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Scion's Journey #2
The Last High Lord
Finn’s adventure continues! He and his companions face tough challenges in the form of new dungeons, new enemies, and inner demons. Finn learns life-changing information about his family’s history, in the old world, and the new. The orc threat looms large. The unwanted attention of nobles like Lord Winterborn, even the King himself, threaten Finn’s safety, and that of his people.
Can he overcome, and survive? It’ll take all his training, his strength of character, and more than a little help from his friends.
Can he overcome, and survive? It’ll take all his training, his strength of character, and more than a little help from his friends.
560 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 23, 2024
About the author
Dave Willmarth
33 books634 followersDave is a part-time author who would love to live full time in the game worlds he creates.
A gamer since the 70's, he loves the idea of being able to mix the science of virtual reality with the fantasy worlds inspired by great writers such as JRR Tokien and CS Lewis.
Dave has always wanted to be a writer. Over the past three decades he started and put away a dozen novels, distracted by work or life.
The dream of being an author seemed distant.
That is until recently, when he discovered the LitRPG/GameLit genre full of books that combined his love for video games and epic fantasy adventures. He was inspired by the books he read, and the authors who wrote them. So much so that he sat down and wrote the first two books of The Greystone Chronicles in just over a month. He published the first as an experiment, and was shocked at the response. These days he sits in his man cave late at night and writes the stories of characters he'd like to be, in worlds virtually without limits.
A gamer since the 70's, he loves the idea of being able to mix the science of virtual reality with the fantasy worlds inspired by great writers such as JRR Tokien and CS Lewis.
Dave has always wanted to be a writer. Over the past three decades he started and put away a dozen novels, distracted by work or life.
The dream of being an author seemed distant.
That is until recently, when he discovered the LitRPG/GameLit genre full of books that combined his love for video games and epic fantasy adventures. He was inspired by the books he read, and the authors who wrote them. So much so that he sat down and wrote the first two books of The Greystone Chronicles in just over a month. He published the first as an experiment, and was shocked at the response. These days he sits in his man cave late at night and writes the stories of characters he'd like to be, in worlds virtually without limits.
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September 6, 2024
It's a basic bitch
Is it a readable story? Yeah I guess.
Is it a pretty significant let down especially compared to the author's previous words?
Most definitely.
There's barely any meat to this story it's just a list of things that happen more or less there's almost no character growth or development in the protagonist let alone anyone else!
This reads more like a young adult story than what I've come to expect from this often and I'm incredibly disappointed.
Again there's nothing glaringly bad about it it's just incredibly a basic story there's little to no story arcs outside the main one there's little to know curves or unexpected things that happen and when strange things do happen they're just dealt with with the most simplistic storytelling I've ever read.
It's it's barely three stars. I only gave it three because it is a functioning breathable story even if it is less sophisticated than where the wild things are.
Is it a readable story? Yeah I guess.
Is it a pretty significant let down especially compared to the author's previous words?
Most definitely.
There's barely any meat to this story it's just a list of things that happen more or less there's almost no character growth or development in the protagonist let alone anyone else!
This reads more like a young adult story than what I've come to expect from this often and I'm incredibly disappointed.
Again there's nothing glaringly bad about it it's just incredibly a basic story there's little to no story arcs outside the main one there's little to know curves or unexpected things that happen and when strange things do happen they're just dealt with with the most simplistic storytelling I've ever read.
It's it's barely three stars. I only gave it three because it is a functioning breathable story even if it is less sophisticated than where the wild things are.
August 24, 2024
Yep, this is now well into the OP swamp. There's no sense of risk, levels mean nothing if held by an opponent. Finn's years of training trump everything.
This series has merged with the crowd of LitRPG books. Enjoy watching multi-level dungeon dives, arrogant nobles getting their comeuppance, and dumb barbarians being outmaneuvered. The premise that distinguished this story from its peers... is no longer relevant.
This series has merged with the crowd of LitRPG books. Enjoy watching multi-level dungeon dives, arrogant nobles getting their comeuppance, and dumb barbarians being outmaneuvered. The premise that distinguished this story from its peers... is no longer relevant.
