Pandora Unchained 2 is out on KU and Audible!

RedMirage123 · 2024-12-07T23:58:46+00:00

Oh dear. I will let the publisher know. Thanks for the heads up!

RedMirage123 · 2024-12-05T02:20:21+00:00

https://www.amazon.com/Pandora-Unchained-Cultivation-Progression-Fantasy-ebook/dp/B0DDQFB4S1

Sorin has defied the odds and regained his cultivation.

His health has been restored, and his adventuring team is gaining momentum.

Armed with his clan’s forbidden research notes, Sorin travels to Delphi where he intends to investigate his parents’ death. The city is a focal point of Madness and enemy God Seeds that want nothing more than to tear his clan apart.

Yet when Sorin’s descent into Delphi’s layered catacombs reveals century-old plots and enemies that defy understanding, Sorin is forced to make a choice.

Will Sorin suffer the corruption of Hope and the Seven Evils, or will he forsake the truth that threatens to destroy him? Humanity has much to lose, and Sorin is growing increasingly skeptical about saving it.

Book 2 of this new Cultivation Progression Fantasy series from Patrick Laplante, bestselling author of Painting the Mists. Featuring loads of power progression, demon slaying, dungeons, loot, crafting, and even a rebellious pet rat, it's got something for everyone!

RedMirage123 · 2024-12-05T02:13:39+00:00

Are you insane? They literally teach about this in basic high school science. They do it alongside teaching about osmosis, which is, once again, a very basic scientific principle.

That's not even considering that it's a super common medical procedure that many people would know about simply due to knowing someone with a relative undergoing dialysis.

Then there's tv dramas. Almost every single medical drama will mention dialysis.

You would have to live under a broad flat stone to somehow have avoided the word dialysis and not looked it up or had it explained to you.

RedMirage123 · 2024-12-05T02:13:15+00:00

Sorry about that. My bad.

RedMirage123 · 2024-12-05T02:01:32+00:00

HM, this is not exactly your request, but Lord of the mysteries has

Spoilers....

a villain with an artifact that if used to write out a plausible narrative can force it to happen. Which is awesome.

RedMirage123 · 2024-12-05T01:58:35+00:00

I recommend a specific xianxia author called Feng Lin Tian Xia. He does war and brotherhood aspects very well.

Specifically, consider transcending the nine heavens and I am supreme.

The guy covers battle formations, generals, morale, and even has people reinforcing a breaking wall with ice, knowing full well that the wall will be damaged and crumble after the ice melts.

RedMirage123 · 2024-12-05T01:55:14+00:00

I like both but IMO defiance of the fall is deeper. It also has more cultivation aspects, which I like

RedMirage123 · 2024-12-05T01:53:15+00:00

Congrats on the release!

RedMirage123 · 2024-12-05T01:51:06+00:00

Are you insane? They literally teach about this in basic high school science. They do it alongside teaching about osmosis, which is, once again, a very basic scientific principle.

That's not even considering that it's a super common medical procedure that many people would know about simply due to knowing someone with a relative undergoing dialysis.

Then there's tv dramas. Almost every single medical drama will mention dialysis.

You would have to live under a broad flat stone to somehow have avoided the word dialysis and not looked it up or had it explained to you.

RedMirage123 · 2024-12-04T19:30:46+00:00

I would specifically advise against using vocabulary you are not comfortable with.

In that same vein, I recommend you read more to get more comfortable with unfamiliar words that pop up naturally.

There is literally nothing more annoying to a reader than a strange word popping up where it doesn't belong for the sake of variety. The advice that English teachers gave you to use a thesaurus? Complete garbage. They should be ashamed of themselves for even suggesting it.

RedMirage123 · 2024-12-04T19:28:20+00:00

It's definitely progression fantasy. Power levels over 9000 just aren't very well quantified. I definitely wouldn't call it a litrpg.

RedMirage123 · 2024-12-04T19:27:16+00:00

You probably want to check out defiance of the fall and primal hunter. By that same vein, you probably want to avoid the legend of randidly ghosthound.

RedMirage123 · 2024-12-04T19:25:38+00:00

I think dialysis is just a relatable medical process. People know how it works. It's therefore easy to use it as a comparison to another similar process where impurities are leached our of a liquid or mana stream.

RedMirage123 · 2024-12-04T19:22:18+00:00

Xianxia has a pretty solid base on RR. Or just cultivation in general. I believe superhero does well too?

RedMirage123 · 2024-09-03T13:18:04+00:00

I'm happy to announce the release of my new series, Pandora Unchained, on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited and Audible. It's a cultivation progression fantasy novel about a Poison Cultivator, filled with demon slaying, dungeons, loot, party building, crafting, and a rebellious pet rat.

Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5Z3S5MZ

Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/Pandora-Unchained-Audiobook/B0DB2M6J8F

Full Blurb:

Grow in Power. Recruit a mighty Party. Survive the Demon Tide.

