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  • Defunct: A Cultivation Saga

  • The Last Psion, Book 1
  • Written by: Maxwell Farmer
  • Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
  • Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Defunct: A Cultivation Saga

Written by: Maxwell Farmer
Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
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Publisher's Summary

A young half-elf learns he's the secret heir of a murdered king and resolves to claim his father's magic and save his country in this progression fantasy.

In the world of Alterra, forged from the ruins of Ragnarök and a nearly forgotten Earth, magic is everywhere. Despite this, half-elf Kiru and his mother live a quiet existence in a remote village where nothing ever happens. Nothing, that is, until the day Kiru gets into a fight with a rich lordling who breaks his spine.

Fleeing their small town together, Kiru's mother confesses an astonishing truth to her son: He is royalty, the son of the murdered King Ruken Chromebane, monarch of the Kingdom of Blades, who was wrongly accused of being a tyrant because of his rare magical abilities.

Soon, Kiru begins to feel his father's unique brand of mana within himself. This power, the half-elf discovers, was all that stood between the kingdom and invasion by an army of dragons. If he can harness it, he'll be able to control his broken body and travel the continent in search of the king's lost treasures, eventually claiming his own rightful place on the throne.

Accompanied by William the imp and Brunhilda, dwarven paladin in the Order of Valhalla, Kiru sets out to restore his father's legacy and save his country. Stop one: the Royal Cultivation Academy, where Kiru must navigate a complex web of relationships and personality types—all while hiding his outlawed power—to recover the first of the slain king's items . . . before it's too late.

The first volume of the epic progression-fantasy series—originally released on Royal Road—now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Audible!

©2024 Maxwell Farmer (P)2024 Podium Audio

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Outstanding

Read through multiple times and love to passing and transitioning and character design. Beautiful. Can’t wait for more

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Dumb MC, was too annoyed and quit halfway through.

fairly typical in terms of all the common over done cultivation tropes. MC is dumb, weak, and poor but has the potential for incredible power and is supposed to prevent some great calamity in the future. MC is hated by arrogant piece of shit nobles simple because he is not a noble himself. MC constantly makes dumb spur of the moment decisions even when it's not necessary to do so.
Also once the MC has gotten to the academy there has been no cultivation.

Narration is ok I've listened to a number of other books by the same narrator, and have found I start to tune out his voice as I find he's got droning quality that makes it hard to stay focused on.

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If you're good with a very generic and bland western cultivation story that doesn't have much cultivation then you'll probably enjoy this story. Probably good for fans of the Dragon Heart series.

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