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  • Written by: Jan Stryvant
  • Narrated by: Leland King
  • Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (37 ratings)

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The Valens Legacy: Publisher's Pack 1

Written by: Jan Stryvant
Narrated by: Leland King
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Publisher's Summary

Black Friday, book 1:   

In his junior year at college, the only things on Sean's mind are doing his homework and getting out of college to get a real job. A gamer and a bit of a nerd, Sean's philosophy in life has been to keep his head down and get his work done: He doesn't have the time or money for anything more after his father died in an industrial accident when Sean was eight.   

But when a failed kidnapping attempt leaves him with a gaping hole in his memory, his oldest friend dead, and his mother missing, Sean suddenly finds his whole world turned upside down as he's thrust into the hidden world of magic and the supernatural. Apparently he's now wanted, dead or alive, by all of the magical societies, though he has no idea why. About the only thing going for him is what his friend did for him just before he died and the cute track star who lives in the room next to his, who has suddenly taken a very personal interest in his problems.   

Perfect Strangers, book 2:   

During his junior year in college, Sean finds himself suddenly dropped into the middle of a world that he didn't even know existed. A secret world of magic and magic users, lycanthropes, goblins, and all the other things that go bump in the night. To make matters even more difficult, the very same magic users who had Sean's father killed now believe that Sean will somehow inherit his father's work when he turns 21, which is just a few days away. 

Needless to say most of the magic users' councils seem to be in two camps: The first camp wants him dead. The second camp wants him captured and will probably kill him after they've learned his secrets. The only solution Sean sees to any of this is to finish his father's work, the very thing that got his father killed. But in order to do that, Sean must first find out just what his father was working on! He's also going to need to learn magic himself, find a safe place to stay, raise some money, and gain a lot of allies.   

Fortunately for Sean he's got two good women at his side: Roxy, a cheetah lycanthrope with a lot of experience in fighting; and Jolene, a tantric witch with more than a few connections in the supernatural black market.   

WARNING: The Valens Legacy contains explicit sexuality, nudity, violence, bad language, attempted murder, actual murder, self-defense, proactive self-defense, destruction of private property, vandalism, breaking and entering, tantric magic, polyamory, mayhem, gratuitous sex and violence, littering, breaking speed limits, a used car dealer, one Plymouth hemi, and some poor guy who just wants to earn a paycheck as a cashier.  

©2018 Jan Stryvant; 2017 Jan Stryvant (P)2018 Podium Publishing

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A time machine

You start the book at 6am and 5 minute later(it feel like 5) it s 6pm. Of course it s not for everyone, it s a harem book where the girl and the mc fall in love the moment they see each other and they have a lot of sex. So at the begin everything feels to quick, but we do learn about the girls and the *new*world he is in.

Anyways we all the know that we don t buy those types of book for he grand story and legendary plot twist. No we buy those those books for the laft (this book does have the power to make you grinn)and to enjoyed the small story, but to my suprise this book does have some emotionnal moments and the narrator naild it perfectly.

The first book is very similar to Dan the barbarian, but in my opinion this one is better, so i recommand it greatly if you are into that type of book.

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Wish fulfillment fantasy

Urban fantasy harems are a guilty pleasure of mine... but it's hard to find a good one.

Case in point: the Valens Legacy.

It started off with an interesting premise: poor university student finds himself embroiled in something bigger than himself when a family friend turns out to be a were-lion - and infects him to save his life. Suddenly part of the supernatural community, our hero discovers the death of his father is not what it seemed.

Sounds good, right? It was. But the deeper you go into the story, the less depth it reveals. The main character immediately gets a girlfriend who wants nothing better than to become his, forever and ever, within hours. With an inexhaustible sex drive and a willingness to be part of harem, she is every guy's fantasy. And then she brings in a sex mage into the relationship, and talks her tough guy sheriff father into giving in and rolling over for our MC, because he's just that tough. Meanwhile, the MC discovers dad has set up an RPG skill system in his brain, and now he is both a mage and a were, something that apparently never happens.

It's all too convenient, and it all happens too fast. The main character's mother has disappeared, but he seems to forget about her. He has cash problems in the beginning, but later seems fine with ordering a dozen pizzas for dinner. When he needs a favour, a friend never mentioned before magically appears. Every tough guy realizes that our MC is right, and every hot girl realizes she wants nothing more than to warm his bed.

I stopped listening to it before it finished. Sorry, but it was just too much, too soon.




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