Hamartia

Mountain King Saga, Book 2

By: Cebelius

Narrated by: Daniel Wisniewski, Rebecca Woods

Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

Becoming king was just the beginning....

With all survivors in Svartheim under his control, Abram has become the Mountain King. Revenge is his, yet his troubles have only begun. The dungeon is a shambles of death and decay. His goblins and hobs are few in number and lack training. The bridge to the surface is in ruins, and his latest bond is a literal demon bent on corrupting and destroying him.

Yet Abram is nothing if not resourceful and rapidly sets about improving his circumstances through thrift, hard work, alliance, and subterfuge. With a massive tauren horde on the march and enemies both seen and unseen all around, the gravest danger may come from within. As his mental state deteriorates, Abram begins to lose time and question which of the lives he leads is reality, and which is the game....

This book does not pan to waving curtains and fade to black. Those uninterested or under the age of 18 are strongly warned of explicit content.

©2021 Cebelius (P)2021 Podium Audio

This one is great

great read a lot more development and enjoyable characters. I hope to get a lot more of this

Dsrk but good

Still going strong with book 2. The Mountain king saga really hits a dark home run. the writing is fantastic and the narration is amazing.

It was good, but not perfect.

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I did enjoy the book overall, the performances were very very good, and I will undoubtedly listen to the next book when it comes out, but some aspects of it were.... not my favorite.

The death of Sif (I believe that's her name, hard to tell with only listening) was unnecessary, especially when she just gets replaced a few chapters later with, not only an equally powerful and rare mountain troll, but one that by description looks exactly like her. That is a death that has no real consequences other than making the Main Character, not only mad, but a lot less likeable.

great book

great book looking forward to seeing where the story goes from here and when the templates will meet

What A Ride!

He's done it again! I'm back on a rollercoaster ride that keeps on giving. I can't help but wonder whats gonna happen next because if the previous MC meets this MC and they fight. . . no contest I'd say but given some time. sheesh!

Fantastic Origin Story

The Mountain King saga won't be for everyone. It's dark, gritty, horrific at times, and the MC isn't very likable. But it is a great tale depicting the rise of the new evil on Celestine.

Hamartia is clean ride with a real villain.

To start off, I'm reviewing this purely on the basis of Cebelius's other books and not the works of other writers. I would also highly recommend you listen/read cebelius's other work "the celestine chronicles" before purchasing this one.

What can I say, Abram really steps up as a true Loki-esque villain. He is still a fundamentally broken character for most of the story and its hard to tell if he will continue to grow or if he's already reached his apex. I think if Cebelius is wise he will continue to grow and take on more lawful evil traits as I enjoyed those moments in the story the most. That said there will be moments in the story that people will not like, shouldn't like, and aspects which honestly to me didn't make a lot of sense and can only be explained with "oh Abram is just nuts"... but in reality this is still a poor explanation for why he does what he did... I can't elaborate more without potentially spoiling besides stating a preestablished character is involved and Abram's decision is obviously the wrong one.

The Litrpg elements are still present but to a lessor degree, they clearly became more abstract from the first book and now they are used as the way Abram see's his own power and thats about it. If you weren't a fan of the Litrpg elements compared to "the celestine chronicles" this should be a happy compromise.

There are less nightmarish romantic encounters this time around, and I believe that is honestly for the best for a more general audience appeal, so if they disturbed you last time good news its much more tame and more similar to the celestine chronicles.

There is torture and violence but nothing grotesque enough to really point out other than mentioning its inclusion for the extremely squeamish, it is also not particularly long.

I really enjoyed the politics and the separate factions working together for similar goals though each remaining distinct from one another with clearly different comparative end goals. I would honestly have liked even more of that truth be told and gave the world a lot of "life" and reminds the audience there is a beautiful and vibrant world beyond the mountain.

The narrators do a great job not only in the performance of new characters but also in their interpretation of established character voices,

I liked the changes Cebelius made from the first book, i think he could have pushed the envelope a bit more in several areas but it is understandable why he pulled back, this will be a more enjoyable ride for the larger fanbase. I would also like to see Cebelius build up the mountain more as well as well as explore more of the darker parts of underground regions, the mountain is cool and all but it could be so much more. He should go full mad scientist with it and have fun. I'd also like to see the addition of new and interesting races, I think that's part of what makes celistine such an interesting setting afterall.

Overall great book, worth continuing the series even if you may not have liked the first, i'd suggesting giving this a shot.

I needed this

To the point: Outstanding Book. I read books 1 and 2. The narration was top notch. In a perfect world these narrators would re record all of Cebelius' books.

far better than book one! l

I liked the first but love this book! really developed the main character this book.

Excellent Fantasy Series plus Harem Isekai

The Celestine books are a fun tongue in cheek fantasy, Isekai, and Harem series. All three are done surprisingly well.
The Mountain King Saga looks at the rise of Abram, a full on Evil Master Wizard from Earth in the early 21st Century. Abram has read enough Fantasy and played enough RPGs to know what not to do, and his struggles with his own mental health add surprising dramatic weight to his story.
If you are a fan of the Overlord light novels or Anime, Dungeon Keeper type games, or Isekai, this is a great listen or read.
There is explicit sex. Quite a lot of it. This is also a Harem story. If that’s something you don’t want, this is not what you’re looking for.
Otherwise very much worth your time.