“Lightning cracked into the mountains far above them, and the *boom* of thunder echoed for long seconds. ‘The sky is attacking!’ Luke shouted at them as his fists began furiously pounding the air above him.”
Trapped between worlds. Potentia might be the way out. Time to kill Something.
Luke is an apprentice leather worker, training with his family to one day take over the business. He and his friends Andre, Taylor, and Zed have known each other forever, and swear that nothing will ever tear apart their friendship.
Then the Royal Decree comes. With the Dynasty of Dogs invading, and strange monsters appearing in the Hollow Kingdom, a draft has been implemented. Everyone seventeen or older is required to be tested for ‘Potential’. If they have it, they will join the mysterious and renowned Ascender Corps. If not, they will be drafted into the Legion as a forced recruit.
Three of the friends test as powerful, or dangerous, classes of Ascender. Luke is found to have Potential, barely, but when he steps through the portal to begin his training… he is pulled to a plane that shouldn’t exist. With no class trainer, the possibility of survival is low. Luke decides that he wants to live, and keeping his humanity isn’t going to help.
His best chance is going Full Murderhobo.
Don’t you hate it when you get tested for magic potential and then get sent to another dimension for training, only to find yourself in a strange pocket world alone for 40 years that is full of monsters and no trainer?
I was instantly drawn to this book because of the title. For anyone that has played or been around D&D they know the phrase murderhobo, so my interest was piqued.
I didn’t really know what to expect from this book, but what I got was a fun easy to read adventure, focused on a guy who spends so much time alone fighting monsters that when he gets back to the real world, he is suspicious of the shadows that move as the sun goes through the sky and starts punching rain because he thinks the sky is attacking him.
Will definitely be reading the second book in the series to see what other shenanigans are in store. Full Murderhobo all the way!
The Shadow Library 