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Beastborne: Crucible: A LitRPG Adventure (Beastborne Chronicles, Book 4) Kindle Edition

by James T. Callum (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars 1,444 ratings
Evading death is not without consequence.

To restore broken magic and powers, Hal and his Guild brave Dungeons, facing nightmares made real.

The dwarves and koblins of Brightsong seek new inventions to protect their growing settlement and its Manatree.

Afflicted by a fatal essence, Hal turns to the crucible of the stars to break his shackles and reforge himself anew.

Crafting an experimental new path is rife with dangers, but no kingdom of monsters and men is made without strife and sacrifice.
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    Beastborne
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Beastborne Chronicles by James T. Callum
Beastborne: Mark of the Founder

A new Founder Marked with otherworldly power, an epic quest to build a Sanctum settlement, and a fabled class that wields monstrous magics.

Lost in a world with Levels, stats, and monsters, Hal fights to survive in an unforgiving land and escape persecution from its rulers.

Ingenuity and courage won’t be enough. With Marked powers he doesn’t understand, he’s hunted by goblins, bandits, aberrations, and foul monsters that plague the realm.

He’ll need to abandon his humanity by embracing the beast within. To fight monsters, one has to risk becoming a monster.

Only by forging bonds with fellow adventurers and monsters alike does Hal and his would-be-kingdom have any chance of surviving the hazardous realm.

Thousands of pages long, this series is a must read for LitRPG and Epic Fantasy fans alike!

Progression Fantasy Beastborne: Exiled Lands

Monster Magic meets Cultivation

Explore Beastborne's vast monster magic system as it grows and evolves with each book, culminating in a blend of LitRPG elements and eastern cultivation.

Portal Fantasy Beastborne: Mist Wardens

Portal Fantasy at its finest

Experience an epic litRPG adventure series set in the Shardrune Universe, full of dungeon crawling spell-slinging action, crafting, deep magic systems, Lovecraftian horrors, and a weak-to-strong main character that gains magic from battling monsters.

Monster Powers Beastborne: Crucible

Kingdom Building LitRPG

Follow Hal as he founds a kingdom from the ground up unlike any other, one that welcomes vicious monsters, dwarves, elves, humans, and koblins alike.

Cultivation LitRPG Beastborne: Crucible

Slice-of-life Progression

Immerse yourself in this slice-of-life progression fantasy set in a fantastical world with magic unleashing storms and underdog characters that are seeking more than just survival out of life as they battle against a savage world bent on their destruction.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BQG3ZZ25
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 5, 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3.5 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 862 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 4 of 7 ‏ : ‎ Beastborne
  • Customer Reviews:
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As an EMT hailing from swampy Florida, James moved farther and farther across the country with each new book released until he eventually ended up in Washington. A feat that took a little over 2 years (or 5 books). Hopefully he stays put, because he’s just about run out of road if he tries to move again.

There, among the trees and mountains, he splits his time between the winding mountain trails, an unhealthy amount of video games, and, of course, writing.

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Customers appreciate the book's epic world-building and consider it a great addition to the series. The writing receives positive feedback, with one customer noting its colorful and evocative language. They find the book enjoyable to read, with one mentioning it keeps them hooked from one book to the next. However, the book's focus receives negative feedback, with one customer describing it as unfocused.

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31 customers mention "Story development"27 positive4 negative

Customers enjoy the story development of the book, appreciating its epic world building and how it continues the narrative arc, with one customer noting its engaging magic system.

"...The story continues and Hal continues to get stronger and acquire stronger allies." Read more

"The story is still building and becoming more involved. The story ends with a great hook that has me looking forward to the next one!" Read more

"...Still giving it a 4 because the story is decent, but I hope the next book is more coherent." Read more

"...Hal gets some changes that really have interesting implications for the future, and the book shifts focus a bit to feeling a bit more cultivation..." Read more

16 customers mention "Readability"16 positive0 negative

Customers find the book readable and worth the wait, with one mentioning it keeps them hooked from one book to the next.

"...But man was it worth it!..." Read more

"...This one was good." Read more

"...Still good, though! I will be reading the next one, if I remember to get it when it comes out." Read more

"...Overall I enjoyed the book but im a little worried about the story from here on out...." Read more

9 customers mention "Writing quality"7 positive2 negative

Customers praise the writing quality of the book, finding it amazing and enthralling, with one customer noting its colorful and evocative language.

"This book series continues to captivate the mind and enthrall one’s mind from start to finish...." Read more

"Ok ill start by prefacing I very much enjoy James's writing, the plot and action was all fun and I enjoy most things about the book its strength is..." Read more

"...I have no idea. I'm a decent reader, but this book had me flipping back and forth, trying to understand how we got from A to B. Again,..." Read more

"Everything from the two-dragon fight on was really confusing to follow. Still good, though!..." Read more

5 customers mention "Enjoyment"5 positive0 negative

Customers find the book enjoyable, with one customer particularly impressed by the worlds Callum builds, while another appreciates the crafting elements.

