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Lord January
- A LitRPG Cultivation Saga (Year of the Sword, Book 1)
- Narrated by: Travis Baldree
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
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Summary
Time is money. Time is a weapon. Time is running out.
Grant Leap is an orphaned, mortal farmhand in a world where cultivation methods and Weapons of Power are jealously guarded and only passed down among family. He’s not content with his lot; as a Januarian, someone living in District January, he should be living the good life just like everyone else. Food, parties, food, entertainment, and food are the minimum requirement. As an orphan, specifically a reviled Leap, there’s not even a chance of being treated as a human.
When a celestial event pours time magic into his field, coalescing into a lost Weapon of Power, Grant leaps at the opportunity to advance beyond even the scope of standard cultivation. At the first touch of the weapon, the orphan gains everything he’s ever wanted: a Sword and a Name. Also, a pesky mandatory quest with his life as the price of failure. It doesn’t take him long to realize that the best thing for him to do is to sell it and live on borrowed Time.
Yet, that would never happen. The blade offers him the first major choice he’s ever had to make: surrender to his desires...or live like a king.
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- Ben Cavanagh
- 13-01-22
A good book with a decent mc
I liked the story but the mc made me really annoyed at times with his don’t kill unless I have to policy as that put him in some really bad positions and SPOILER ALERT: It was very annoying to see him feel guilt for killing a guy who very much deserved it. But overall it was a good story and I hope he has some character progression next book.
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- nigel jackson
- 27-02-22
Great storyline
Loved it. Really good story. Fast paced. Look forward to hearing the next in the series
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- AJAS
- 18-01-22
Wonderful first instalment
As with everything Dakota writes, this is wonderfully thought out and written. Pleasing attention to detail and a unique style make him stand out from the crowd.
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- Magichobby
- 12-01-22
Cultivation for fat people
This book is fun strange and a creative twist on a popular genre. Can't wait for the next book in the series.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-02-22
Great series
Great first book look forward to Lady February. Dakota does a great job to get this one started
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- Kindle Customer
- 03-06-23
stupid main character
the main character is a idiot, makes stupid mistakes and decisions that nobody with even the slightest amount of common sense would make life. the story holds such promise but wastes it spectacularly.
It's such a shame Travis is wasted on this book because his performance is as usual amazing
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-01-22
Disappointing...
I generally like LitRPG books, even with the... varying quality in the genre.
I've read a few other Dakota Krouts books, (The Completionist Chronicles, Divine Dungeon, Full Murderhobo, Wolfman Warlock) but Lord January just felt lazily written in comparison.
The book is essentially a series of extremely unlikely events cobbled together to give the dimwitted protagonist a path ahead as he's too stupid to make any plans to complete the quest himself.
The naming convention is lazy, the characters are two-dimensional, I literally cringed at the pop-culture references and overused jokes that felt shoehorned in and broke the immersion. The world itself, or at least the part we see in this first book is reminiscent of the most gluttonous parts of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, without the originality.
It reads like something the author wrote before he'd published anything else. A project he discarded and only now got around to finish. But published hurriedly without fixing all the tropes and clichés.
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