November 13, 2025
A disjointed and sloppy series, missing many key elements of the progression genre, yet somehow still somewhat satisfying.
I noted a number of contradictions in this book with Book 1:
First, Finn (MC) says he can’t heal the trauma one of his people had while on the dungeon run. But last book his new class description specifically mentioned healing mental trauma. He then heals his own trauma later in this book.
Second, he says looting never happened to him before, but he’d “only been in one dungeon”. But he did two dungeons last book, the evolved one, then the one with the two blooded knights near the town.
Third, the evolved dungeon from book one, it was mentioned later in the book that an adventurer’s guild team had said it was still evolving as new rooms and enemies had appeared that MCs team hadn’t reported. But in this book, apparently there was no further evolution, and the no other enemies had been see other than those reported by the MC.
Fourth, the Settlement Stone’s last description sentence states that if the stone is transferred to another person, another 10 year protection against claims begins. Wouldn’t that mean that those in power could just transfer power between two people and never have their settlement threatened?
Fifth, the author rewrote the reason why MC’s ancient family fled Galea for the new world. Last book it was a guy fleeing his sister trying to usurp him. In this book, it was a patriarch trying to flee an attack by two other noble houses.
Sixth, it’s established every time MC levels, he gets five attribute points thanks to his epic class, but when he goes from level 11 to 15, he’s only awarded 2 at each level.
Seventh, and this is the one I cannot ignore. Just a blatant contradiction. It’s established that as a settlement stone user, MC is protected by the system for 10 years. So protected that the king hints that even indirectly being seen as confronting MC could have dire consequences from the system, likely death. So how is it two guards attempt to assassinate him in the palace? Wouldn’t they die the moment they tried? Wouldn’t the people who ordered it die the moment they uttered the words out loud? Next, how is MC supposed to lure someone into a duel with him, if attacking the MC is a death sentence by the system? I guess the distinction the author was making, without saying it, was that the INTENT of the assassins wasn’t to seize his territory but to kill. And same goes for the duel. But then why is the king worried about indirectly appearing to confront MC? Wouldn’t his intent make that safe?
Don’t understand the whole enchanter shenanigans. What was even the point of the hearing in a world where you can simply require someone to swear on the system on the truth of their testimony? Why would someone try such a brain dead scheme in the first place in a world where you may have to swear on the system and show your lies?
What language are they speaking? Literally never mentioned. What are the odds they speak the same language on both worlds? I guess if Finn’s family is originally from Galea, perhaps they brought their language to their kingdom on the home world, but there should be lots of drift. Should at least be mentioned. The fact it’s totally ignored is just bizarre.
Also why no name for the home world?
What’s with the descriptions of “pure blood” noble and royal bloodlines and them being diluted over the ages? There’s no such thing as a “pure” bloodline. Historically that term has racial and ethnic connotations about superficial genetic traits. Genetically it’s total nonsense since humans aren’t clones and are essentially a combination of all their female ancestors and all their male ancestors, merely more closely genetically identical to ancestors who are generationally closer to an individual.
Don’t understand why MC couldn’t wait until those hundreds of high level dwarf migrants arrived at the Hearth before planting the stone. Doesn’t seem to have been any benefit to doing so early, only risk. Maybe if the MC had utilized the settlement management system right away, and had some important benefit, then it would have made sense. The way this is written, it just seems careless and poorly thought through by the author.
Don’t understand the logic of the two nobles who came to the town to investigate the High Lord claim of MC. The system made that announcement. Do they doubt the system? Let’s say since the King got the message and the rest take what they know of it on rumor, why risk speaking down to him and insulting him? The MC threatens the noble who’s rude to him. How does MC plan to back that up? He’s not even level 20, the nobles we met before were at least 30, and also have the benefit of the best possible training and equipment.
Why does MC so readily accept an invitation to a practice bout without knowing the levels of the one challenging him? Of course, he wins easily, but not because he was savvy, but because the author wrote it that way.
The whole constitution stats equals longer-lives connection isn’t logically consistent with the fact that natives to Galea don’t seem to understand the connection between training physical stats before hitting level five. If the difference between living a hundred years and living five hundred or a thousand is ten years of intense physical training as a child and young adult, it stands to reason every elite class person, be they noble, royal or wealthy merchant, would put their children through this training, thus erasing MCs stat advantage over his new peers.
