Magnus (Completed)

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NOTE! This trilogy is finished. It was published by Aethon Books onAmazonstarting with book one on 5/1/2021. All books have been removed from RoyalRoad. This story was posted on RR in its entirety for free before being removed.

Magnus Cromwell kills for a living.

He’s organized, professional, efficient. Like a machine. But when his family’s life is on the line? That’s something else. That calls for the kind of warm-blooded vengeance that scorches earth and summons tungsten rods from space, leaves a whole lot of melted flesh, and no one to tell the tale.

It should've been a blue milk run. As by-the-book as it gets. With his sister Nina out safe and the opposition decimated by hypersonic gunfire, MC wondered where they got the guts to even try. Then something hits him. Lays him out cold, and leaves him waking up to a fantasyland with nothing but his armor and a half-written note to guide him. It's a strange place where even stranger predators eye him for their next meal. Where his life’s on a timer, and where the darkest horrors haunt his dreams, painting visions of death.

There's no right day to mess with Magnus Cromwell. But the universe sure managed to pick the absolute worst one.

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- MC is stone-cold, strong(OP), and gets even stronger, but he'll still face his fair share of challenges, both internal and external.

- LitRPG-lite. No stats and an unconventional system. Expect abilities and progressions, but there will only ever be a handful of them.

- Science Fiction and Fantasy collide, with a touch of mystery, Lovecraft, and body horror.

- Professionally painted art scenes!

-This series is finished.

AHugethank you to RoyalRoaderMikeWefor the banner, and toNoDragonsfor his help editing the synopsis. Cover and scene art by the talentedJohn Molinero

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Information

Status: Ongoing
Year: 2020
Author: Vowron Prime

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.4/ 5.0
Followers: 1,636
Views: 246,808

