven't caught some of the progression issues other authors run into the longer the series goes.
I am going to go read his other series.
Note to author: If you read this, I really loved your author's notes. Both it and the quality of the books are why I am writing this. Please update your socials/website with release dates. Tentative is fine. It helps readers of the longer running stories an idea of when to come back. Can't wait for the next!
February 10, 2023
Hoping the next one will be better.
I am thoroughly enjoying the series as a whole, and I am absolutly going to be reading the next book, but I do agree with many of the other reviews that this one didn't quite land. The pacing was very slow and there was a marked reduction in the progress through the story. I feel like an editor would've suggested condencing some fairly large sections.
On the strength of the previous books I'm happy to keep going with the series, and most good series I've been following have a few books that come up short so I have hope that Michael will keep going and bounce back strong.
I am thoroughly enjoying the series as a whole, and I am absolutly going to be reading the next book, but I do agree with many of the other reviews that this one didn't quite land. The pacing was very slow and there was a marked reduction in the progress through the story. I feel like an editor would've suggested condencing some fairly large sections.
On the strength of the previous books I'm happy to keep going with the series, and most good series I've been following have a few books that come up short so I have hope that Michael will keep going and bounce back strong.
April 14, 2023
Treading water.
I did not finish this book but it wasn't really because it was a bad book; I just got bored. I stopped enjoying turning the page by the 40% mark and realized I had other books I was more interested in by the time I crossed 60%.
I really enjoyed the start of this series but the more it became about chasing the nox, the duller it got. The nox are just a really uninteresting enemy. The characters are not really growing or doing something new and interesting, it's all just rinse and repeat. When we learn early in the book that there are some 150 nox left, well, that was depressing to read which is probably not the best sign.
I did not finish this book but it wasn't really because it was a bad book; I just got bored. I stopped enjoying turning the page by the 40% mark and realized I had other books I was more interested in by the time I crossed 60%.
I really enjoyed the start of this series but the more it became about chasing the nox, the duller it got. The nox are just a really uninteresting enemy. The characters are not really growing or doing something new and interesting, it's all just rinse and repeat. When we learn early in the book that there are some 150 nox left, well, that was depressing to read which is probably not the best sign.
August 26, 2022
Not so great. Rather underwhelming. I still think the story could have easily been so much better..
The story with both the sailors and the still present horses got more and more annoying.
The story with the undead trolls was a bit preposterous as given their size and awkward condition they would have never been able to move around within the mountain as they supposedly did. I had my problems with accepting fire spitting, afraid and highly emotional undead. The MC is again way too trusting. I stopped caring about the rest of the party as they are rather dull and mostly irrelevant.
The story with both the sailors and the still present horses got more and more annoying.
The story with the undead trolls was a bit preposterous as given their size and awkward condition they would have never been able to move around within the mountain as they supposedly did. I had my problems with accepting fire spitting, afraid and highly emotional undead. The MC is again way too trusting. I stopped caring about the rest of the party as they are rather dull and mostly irrelevant.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 10, 2023
This book was pretty much a disappointment and a terrible waste of time. This entire thing was based off of only one Knox. Jim has not really grown, the party has not grown. They have not even truly begun to travel. Aide from all of them being murder hobos before the age of 18.
The Gods ( true;demons) because these Gods are named after sins. are still lazy pieces of garbage, not really doing anything of value at least the author doesn't tell us, they're very existence lies on Jim defeating the Knox on this planet.
The Gods ( true;demons) because these Gods are named after sins. are still lazy pieces of garbage, not really doing anything of value at least the author doesn't tell us, they're very existence lies on Jim defeating the Knox on this planet.
July 8, 2023
Love it!!!
I loved all the books of Threads of Fate. It is really well written and fast paced. I just started reading books like these and the other ones are packed with misspelled words and to much of the calling out what there hitting with just like he says in the book.
I am hooked and would recommend this series to anyone. Can't wait till next in series. I rated it a 5 because it had me hooked was never boring and nice sense of humor. Only complaint is wished the book was longer lol.
I loved all the books of Threads of Fate. It is really well written and fast paced. I just started reading books like these and the other ones are packed with misspelled words and to much of the calling out what there hitting with just like he says in the book.
I am hooked and would recommend this series to anyone. Can't wait till next in series. I rated it a 5 because it had me hooked was never boring and nice sense of humor. Only complaint is wished the book was longer lol.
October 24, 2022
This didn't feel like a real book, it felt like an extra novella between real books. And not a fun or interesting one. It was just a constant slog of bad events and no fun. The author tried to add some levity with some banter between the party but it felt off, more than not the banter felt mean rather than endearing. Also nothing of significance happened, and there was no character development or new characters. I honestly think you could skip this book and have no issues reading the 5th book.