In the same vein, the connection between ley lines and dungeons seems incredibly obvious, how has no one ever made this connection? Sure, there’s a difference between some scholars or whatever knowing something and everyone else believing it, but still there would be some enterprising folks capitalizing on this obvious connection. The excuse the author gives of no one questioning the assumption isn’t how humans work.
Can we talk about the cover art? The first book is bad but not so bad I swipe past it. But the second book cover? What even is this? It’s like a grade schooler drew this. I’ll never understand authors who spend five figures getting the audiobooks made but then spend little or nothing on a graphic artist for their covers, looking at you AlwaysRollsAOne. Kindle and Audible are very much swipe right systems, and often all you have to lure a potential fan to buy your product is your title and your cover art.
No antagonists in this series. I guess the point of the bully last book and the enchanter in this one is supposed to fill that void, but there’s no way that’s enough.
Basically things have gone as well for MC as he could reasonably hope for. There’s been zero real speed bumps or road blocks to overcome. Still, not a single named protagonist, only one dubious one, has died since the prologue of the first book, the setup for the series.
Last book I felt the lack of clear antagonists in the home world was likely evidence of the real conflict of this series being on Galea, the magical world. But with two books down and no antagonists in sight, like say some nefarious noble family, I’m not sure that hypothesis is correct.
Despite all that, I found myself really enjoying the Orc battle at the end of the book as well as the aftermath. As contradictory and disjointed as this messy story is, I still felt satisfied after that sequence.
For now I am gonna rate these books as they are, not what I think they might become. The evidence on the page seems to reflect an amateur writer who isn’t thinking about traditional story structure, or has given that much thought to the tropes of the genre and why people read these books.
I noted a number of contradictions in this book with Book 1:
First, Finn (MC) says he can’t heal the trauma one of his people had while on the dungeon run. But last book his new class description specifically mentioned healing mental trauma. He then heals his own trauma later in this book.
Second, he says looting never happened to him before, but he’d “only been in one dungeon”. But he did two dungeons last book, the evolved one, then the one with the two blooded knights near the town.
Third, the evolved dungeon from book one, it was mentioned later in the book that an adventurer’s guild team had said it was still evolving as new rooms and enemies had appeared that MCs team hadn’t reported. But in this book, apparently there was no further evolution, and the no other enemies had been see other than those reported by the MC.
Fourth, the Settlement Stone’s last description sentence states that if the stone is transferred to another person, another 10 year protection against claims begins. Wouldn’t that mean that those in power could just transfer power between two people and never have their settlement threatened?
Fifth, the author rewrote the reason why MC’s ancient family fled Galea for the new world. Last book it was a guy fleeing his sister trying to usurp him. In this book, it was a patriarch trying to flee an attack by two other noble houses.
Sixth, it’s established every time MC levels, he gets five attribute points thanks to his epic class, but when he goes from level 11 to 15, he’s only awarded 2 at each level.
Seventh, and this is the one I cannot ignore. Just a blatant contradiction. It’s established that as a settlement stone user, MC is protected by the system for 10 years. So protected that the king hints that even indirectly being seen as confronting MC could have dire consequences from the system, likely death. So how is it two guards attempt to assassinate him in the palace? Wouldn’t they die the moment they tried? Wouldn’t the people who ordered it die the moment they uttered the words out loud? Next, how is MC supposed to lure someone into a duel with him, if attacking the MC is a death sentence by the system? I guess the distinction the author was making, without saying it, was that the INTENT of the assassins wasn’t to seize his territory but to kill. And same goes for the duel. But then why is the king worried about indirectly appearing to confront MC? Wouldn’t his intent make that safe?
Don’t understand the whole enchanter shenanigans. What was even the point of the hearing in a world where you can simply require someone to swear on the system on the truth of their testimony? Why would someone try such a brain dead scheme in the first place in a world where you may have to swear on the system and show your lies?
What language are they speaking? Literally never mentioned. What are the odds they speak the same language on both worlds? I guess if Finn’s family is originally from Galea, perhaps they brought their language to their kingdom on the home world, but there should be lots of drift. Should at least be mentioned. The fact it’s totally ignored is just bizarre.
