Mystic Knight: Rising

The Mystic Knight, Book 2

De: Ryan Jackson

Narrado por: Robin Shay, Allen Ryder

Just when Aldric thinks things might die down a little for him, he's thrown back into the fire.

After crushing the dwarf, Torg Frosthammer, and bonding with Jordan, Aldric just wants to relax and enjoy the summer break before classes start again. But that is not his lot in life. An urgent summons comes from the Headmaster, and once there, Aldric learns that the Imperial Grand Magus is on his way to determine whether Aldric was justified in his actions with Torg.

Under normal circumstances, that was bad. For Aldric, it might be catastrophic. The Imperial Grand Magus is a legend, a mage bonded five times, stronger than any mage in the Empire. He has the ear of the Emperor himself. And he has a penchant for destroying those he views as a threat.

The meeting takes an unexpected turn, setting Aldric and his bonds on a course they're not sure they want to be on.

©2025 Ryan Jackson (P)2026 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

Story is good but has some hangups

first off, I am enjoying this story alot. I appreciate the drama and world building, but a few things have stuck out so far across 2 books. the narrators while fine, seem to mix voices up sometimes and have almost no variation, which can be confusing. the spicy scenes, while fine, can get a bit... juvenile. all of that I can overlook for the most part, but the most annoying part of this story so far is the MC just refusing to bond more women and essentially whining about it. I get the angle (not wanting to feel like he is just using women as objects) but I can't stand stories where the MC acts all "woe is me", especially when his harem so far is basically pushing him to do it. seems unnecessary.

the story

I love this entire book except little parts messing up voice lines but it's a lot better in this one than it was in the first one but I will say because of the first book every time I saw a Jordan interlude it gave me anxiety I'm so glad they did her better she deserves better oh and I don't appreciate the cliffhanger I hate those lol can't wait for book three

Better than the first book

I enjoyed the development of the main character as well as the introduction of two supporting cast members. I thought the plot was excellent and came to a great conclusion while still allowing for the series to continue. Excellent narration.

Another good book in the series.

I’m on book two in this series and I’m looking forward to book three. I still enjoyed the banter of this one, even better than the first one. Twist at the end was really good.

Narration issues, too much FTB

Compared to book 1 there is a lot of Fade to Black moments or other areas where you'd expect some character interaction and time skips occur. Obviously not every scene can be fully included but some other rather tedious details are belabored which could have been cut for more of what we're here for.
There are also numerous unfortunate narration production errors. Some unfortunate pronunciation errors ("psychophant", "lush-civ-ious"), repeated lines, lines said in incorrect voices and clicks/clunks audible in a few spots. Not up to Royal Guard's usual quality.