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Halcyon Rising: Bastion of Hope

Halcyon Rising, Book 2

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Halcyon Rising: Bastion of Hope

By: Stone Thomas
Narrated by: Chris Graves
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About this listen

How to survive when the god of war wants to destroy you and everyone you've ever met? Probably hide, really really well. What did I do? Become head priest of the most beautiful, irritating, quick-thinking, mind-reading, mildly sarcastic goddess I could trip over in the woods, then tell the war god to his face that I was gonna wipe up the pantheon with his ugly mug.

Now I'm seeking divine intervention from gods in neighboring cities, fending off a parade of unwanted guests, and racing to build this temple into a wallsy, towersy, fortressy, badass city with defenses for days - before the war god's newest recruits can blow this place to kingdom come.

Thankfully, I have the girls to help me. They're the first family I've ever known, and I won't let the war god take them from me as long as I'm still alive. Which, I admit, may not be much longer...

Warning: This book has no gimmicky warnings, just nonstop save-the-world action, tons of cool new skills to unlock, and me working my ass off to keep my growing city full of beautiful women satisfied!

©2018 Stone Thomas (P)2019 Stone Thomas
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I really enjoyed listening to this one! The story was good. No dull moments. Lots of action happening. Let's not forget the puns! They're absolutely hilarious.

I was very impressed with the narration of Chris Graves. He's so talented. He did an awesome job with the female characters.

Excellent Sequel

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Book in the serise is just as good as the 1st book, it's great fun, deffinatly a serise to follow, I would most definitely recommend this to anyone who likes litrpg, it's unique humour and cliches are brilliant.
Again the narration is flawless.
easy 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Book 2

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a great continuation, with more skills, more exploring, more city building and more fun.
I worry a little that the power creep will be a bad thing, but hopefully the author keeps it in check.
the story remains simple and engaging, so if you had fun with book 1 you will continue to do so.

Chris remains one of the gems of this audiobook and I couldn't imagine the series without him.
he breathes life into the characters in a way even skilled authors struggle with and it takes the series higher than it could on it's own

more please

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This the 2nd in the series is quite enjoyable and kept me listening throughout. Did find one of the voices a bit annoying but otherwise very good.
Particularly liked some of the twists and evolutions and how they gain a Innovative population.
Somewhere about the 4.5 overall i think and this is light on the harem element still but a little heavier on the stats.
I requested this audio and have decided to leave my thoughts on this for everyone.

An enjoyable LitRPG

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