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An infinite realm of magic and adventure exists, but the Guild refuses to let her in, 
MAZE: The 6 million view RR hit is not on Amazon!
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An infinite realm of magic and adventure exists, but the Guild refuses to let her in, MAZE: The 6 million view RR hit is not on Amazon!

If you know the story and want in, click here and buy! ---> Amazon Link

If you’ve spent any time on Royal Road over the last couple of years, you might have run into Hera's story. MAZE has racked up over 6 million views and spans 1,100+ chapters (yes, this is going to be a massive 10+ book story).

Now, Book 1 is officially polished, formatted, and live on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited!
It also has a paperback option for those who like me want to make a castle out of books

Here is the official blurb:

>The world shattered her dreams. Yet, destiny had other plans.

>Hera Kingsley failed even before her adventure began.

>The MAZE, a different realm full of magic, monsters, and civilizations was her only goal. But when she applied to enter, the Guild rejected her. Just as she gave up hope, a strange woman offered her the opportunity of a lifetime.

>Finally, having a chance to follow her dream, Hera is faced with a month of brutal, unforgiving training to prove she deserves to become an Explorer.

>Can she overcome the gauntlet and face the danger head-on, or were those who doubted her right all along?

Why dive into the MAZE?

Endless World-Building: A massive, multi-layered realm filled with magic, civilizations new and old, and more mysteries than you can imagine.

Real Character Growth: Hera is a meek, shy person who had life pushing her down at every turn. Little by little she grows out of her shell, becoming something different while remaining true to herself.

Experimental Builds: Hera is learning about magic and skills, which means attempting spells only to fail, going to a build only to realize it wasn't working until, suddenly, all the accumulated experience and abilities click into place creating a combat style unique to herself in ways she never imagined.

An Epic Scale: 1,100+ chapters of a growing saga. 6,000,000+ views can't be wrong.

[Would you like to be transferred to the MAZE?]

[Yes] [No]

Buy now!

Also, if you are already a fan, I have a favor to ask. Show MAZE to a friend, to your family, post on social media, plaster posters all over the city, make a flash mob about it, name a star after it, weave galaxies together so that the name MAZE will still ring true at the end of the very cosmos ITSELF!

Ahem.

I mean, if you could share with people who might enjoy it would be great! I'm really proud of this story and want as many people to see it as possible.

u/tandertex — 8 hours ago
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Weird descriptions of female characters

A genuine question with a definite grimace of disgust: what is it with RR authors and their out of pocket descriptors of teenage girls chests? I'm relatively new here. So color me confused when 4 out of the 4 books I've read with a female protagonist, have them commenting on the size of their boobs for no reason. It's especially creepy when these girls are teenagers and the authors are.. not that. I don't know how many others have noticed this, but its really grossed me out, and I'd like to know if anybody has seen what I'm talking about and shares my contempt.

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u/havokslove — 10 hours ago
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Stormblade's back! Volume Two is out on Kindle and Audible!

Aest Belequa here again, this time announcing Stormblade: Volume Two on Kindle and Audible! People seem to really love the first book, and I’m super excited for Book Two. Aaron Camacho and Onyx Volcan did a great job with the audio again for this one. Have some links. 

Links: 
Stormblade Volume Two on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited
Stormblade Volume Two on Audible

Kade’s strength has grown. But a new storm builds in the east.

The portal surge is over. Kade Noelstra’s build is complete. He’s about to reach D-Rank and take his first steps on the Stormsteel Path, but Phoenix and Kade’s friends still need his help. The fortress guarding the S-Rank Carlsbad Portal has requested more supplies and reinforcements, and Kade’s best friend has to be in the convoy. He needs Kade with him.

But to be part of the expedition east, Kade has to hit C-Rank—and he has to do it fast.

To do it, Kade must hunt unique Paragon monsters in the portals still opening across Phoenix and use their cores to strengthen his own. As he pushes himself to his limits, Phoenix’s most powerful people get involved, digging into Kade’s secrets—for better, and for worse. And the more Kade pushes, the more strain he puts on his core. Delvers weren’t meant to grow this fast, after all.