Also why no name for the home world?
What’s with the descriptions of “pure blood” noble and royal bloodlines and them being diluted over the ages? There’s no such thing as a “pure” bloodline. Historically that term has racial and ethnic connotations about superficial genetic traits. Genetically it’s total nonsense since humans aren’t clones and are essentially a combination of all their female ancestors and all their male ancestors, merely more closely genetically identical to ancestors who are generationally closer to an individual.
Don’t understand why MC couldn’t wait until those hundreds of high level dwarf migrants arrived at the Hearth before planting the stone. Doesn’t seem to have been any benefit to doing so early, only risk. Maybe if the MC had utilized the settlement management system right away, and had some important benefit, then it would have made sense. The way this is written, it just seems careless and poorly thought through by the author.
Don’t understand the logic of the two nobles who came to the town to investigate the High Lord claim of MC. The system made that announcement. Do they doubt the system? Let’s say since the King got the message and the rest take what they know of it on rumor, why risk speaking down to him and insulting him? The MC threatens the noble who’s rude to him. How does MC plan to back that up? He’s not even level 20, the nobles we met before were at least 30, and also have the benefit of the best possible training and equipment.
Why does MC so readily accept an invitation to a practice bout without knowing the levels of the one challenging him? Of course, he wins easily, but not because he was savvy, but because the author wrote it that way.
The whole constitution stats equals longer-lives connection isn’t logically consistent with the fact that natives to Galea don’t seem to understand the connection between training physical stats before hitting level five. If the difference between living a hundred years and living five hundred or a thousand is ten years of intense physical training as a child and young adult, it stands to reason every elite class person, be they noble, royal or wealthy merchant, would put their children through this training, thus erasing MCs stat advantage over his new peers.
In the same vein, the connection between ley lines and dungeons seems incredibly obvious, how has no one ever made this connection? Sure, there’s a difference between some scholars or whatever knowing something and everyone else believing it, but still there would be some enterprising folks capitalizing on this obvious connection. The excuse the author gives of no one questioning the assumption isn’t how humans work.
Can we talk about the cover art? The first book is bad but not so bad I swipe past it. But the second book cover? What even is this? It’s like a grade schooler drew this. I’ll never understand authors who spend five figures getting the audiobooks made but then spend little or nothing on a graphic artist for their covers, looking at you AlwaysRollsAOne. Kindle and Audible are very much swipe right systems, and often all you have to lure a potential fan to buy your product is your title and your cover art.
No antagonists in this series. I guess the point of the bully last book and the enchanter in this one is supposed to fill that void, but there’s no way that’s enough.
Basically things have gone as well for MC as he could reasonably hope for. There’s been zero real speed bumps or road blocks to overcome. Still, not a single named protagonist, only one dubious one, has died since the prologue of the first book, the setup for the series.
Last book I felt the lack of clear antagonists in the home world was likely evidence of the real conflict of this series being on Galea, the magical world. But with two books down and no antagonists in sight, like say some nefarious noble family, I’m not sure that hypothesis is correct.
Despite all that, I found myself really enjoying the Orc battle at the end of the book as well as the aftermath. As contradictory and disjointed as this messy story is, I still felt satisfied after that sequence.
For now I am gonna rate these books as they are, not what I think they might become. The evidence on the page seems to reflect an amateur writer who isn’t thinking about traditional story structure, or has given that much thought to the tropes of the genre and why people read these books.
August 10, 2024
Irritating unnecessary drama
I liked the story but found the protagonist's behaviour annoying. He has trustworthy people but chooses to party with his old group constantly wasting experience and money and causing foreseeable problems..
The excessive boons he keeps receiving are irritating as well.
I liked the story but found the protagonist's behaviour annoying. He has trustworthy people but chooses to party with his old group constantly wasting experience and money and causing foreseeable problems..
The excessive boons he keeps receiving are irritating as well.