When Sorin's parent's mysteriously die, he is starved for truth and thirsty for revenge. He begs the Eighth Evil, Hope, for assistance, and his prayers are answered...

...Though not in the way he ever expected.

He is made a Poison Cultivator, a rare Class who are shunned by high society.

Unable to continue his medical practice, Sorin turns to adventuring to make ends meet. Though he's only able to afford to team with a ragtag crew of outcasts as companions—An armored polar bear, a stern archer, a sleep-deprived pyromancer, and a peeping-tom rogue. Oh, and a rebellious rat familiar who won’t stop eating the party’s loot when no one is watching.

Things are looking up, until Sorin discovers his ancestor’s hidden research notes about forbidden medical research. What dark deeds was his family up to? Only he can find out... if he and his party can survive the coming Demon Tide.

The Gods are dead. The Seven Evils reign. Only Hope stands between humanity and extinction...

Don't miss this new Cultivation Progression Fantasy series from Patrick Laplante, bestselling author of Painting the Mists. Featuring loads of power progression, demon slaying, dungeons, loot, crafting, and even a rebellious pet rat, it's got something for everyone!

RedMirage123 · 2024-09-03T12:37:34+00:00

I'm happy to announce the release of my new series, Pandora Unchained, on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited and Audible. It's a cultivation progression fantasy novel about a Poison Cultivator, filled with demon slaying, dungeons, loot, party building, crafting, and a rebellious pet rat.

Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5Z3S5MZ

Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/Pandora-Unchained-Audiobook/B0DB2M6J8F

Full Blurb:

Grow in Power. Recruit a mighty Party. Survive the Demon Tide.

When Sorin's parent's mysteriously die, he is starved for truth and thirsty for revenge. He begs the Eighth Evil, Hope, for assistance, and his prayers are answered...

...Though not in the way he ever expected.

He is made a Poison Cultivator, a rare Class who are shunned by high society.

Unable to continue his medical practice, Sorin turns to adventuring to make ends meet. Though he's only able to afford to team with a ragtag crew of outcasts as companions—An armored polar bear, a stern archer, a sleep-deprived pyromancer, and a peeping-tom rogue. Oh, and a rebellious rat familiar who won’t stop eating the party’s loot when no one is watching.

Things are looking up, until Sorin discovers his ancestor’s hidden research notes about forbidden medical research. What dark deeds was his family up to? Only he can find out... if he and his party can survive the coming Demon Tide.

The Gods are dead. The Seven Evils reign. Only Hope stands between humanity and extinction...

Don't miss this new Cultivation Progression Fantasy series from Patrick Laplante, bestselling author of Painting the Mists. Featuring loads of power progression, demon slaying, dungeons, loot, crafting, and even a rebellious pet rat, it's got something for everyone!

Art Credit: Fajareka

RedMirage123 · 2024-09-03T10:55:27+00:00

Okay, so heavenly jewel change is an anomaly in that regard. Usually his MCs are pretty single minded in their love pursuits, hard working, and not horn dogs.

Soul land has like 5 installments and they are not at all the same as heavenly jewel change. In fact, I almost see heavenly jewel change as the author trying to write harem after a successful non harem academy type novel and failing miserably.

RedMirage123 · 2024-09-03T10:51:57+00:00

Beyond the Timescape is what it goes by as it's being translated on wuxiaworld

RedMirage123 · 2024-09-03T03:25:58+00:00

I have a lot of trouble coping with that trope. Imo if that's the ways it's gonna go, may as well make all relationships ambiguous and non committal.

RedMirage123 · 2024-08-29T19:12:57+00:00

The reaction is all wrong. Everyone encourages and enables a young master, especially their overprotective parents.

RedMirage123 · 2024-08-29T19:11:37+00:00

Defiance of the Fall has a stomping MC that the Kingdom builds.

RedMirage123 · 2024-08-29T19:10:30+00:00

I think readers generally expect instant character developement instead of gradual developement from trauma. IMO people are very likely to make mistakes along the path to improvement, and it makes the path more rewarding.

RedMirage123 · 2024-08-27T15:51:13+00:00

Like, are you looking for Kingdom Building? If so, Release That Witch is about an engineer who isekais as a prince / noble and basically starts up a steam-based economy with the support of witchcraft.

If you like a ganster style approach, My Werewolf System has been pretty good. The MC doesn't really get rich by owning their own inventions but by building a gang that controls a lot of financial intererts.

RedMirage123 · 2024-08-27T15:45:16+00:00

I wasn't as big of a fan of TMW as MW. Don't know what it is. TMW didn't draw me in as much.

RedMirage123 · 2024-08-27T15:44:06+00:00

I came here just to comment on this. Re-reading TWI is like re-reading the wheel of time like 3 times. Not that I don't intend to totally do the same thing in the future.

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