The Hero

Sword of Elathia, Book 2

By: Troy Ashford

Narrated by: Dylan Wheeler, Amber Hartt

First, he found a sentient sword. Now, a powerful enemy is after his life....

After defending his hometown, Lucas and the girls are finally setting out to explore the vast land of Elathia. As his redhead childhood friend grows even more daring in her expression of love, the adorable dragonkin is also eager to take their relationship to the next level. But will he and the stoic catkin ever get along?

Dangerous monsters, a deadly dungeon, and saving lives are merely the beginning of his journey to become a true hero. He and his girls will uncover an insidious secret and unravel a great mystery about Steel Heart.

But nothing can prepare them for the encounter with a fearsome creature who seeks to end his life, or the corruption that is slowly spreading across the land.

With the life of his girls and everyone else in the city at risk, Lucas has no choice but to face his most difficult trial head-on and hope he can overcome it!

Sword of Elathia is a fantasy adventure with romance and minor integration of litrpg/gamelit elements.

©2025 Troy Ashford (P)2025 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

OMG the childish dialog

it's decent...mostly. the power rangers like dialog and lengthy conversations during battles is extremely annoying. not all the western world views & values belong in a fantasy mid-evil type world. the fact that you have to explain your views on consent when it is already implied is cringe. at no point did I think anyone was being forced to do anything. we are not children, we understand what consent is. is it too much to ask that authors who write for adults to write with an adults mentality?

Not bad

Story line is pretty good. The MC is clueless with his women and relationships. Super slow level up system

steelheart he's my favorite

I liked all of the book The voice acting was on point The story was pretty good The spices were good My only part I didn't like was something little for some reason the author decided when the MCs do an inter monologue stuff he sometimes references the girls as either their race name or their class name or their actual name it's all over the place sometimes it's kind of jarring but other than that it's a really good book can't wait for the next one

Really Good.

This is a really good book. I love the boys actors. The pacing and the story. Looking forward to the next one.