July 10, 2024
3 Stars
If it takes Jim an entire book to kill a single nox then how many books are going to be in this series🤔 My dislike for the females in Jim's group is getting stronger with every volume. These two idiots keep doing stupid things, yet they keep expecting Jim to solve their problems and they get angry at him when he doesn't know what to do. Also, I hope the horses die soon bc they are getting on my nerves with their attitude😑 It's not even fun anymore.
If it takes Jim an entire book to kill a single nox then how many books are going to be in this series🤔 My dislike for the females in Jim's group is getting stronger with every volume. These two idiots keep doing stupid things, yet they keep expecting Jim to solve their problems and they get angry at him when he doesn't know what to do. Also, I hope the horses die soon bc they are getting on my nerves with their attitude😑 It's not even fun anymore.
October 22, 2022
Fun story though it almost felt like a side story. The series’ plot didn’t feel like it progressed and the main character didn’t progress much with his cultivation. The crew progressed and meshed even more. Overall, it was nice to see another addition to this series.
March 2, 2023
Less good, still great. The equine joke is beating a dead horse. Other reviews make valid points about this mostly side story and what feels like a series of events the character are forced through instead of deliberate actions taken.
December 18, 2024
This book was another fantastic read. I really enjoy the internal monologues by Jim. He could have been a comedian in another life in my eyes. Definitely recommend to read this series. My only wish is that I wouldn’t have to wait for the next one.
August 2, 2025
I enjoyed this book, there were some heavy-handed humorous elements mentioned in other reviews, but I found them to have some charm. I also found the plot enjoyable, and I hope another book in the series is written.
August 25, 2022
His friends all have the same personality, and I find this increasingly grating. And the endless trek wore on me. The bit with the trolls was fun, though.
September 22, 2022
This is a good series. I've been waiting for book 4 for two years and probably should have listened to books 1-3 again. 👍🏾👍🏾
September 26, 2022
Great book
Stellar work once again from Michael Head! Lots of action and adventure, cultivation and monsters. Looking forward to the next one!
Stellar work once again from Michael Head! Lots of action and adventure, cultivation and monsters. Looking forward to the next one!
October 3, 2022
I didn't enjoy this one like the previous books. :(
Not sure what exactly it was, but it feels like nothing really happened in this one.
Not sure what exactly it was, but it feels like nothing really happened in this one.
October 4, 2022
Good
A solid continuation in the series. Although it is a slight divergent in the characters overall quest, there is still growth and action.
A solid continuation in the series. Although it is a slight divergent in the characters overall quest, there is still growth and action.
September 7, 2023
Great book
Great book I can't wait to read the next book in the series I would recommend this author to anyone
Great book I can't wait to read the next book in the series I would recommend this author to anyone
December 30, 2024
HERO Adventures
Never a dull moment, adventures and growth continue building as my anticipation for the next challenge do. Love this series!
Never a dull moment, adventures and growth continue building as my anticipation for the next challenge do. Love this series!
August 26, 2024
Cenotaph of Bones
Jim and his friends are sailing to remote lands per god given quest. That was before their ship wrecked and Jim was given a new update to his quest. Somewhere in these mountains is a necromancer that is creating an impossibly strong and vast undead army. This looks like it might be enough to sweep away the entire world if left unchecked.
This is a great series! I love that the main character makes a point to loot pretty much everything and ends up using most of it. A good bit of it goes into crafting and enchanting. I know the series is on break at the moment, but hopefully that is only temporary. Travis Baldree does amazing as always.
Content Warning: none
Jim and his friends are sailing to remote lands per god given quest. That was before their ship wrecked and Jim was given a new update to his quest. Somewhere in these mountains is a necromancer that is creating an impossibly strong and vast undead army. This looks like it might be enough to sweep away the entire world if left unchecked.
This is a great series! I love that the main character makes a point to loot pretty much everything and ends up using most of it. A good bit of it goes into crafting and enchanting. I know the series is on break at the moment, but hopefully that is only temporary. Travis Baldree does amazing as always.
Content Warning: none
March 28, 2025
cenotaph of bones book 4
This is a series of books that I’ve enjoyed reading given them all five stars because I think that he deserve it. books one and three when I let you write it I keep getting rejected when Amazon will not let me write the books. the author needs to be aware of that and tlalk to them
This is a series of books that I’ve enjoyed reading given them all five stars because I think that he deserve it. books one and three when I let you write it I keep getting rejected when Amazon will not let me write the books. the author needs to be aware of that and tlalk to them
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