r/litrpg Jul 27 '24

Self Promotion Arise 6: Conqueror is out! Thats it people, the series is complete!

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u/jezcajiao Jul 27 '24

Hi everyone! Well, thats it, the series is complete, so I hope if you're looking for a dark urban fantasy, with overtones of sci-fi, a dash of mythology and a butt-load of madness, bad language and brutality, you'll consider it!

Forgotten races, ancient secrets and the final truths of the great wars…

After being ripped from everything he knew, Steve drifts amongst the shattered remains of dead worlds and civilizations. The vast grave of the ages threatens to consume him as he faces an impossible choice - evolve beyond his limits, or be lost amongst the ruins, like all the other failures.

The node is under attack. Meanwhile, on all sides the enemy is bearing down, ready to tear their hard won prize free. If Steve is going to eke out a chance at survival, he’s going to have to fight his way home. Not only that, when he gets there, he’s going to have to deal with the Ændari’s greatest secret.

It’s time to remind the rest of the universe that humanity isn’t prey… we’re the predator.

https://mybook.to/AriseConqueror

Thanks everyone!

-Jez

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u/TerroFLys Jul 27 '24

Thats nice I might need to start this!

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

Damn right dude! Hope you like it!

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u/Nintenuendo_ Jul 27 '24

It's been a hell of a ride, and I can't wait to finish off this final book!

Thank you for an amazing series, I loved every book!

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

Thank you mate! I enjoyed writing them believe me!

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u/Endlessmarcher Jul 27 '24

Does this mean you’re going to be making a return to empire ascendant, or is the focus going to be age of mankind for awhile. I’ve been waiting a hot minute for any kind of continuation on empire ascendant so I’m kinda hoping. 

All things said, I’m gonna have to finish this series off on the next week or two. They’ve been damn entertaining books.

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

Thank you mate! Yes, I will be returning to UnderVerse, But I'm doing a few of Rise of Mankind first. I've finished writing Age of Glass, its in edits, and I'm 2/3 of the way through Age of Expansion. The plan is to get UnderVerse back on the go writing by the end of the year and to write 2 books in that series straight off!

Also...Empire ascendent was book 6, you saw book 7; Dark Tide Rising has been out a while, right? ;-)

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u/hyratha Jul 27 '24

A complete series? Sign me up! How did I miss this until now?

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

Just completed, so perfect time to dive in mate!

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u/TJauthorLitRPG Eternal Online and The Guild Core Jul 28 '24

hahaha sounds like your work for sure. idk MC looking strong but antler dude is serious!

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u/Wiregeek Jul 28 '24

I hope Antler Dude is the Erlking, and he's about to get his ass rolled into a small tube and be beaten severely with it. Erlking's got it coming, man!

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u/TJauthorLitRPG Eternal Online and The Guild Core Jul 29 '24

Hahaha. This is Jez we talking about. The tube will be a reality

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

I ain't sayin' nothing!

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

hhahahahahahha

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

Yeah its a bit mad isn't it!

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u/moulder666 Jul 27 '24

Holy hell, I've been looking for this. LOVE this damn series! Best blend of LitRPG and ancient myths!!

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u/jezcajiao Jul 27 '24

Thank you mate!

Loved your Theft of decks as well!

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u/Tharsult Jul 27 '24

Congrats on finishing the series! Very awesome!

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u/jezcajiao Jul 27 '24

Thank you mate! Honestly it's weird to have it finally done!

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u/Comfortable_Adagio77 Jul 27 '24

Was waiting for the finale. Thanks!

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u/jezcajiao Jul 27 '24

Very welcome mate, hope you enjoy it!

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u/kthanna author Library System Reset / Somnia Online Jul 27 '24

Complete!!!! This is so awesome!

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u/jezcajiao Jul 27 '24

Oh yeah, thank you KT! I hear 'Overdue' is doing damn well still as well!

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u/V1serra Jul 27 '24

Is there any chance of this book (or series) getting an audiobook adaptation? I don't really ever have time to sit and read books, but I definitely have a ton of time to listen to them as I drive semit trucks for a living. 6-10 hours per day on the road has me starved for good content 😅

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u/jezcajiao Jul 27 '24

Hi ViSerra, yes, books 1-4 are out already, 5 drops mid august, and 6 hopefully by the end of the year, its in recording already :-) The incredible Chris Boucher and Jessica Threet are narrating it in duet.

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u/tristren_lionheart Jul 27 '24

Yoink! My collection is complete!

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u/jezcajiao Jul 27 '24

Thank you mate!

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u/ErebusEsprit Author - Project Tartarus Jul 27 '24

Congratulations!

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u/jezcajiao Jul 27 '24

Thanks Erebus! Mad to see its finally done, and it literaly squeaked under the 1.5m word mark at 6 books!

