Shaman's Revenge (The Way of the Shaman #6)
Published August 20th 2017 by Magic Dome Books (first published August 19th 2017), Kindle Edition 350 pages
The adventures of the Shaman continue!
Daniel Mahan, the legendary Shaman of the Barliona game world, has served his sentence in virtual reality. Eleven months of adventures and battles in exchange for eight years in prison isn’t a bad trade-off. And yet Barliona refuses to relinquish its grip on the Shaman so easily, erasing the boundary between his two realities. It turns out that it’s not so simple to leave the capsule—the Way must be completed...
User Reviews
Rating: really liked it
The way the previous book ended was totally unexpected; I was blown away.
It made me start reading this one right away, in he middle of the night. This book starts right where the previous left, so the beginning was great. The middle and the ending were at least good.
What can I say without giving away some spoilers? Let me just say the real life finally kicked in and it made the game look like... a game.
The intrigues and behind-the-scene machinations reached entirely new level. On the positive side some of the mysterious things that kept happening to Mahan since he appeared in Barliona as a first level shaman finally got explained. What was Mahan doing all this time? Take a look at the book title (in English translation; the original title says Everything Has Just Begin).
The end of this book would be a very good end of the series as well. Thus 4 star rating is in order. There is at least one more book out and it is unclear if it would be the last one, but at this point the series began to look like a cash cow for the author, so it is highly likely more will follow.
As to the whole series - I mean the first six books (I repeat: the end of this book resolved practically everything): if you have even a passing interest in LitRPG this one is a must.
The first two books are excellent, the rest are not quite on the same level, but are good read in any way. Recommended.
Rating: really liked it
4 Stars for Cool Ideas, 3 Stars for Overall Effect = 3.5 Stars
The end to The Karmadont Chess Set was a doozy and left me rather eager to see how things turn out in the next book. When I got email update that the Shaman's Revenge was available, I hopped to and got it.
The overall idea of what is revealed in this book is pretty great. The ideas alone deserve a four star rating. What transpires isn't what I expected but it wasn't a complete shock to the system either.
Rating: really liked it
I liked it, but it wasn't great. Probably between a three and a four, and while there were some plot twists thrown in, most of them could be seen by everybody but the main character which was a bit frustrating. Overall a good book and a decent ending to the series, I just wanted a bit more out of it. There were lots of good elements and characters introduced in this series, with potential plots, and stories that were never mentioned again.
Rating: really liked it
That was on conspiracy theorie rollercoaster up to end.
All in all the book was really good. A few missing words or spaces between words, but nothing really bad.
It continoues where the last one left off and thats where the conspiracy theories start and basically persist till the end of the book. I, for my part, wasn´t sure till the end, what was true and what wasn´t.
Rating: really liked it
Damn what a rollercoaster ride again. Plots within plots within plots and yet in the end everything sort of came together to make a modicum of sense. This to me was probably the greatest achievement in this book, repairing the damage from the previous book while still retaining they qualities from our main character that everyone knows and loves.
It's a fast paced story, bouncing from adventure to adventure and yet what stood out most for me were the emotional developments made in this book. For me this book was more about battling an all-encompassing conspiracy than it was about a VRMMORPG. It seemed to me to be going beyond what most litRPG try to do. The reason that I didnt give it 5 stars though was because the ending felt somewhat rushed and also because at times the story seemed to skip a few steps.
Am not sure where the author will plan on taking this series in a 7th book which had been announced but I will be sure to pick it up
Rating: really liked it
Enthertaning book but too heavy on the conspiracy theories. Through the series it’s clear to see the author discovered gold with the success of the 1st book, then made things up as he went along. If you read the series back to back you’ll see how much he tries to link things up with previous books and provide explanations, that most of the time are inconsistent. It’s a good series but it had the potential be a lot better
Rating: really liked it
Total RollercoasterYou start this book with feeling good just because of the name of the title. That girl will get what she deserves, but I am scared because I didn't read the short story. As you read this story the pace goes faster and faster. You feel almost overwhelmed, you can't tell what is what. Then he cleans it up, and kisses the girl.
Rating: really liked it
All is forgivenMy faith was shaken after the previous book. This is one of my favorite series and I just didn't see where the author was taking us. But - he did it (you did it)! He managed to wrap up Shaman with a somewhat abrupt and a but confusing but still satisfying end. Good!
Rating: really liked it
It was just ok. It felt completely different to me from the previous 5. I'll still read #7.
Rating: really liked it
Feels way to different from the rest of the series Mahan was obviously being manipulated and all I could think was "HEY, DUMMY! WHY ARE YOU TRUSTING THESE PEOPLE!"
Rating: really liked it
I am very frustrated with this book. The first 95% of this book was terrible. I did not enjoy it. The quality of the writing and the plot declined when compared to the 5th installment in this series. I hated reading the conversations between Stacey and Mahan and how they were "ok" at hating each other but still wanted to talk to each other at the same time. BUT the last 5% was stellar writing of top quality i thought, where the author some how pulls everything together and ties all the plot lines in. I never expected for a second that Mahan wasn't free and released in reality but then the evil guys did the old switch-er-roo and boom he has been trapped in VR this entire time. Like WHAT..... that came out of no where. But i feel like the author could have made the first 95% percent of the book better and still maintaining the plot structure. thats why im a frustrated with the book. with so much of it being bad but then the end almost makes up for it.....
Rating: really liked it
If it looks like pandering and it smells like pandering, it probably is pandering.
There were a lot of WTF moments in the story...
Also, there's no mention of the Vicchi, who apparently are the villains from the Hour of Pain short story.
Whatever...
Rating: really liked it
So greatAfter the end of the last book, once I started reading this one, I could not put it down. I simply had to know what was going to happen next. The entire series has been well told but this one was overwhelmingly the best. In end, I read through it all in less than twenty-four hours.
Rating: really liked it
Disappointing This was a terrrible ending to a great series..
The whole mystery behind the MC is overly complex and boring..
This doesn’t even feel like a litrpg any more the interesting game world takes a back seat..
Rating: really liked it
Wow just wowAmazing conclusion of the series. Totally did not see the plot twists coming. Will be reading it a few note times. Can't wait for the author's next series
