Six Sacred Swords
Ratings24
Average rating3.8
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Ratings24
Average rating3.8
It doesn’t take a legendary sword to make a legendary swordsman, but it certainly helps.
Keras Selyrian is already well on the way to cutting his name into the annals of legend. He’s fought false divinities, thieving sorcerers, and corrupt demigods — and left them defeated in his wake. But he’s a long way from home, and Kaldwyn offers a different brand of danger than he’s used to.
He’s already got a sword of unfathomable power, but it’s damaged and leaking world-annihilating mana, so he’s in the market for a new one.
Possibly six. The more the better, really.
The Six Sacred Swords are Kaldwyn’s most famous artifacts, forged as the only means to defeat the god beasts. Each sword must be earned by a worthy champion, and no single person has ever managed to collect them all.
Not yet, at least.
Keras is just getting started.
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3 primary booksWeapons and Wielders is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by Andrew Rowe.
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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 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.
I mostly picked this up because I felt as though Andrew Rowe did a sort of better version of LitRPG. 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.