July 31, 2024
The book deserves five stars, even with my few complaints
Another excellent story. Good character development, but a little light on RPG elements. I don’t know if this is intentional. Or not. We readers would like a little more stats, not an overabundance of them, but after every few levels, you should give us status input on how the MC‘s progression is going. The other inconsistency I found in the story is Finn has been trained since he could barely walk to fight, but when he gets into a dungeon, he seems to lose his mind, all situational awareness seems to, flee his thought processes. if he is trained as highly as you write him, then he should never lose situational awareness. I imagine you were trying to demonstrate his powers and abilities, but he should be using them on his party more than on himself. for example, tripping, falling on his butt, turning away from his adversaries. These are not the hallmarks of a train fighter. That’s the second complaint the third is when you usually activate a city stone you don’t have to add windows or doors after all this is magic and in most RPG‘s they are included in the building that you are having the city stone erect. One more thing, there should be more magic from the mC’s sidekicks such as flaming arrows, arrows of frost, arrows of electricity, ECT. I will definitely read the next installment when it comes out. Good series, bravo.
Another excellent story. Good character development, but a little light on RPG elements. I don’t know if this is intentional. Or not. We readers would like a little more stats, not an overabundance of them, but after every few levels, you should give us status input on how the MC‘s progression is going. The other inconsistency I found in the story is Finn has been trained since he could barely walk to fight, but when he gets into a dungeon, he seems to lose his mind, all situational awareness seems to, flee his thought processes. if he is trained as highly as you write him, then he should never lose situational awareness. I imagine you were trying to demonstrate his powers and abilities, but he should be using them on his party more than on himself. for example, tripping, falling on his butt, turning away from his adversaries. These are not the hallmarks of a train fighter. That’s the second complaint the third is when you usually activate a city stone you don’t have to add windows or doors after all this is magic and in most RPG‘s they are included in the building that you are having the city stone erect. One more thing, there should be more magic from the mC’s sidekicks such as flaming arrows, arrows of frost, arrows of electricity, ECT. I will definitely read the next installment when it comes out. Good series, bravo.
April 20, 2025
A bit of a letdown
After the first book I was expecting better, it had a good mix of adventure, crafting, a little bit of politics, and some town building. There was a dearth of most of those.
The party that was important in the first book wasn't really part of the second, A single underwhelming plot line that ended underwhelmingly. Not a lot of adventure in this book, just a few minor bits. Town building? More like town finding, but not all that exciting.
The emphasis was on politics, and was not particularly well done. Finn didn't really face any significant political challenges, it just kind of fell into his lap.
And the whining. We get it, Finn has empathy and actually feels for his people. But the 'it's all my fault' internal and external whining gets old pretty quickly.
So Dave, go back to the formula from the first book, with a little more politics. Get back to the adventure seeming adventurous. Tom out
After the first book I was expecting better, it had a good mix of adventure, crafting, a little bit of politics, and some town building. There was a dearth of most of those.
The party that was important in the first book wasn't really part of the second, A single underwhelming plot line that ended underwhelmingly. Not a lot of adventure in this book, just a few minor bits. Town building? More like town finding, but not all that exciting.
The emphasis was on politics, and was not particularly well done. Finn didn't really face any significant political challenges, it just kind of fell into his lap.
And the whining. We get it, Finn has empathy and actually feels for his people. But the 'it's all my fault' internal and external whining gets old pretty quickly.
So Dave, go back to the formula from the first book, with a little more politics. Get back to the adventure seeming adventurous. Tom out
August 3, 2024
Really i teresting and very enjoyable.
Everything fits together quite well. The worldbuilding is consistant, the political machinations are very realistic (especially with the decisive political climate pre-2024 presidential election here in the USA). I appreciated the chaos that Flnn & McKenzie caused in the castle among the usurper nobles and their toadies. The orcs were very interesting characters that were, well.... orcan. The Twist of Nature dungeon and its denizens was very creative and intruiging. Even the presence of a betrayer who couldnt keep himself in check was quite realistic. The only thing missing is a romantic relationship, but at least the MC has a few candidates such as Elizabet and maybe even Allison.
From the first page of book 1, this is series has been outstanding and it has definitely delivered. I will be looking for other works by this author.
