Starblood #5

By: Roman Prokofiev, Sofia Shcherbakova - translator, Alex A. Ryans - translator

Narrated by: Matt Weisgerber

The natives call the astroengineering contraption built around the black hole the Skythrone. Within it lies Eternity, an afterlife of sorts where chosen Ascendants travel after their death to gain immortality. Yet unlike the heaven and hell of Earth, it is absolutely real, and sometimes, guests who call themselves the emissaries of Eternity come down from there.

But are they guests or are they masters?

Legends say that the Kel civilization, the creators of the Dyson sphere, left for Eternity three galactic cycles ago to become almighty immortal gods. The passenger in my head claims that they are wretched cowards who doomed Unity and all of its inhabitants to save their own hides.

I . . . am about to learn who is right and what Eternity is truly hiding.

As long as I remember that only one thing matters to its ageless sovereigns. A single thread connecting the two worlds.

And it is Starblood!

©2024 Roman Prokofiev; English translation copyright 2024 by Sofia Shcherbakova, Alex A. Ryans (P)2025 Tantor Media

I love his books and how it’s tied into project stellar.

He’s one of the best at drip, feeding the lore. He’s great at weaving an overall tapestry and a very cool story. Other lit RPG have become like sitcoms. 95% of the book is the current monster or mission with very little learning about the overall story. It’s not realistic. In life we often learn things at the time that mean nothing and reflect on them.
Both project stellar and this put you in the detective role as well as being confused as the main character characters.
It’s engaging when you want to keep listening rather than fast forwarding fight scenes…
You even learn about the overall world and lore in the actual fights.