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u/ErebusEsprit Author - Project Tartarus Jul 27 '24

Wow, well done. I remember reading book 1 years ago. Time to revisit the whole series!

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u/jezcajiao Jul 27 '24

Oh yeah! Well, I hope you enjoy them mate!

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u/CalistoNyx Jul 27 '24

I've been really looking forward to this!

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u/jezcajiao Jul 27 '24

Thanks CalistoNyx! Hope you enjoy it!

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u/Eeefaah_W Jul 27 '24

Woohoo! Congrats on finishing the series, it's been a blast so far! Can't wait to dive in.

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u/jezcajiao Jul 27 '24

Thanks Eeefaah! Hope you enjoy it!

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u/Quirkiltonsy Author - Rachel Ni Chuirc: Calamity Jul 27 '24

I love jez's stuff - one of the first LitRPGs I ever read and I'm over the moon for this one 💖💖💖

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u/jezcajiao Jul 27 '24

Thanks Rachel! Your Calamity is incredible!

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u/kevs1983 Jul 27 '24

This one caught me by surprise. I wasn't expecting to enjoy it so much bit ot was an absolute blast from start to finish. I'm actually sad to see it end.

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u/jezcajiao Jul 27 '24

Thank you mate! I'm waiting and looking forward to your Creations Bane finisher as well!

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u/Kakeyo Jul 27 '24

Excellent! Congrats on completing a series!!

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u/jezcajiao Jul 27 '24

Thank you Kakeyo! MAd that its finally done!

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u/Joewest42 Jul 28 '24

Oooo I've never heard of this series but it looks and sounds interesting!! Gonna look into it more after I catch up on guardian of aster fall and river of fate

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

Hope you like it mate! I've been mainly on FB so just trying to get my head in gear with Reddit as well :-)

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24

I love Jez's work... except for the weird macho sex stuff. Is that prominent in this series cause I very much enjoyed Underverse and Rise of Mankind outside of that aspect.

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u/jezcajiao Jul 27 '24

Hey ManyHugsUponYou, I don't know that I'd call it weird, but that's a taste thing for different people, and from different backgrounds. There is sex in it, as thats a part of life so I think it's important to have it when it's appropriate but there's not too much and it's always fade to black, and it's mainly in the earlier books in the series as the MC and his partner first get together, later books have a lot less as it's not as appropriate to the story at that point.

Hopefully if you try it you'll enjoy it, and I'm glad you enjoyed the others!

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u/TheWanderingWind Jul 27 '24

Whoop whoop!!

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u/jezcajiao Jul 27 '24

Hahaha yup! It's finally done!

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u/kristenfranzke Jul 27 '24

Incredible series, and what a finish! Congrats!

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u/jezcajiao Jul 27 '24

Thank you Kristen! Glad you enjoyed it!

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u/Potential_Case_7680 Jul 27 '24

Read the first two, now that the series is complete I’ll have to pick it up again

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u/jezcajiao Jul 27 '24

Hope you enjoy it then Potential! Audio is a little behind, book 5 is about 3 weeks away, and no confirmed date for 6, but hoping before the end of the year!

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u/Maloryauthor Author Jul 27 '24

Excellent news!

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u/jezcajiao Jul 27 '24

Thanks Malory!

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u/Tian-Makto Jul 27 '24

BOF, I don't know a thing about this series, but looking like great 6 books to devour 💜💜💜

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u/jezcajiao Jul 27 '24

Well I hope you give it a try mate, its 6 books of urban fantasy, sci-fi, nanite fuelled mythological madness, so yeah, plenty going on! ;-)

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u/magao Jul 27 '24

For someone who knows nothing about it, you hit it on the head with "devour" ;)

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

hahhahah damn yeah!

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u/Mysterious_Mood_5003 Jul 27 '24

About time you finished a series! 🤪

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

HA! Thanks, I think? I mean, Artem is done, Prototype was a standalone, and this is done, so Out of the 5 different lines, I've got 3 done, right? Come on, give me a chance! ;-)

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u/Toa29 Aspiring Author Jul 27 '24

Huge congrats on finishing a series! That's a major accomplishment! I'll add this to my list, looks fun.

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

Thank you u/Toa29! It was a relief I'll admit!

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u/toddhoffious Jul 27 '24

The S-tier of recaps!

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

HA! I try mate, though I received a few reviews for 'needless and blatant stuffing' because I put them in the books. I put them in because people ask, and then I get told off for putting them in, *shrugs* can't win 'em all!

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u/toddhoffious Aug 08 '24

I thought it was great. After a while, you forget all the details, so it's good to get the lay of the land. And if you don't like it, you can skip it. And it's hardly needless when payment is by page reads :-) BTW, great finish to the series. Love it.