Everything fits together quite well. The worldbuilding is consistant, the political machinations are very realistic (especially with the decisive political climate pre-2024 presidential election here in the USA). I appreciated the chaos that Flnn & McKenzie caused in the castle among the usurper nobles and their toadies. The orcs were very interesting characters that were, well.... orcan. The Twist of Nature dungeon and its denizens was very creative and intruiging. Even the presence of a betrayer who couldnt keep himself in check was quite realistic. The only thing missing is a romantic relationship, but at least the MC has a few candidates such as Elizabet and maybe even Allison.
From the first page of book 1, this is series has been outstanding and it has definitely delivered. I will be looking for other works by this author.
May 15, 2026
Interesting situation
Alternate universe, LitRPG, leveling and base building
Finn has a tightrope to walk, with who to trust and how much to share. There are a few abilities he gains that once tested, he never uses again. When he's doing major healing, there are times he could have used pacify to reduce the pain of mending bones or growing limbs, but nope, never uses it after first gaining the ability. Only issue is one side character has name change; the first three times, her name is Selena, then the three remaining times, her name is Serena. That's the sort of thing beta readers and editors are supposed to catch. All told, however, the author does a good job of keeping everything straight, and it's nearly 600 pages. Again, all action, no time for romance, and monogamy is the norm for both worlds. Above average editing. Onwards to book 3.
Alternate universe, LitRPG, leveling and base building
Finn has a tightrope to walk, with who to trust and how much to share. There are a few abilities he gains that once tested, he never uses again. When he's doing major healing, there are times he could have used pacify to reduce the pain of mending bones or growing limbs, but nope, never uses it after first gaining the ability. Only issue is one side character has name change; the first three times, her name is Selena, then the three remaining times, her name is Serena. That's the sort of thing beta readers and editors are supposed to catch. All told, however, the author does a good job of keeping everything straight, and it's nearly 600 pages. Again, all action, no time for romance, and monogamy is the norm for both worlds. Above average editing. Onwards to book 3.
November 5, 2024
Much better writing on book two. Simple, but fun with better pacing.
The overall story in book two was much better than the first edition to the series. The main character in supporting cast had a maturity in the writing that was noticeable. A lot of time the story plot line was convenient to move the story forward however it still was logical and entertaining. I almost gave up on this after reading book one but I'm glad I read book too. It's a simple story but it became more enjoyable and fun as the pacing was better and the characters started to be fleshed out with more depth and nuance. The author opened many plot lines, which may drag the pacing down as he tries to cover all plot directions, but I hope not. Will definitely give book three a try when it comes out.
The overall story in book two was much better than the first edition to the series. The main character in supporting cast had a maturity in the writing that was noticeable. A lot of time the story plot line was convenient to move the story forward however it still was logical and entertaining. I almost gave up on this after reading book one but I'm glad I read book too. It's a simple story but it became more enjoyable and fun as the pacing was better and the characters started to be fleshed out with more depth and nuance. The author opened many plot lines, which may drag the pacing down as he tries to cover all plot directions, but I hope not. Will definitely give book three a try when it comes out.
February 12, 2025
This is an excellent read!!!
While I always rate what I read, I much less often write a review. After bing reading this series, I highly recommend it as a fun, well paced diversion! I do not often read LitRPG, preferring more traditional fantasy, but the characters, world, and plot lines in this series gripped me from page one of the first book. After reading the first book, I went on social media to research Mr. Willmarth a bit and read that he has suffered some health complications. If true, I pray that he is better, or at least on the mend, and not just for selfishly being curious where this delightful and wonderful story may lead.
While I always rate what I read, I much less often write a review. After bing reading this series, I highly recommend it as a fun, well paced diversion! I do not often read LitRPG, preferring more traditional fantasy, but the characters, world, and plot lines in this series gripped me from page one of the first book. After reading the first book, I went on social media to research Mr. Willmarth a bit and read that he has suffered some health complications. If true, I pray that he is better, or at least on the mend, and not just for selfishly being curious where this delightful and wonderful story may lead.
September 5, 2024
Good Lighthearted Read
This is an enjoyable read. Interesting for LitRPG. Actually makes me want to play an RPG again. It’s too bad they aren’t more like your novels. Sort of reminds me of the old pre-PC days when I met a few high school friends and played a few times at one of those gaming stores…. Of course, back then I was “too cool” to let anyone know I liked to play them and then life quickly moved on. keep it up. I’ve enjoy reading these two.
