Ashes of Eternity

Information

Status

Cancelled

Year

2019

Author

J P Koenig

• Chapter 2: Dare to Dream [S]
  Jun 23, 2019
• Chapter 1: The Endless Dark [A]
  Jun 20, 2019

Reviews

Community Reviews(10)

• weedisdabossRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  To have the chance to read a real epic Sci Fi on a free side, is a chance you can’t let pass, not only does the universe have a rich history on a level you could easily compare to the foundation serie, full of backstabbing politics and old and future Wars, but evry character introduced hace deep/varied life experiences and diverse lifestyles, you can only wounder how they are going to know each other in the later chapters and mutch less how they are going to work together.
  So give yourself the chance to read a Sci Fi you would normally have to pay for.
• IsTiredAndNeedsToPoopRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  A very well written scifi story, far beyond the average RR standard. The story has multiple interesting plot lines right from the start to grab and keep your interest. Expert writing skills are really showing here.
  Also I'd like to note that although this story features 3 main characters as clearly shown in the prologue blurp, this does not make the story hard to follow at all.
  I think many will enjoy this story even if scifi is not your usual fare, and it's an absolute must for scifi fans.
• John MarcusRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Good stuff through and through. Characters are all fairly proactive and each have definitive challenges they are striving to overcome. A lot of the context the author provides actually comes through side charactets, many of whom are surprisingly compelling. Having read to chapter 19, which at the moment is the latest release, I can say, so far, it's pretty good.
• tarakisRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I am absolutely hooked on this story. The story is awesome with it's different characters that have a very well thought out depth to them. The style and grammar are top notch. I cannot wait to read more. I wait with great anticipation how the Author will combine are the character's stories into one great story.
  :D CHEERS (c)
• B. A. Baker (Thedude3445)Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  It's too early in Ashes of Eternity to give a very thorough review; at just 81 pages in length, the story hasn't even begun to begin, instead continually expanding its scope as some kind of large-scale prologue. I respect that quite a lot, though that means I can't review it except as the prologue it appears to be.
  So far, Ashes of Eternity has all the hallmarks of something that could be great, but it's on some rocky terrain that could slip into mediocrity or worse, if the story takes a poor turn. Why is that, you ask? Well, for these first eleven or so chapters (I think the "main plot" looks to start around Chapter 15), we've gotten FOUR completely independent, self-contained POVs that are almost completely unrelated so far.
  The story of this web novel is one of an entire galaxy, a thousand years after its Emperor disappeared. The decay is evident in the pretty crapsack world everyone lives in; aside from the Emperor's story, every world we've been shown so far is far from a fun place to live, and characters are faced with great quandries, whether that be pure survival, or advancing in a harsh aristocratic society. All of these disconnected storylines add up to one truth-- the galaxy sucks.
  This is incredibly ambitious. Giving us all these completely separate parts of a giant universe and showing us completely unrelated characters is a setup to something that could be a space opera ensemble story on an unparalled level of sheer size. Whatever the main plot of this story is, involving all of these current POV characters is going to be a feat in megaplotting.
  However, as a serial web novel, that may have been a mistake. In just eleven chapters, we've been given four completely separate storylines, jolted from one tale to the next, and with almost no connective tissue between them because they all take place (literally) worlds apart. That kind of thing is going to be a bit hard to follow in serialization, especially when there are only chapters about once every 2 or
• ElaikasesRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I have been enjoying the development and the multiple threads as this pulls together.
  Well worth reading.
• BeyogiRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  After reading the first four chapters, I think I've got enough of a first impression of this story.
  Overall there seems to be two strands. The scientist emperor's return and a rags to riches story of a street rat following in the wake of the scientist emperor's return.
  The story is well written so far, the only criticism I could offer at this stage would be to not rely too hard on tropes and clicheed plots. The whole rise of the scientist empire and subsequent fall of civilisation opens a bunch of questions and makes galactic civilisation look really idiotic. Like can't they wipe their ass without the scientist emperor? I hope that'll be explained better in the coming chapters. Meanwhile street rats make good "hard men" protagonists, but they can be hard to identify with.
  Overall interesting story so far.
  Thank you for writing.
• David MuskRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  With only four chapters in, I can’t say too much about the overall plot yet. The world building is interesting though. My first impression is that we’re seeing a collapsed galactic civilization, possibly with some Roman Empire inspirations.
  While Safira’s early chapters are strong, The omniscient viewpoint in Chapter 1 went on for far too long, in my opinion. I can appreciate the work that went into the world building here, but readers care about characters first and foremost. We only start caring about the world later on. I would rather enter it through the eyes of the first POV character rather than starting off with paragraphs upon paragraphs of information.
  After the first couple chapters though, things improved dramatically. From that point on, the info dumps were much rarer and all the descriptions felt relevant to the character’s current situation.
  No complaints as far as grammar goes. Words are spelled correctly, sentences use proper structure, and I didn’t notice any typos.
  The style was pretty good too. Like I said above, the writing is clear and everything makes sense. The dialog and action scenes were the strong points, and I would have liked to see more focus on those and less focus on the big picture/world building. For example, in the beginning of Chapter 2, we have a chase scene where one of the two POV characters (Safira) is escaping some gang members. One minute we’re in the scene with her, the next minute, the metaphorical camera is zooming out to describe the layout of the city, followed by a paragraph or two about the character’s back story. I would rather see the relevant details of the chase itself, and learn the rest as it becomes relevant. The chapters after these felt much stronger.
  To be fair though, these problems are mostly present in the very beginning of the story and could be easily refined. And when the descriptions are good, they’re good. Overall, I got a very good sense of Safira’s world and I was able to visualize things easily.
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• ZethuronRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  This is a fresh sci-fi story from the author of the amazing sci-fi Post Human, and so far it seems this story will be of the same kind of quality as that one.
  The characters in this story are amazingly well written, even if we havent been shown much so far. The best characters so far are Safira and Elinor, with the emperor being sort of underdeveloped, but thats due to the few chapters released so far, so this is surely set to change.
  Good setting for this story, theres a larger sense of mystery, of just what happened for the seemingly so grand empire to fall. To be fair, the plot hasnt advanced much beyond the introduction yet, but even then im liking it. Basically this story shows a lot of promise, and i trust in the author being capable of capitalizing on that promise by writing a excellent story.
  I do have absolutely no problems with the grammar used in this story, the author is very skilled at writing in the English language, and that does show in the story.
  Personally i want more chapters already, but im not too sure about the release rate of this story.
  I can recommend readers who find this story to start it, even if the story is short so far. This story has the potentional to grow in a sci-fi epic that can rival even the classics of the genre.
• MoretaRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 3.5

  Anyone who reads this: prologue, promises completely different kind of story than what you get, you might want to skip it to not set mood in wrong direction. Generally for now it feels like collection of short stories which kind of happen probably in the same universe, neither of which feels intriguing enough. Or maybe it just starts slow and needs some time before something engaging happens, but as of ch 11 - none to be seen. I'd guess author is getting character introductions and sidestories out of the way before getting to the main story... or it's just that symposy gives false expectations.