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The Way #8
The Seeker. Second Circle
Remember when you said that you would no longer forgive your enemies? What a lie that was. You have already forgiven them twice. The fact that one of them carries your Death Decree means nothing.
But you had no other choice. Your strength and luck were enough to survive, but there are new challenges ahead. And while former enemies are willing to lend a hand, the man you once considered your brother-in-arms and someone to look up to only shrugs.
You are just a Shen, he says.
Will you be able to complete the Sentinel’s task?
What will you do should you find one of your contracts covered in ashes?
But you had no other choice. Your strength and luck were enough to survive, but there are new challenges ahead. And while former enemies are willing to lend a hand, the man you once considered your brother-in-arms and someone to look up to only shrugs.
You are just a Shen, he says.
Will you be able to complete the Sentinel’s task?
What will you do should you find one of your contracts covered in ashes?
499 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 25, 2023
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March 28, 2023
just a random travelogue
I was looking forward to reading this book. I’m having trouble remembering why. Usually, our author has relationships and plot within the story. For reasons I am unaware of, he decided to forgo these irritants in favor of a travelogue. At the, roughly, halfway point our hero sends all his known acquaintances off to travel the road so he can solo track the “puppets” then he has to find help so a whole new set of characters. The hero is just 15 so it, perhaps, understandable but there is page after page… sigh… after page again of indecision which is not my favorite. We are all different. And still,at the end we have no idea what happened to his family. Not the sister or mother or uncle or the grandparents are anything but a concern.
I am so disappointed. Is it in vogue to randomly harass the main character to the point of abandoning plot and reading pleasure? Mike Ignatov is by no means alone in this trend.
As the reader, we are aware the hero will survive the fights. The sequel is already out for preorder. So please give the reader a reason to pay attention to the fight scenes. I breezed through most as they added nothing to the story. The moralizing over decrees and contracts got old quickly too.
The highlight of the book for me was when he trained the team left over from the cave and made them fight together against the deadly ravens. It was mostly moralizing and confusion before that and downhill once we found out his family was gone from the slave camp.
I’m going to try again and desperately hope this plotless random encounter travelogue trend in sequels comes to an abrupt halt.
I was looking forward to reading this book. I’m having trouble remembering why. Usually, our author has relationships and plot within the story. For reasons I am unaware of, he decided to forgo these irritants in favor of a travelogue. At the, roughly, halfway point our hero sends all his known acquaintances off to travel the road so he can solo track the “puppets” then he has to find help so a whole new set of characters. The hero is just 15 so it, perhaps, understandable but there is page after page… sigh… after page again of indecision which is not my favorite. We are all different. And still,at the end we have no idea what happened to his family. Not the sister or mother or uncle or the grandparents are anything but a concern.
I am so disappointed. Is it in vogue to randomly harass the main character to the point of abandoning plot and reading pleasure? Mike Ignatov is by no means alone in this trend.
As the reader, we are aware the hero will survive the fights. The sequel is already out for preorder. So please give the reader a reason to pay attention to the fight scenes. I breezed through most as they added nothing to the story. The moralizing over decrees and contracts got old quickly too.
The highlight of the book for me was when he trained the team left over from the cave and made them fight together against the deadly ravens. It was mostly moralizing and confusion before that and downhill once we found out his family was gone from the slave camp.
I’m going to try again and desperately hope this plotless random encounter travelogue trend in sequels comes to an abrupt halt.
April 10, 2023
only cliffhangers at the end
Author seems to not understand, that there is a relationship of trust between author and readers. It is so very easy, to leave everything unresolved and leave the reader with a feeling of uncontend and even anger, all in the interest of having the reader buy the next book.
So whenever this happens, I tend to want to warn other readers away from this and leave a glaring 1star review.
************Spoilerwarning**************
So be warned, this book does not end with a slight twist, but mc is left on the brink of death, about to die without any (undoubtedly suddenly appearing) plotarmor. This is not something I as a reader enjoy, I hate it.
And so I try share this feeling with a 1 Star review.
Author seems to not understand, that there is a relationship of trust between author and readers. It is so very easy, to leave everything unresolved and leave the reader with a feeling of uncontend and even anger, all in the interest of having the reader buy the next book.
So whenever this happens, I tend to want to warn other readers away from this and leave a glaring 1star review.
************Spoilerwarning**************
So be warned, this book does not end with a slight twist, but mc is left on the brink of death, about to die without any (undoubtedly suddenly appearing) plotarmor. This is not something I as a reader enjoy, I hate it.
And so I try share this feeling with a 1 Star review.
June 24, 2023
This book was ok
I feel like as the story progresses, the information offered about certain things gets less and less clear. I also feel like this book was just filler. Yes, it did set the next book up, but it felt hollow in a way.
I feel like as the story progresses, the information offered about certain things gets less and less clear. I also feel like this book was just filler. Yes, it did set the next book up, but it felt hollow in a way.
September 6, 2024
Lost 2 stars for NOT writing a Recap. I think every reader needs to start doing this to force writers to write a quick Recap chapter, which readers can skip if they remember, and those who don't won't stop reading the series.
May 21, 2023
Much better than the last book
July 2, 2023
Great read
I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend this book to anyone who like LitRPG and cultivation type of books with lots of action.
I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend this book to anyone who like LitRPG and cultivation type of books with lots of action.
February 22, 2024
Nice story
I found the story unique and very interesting and look forward to seeing the next installment of this series of books.
I found the story unique and very interesting and look forward to seeing the next installment of this series of books.
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