Chapters(27 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

Redeyes EclipseRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
One of the most aesthetically bazaar worlds I have ever read in my life. Extremely well written and with great passion one get engrossed in it like entering a slime. All in all I love this story and can't wait until more of it is released.
D.DimitrovRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I feel like the poetry is going to be a trend here, so there we go:
Lone wolf against the world.
Grumpy man against the flood.
With a gun all in blood.
Going strong as it should.
One Magnus Army for us to boot.
Moving forward through the mud.
Against the flow to kill the root.
Eleminating all to end the bud.
So let's focus on the story now. Honestly, I'm not a big fan of sci-fi and thought there are some elements from it, the story itself has a high-enough fantasy too. The combination of both makes it unique in its own way and made me keep reading it till now. I like the way in which this story is going. The start was action-heavy and the scenes later show great promise. If you want a lot of action and fun with some mystery to boot, that is the story for you!
Style
The author starts with a unique writing style, which I wasn't used to, but I got used to it fast enough. And I have to say, it's wondefully executed. The flow is smooth and the poetry elements in it just makes it a lot more enjoyable.
Grammar
No problems there. Even if there are, the author fixes them fast if someone points them out.
Story
Going to fantasy/game world? I'm not sure which it is of the two, but that only makes it more interesting. There are many elements that give you only more questions, as the author introduces them one by one, but there are some asnwers as well. It's enough to make you keep reading through it.
Character
Well, the emphasis here is on the main character, and why not? He is the OP MC, a bit cold and aloof, but that is no problem. Though, honestly I wish there to be a bit more work on the side characters as well. As of now, we don't see much in this regard, but that doesn't make the story worse in any way.
Conclusion
A promising story with a lot of elements to grab your attention. It's action packed with mystery in it that brings more color into the picture.
BullerRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
If you took that title as a bad thing, then you are a fool. This here is well-deserving of its high rating. The follower rating could get a double or perhaps, but who am I to say?
While I have not yet read all there is to read, everything seems to be on point. The MC has most things figured out in his life. We know his goals, we know what makes him take a step forward, we know why he takes continuous drowning for days on end like a champ, and we partly know where that attitude came from. All in all, characters in this story are well-rounded, all having their share of flaws without seeming like pretty dolls with artificial problems attached.
I can't say too much about the current plot of course, other than it is utterly fantastic! If this keeps up, I might just buy the book so that I can show some support. Who knows? The only thing I currently know is that I will dread the moment that I don't have any backlog to catch up on.
The style is pretty good. Few words make the most meaning. This story lives up to that phrase well. While it does give a hearty serving of world-building, readers are left to figure out things on their own. Not sure if this is intentional or not, but if it is, then the author certainly deserves a good salvo of claps.
11/10 would review again.
Deepak909Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I see so many reviews talking about the action, and yeah the action is epic and totally awesome but what is really awesome is th me mystery behind the story. It's so refreshing and new, really surprised it doesn't have a mystery tag. Grammar is great, the style can be called "badass", and the MC is such a great character. Loving this story so far.
Fenrir_070Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I'm at the end of Book One and spent most of it trying to figure the world and MC's place in it out...and I loved it. It's refreshing to find something so "out of the box" that you can't lump it together with the countless other tropes you're used to seeing. The MC is almost ruthlessly practical but has a (buried and a bit hard to reach) heart of gold and we're right along with him trying to figure out just what the hell is going on. The plot is unusual, exciting and often left me with the urge to yell "Hell Yeah!" at various "Magnus Moments". Admittedly it is not for those of "delicate constitution" and has it's gory moments so be warned, but if you can handle that or even relish the gritty, visceral action you'll be rewarded with a well written story with excellent editing / grammer, tons of action, an engaging and rather mysterious plot with a style I haven't seen here on RR before. The characters are well developed and will draw you even deeper into the story. All in all a well written, fun, roller-coaster of a read with a big mystery that is fun trying to figure out until the big reveal. Can't wait for Book Two.
FrankieRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Wow I am very impressed with the writing quality of this story! Action packed thriller that will keep you wanting for more thanks to all the cliffhangers. Ha! But the story is very enjoyable, it has me hooked so far.
Story
We learn more and more about MC's situation as it progresses, I am looking forward to the resolution!
Style
Good style, very well written. It is a little different than other books I have read, but very well done.
Grammar
Perfect! I could not find a single error. 5/5
Character
Magnus is the main character, ha ha. He is very well fleshed our, hopefully we will see more characters soon though.
I recommend reading this! The author has clearly put a lot of effort into it.
Kian TempleRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This is an extremely well-written story. There are no grammar errors I can see, and the characters are written really realistically. Anyone should be able to enjoy this, but the story does have some gore described, so I would recommend it for teenagers and above.
Overall, just an amazing book.
LaikaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I have been reading Magnus for approximately three hours and change, and I've just finished Book One. It was a ride. It was an adventure. It was a delight.
If you don't read this review any further, I'd better start with my thesis: a few aspects of the story are a little rough, but it's ultimately top-tier work that we don't deserve to get for free.
The OP MC is a gruff treasure, an action hero who brings a dose of realism to the fantastic world around him. The LitRPG aspects of his powers are (relatively) subtle and delightfully morbid. Don't read the comments if you don't want a (concealed) spoiler about the amoebas, but know that the twist, though guessable, is great.
Every so often, casual languge distracts from the otherwise-seamless prose - an "f'ed up" here or a "badass" there. Even though it's usually a tie-in to MC's thoughts, they take out a sense of immersion. A badass doesn't need to call himself a badass to be badass. (Put more simply, I suppose it's a matter of show vs tell on occasion?)
A fine blend of sci-fi and fantasy that honestly reminds me of Warhammer fiction, from what little I've read!
I'd say more, but I've got Book Two to start.
Mclick90Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
If you love reading OP MC then this is just what you are looking for! Amazing work and cool art work! Thank you!
Darkened PrinceRoyal Road
★★ 2.0
As soon as he gets to the new world not 3 chapters into the world he's killing tons of monsters by decapitation with never before seen magic. He then goes onto killing 50 bandits with it when 3 chapters before he could only use it 10 times. (Literally teleporting heads off bodies) all I read during actions scenes were "he moved his arm and his head appeared in another bandits arms" he's done that I'm every fight scene since getting powers. I bumped it up a star because the author took my brutal review rolled with it thanked me anyways and gave more context on his powers.