"...trying to understand how we got from A to B. Again, I really enjoy the worlds Callum builds, and I'll continue to support his works...." Read more

"I love this world! It has a little bit of everything and makes you want to dive in and see what else Aldim has in store for us...." Read more

"The series continues to impress at every turn with interesting characters and lore. The crafting is enjoyable and the locations are grandiose." Read more

"Best Finish Yet..." Read more

3 customers mention "Focus"0 positive3 negative

Customers find the book unfocused, with one review noting it has no real impact or screen time.

"...effectively having the walking dead treatment done to him, no real impact or screentime all book, up until just before he dies...." Read more

"...of my issues, but I'll agree with the consensus here that the work is unfocused...." Read more

"...Most of it was superfluous at best and honestly ruined the series for me...." Read more

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  • Manny
    5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
    Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2025
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    This book series continues to captivate the mind and enthrall one’s mind from start to finish. The story continues and Hal continues to get stronger and acquire stronger allies.
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  • Jeff
    5.0 out of 5 stars World building
    Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2024
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    The story is still building and becoming more involved. The story ends with a great hook that has me looking forward to the next one!
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  • Don
    4.0 out of 5 stars I love the author but...
    Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2023
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    This particular book likely got hit by some of the personal issues that he ran into in 22. It can't quite decide what it wants to be, jumping around too much in style, and I'm not sure the way he designed town building really fits the story so far. Still giving it a 4 because the story is decent, but I hope the next book is more coherent.
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  • Adam Roberts
    5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the wait!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2023
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    Seems like this one took awhile to get here, which is probably due to to how fast some authors put out books these days. But man was it worth it! Hal gets some changes that really have interesting implications for the future, and the book shifts focus a bit to feeling a bit more cultivation than it was. An interesting choice for sure, and one that I’m curious to see how that plays out going forward. Loved the Komachi scenes as usual, and the additional universe lore was very interesting. Loved the fight scenes, and there’s an especially cool one a little later in the book. Great stuff all around!
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  • David Drewry
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
    Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2023
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    Have read all books in this series and this book was just as great as the other books. Watching Hal and team change with their magical abilities and strengths as well as Hal growing as a Founder and then Breastbone evolves the story. Never hurts when you have good conflict and battles (magic and monsters) thrown in and especially with the two dragons who Hal is wants a bond/oath with.

    Looking forward to next book as soon it is out.
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  • JTorleif
    5.0 out of 5 stars Loving this series
    Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2023
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    So does that concluding fight break the rules of the primacy challenge? Wouldn’t that be ironic if Rinbast looses the challenge because of them?

    How was Aldim broken? And what, exactly, does Rinbast believe he is doing that will fix it? It seems, from Dream, that his actions with the Kinslayers is actually making things worse for the Dimshard.
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  • Clarence A Moore Sr
    4.0 out of 5 stars Cliffhanger
    Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2023
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    The problem with cliffhangers is that you can’t wait for the next book especially if the wait is long so I’ll help and bring on the next book. This one was good.
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  • Michael A Campbell
    5.0 out of 5 stars Super confusing at the end
    Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2024
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    Everything from the two-dragon fight on was really confusing to follow. Still good, though! I will be reading the next one, if I remember to get it when it comes out.
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  • Azel Robles
    5.0 out of 5 stars How does it keep getting better ?
    Reviewed in France on January 21, 2023
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    Seriously every single book is better than the last, and the first book was great so imagine how insane this one is.

    If you haven't started reading this you're missing out, and now's a great time to get caught up to an amazing series that combines town building, crafting and progression so smoothly it all feels organic.
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  • FG
    5.0 out of 5 stars Please add a synopsis and a list of characters t
    Reviewed in Italy on March 30, 2023
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    The story is good but:
    1) MC is too much a Saint, I understand that the story is based on the contrast between the MC personality and that of his evil versions but nobody is so perfect.
    2) Too many events the story is a little too complicated.
    3) When a new volume is published to remember "the story so far" is difficult, please add a synopsis and\or a list of characters
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  • A.F.H. Tintenkrieger
    3.0 out of 5 stars Tedious
    Reviewed in Germany on May 12, 2023
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    Took me many weeks to finish this book, and that practically sums it up as I am a really fast reader.
    Endless waxing poetic inner dialogues that could have been said with a handful of sentences, an utter ridiculous "argumental debate" with dragons (so you bring down debate to the most basic and uncivilized form of settling a quarrel?) and the most boring fight that filled dozens of pages until the end with a cliffhanger that you cannot even bother about as you are just glad that this slog is finally over.
    Add into the mix the constant confusing explanations of metaphysical magic until you feel Lieutenant Jordy's blind eyes on you while he explains warp drive plasma coupling tricorder use mumbo jumbo.

    Let's leave out half the "intelligent" re-using and deus-ex-machina magic and concentrate on the story instead of losing yourself in the machine room workings and this might become worthwhile reading again.
    Right now, it's confusing and boring.
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  • Matheus Rocha Pereira
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
    Reviewed in Brazil on April 12, 2023
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    The book picked up the pace, introduced new systems and didn't repeat too much, it was a good read. I just dislike that it ended in a cliffhanger. That is fine for writing on royal road or similar websites, but every bool should have a proper beginning and end
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  • Glyn Box
    5.0 out of 5 stars Intense
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2024
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    An emotional rollercoaster worth the read, with a depth of detail that is very satisfying with a very climactic ending
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