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It is based in a medieval fantasy world (mostly Vendel Age, with some social and political aspects pulled from Kamakura-period Japan). However, as fantasies go, I'm consistently told--and many reviews seem to bear out--that it's not quite like anything else out there. I concentrate on the technical details in the manner of a historical fiction or historical fantasy novel, but the plots hinge on those details, which makes it a lot closer to The Hunt for Red October than it is to LOTR or ASOIAF. I also write using a style and voice common to modern-day thrillers.

If you like LitRPG and you like epic fantasy, you'll probably like these books. I will tell you that they're fantasy written for adults; there's graphic violence, profanity, and sex.

Dragon's Trail is more sword and sorcery; The New Magic, the sequel coming out next month, is bigger in scope and is the start of the true epic fantasy part of the series.

Hey, no worries. I would imagine that you don't necesssarily have to like LitRPG to like my books, but a lot of LitRPG readers do. I think one reason for this is that LitRPG is at its heart portal fantasy. My books are portal fantasy.

I have far many more epic fantasy and sword and sorcery readers than LitRPG readers. Dragon's Trail has been a bestseller in four countries, so it seems to have a pretty wide appeal.

What other questions do you have? Thanks again.

Portal fantasy is exactly that. However, most portal fantasy is written for young adult readers, or even younger readers. I write my series for adults. So it's different from a lot of portal fantasy.