This is an enjoyable read. Interesting for LitRPG. Actually makes me want to play an RPG again. It’s too bad they aren’t more like your novels. Sort of reminds me of the old pre-PC days when I met a few high school friends and played a few times at one of those gaming stores…. Of course, back then I was “too cool” to let anyone know I liked to play them and then life quickly moved on. keep it up. I’ve enjoy reading these two.
November 12, 2025
Scion's Journey is the second book in this series. We see advancement in multiple ways, new reveals about his family (on the portal side of things), and of course, we learn other things about his family too, things that could challenge the statis quo on both sides of the portal.
Fun stuff.
Fun stuff.
January 4, 2026
Extremely Good Read
This book may be a little slow in action for some readers, but I loved it, and this bookby was better than the first. I usually don't like settlement building books, but this is well written, and with just the right amount of fighting action. There isn't enough, IMO, information or tracking of Finn's experience points or attributes, but that is a minor point. This is a well developed story with great characters. I would highly recommend this series!
This book may be a little slow in action for some readers, but I loved it, and this bookby was better than the first. I usually don't like settlement building books, but this is well written, and with just the right amount of fighting action. There isn't enough, IMO, information or tracking of Finn's experience points or attributes, but that is a minor point. This is a well developed story with great characters. I would highly recommend this series!
July 25, 2024
very good continuation
the Sophomore book does not disappoint, kept me engaged the whole time reading lots of progress and base building a couple of pleasant surprises. Damn now I can’t wait for book 3, though book 2 came pretty quickly so hopefully not to long. If you enjoyed the first book, you will love this as well.
the Sophomore book does not disappoint, kept me engaged the whole time reading lots of progress and base building a couple of pleasant surprises. Damn now I can’t wait for book 3, though book 2 came pretty quickly so hopefully not to long. If you enjoyed the first book, you will love this as well.
August 12, 2024
Another enjoyable read. Dave’s books are always a great time.
Another enjoyable read. Dave’s books are always a great time. You have a new world, dungeons, building bases and contriving Nobel’s. What’s not to like. Finn is slowly gaining more control of his environs and station. Great read can’t wait for more.
Another enjoyable read. Dave’s books are always a great time. You have a new world, dungeons, building bases and contriving Nobel’s. What’s not to like. Finn is slowly gaining more control of his environs and station. Great read can’t wait for more.
October 28, 2024
Smart MC!!
Glad to see the typical Evil King needing to destroy any semblance of up’n’comers be bucked here and instead a an intelligent and seemingly honorable one, with court politics mixed with a dash of ruthless plotting, but WITH the MC instead of against him! Very refreshing! Looking forward to book 3!
Glad to see the typical Evil King needing to destroy any semblance of up’n’comers be bucked here and instead a an intelligent and seemingly honorable one, with court politics mixed with a dash of ruthless plotting, but WITH the MC instead of against him! Very refreshing! Looking forward to book 3!
December 29, 2024
Truly a noble that exemplifies the word
Finn's adventures are absolutely riveting, and have just enough politics to show that he is a noble without making the entire book about politics. Not as much adventuring in dungeons this time but the book kept my attention the entire time. I cannot wait for the next book.
Have fun!!
Finn's adventures are absolutely riveting, and have just enough politics to show that he is a noble without making the entire book about politics. Not as much adventuring in dungeons this time but the book kept my attention the entire time. I cannot wait for the next book.
Have fun!!
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July 27, 2024Such a great
Such a great continuation of the series .
Loved the development of Finn as a person , noble and powers. Wondering how the tie in ,
Gilea and previous world will continue
Great fight scenes and liked the plot development
Overall highly recommend
Such a great continuation of the series .
Loved the development of Finn as a person , noble and powers. Wondering how the tie in ,
Gilea and previous world will continue
Great fight scenes and liked the plot development
Overall highly recommend
July 29, 2024
Good series
Good book easy to read, hopefully there will be a next book? The main characters was likable only thing is why did he use his sword so much instead of magic? Maybe then he would not get his but kicked so much?