And to the east, Carlsbad Fortress goes silent as the Paragon of the Hurricane finally launches her assault.

The growing storm. The raging typhoon. Kade must rise to the challenge.

Cover Art by: Kart Studios 

u/Aest_Belequa — 8 hours ago
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'New Game' - My New Novel.

I recently started posting my new novel, New Game, to Royal Road. I'm having so much fun writing it and would love to try to get it out there so people can enjoy reading it to.

"Sebastian is just a fifteen year old boy trying to pass his GCSEs. When his best friends Alister and Sophia sign the three of them up to beta test a new gaming system that is supposed to be more advanced than VR itself, Sebastian couldn't be more excited. But the three of them find that this new gaming technology is more than just VR. The three of them are frozen in time, with machines that have transported them into a medieval MMORPG. Oh, there's also another thing: if you die in the game, you die in real life."

Uploading twice a week: Tuesdays and Fridays. 

I would also love opinions: even critical opinions (they help me improve).

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/161539/new-game

No AI was used to write this novel in any way, and the cover was made using canvas.

One fun fact about myself: my favourite genre is fantasy and I adore Tolkien (technically two facts there).

I'm from Australia but I live in Spain (there's three facts now).

https://preview.redd.it/59tlyqrxeh2h1.jpg?width=288&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2640d0e780dfbf3e137f1aa378fb81f752826e16

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u/No_Procedure69 — 9 hours ago
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What first strata monster in Chrysalis?

If you were reborn as a monster in the first strata in Chrysalis, what would you want to be?

It doesn't have to be an actual monster in the books, just something that fits a monster from the first strata. I'm debating something and could use cool ideas.

Personally, I think of something fairly lizard-like, scaley.

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u/DirePanda072 — 14 hours ago
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Players wage war for unimaginable wealth in the world's most brutal VRMMO. That's until the Sludge wakes up...

Classic Hardcore. Real Life Death.

They said MMOs were dying out, but they were just missing one horrific ingredient...

Welcome to a world of endless war; dungeons, monsters, and perma-death, streamed live to a doom-crawling future where cruelty is currency and survival is pure entertainment.

Players risk their real lives for obscene wealth.

Chat screams for endless blood.

Billionaire tech-feudalists rule the game as gods with stock portfolios.

But they didn't account for something going terribly, terribly wrong.

Deep in the filth of a backwater bog, the long forgotten bones of a dead, glitched-out mage rotted into the mud…

...and the mud woke up.

As player-driven kingdoms butcher each other for views, coins, and clout, SLUDGE crawls, slithers, then shambles its way toward sentience—learning to wear flesh like armour and wield stolen souls like steel...

…to become the KNIGHT they need to tear it all down.

—Starts as a monster evolution LitRPG before opening up into a grand-scale MMO with classic hardcore vibes.

—It's Venom meets World of Warcraft with a dash of Diablo, Cyberpunk 2077, and Game of Thrones.

[SLUDGE KNIGHT will see new episodes released every Tuesday and Thursday]

Having an absolute blast writing this, hoping the odd person on this sub might like it too. Apologies in advance for the AI art—planning on getting an illustrator on board once I've got some spare cash.

Link here:

SLUDGE KNIGHT

u/thesluglife — 14 hours ago
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Beneath The Dragoneye Moons

Started reading ealier this week on KU, and was mostly digging a story with a bonefied Healer MC. Fastforward to book six (Immortal Moments), and a wince-inducing scene with Serondes where she discusses "going down on you" was enough for me to immediately put it down.

Is this an isolated event, or should I continue to keep away?

