As Julius Caesar said as he crossed the Rubicon, "alea iacta est"—"the die is cast." All the bridges have been burned. The contract with the clan of the Sleepless Ones has been signed, and Rosgard will begin the expedition under their banners. The Black Queen is in the lead—an enormous ship masked as an island sets forth to bring the fleets to a new continent concealed under a magical veil that can only be parted by a single player—namely, Rosgard.
The dominance of the Sleepless Ones may have a flip side to it. Other clans have had to put up with their superiority for a long enough time—this might be the perfect moment to drive a dagger in the back of the uppity Black Baroness. This is a good time for the balance of power to shift drastically—on the old continent and throughout Waldyra. The journey to Zar'Graad won't be easy. Rosgard and his team will be in the very thick of naval warfare with no quarter given. And this is just the beginning of a long journey. What might lie ahead?
The final part of the legendary series of books is getting ever closer—please welcome another installment of Rosgard's saga in English!
So many midway recaps, summaries etc. It's fine to use these once in a while to go over what characters have been up to or what has been happening elsewhere in-world, but eventually we got more recap than proper storytelling; it got gimmicky. Will we only reach the New Continent in the next book or will we get to explore it before ending the series?
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Book 8 in this LitRPG fantasy series about an online virtual reality game. The Great Expedition that the story has been building up to finally begins. My interest in this series has diminished at this point and while I'm going to read book 9 it is starting to feel like a chore to finish this out. I still like it overall but I definitely get the feeling that the author is not going to be able to close everything out in one book. I was disappointed to learn recently that there is a sequel series set in this world so I suspect that a lot of the closure will be pushed to that. I'll do a proper write-up of my thoughts of the overall series when I review book 9.
A fantastic entry in this series. Rosgard feels the monotony of his role whilst also understanding how much comes with it. There's a surprising guest who joins the quest of ships and we learn lots more about Orbit and BB.
Roski is growing up so fast
A decent spot for a stop at the end too. As the Imo-s , likely due to outside.pressures, have introduced a rest period with a series of islands that will enforce a few days away from ship travel while still having interesting quests