Lord January
A LitRPG Cultivation Saga (Year of the Sword, Book 1)
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Travis Baldree
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Written by:
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Dakota Krout
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Time is money. Time is a weapon. Time is running out.
Grant Leap is an orphaned, mortal farmhand in a world where cultivation methods and Weapons of Power are jealously guarded and only passed down among family. He’s not content with his lot; as a Januarian, someone living in District January, he should be living the good life just like everyone else. Food, parties, food, entertainment, and food are the minimum requirement. As an orphan, specifically a reviled Leap, there’s not even a chance of being treated as a human.
When a celestial event pours time magic into his field, coalescing into a lost Weapon of Power, Grant leaps at the opportunity to advance beyond even the scope of standard cultivation. At the first touch of the weapon, the orphan gains everything he’s ever wanted: a Sword and a Name. Also, a pesky mandatory quest with his life as the price of failure. It doesn’t take him long to realize that the best thing for him to do is to sell it and live on borrowed Time.
Yet, that would never happen. The blade offers him the first major choice he’s ever had to make: surrender to his desires...or live like a king.
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- Kitten
- 2022-01-17
great hilarious story
soo much fun I highly recommend this story Travis is so good I have always loved his fat person voice you can just hear the jowls on the character he portrays lots of fun!!!
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- Trevor
- 2022-07-26
better than a lot of lit rpg
this is technically lit RPG but it's light on all of the numbers. it's a good, coming from grass roots, kinda story. It's not as good as the authors completionist series but I still enjoyed it and already got the second book before I finished this one.
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- Geneviève DDF
- 2022-01-18
Already hooked!
Another story by Dakota Krout that I will be waiting for the next book.
Enjoyed it from start to finish, couldn’t stop listening to it.
Already preordered the next book and cannot wait for it to be available.
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