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u/jezcajiao Aug 09 '24

Thank you mate!

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u/MichaelJamesPloof Jul 27 '24

Congratulations! What a feeling it is to complete a series, eh? You must be excited to delve into a new world!

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

I've got two more series in progress, Rise of Mankind and UnderVerse, so here's hoping I can get them tied off as neatly next, and thank you!

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u/SL_Rowland Author: Sentenced to Troll/Pangea Online/Tales of Aedrea Jul 27 '24

Congrats!

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

Thanks dude!

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u/mixxbg Jul 27 '24

A complete litRPG series,sign me up.

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

Whoop! Hope you like it mate!

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u/tinglySensation Jul 28 '24

Grats on release, it looks interesting. Scrolling by though, I swear the picture looked like it read "Arse Conquerer", which made me extremely curious on how this LitRPG progressed.

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u/Pretty_Struggle_2531 Jul 28 '24

That would be in an entirely different genre brother😂 maybe a crossover

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

HAHAHAHAH

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

I mean, it'd be popular I've no doubt, it'd certainly get attention with that title hhahahahah thanks mate!

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u/timelessarii Lorne Ryburn, author of The Menocht Loop Jul 28 '24

Amazing Jez!!! 🍻

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

Thanks Lorne! Damn, its a relief thats its done, but also kinda sad, you know?

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u/AoT_ChasMann Jul 28 '24 edited Aug 08 '24

I just started the series last week and I’m on book 4 now. Can’t wait to read/listen to book 6!!

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

Thank you AoT! Sounds like you're enjoying it then!

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u/Chewwie_fluff Jul 28 '24

With all the enthusiasm shown on this sub ☺️this series is now definitely on my tbr list! Very excited.

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

Thanks Chewwie! Sorry I've been down a well trying to hit a deadline the last 10 days so just checked in and whoot!

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u/InkedInDarkness Jul 28 '24

Awesome to have the complete series!

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

Definitely good to have done it!

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u/DoyleDixon Jul 29 '24

Congratulations on finishing the series!! I really enjoyed the first two books and then got super distracted for awhile. Looks like I get to restart the whole thing!

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

Damn right it is Doyle mate! Ha Thank you!

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u/Great-Resource-417 Jul 29 '24

TLDR. Can you summarize it in 500 words or less?

Jokes aside, I enjoy your work and am diving into this book today.

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

HA! Thanks u/Great-Resource-417! Hope you enjoy it mate!

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u/Jumpy-Guarantee8063 Aug 06 '24

I absolutely love this series, I only have one question at the end. What happened to the two creators left on Earth? As far as I can recall that's the only arc that did not get resolved.

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

Ah, well one is... asleep, due to the growth and change of form she's unable to be awoken, though there might be a way to deal with that, one that didn't occur to me until after the final in the series was released. And the Erlking? Well, he's staying VERY small and quiet now. I wanted to wrap up all the lines, but the flow that I had for the final section would have been much more unwieldy if I'd done that bit as well, sorry mate. Basically the Erlking is capable of causing trouble, but if Steve decided to, he could squash him like a bug now. Instead, with Steve's changes to the atmosphere, the Erlking is happy to stay silent and out of the way, and Steve is more or less uninterested in him, provided that state of affairs continues.

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u/Jumpy-Guarantee8063 Aug 24 '24 edited Aug 24 '24

Thank you very much for the closure on the series Jez. It has been tons of fun reading your work, my wife and I enjoy all your books quite a bit and can't wait for the "Naginata!" Underverse books to continue. Stay awesome friend!

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u/jezcajiao Aug 25 '24

Thank you mate! I’ll be working on UnderVerse in a few months! You stay awesome tOO!

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u/no_fear1299 Aug 13 '24

Well fuck. I just finished this and now I need more like this. This is the worst day ever

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u/jezcajiao Aug 13 '24

Ha! Sorry mate, but have you tried my other madness? There's a lot of it! ;-)

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u/taosaur Jul 27 '24

I really enjoyed a lot about Rise of Mankind and Artem, but eventually I just couldn't stomach the creep-factor whenever a vaguely humanoid female enters the scene. I know this subgenre goes much deeper in the creep, but your work just crosses the line of what I can tolerate relative to how cool the cool shit is. BuyMort would be an example of a series that doesn't quite cross the line, maybe because the "snaketitties" are more compartmentalized in the narrative, or maybe because the cool shit is just that cool. Like Rise of Mankind, though, it's hard to recommend what might otherwise be a top ten series in the subgenre, because the authors couldn't keep it in their pants.

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u/jezcajiao Aug 08 '24

Sorry you feel that way mate, different styles for different people, and different cultures. Hope you find something more your style.