Good book easy to read, hopefully there will be a next book? The main characters was likable only thing is why did he use his sword so much instead of magic? Maybe then he would not get his but kicked so much?
July 30, 2024
Fun read. Strong characters and good storyline. Can't wait for more!!
Really enjoying this series. Mr Willmarth does a great job of entertaining and keeping the rea
der captivated with good characters and storyline!
Really enjoying this series. Mr Willmarth does a great job of entertaining and keeping the rea
der captivated with good characters and storyline!
July 30, 2024
Dave Willmarth's books just gets better and better.
Dave Willmarth's books just get better and better. Scion's Journey has harder dungeons, more intrigue, and several surprises which makes for a better read and experience overall. Well Done, Mr. Willmarth!
Dave Willmarth's books just get better and better. Scion's Journey has harder dungeons, more intrigue, and several surprises which makes for a better read and experience overall. Well Done, Mr. Willmarth!
August 1, 2024
unputdownable
Started reading this at four in the afternoon and finished it at seven fifty the next morning. Who needs sleep, right? The only thing missing is: what happened with the eggs?
Started reading this at four in the afternoon and finished it at seven fifty the next morning. Who needs sleep, right? The only thing missing is: what happened with the eggs?
August 1, 2024
Great follow up, looking forward to the next one.
Fantastic follow up to the first book.
Expanding the story range rapidly without seeming rushed.
Lots of potential for the next one.
Fantastic follow up to the first book.
Expanding the story range rapidly without seeming rushed.
Lots of potential for the next one.
August 15, 2024
Exciting
I didn't write a review for book 1- but both bo
oks was awesome - plot was very interesting and different from what I have read before - awesome characters- wished his twin survived and the greedy adventurer didn't perish - wonderful story
I didn't write a review for book 1- but both bo
oks was awesome - plot was very interesting and different from what I have read before - awesome characters- wished his twin survived and the greedy adventurer didn't perish - wonderful story
August 26, 2024
Another great book
Really enjoyed reading this book. The story has been engaging and the pacing good. There was a couple of errors in the book but only maybe 2 or 3 and those where noir grammatical than anything else so not really afternoon breaking. Looking forward to more.
Really enjoyed reading this book. The story has been engaging and the pacing good. There was a couple of errors in the book but only maybe 2 or 3 and those where noir grammatical than anything else so not really afternoon breaking. Looking forward to more.
September 8, 2024
Great book
I love books like this and the first one. The young hero is very likeable and protective of his people and his responsibilities. We have no magic on our world. Too bad.
I love books like this and the first one. The young hero is very likeable and protective of his people and his responsibilities. We have no magic on our world. Too bad.
September 11, 2024
Great series so far
Great series so far, I have read the first book in the series and thoroughly enjoyed it as well as this book. I am looking forward to more but would enjoy some audio books of the series also!!
Great series so far, I have read the first book in the series and thoroughly enjoyed it as well as this book. I am looking forward to more but would enjoy some audio books of the series also!!
January 3, 2025
To much booting dungeon grinding
This books plot slowed down with too much to me describing dungeon grinding. There are some interesting plot moments, but not enough to keep interest test in the main plot going.
This books plot slowed down with too much to me describing dungeon grinding. There are some interesting plot moments, but not enough to keep interest test in the main plot going.
January 7, 2025
This series just gets better and better
I rated Book 1 with 5 stars and would give more stars to Book 2, if permitted. The plot continues to be fresh, creative, action-packed and exciting. I hope book 3 comes out, soon!
I rated Book 1 with 5 stars and would give more stars to Book 2, if permitted. The plot continues to be fresh, creative, action-packed and exciting. I hope book 3 comes out, soon!
January 24, 2025
Good stuff.
I liked it all.
The mc grows as do his tasks, ideas, worries, and life challenges.
The sad parts make sense.
Glad the mc can learn from mistakes and lack of knowledge. Makes him more relateable.
I liked it all.
The mc grows as do his tasks, ideas, worries, and life challenges.
The sad parts make sense.
Glad the mc can learn from mistakes and lack of knowledge. Makes him more relateable.
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