Etherious: Power's Price

The System's Descent: Etherious, Book 2

By: Em Es

Narrated by: Todd Haberkorn

Two weeks have passed since the System's descent.

Humanity is adapting, some thrive, whilst others struggle to survive.

Arthur Ward has made quite a name for himself as one of the premier healers in all of America. Things are going well. He's growing into his strength and making strides towards unlocking a powerful class. Missing the Tutorial is quickly proving to be the best thing that's ever happened to him.

Unfortunately, peace cannot last. Nefarious groups have started coming out of the woodwork, people with no qualms about what or who they must sacrifice to fulfill their goals. They seem particularly interested in the name Arthur Ward.

Danger abounds, and Arthur must navigate treacherous waters to chart the narrow path to success.

Power is the future's promise. All Arthur needs to do is live long enough to grasp it.

This is the second book in a LitRPG fantasy series with 800,000 views on Royal Road. Perfect for fans of Defiance of the Fall, The Primal Hunter, and Road to Mastery!

Expect an MC with multiple magic affinities, Muay Thai, a combination of human progression mixed with monster core consumption, title collection, and no harem.

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Feels short, but still pretty good

Want to start by saying I appreciate the recap. Way too many books in my head, having a summary instead of having to go back and relisten every time a new audiobook comes out is nice.

Nothing bad but I do get the feeling we’re almost brushing against the minimum length for a book of this kind. It might also be that I got used to the 20+ hours we’re getting from some of the other big litrpg out there.

Anyway, I’d be happy with the length if we will be getting new audiobooks every two months but I know that isn’t feasible. The author is writing maybe four chapters a month from when I last looked in Royal Road.

With this in mind I hope the author instead of making a 10+ book series can try to condense it maybe down to ~7 books and then move on to a new series.

Waaay to much detailed inner description

It’s a compelling and interesting book. The first two books should have been combined. Barely any time goes by from the start of book 1 and the end of book 2 hence the title of the review. There is soooo much unneeded description that you could skip ahead a few times and it’s still in the same inner dialogue barely scratching the topic. Hell whole chapters go by and nothing has changed, it’s still the same inner dialogue or the same people are talking about the same topic or whatever. To the author: maybe speed things up a bit. Your writing is good but it feels like your trying to write a 1000 word essay and your using a lot of filler words to get to that 1000 word count without any actual meat for the reading to eat.