Hadash Spania: The Blood of the Gods

Self-Published

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Description

When one man’s rebellion is crushed, he gets whisked away to a strange new world. A simpler, yet more perilous world than his own; one where a single element changes everything. Where one resource can be used to protect lives or destroy them, make kings or dethrone them. In this place much different from his own, will he be doomed to perish or can he use his knowledge to thrive in this strange land?

It's a different kind of power fantasy. When solving problems with brute force can't be done, careful thought and cunning schemes will do much better.

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Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2024
Author: TwistyWriting

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Rating: 4.8/ 5.0
Followers: 8
Views: 4,862

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Community Reviews(5)

A_R_TorrensRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Style: I would say it started out one way, in a relatively simple style with a good bit of spacing which was inviting on the eyes, into a bit more descriptive style that was more reminiscent of writers. I don't truly have grips, it's not unreadable. There's not moments that cause me pain with the style- all transitions and character pov shifts are handled well and in a way that says to me the author actually cares about the reader understanding who said what.
Story: It is very familiar for the isekai start, with the particular nuances of the culture exhibited and at play that make the story shine. That said, some of the logic in the very beginning did through me through a loop. I was wondering to myself, He just landed in this village, yet he's already thinking about long term occupation? And his idea is to do math? That's a strange first thought and I understand it is the isekai genre but his reaction there felt a bit unnatural. That said, issues with communication and mishaps and capturing because of that did feel very natural and were very appreciated.
Grammar: No complaints, nothing to rant home about.
Character: I would like to see more thoughts, more feelings, more senses (sight, smell, sound, taste). Pov shifts and splitting stories into that can cause readers to feel disjointed, I would say this story isn't currently bad... instead I would say there is room for improvement. Generally speaking, most writers find success in allotting the same amount of 'time' for each character in the povs so each character develops more.
With that said, the main character is alright in terms of development early into a story. There is potential for more and I am sure it will achieve good things.
CashewRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This is a pretty unique take on the Isekai genre. Our main character is suddenly aware they are in an unfamiliar world and has to figure out what’s going on but no one speak his language. Seems simple enough but you’ll quickly see that this is a multifaceted story with potential for a grand plot.
We don’t just get the pov of the main character, and it’s really fun to see a scene play out from multiple points of view. I thought that was done well and was also a great way to built the world by having a knowledgeable narrator from time to time who could drop some lore.
The main character quickly proves themselves useful, not at fighting, but at math, which gets them wrapped up in the plot, and the reader gets to go along for the ride!
The editing and grammar are solid. Some verb tense changes here and there but you’re not going to find any distracting issues.
It’s easy to read, detailed when it needs to be, and conventional the rest of the time, which is my preference.
Most of all, it moves forward at a great pace and each chapter leaves you wanting to know more! Give this one a shot!
LinkoRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This story takes a unique route in the isekai genre.
Instead of the protagonist dying and finding himself in a clearly fantastical place where he instantly knows it's another world, it instead happens slowly as he figures out the discrepancies between this world and his own. The early chapters have a rather slow approach as we see from the mc's pov and Qaton's pov, how two people who know nothing about each other's language could start to communicate and form trust. As the story progresses we are immersed in an emerging conflict that the protagonist will have to act on in the future.
There were no glaring grammatical issues although the occasional tense changes would catch my eye more than I'd like to.
Overall, despite the unusual approach, I believe this story is a good read.
GrumpsterRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Story's a pretty good read, with an interesting plot and an even more interesting world that we are dropped into. One of the main things I liked was the language barrier between the characters, but this can also be a detriment as the constant changing of POVs as well as between 1st and 3rd person can be a bit disorientating at times, however this can make for a lot of interesting story-telling practises and methods, which I am looking forward to seeing, as it's pretty good once one gets accustomed to it's methods.
Grammar is pretty good and there are not any real glaring weaknesses to the grammatical structure of the story, but the lack of punctuation as well as the style can be a bit lacking at times, but no big issues on that front. Style, however, is simple and good, no major critiques can be made on that front.
Characters are interesting as well, which is excellently combined with the story to create a refined and interesting story overall. I find that the reason they kept him alive to be rather amusing but not in a way that breaks the immersions, as it does make sense for a historical society to prize maths as something of great importance - which just keeps on adding more and more flavour to the world.
Overall, the story is really easy to follow, with no massive and glaring issues, but am hoping that the story will ramp up as there are things that can be easily made for improvements in the story.
PhilOxnardRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Style: The way the story jumps around between the protagonist's POV and Qaton's POV makes all of the scenes involving the two of them that much more interesting, and it's a clever way to convey all of the information that's lost by the characters not being able to communicate with each other. I also like how the author will give us quick flashbacks after some scenes to shed new light on the events that we just witnessed. I particularly like the first person narrative that we get for the protagonist's POV, but I would like to get a more distinct picture of the character's voice as he tells us what's happening. 4
Story: Right off the bat we get a pretty good picture of the world, the MC's place in the world, and the world's impending conflict. What I really like about this story is how much mystery it presents us with, and how it slowly feeds us information. It's that slow drip of exposition that made me want to keep reading. I'm excited to find out more about the smuggling operation and the underground alham market, especially once we get to see a better glimpse of everything that it's used for. 4
Grammar: No glaring issues outside of occasional tense switching. Sentences are generally easy to read and understand. 4.5
Character: It's cool to see the characters express themselves without access to language, it shows them to be intelligent and resourceful. That said, the way that Qaton was immediately able to understand exactly what the protagonist meant with his drawings on the tablet was a little hard to believe. I would also like to have a bit of a clearer picture of who the main character is, but this is difficult when he can't talk with anyone else in the world (though I imagine this will change in the coming chapters, as it looks like he's quickly learning the writing system). The narration is a good start, but it feels like there's more opportunity there to get to know what the MC/Qaton is thinking and feeling outside of just his confusion and problem solving ab