Some say that in the city of Orlyn, godhood is on sale to the highest bidder. Thousands flock to the city each year, hoping for a chance at immortality. Lydia Hastings is a knowledge sorcerer, capable of extracting information from anything she touches. When she travels to Orlyn to validate the claims of the local faith, she discovers a conspiracy that could lead to a war between the world's three greatest powers.
At the focal point is a prisoner who bears a striking resemblance to the long-missing leader of the pantheon she worships. Corin Cadence finally has a firm reason to believe his brother, Tristan, is still alive. Tristan appears to be entangled with a clandestine organization that calls themselves Whispers. As much as he wants to follow that lead, Corin has more pressing problems to deal with. In Alorin One man holds the secret to reverting this decline: Bjorn van Gelderan, a dangerous and enigmatic man whose shocking betrayal three centuries past earned him a traitor's brand.
But first he'll have to find him By: Melissa McPhail. After concluding their first year at Lorian Heights, Corin and his friends catch a train from their native Valia to the distant country of Caelford. For most, this would be a simple vacation. Corin has other plans Jason Walker has often wished his life could be a bit less predictable--until a routine day at the zoo ends with Jason suddenly transporting from the hippo tank to a place unlike anything he's ever seen.
In the past, the people of Lyrian welcomed visitors from the Beyond, but attitudes have changed since the wizard emperor Maldor rose to power. The brave resistors who opposed the emperor have been bought off or broken, leaving a realm where fear and suspicion prevail.
By: Brandon Mull. The year is , and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the academy would touch By: Amie Kaufman , and others. Jason logs into Awaken Online fed-up with reality. He's in desperate need of an escape, and this game is his ticket to finally feeling the type of power and freedom that are so sorely lacking in his real life.
Awaken Online is a brand new virtual reality game that just hit the market, promising an unprecedented level of immersion. Yet Jason quickly finds himself pushed down a path he didn't expect. In this game, he isn't the hero. There are no damsels to save. There are no bad guys to vanquish. By: Travis Bagwell. A staggering defeat on the border of Adro and Kez leaves Tamas and his powder mages in grave danger and cut off from all aid.
Meanwhile, deadly political games threaten his allies at home. When invasion looms Tamas's invasion of Kez ends in disaster when a Kez counter-offensive leaves him cut off behind enemy lines with only a fraction of his army, no supplies, and no hope of reinforcements.
Drastically outnumbered and pursued by the enemy's best, he must lead his men on a reckless march through northern Kez to safety, and back over the mountains so that he can defend his country. By: Brian McClellan. From the moment Dara of Westwood spied the Silver Headed Raptor nesting in Rundeval Peak, the precocious redheaded year-old girl was enchanted. The youngest daughter of the Master of the Wood lived in ramshackle Westwood Hall, in the independently minded Westwood estate of Sevendor.
By: Terry Mancour. Live fast, die young. Tam Hashford is tired of working at her local pub, slinging drinks for world-famous mercenaries and listening to the bards sing of adventure and glory in the world beyond her sleepy hometown. When the biggest mercenary band of all rolls into town, led by the infamous Bloody Rose, Tam jumps at the chance to sign on as their bard.
It's adventure she wants - and adventure she gets as the crew embark on a quest that will end in one of two ways: glory or death.
By: Nicholas Eames. Five years ago Corin Cadence's brother entered the Serpent Spire - a colossal tower with ever-shifting rooms, traps, and monsters. Keras is already pretty powerful, able to defeat a dragon and nightmare spirit, so there is not much growth to his powers unlike Corin and gang. The romance parts with Reika and Dawn reminds me of harem stories 4. The choices that Keras makes don't make sense It's a light-hearted read with some geeky references and even though I didn Unlike the Arcane Ascension series, this book didn't quite do it for me.
The choices that Keras makes don't make sense It's a light-hearted read with some geeky references and even though I didn't take to the protagonist, I'd still like to find out what happens in the series.
Mar 02, Sharkie rated it really liked it. Who doesn't like big, brawny dudes and awesome, romance-loving dragons being badass and fighting? I sure as hell love it. Getting a glimpse behind the veil that is Keras is interesting, fun, and a good bit of story telling and world building. I wasn't as in love with the fact Keras is telling this to the SAM crew, but that was easy to overlook and didn't detract from the story.
Overall, very good story. Very enjoyable. View 1 comment. May 23, Jonathan Wilson rated it really liked it. Mar 15, Joel rated it really liked it Shelves: audiobooks. Six Sacred Swords was a relatively quick, straightforward romp, which I'm understanding is a prequel to Rowe's previous series. I enjoyed the book for the most part, though it was a bit more of a popcorn-munch type of rapid ride than I expected. The novel follows Keras, a semi-magical knight-type hero who possesses a magical sword, but is on a mission to recover the six sacred swords of Kaldwyn.
He meets and befriends a dragon and another sentient sword along the way, engaging in a lot of light- Six Sacred Swords was a relatively quick, straightforward romp, which I'm understanding is a prequel to Rowe's previous series.
