Dragon's Sea: A 4X Strategy LitRPG Series

Warlords of the Circle Sea, Book 3

By: Ember Lane

Narrated by: Pavi Proczko

There’s a saying…

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and Connor is going from strength to strength!

He’s finally got his borders secure by taking Portsmouth. Not only that, but he’s conquered the adjacent land of Certaindeath and defeated Lord Zerg Zerg to take Zergatory. Things are looking up for our favorite warlord, and he’s rightly pleased with himself.

But there’s another saying…

Pride comes before the fall.

“The best in the series so far!” Patreon reader.

Join Connor, Edward, Ellen, Yosaku and the gang as they battle their way toward world domination!

Remember! There can be only one!

This is a LitRPG-Civ building fantasy tale that includes progression stats and settlement stats.

For lovers of 4X MMORPG civilization building games who enjoy a tale woven in the lands they spend far too much time in!

©2020 Ember Lane (P)2024 Ember Lane

Another good one

I'm very excited to see where this series goes from here. I've really enjoy the whole series so far

A Fantastic Series

Another great book in a great series. I am eagerly anticipating the next installment. Highly recommended for light litrpg and world building fans.

20hr Slow Motion Car Chase

There's enough here to keep it interesting. If book 1 and 2 were in the 4.7 - 4.8 range this is a 4.3 - 4.4 at best with the rating mostly saved by the last 3hrs. Interesting move by the author to suddenly stop providing the player analysis, bets, and player rankings. That is the first indication something is off with this book. This book balances heavily towards individual "character depth and development" by telling and not showing which for me translates to abusing the 30 second skip button. I like long books, but this should have been 15hrs tops. Hoping the next book is more focused.

Not as good as the first two books

Story:

While i am still liking the series and the story is progressing there was some unnecessary eye rolling developments. I understand this is civ building. I understand the system is using "champion recruits" cards, but pulling people from real earth history is kind of silly. Especially when the first one introduced is an overrated inventor with a cult following who the author fanboys over. I would have much preferred the actual characters leveling up and gaining skills, unlocking civ stats though their own knowledge and the university level up system. I would have preferred "heros" from the world they are in, perhaps past contestants with memory wipes or something. Still I like most of the Ellen stuff when she was figuring out stuff on her own. Much of the Edward stuff was OK though not sure the relationship was needed. Conner stuff was ok. Edward and Conner make the same mistakes over and over so that's getting old. Though the next book could close out the series nicely if it focused on the "gods".

Characters:

Still like all the fictional ones well enough. We really need more Sam, Gilbane, and fireman (whose name esacpes me at the moment). The fictionalized earth historical characters can never be mentioned again and i would be happy.

Narrator:
Still doing a great job. Not even anything for me to joke about this review.

Overall:
Story is losing steam for me but i have always been more a fan of straight fantasy and this civ building has progressed beyond that. Characters made some stupid mistakes and author added some unnecessary historical figures that are more annoying than interesting. I think i will finish off the series....assuming it ends in the next book. If you like the series until now i say this is worth the listen.

Can’t get enough

I can’t get enough of this series. I’m a truck driver, and my wife and I like to listen to audio books as we drive, we have been waiting on the edge of our seats for this book to come out, and now that we have finished it I simply need more. This book is fantastically written, and the voice artist is simply amazing. I love that no matter how many new characters are introduced, he is able to come up with a distinct dialect and recognizable tone to them.

The writing is fantastic, the story progresses well, tons of plot twists and if you’re like us, you’ll be trying to guess motives and theories along the way... We loved it!

I’ve picked up another 4x series from the author as well, I have high hopes for it too!