Becoming the Paladin: The Complete Series: A Fantasy Harem Omnibus

By: Roland Carlsson

Narrated by: Sarah Goldstein, Marcus Jahn

Defeat the Vrag. Save the princess. Become the Paladin.

After a mysterious elven princess transports ex-marine Cal Newhart to the mystical world of Telos, he'll have to rely on his wits and newfound strength to protect her and her two beautiful companions against the conquering Vrag army.

Along the way, he'll cultivate his abilities as he levels up his strength and magic. With a harem of spellcasters and warriors that would make Xena blush at his back, Cal will fulfill his destiny and become the paladin of legend.

Collected for the first time ever in this special omnibus edition, Becoming the Paladin will take you on an enchanting journey through a world of magic, danger, and love.

This story contains untraditional relationships, action, violence, and general badassery.

©2022 Rolan Carlsson (P)2023 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

31 hours for 1 listen

I was gifted this book for an honest review. This was a great book especially for 1 credit. over 30 hours of action packed story. Great Characters and an easy book to follow along with.

This could have been so much better!

Let’s see…
Where do we begin?

First, ignore the 5-Star ratings.
Second, the story line is that bad, it is worth a listen.
Third, the narration could have / should have been better.
At times it really was painful.

If you some credits and time to waste (Long bus, train, flight or on the night-shift), check it out.

decent story, but performance not so much

as many others have mentioned, the only problem with this story was the male voice actor. hard to stay engaged when the story is told by a person who has over acted his lines so much that nothing feels tense. the female VA at least tried and put some effort in, but listening to the guy talk and then trying to do sexy scenes is so bad it's laughable, even in serious scenes.

Another note, the story is about a former marine who had a 4 year tour in Afghanistan. The acting makes this former soldier who has taken human lives, sound like a winy teenager with Zero confidence. Feels like another story written by someone with zero military experience trying to fake it, but all it does is take more away from the atmosphere the story is trying to build.

this is clearly my opinion so take it as you will, but I will not recommend this to anyone due to the poor read of the MC. it's a shame. 😔

Who gave this guy a microphone!?

The male narrator absolutely destroyed what could have been an excellent story! The female narrator’s portrayal was top notch compared to his performance but he was so melodramatic it ruined the story!!!!

DUMB MC and Win by luck with lots of sex.

The story, MC have to much little head and not use his brain. The story is Harem story but Why is the MC are a dumb and only win by luck.

Don't waste your time

Only ok storyline. To many, very bad plot lines. Very childish characters that are badly developed.

Really do not like the Guy that does the narration makes it so much harder to finish the book.

Great Omnibus

I received this for free for an honest rating.
I love this series. Great adventures and shenanigans. Sarah does an amazing job narrating.
Roland is a genius with his writing. I haven’t read a bad Roland book yet.

Jeez….

Marcus Jahn narrates in a very overdramatic whinny voice with unneeded high and low wavering speech. Story was alright though.

Good story ……. Performance, meh

First of all, I like the story. The female narration was great. The MC narration was whiny. So much so it was cringy. I even stopped the listen carefully to the words to see if that was the authors intent. I don’t think so, I think it was the narration that painted the MC as a whiny kid ( even though he was supposed to be a 27 yr old afghan war veteran).

excellent complete story

With this Omnibus, you don't have to be left off with a cliffhanger just to have to buy the next one. Over 30 hours for one credit. What is not to like. A college student gets pulled to a fantastic world that has few women and gets great power. love the whole series.