He meets and befriends a dragon and another sentient sword along the way, engaging in a lot of light-hearted banter as the characters get to know each other, and work their way through their challenges. Either way, this was a fun, if imperfect novel. It's a page-turner, and is clearly designed to be, but also lacks a bit of substance I was looking for. The dialogue was fun, but could have been better.
As a whole, I'd say I felt this was a 3. I liked this book, a side series for Arcane Ascension. This book starts to tell the stories of the 6 magical swords in the world of AA. This book reminds me a bit of an upcoming game called Boyfriend Dungeon. In that game, you take weapons on "dates" by using them through dungeons that are basically malls with enemies. In this story, there was a sentient weapon that seemed to enjoy flirting with the main character Might be my favorite Andrew Rowe book yet.
Dec 30, Jack rated it liked it. Would have enjoyed a lot more if there wasn't so much "banter", took me out of the moment far too often. Aug 03, T. Preston rated it really liked it. This was my first Andrew Rowe book. I quite enjoyed it.
The characters were cute, the banter was fun, and the world was interesting. I can tell already that he is making a lot of references to his other works. I like that sort of thing. It makes the whole fictional universe feel connected. Executive Summary: I didn't enjoy this nearly as his arcane ascension books. I probably won't continue on unless I catch a deal on the sequel. Audiobook: I like Nick Podehl as a narrator, but he's been hired to read so several books I've found disappointing including this one that I'm a bit apprehensive when I see he's the narrator now.
That's not his fault though. He does a good job, but I kind of have trouble separating his voice from some of those past books mostly LitRPG stuff I decided to Executive Summary: I didn't enjoy this nearly as his arcane ascension books. He does a good job, but I kind of have trouble separating his voice from some of those past books mostly LitRPG stuff I decided to try.
Full Review I didn't initially realize this series tied into the Arcane Ascension books, so I was a bit surprised when Corin shows up albeit briefly at the start of this one. It gets a lot more into the mechanics of things without making me feel like I'm reading a video game I'd rather be playing. That didn't help here. I didn't find the humor very good. Instead it was kind of distracting. Humor can be hard because it's subjective. I'm not sure if that was what turned me off this book, or if I was just generally uninterested in the story.
Probably a bit of both. On the plus side the book was quick and light. Given it tie in to stuff in Arcane Ascension and my general tendency to try to read all the world building I can, I may give the series another try if I catch a deal on the sequel.
Otherwise I'll just wait for the 3rd Arcane Ascension book to come out. Mar 05, Schuyler rated it liked it. This felt I expected a unique story for this character, but he was written very similar to Corin when he is supposed to be his own character.
There were some fun battle scenes, the addition of a dragon partner and sentient sword was quite amusing. Realistically though, after he died almost a zillion times, you would think he would at least recover before taking on worse odds as each battle is harder and he is weaker yet he somehow wins them all?
Jun 30, Josh Reisinger rated it liked it Shelves: self-published. Not really my taste. There are only three characters the story follows Keras, Reia, and Dawn and all of them are wildly one-dimensional which made the relationships start to get bland and repetitive even halfway through the story.
Not to say the book was outright bad, there was just nothing I found that was special about it. I will say that I think I would have enjoyed it more if it Not really my taste. Aug 03, Dawn rated it did not like it Shelves: magic. There are just a few examples, all the titles within this book are inspired by real-life JRPG that I have enjoyed playing growing up.
I honestly found this book to even more entertaining to read and light-hearted in tone compared to Arcane Ascensions for two main reasons. Plus, the small cast of main characters in this book actually helped to make the book felt more intimate. As per usual, Daniel Kamarudin is my amazing cover artist. You can find him here. Shawn T. King did the graphic design and typography for this one and On the Shoulders of Titans. You can find his page here.
Andrew Rowe is a professional game designer and fantasy novelist. When he's not crunching numbers for game balance, he runs Shades of Venaya, a swords and sorcery themed live-action role-playing game.
In addition, he writes for pen and paper role-playing games. Aside from game design and writing, Andrew watches a lot of anime, reads a metric ton of fantasy books, and plays every role-playing game he can get his hands on.
View all posts by andrewkrowe. Already craving more from that Arcane Ascension universe even though I just finished the Audible Version of On the shoulders of Titans over the weekend. Yes, finally! I really like their style. Daniel Kamarudin is my artist! I have only read the Arcane Ascension books will this book make sense? Are there any plans to redo the typesetting for Arcane Ascension 1? Shawn has been doing a fantastic job with these. Not sure. Awww yes, lookin good man.
Would have been neat though to see the 6 sacred swords. Each sword must be earned by a worthy champion, and no single person has ever managed to collect them all.
It takes place in the same universe as the Arcane Ascension novels, but years earlier and with a different protagonist. While the books are interconnected, they can be listened to on their own in any order. For appendices with further details on the magic and characters, please download the supplementary PDF.
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