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u/ProbablyThreeRacoons — 22 hours ago
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Switching narrators really ruins a vibe

To be honest something thing always ruins a good book is when an author changes a voice actor for a audio book after 2 or 3 books it's one of my biggest reasons to drop a series no hate to the voice actors. But like when you get used to a voice for a long amount books just to drop the narrator it doesn't just ruin the vibes but ruins the appeal because a lot of the times you have to restart your mind to the character's voices not just that but when you like the old voices its hard to keep going if any authors are struggling and have time problems honestly, just communicate with your fan base I'm sure they would be willing to wait longer in order to keep the same voices Id even pay the voice actor myself 1k to do another book even Just don't drop the narrator sorry about the vent, but i was reading a series.I really loved and the 3rd book had a new narrator and it really just ruin the whole part i loved about it because the voices really grew on me and I never had that much fun listening to something in such a long time and now its gone and I just need to talk about it

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u/Similar-Bother5681 — 23 hours ago
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I am only on chapter 9. But, if dungeon crawler carl ends like this i will lose my mind

I am only on chapter 9. But, if the series end like this is i will be lose my mind.

I just started reading the series of days ago and i love it.

But, after finding out donut counts as a player and there can only be one winner of the game.

I can't help but think the series will end like this.

Also, please no spoilers in the comments.

u/Sliver-Knight9219 — 22 hours ago
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A Hungarian on an e-scooter is getting attacked by a hare while driving along a field.

u/Alan-Foster — 1 day ago
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Does literally ***ANYONE*** enjoy repetitive system messages?

Listening to an Audiobook and I get this:

"Johnny threw a grenade into the horde of zombies"

> Grenade did 14 damage to zombie, 11 explosive, 3 piercing. Zombie resists 2 points of damage for a total damage of 12.

> Grenade did 13 damage to zombie, 10 explosive, 3 piercing. Zombie resists 2 points of damage for a total damage of 11

> Grenade did 17 damage to zombie, 14 explosive, 3 piercing. Zombie resists 2 points of damage for a total damage of 15.

> Grenade did 16 damage to zombie, 13 explosive, 3 piercing. Zombie resists 2 points of damage for a total damage of 14

> Grenade did 13 damage to zombie, 11 explosive, 2 piercing. Zombie resists 2 points of damage for a total damage of 11

..

I realize we all have different tastes and preferences so I'm asking you all now, does anyone actually get something about of this insanely repetitive, pointless messaging?

I get that in print it's much less painful because you can easily just skip over the pointless sections but that still begs the question: Why do authors insist on putting this crap in books when the best case scenario is that in the correct format it is relatively easy to ignore?

So, is it just me?

Does somebody out there actually enjoy system messages like this in the story?

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u/Yangoose — 1 day ago
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The Stubborn Skill-Grinder In A Time Loop Book 4

Hey friends! The Stubborn Skill-Grinder In A Time Loop Book 4 is now out! Audiobook, Ebook and paperback!

Book 4 synopsis:

System shattered, previous loop ended without closure, friends and allies lost.

Orodan is back to square one, except without the Status screen and skill levels which govern life for all beings within the System.

But as he soon learns... his skills haven't really been affected, only the numbers gone. He can still fight, he can still clean... and with the time loops unaffected, he can still grind and die.

Systemless, bereft of aid and in a situation nobody in the universe's history has been in before, Orodan must rebuild himself from the ground up. True mastery lies not in skill levels, but in actual skill. And without the numbers as a crutch... perhaps he can push his abilities even farther than they've ever gone before.

And if his System is broken?

Perhaps he'll just build a new one for himself. One entirely of his own making.

EBOOK

AUDIOBOOK

An action-packed LitRPG Adventure perfect for fans of Mother of Learning, Primal Hunter, and The Perfect Run!

u/Knight_Rhoden — 24 hours ago
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I made it into Rising Stars Subgenres!

Hello everyone!

I recently started publishing this book on Royal Road, and it’s already made it onto the Rising Stars lists for its subgenres.

So I thought it might be decent enough to share here!

I’ll leave the synopsis below for anyone interested in joining the journey!

Thanks for your time, and I hope to see you there!

SYNOPSIS

Nerez no longer remembers the name he had when he was just an ordinary human on Earth. It has been far too long since a literal date with destiny, or rather with the Goddess of Fate, condemned him to wander the sea of souls through a thousand different lives.

