At one point he was qualified to say 'this isn't rocket science. He has held secret level clearance with both US and UK governments. Before becoming a fulltime writer in 2015 day job was as a research scientist focused on various rather intractable problems in the field of artificial intelligence. Mark Lawrence is married with four children, one of whom is severely disabled. But playing fair was never part of Jorg’s game plan. But King Jorg is not a good king.įaced by an enemy many times his strength Jorg knows that he cannot win a fair fight. Every good king knows to bend the knee in the face of overwhelming odds, if only to save their people and their lands. Every decent man prays this shining hero will unite the empire and heal its wounds. First though he must gather his own pieces, learn the rules of play, and discover how to break them.Ī six nation army, twenty thousand strong, marches toward Jorg's gates, led by a champion beloved of the people. He saw the game and vowed to sweep the board. The long road to avenge the slaughter of his mother and brother has shown Prince Honorous Jorg Ancrath the hidden hands behind this endless war. The land burns with the fires of a hundred battles as lords and petty kings fight for the Broken Empire. I’ve walked from pawn to player and I’ll win this game of ours, though the cost of it may drown the world in blood… To reach greatness you must step on bodies, and many brothers lie trodden in my wake. The second book in the Broken Empire series, Lawrence takes his young anti-hero one step closer to his grand ambition.
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It comes to a point that the story is pathetically predictable. This could’ve been a good subplot seeing him come to a situation diplomatically. He goes on the warpath with no thoughts to the consequences of his actions. Does he attempt to negotiate or communicate with the race? No. There’s a sequence where Richter discovers a race of kobolds living below his village. There are several instances where I thought the author dropped the ball with subplots. The story spends so much time building the gameplay mechanics and not the actual world. The world building itself isn’t particularly done well and let me explain. When we talk about a cohesive story and interesting twists and turns, deep meaningful themes, and engaging character arcs, these books aren’t for you. Personally, I’ve enjoyed these books less and less. The Land: Alliances: A LitRPG Saga (Chaos Seed #3) is a 2016 fantasy adventure LitRPG novel written by Aleron Kong and narrated by Nick Podehl. 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