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-I've seen the index of the book. Where the chapters come out, and I have noticed that they appear "book one, book two, book three, book four". With quite a few chapters inside. What does this mean? Does it mean that in the book are the 4 of the saga or something like that? -How many pages does it have? -Is the series of novels Metal and Stone connected? Is necesary read it?

Kevin Potter Hi Thomas,
That's a great question.

Shadow of the Overlord is a single story. Each "book" within it is basically a section of the story. The first is separate from the rest by about ten years, but the rest have fairly minimal time between them.

I separated them in this way because the end of each makes a good breaking point within the novel and each signifies a shift in the direction of the story.

Amazon tells me the Kindle version is 1099 pages, but the paperback is 677.

It is connected to the Metal and Stone novellas, but they are not required for understanding

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