All he wanted now was to escape the endless cycle of reincarnation and enjoy one peaceful last life. But just when freedom seemed within reach, he found himself in the midst of a divine battle royale for a newborn world.

Can the nascent god of death find peace and tranquility in immortality? Or will his new domain, servants, and the ever-troublesome mortals make his life impossible?

And even now, the looming shadow of the one who cursed him in the first place still lingers. But was it really a curse? Perhaps the Goddess of Fate had plans of her own...

YOU CAN FIND IT HERE:

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/166139/the-god-of-death-just-wants-to-quit-isekai-op

u/Fallen_Pages — 23 hours ago
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Oathbound Healer, what the hell?

Yeah we all know where this is going, spoilers up through book 8 ahead.

Time skip? Fine, it really doesn't bother me.

Genre swap? What the hell? Adventure/Action/Prog/Fantasy to Slice of Life/Romance is CRAZY.

Azarinth Healer is hands down my favorite litrpg (behind cradle but that's not litrpg) so imagine my delight when I saw there was a 16 book fully completed series about a healer. I DEVOURED it, 8 books in 10 days, and I won't be reading any more.

Absolutely insane to go from what the story was for the first half of the series to what it is now. Dragons, guardians, mystery of the world, gods, etc...to frankly... Hogwarts romance, and from the little bit of spoilers I've read that stats the overall theme until book 15.

Im just so disappointed, I hate slice of life, if I would have known I would have never started.

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u/mellifleur5869 — 1 day ago
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Just finished Mark of the fool.

After 10 books. Now what. I feel empty. This was my first litrpg audiobook 😂

PS please give me recos.

PPS Travis Baldree is absolutely talented. A proper wizard (of narration)

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u/Portelia — 1 day ago
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Fantasy where MC is summoned into a very large pool of blood

I remember the pool being in a dungeon or cultist hideout and it was in the middle of a desert. The magic system was also based around specializing in a "core" or type like blood, shadow, water, electricity, etc that you could obtain through consumed items or tasks. You could also only have one core but could combine another one into your own and make a hybrid core like fire and earth making a lava core. I'm like 90% sure I didn't dream this one up but I cannot find it for the life of me despite trying multiple times. I think the MC was a former military member in his original world as well.

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What would you want to see from an auramancer type MC?

I've been in a bit of a theory crafty mood, and I keep coming back to stories like delve which dive pretty hard into the aura types. I was also trying to think if you could marry that to a dnd paladin type character. I'm interested to know if anyone has like, strong opinions on what kind of things an auramancer should or shouldn't be able to do.

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u/EXP_Buff — 1 day ago
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100th Run Book 4 is now on Audible! Join regressor Anthony Franklin and his crew as they descend deep into the dungeons below Pittsburgh to liberate the city above!

"The Steel City’s devastated. The 100th Run hangs by a thread…

The System has dragged Pittsburgh underground, creating the Pitt—an undead-infested labyrinth of tunnels and dungeons. Determined to save the city, Anthony forms the first guild and battles for leaderboard dominance. What begins as friendly competition soon reveals treacherous rivals and vengeful enemies.

Anthony must delve into the deadliest of dungeons and master new skills before the scenario boss awakens. Failure means the release of an apocalyptic foe that would raze the entire eastern United States—ruining a perfect 100th Run. Time is running out, and the fate of millions hangs in the balance."

And now, it has audio! Daniel Thomas May (the narrator of such hits as 100th Run 1, 2, 3, and Apocalypse Redux, and 253 more according to Audible) returns to speak aloud the halfway point of this nearly complete series.

Link to both the ebook and audio in a comment below!

u/RusticusFlossindune — 1 day ago
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How do you read?

Got my copy of DCC this morning ran to the car while the family is still sleeping and had to load up the audiobook. After learning about “Immersion Reading” I wanted to try it, aaaaand now I don’t think I’m going back to regular reading. If you have ADD or ADHD should really give it a try. Anyone have any other reading techniques for someone with ADHD or focusing problem?

u/DrLAMEWEATHER — 1 day ago