The Mourner's Legacy

Clanless Cultivator, Book 2

By: Kenneth Arant

Narrated by: Daniel Thomas May

Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

Knowledge is power, knowledge is safety, knowledge is happiness.... But sometimes, ignorance is bliss.

Taryn and his closest allies safely acquired the dragon core and left Haven City behind, departing for lands unknown. They were content with the knowledge that life would go on without them, and few, if any, would miss the itinerant cultivators.

Without the pressure of the clans weighing on them night and day, Taryn, the Xia twins, and Fan Shun are finally free to find their own places in the world.... But the Mourner lied, and that lie is quickly coming back to haunt Taryn.

Taryn didn't save Haven City by taking the dragon core with him, nor did he delay the inevitable. The city was attacked mere days after the group’s departure, and its infallible wall was shattered, leaving the clans at the mercy of a cultivator of unimaginable power.

To save themselves and their city, the residents of Haven have sworn an oath to their conqueror. They must find the one responsible for Gu Qigang's death and return the treasure Taryn "stole" if they want to survive.

Will Taryn's journey to a better future be stopped by the shackles of his past? Should he sacrifice himself for the only home he's ever known, flawed as it was...or will he fight toward a brighter future, consequences be damned?

From Kenneth Arant, best-selling author of the Snake’s Life series, comes a brand-new cultivation adventure perfect for fans of xanxia, demon beasts, and mystic martial arts of all types.

©2023 Shadow Alley Press Inc (P)2023 Shadow Alley Press Inc

Loved this second book!

Now I am loving this book series even more! The author made such a expansion in world building that just sucks you in so much more than the first! Looking forward to the next one!

Good story ruined by Stereotyping

I have sat on this for months. Registered and I just have to say something regarding the narration of Asian characters by the narrator. I am a socially oblivious neurodivergent,, if I am picking up on the vocal stereo tpes it's bad. It was enough that it would kick me out of the story. Please redo the narration. it's a great story, has interesting characters and good pacing of action and character growth. But everything an Asian character was voiced it reminded me of why stereotypes are bad.

I don't know that this was intentional. It may not be, but it came across as someone who just isn't very familiar with Asian names and ways of speech. Also it wasn't necessary. If anything it diminished my enjoyment of the story. The first book in this series wasn't narrated in this manner. If the desire was for Asian sounding characters, find an Asian narrator.

Its an amazing wuxia that is pretty well paced

To start, I really enjoyed the narration. I always love when narrators use subtle shifts in speech to switch characters rather than just using accents and Daniel Thomas May absolutely hits the nail on the head.

For the plot, the story follows mc as he flees from his home and attempts to find a new one. They meet some people get screwed over and some old characters re-appear. All the while mc slowly builds his strength. The plot twist is one I expected but still a pretty awesome one.

All in all, i love it. Stuff isnt over explained nor is it all shoved in your face all at once, there is some world building but not too much. (I fully admit i dislike mc using a meteor hammer as i personally find it a stupid weapon) Combat is well written and the other characters arent idiots, if anything mc is mostly portrayed as ignorant and he never really becomes some all knowing monster and even when it seems like he does Author does a shake up and makes it so things are different.

All in all, a great book and I dont get the hate, I think people are possible expecting a harry potter/western style novel in terms of pacing which this is not. It is thoroughly a wuxia sub-genre (martial arts cultivation) and a slightly happier one at that.

Enjoyed it

I really enjoyed the book. I’m hoping for more cultivation growth of the MC but maybe it’s a slow burn. Either way I’ll be waiting for the next book.

Solid sequel

In some ways I liked it more than the first book. The pacing of the book felt jumpy at times but the overall plot and character progression was really good. I feel like there is a lot of potential for this series to be an excellent series in the cultivation genre. The narration was very well done.

Drama is forced ...makes no sense

The motivations behind why ppl don't like the MC are paper thin.
I attack you, you kill my friend while defending urself ...therefore ur a murderer and I must have my revenge?!? ...why?
...I guess it's meant for a younger audience.

It's a pretty standard cultivation novel. Nothing about it is especially good. There's a world, ppl have powers, there r fights.
Nothing special. The writing is fine, except for the forced drama thing.

I don't think I'm going to keep going with this one, but I wouldn't discourage anyone from giving it a try.
It's not bad ...I just think it cud be better is all.

Fun bridge The insular world breakout begins

We finally get to see the outside world and find out well home was not exactly The level they thought That they We're We start see different factions and learn about the different groups that are out There If we start to see the relationships are getting stronger while they are The enemies are coming into play Old Friends are becoming Enemies and we're starting to deepen the mystery of who the main character is it will be interesting to see what happens in the next one Tough choices are made Lotions about who to trust are torn away

short but amazing

I love this series. I can't wait till the next one is out. my only complaint is it short

Very Dissatisfied

Book one was good but book 2 was shit I was very disappointed. I now wish I hadn't wasted my time and money