To Sleep In The Sea Of Time
This is a story of a guy who loses everything, and then gets it back.
Same old new world story, just a different kind of story teller.
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They took away our hunter tags.
They had us grow our hair.
They gave us a new brand, when we were over there.
They staged us out of Dragur, East of the Olim Horn.
I guess they call us Slaves, but no one calls us much anymore.
There is no fun in killing.
I don't want to do it anymore.
Karn brought Sorrow.
Pookie brought Fear.
Milk brought the fly boys.
They did work in Undia.
I worked mostly clandestine.
Some Legends I should not say.
We played with better wands.
I could use the extra pay.
Did Mara give the order?
Did venom pay the way?
They said we were slaying demons, but it was kind of hard to tell.
There is no fun in killing.
I don't want to do it anymore.
This was before HALO, and Codex was king.
Hej atop the rider, he never felt a thing.
When our rider caught a spell, and both the mages killed.
It pitched us over sideways on some cold Sylph hill.
My back felt like it was broken, my legs I could not feel.
I kept on slaying demons, but it was kind of hard to tell.
There is no fun in killing.
I don't want to do it anymore.
I never did heal up right from injuries sustained
Officially in Torin, unofficially we train.
I remember all their faces.
They dream about me still.
I guess I'm slaying demons, but it's kind of hard to tell.
There no fun in killing.
I don't want to do it anymore.
I speak the cold logistic, that old boys speak so well.
Veni, Vedi, Vici.
I'll see you in Hel.
Maybe it's bravado, or an unspeakable guilt.
That village, they were demons, but it was kind of hard to tell.
There is no fun in killing.
I don't wanna to do it anymore.
I've done plenty.
What is one more?
-Corb Lund
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Come guess me this riddle.
What beats shire leaves and fiddle?
What is hotter than pleasures touch, and whiter than cream?
What best wets his whistle?
What is clearer than crystal?
What is sweeter than honey and stronger than steam?
What will make the lame walk?
What will make the dumb talk?
What is the elixir of life and philosopher's stone?
And what helped Pookie-Baba dig up a tunnel, that runs from Shalamanda to West-Torin?
When you are digging a crater, It is the best thing in nature, for sinking your sorrows and raising your joys.
Sometimes I wonder, if lightning and thunder, is made out of the plunder, of the reddest hiski and oils.
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If you can keep your head when all about you, are losing theirs and blaming it on you.
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make allowance for their doubting too.
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise.
If you can dream, and not make dreams your master.
If you can think, and not make thoughts your aim.
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same.
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken, twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, and stoop and build them up with worn-out tools.
If you can make one heap of all your winnings, and risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss and lose, and start again at your beginnings, and never breathe a word about your loss.
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew, to serve your turn long after they are gone, and so hold on when there is nothing in you; Except the Will which says to them ‘Hold on!’
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, nor walk with Kings, nor lose the common touch.
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you.
If all men count with you, but none too much.
If you can fill the unforgiving minute, with sixty seconds worth of distance, run.
Yours is the World and everything that’s in it, and which is more you’ll be a Man, my son.
- Rudyard Kipling
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Reveal Spoiler
Hello dear reader, Author here. Consider this a trigger warning. If you don't like gore and scary stories, don't read this. If you are going to leave comments disparaging me or my readers, don't read this. Other than that this book is a pet project of mine for a couple of years and I am just now editing and releasing it, along with its side story 'Milk Diary'. I hope you enjoy.
I was really I trusted by the book and it was good all up until he brought the girl along. At this point the charcte has been “ asleep” for thousands of years if not hundreds of thousands of years. So at that point with all th suffering he has gone through basically torture I would think he would be an emotionless person literally after all he has gone through. But for certain people I would say it is a good book ,got to chapter 24. But sorry author the girl ruined it for me.
To be honest this is quite a weird book with an equally as weird MC. I am currently on chapter 322 and even though I find the book weird and sometimes confusing it is quite intriguing and a good read, the chapter are long so if You choose to spend your precious coind i would say what you get is more than worth the price. The Mc is twisted, cold and calculating I don’t know the right words to describe him if I had to I would describe him as a high functioning sociopath with psychopathic tendencies. The story telling and world building is exemplary almost outstanding. Spelling and grammar is top notch only a few mistakes or errors here and there, an example of this is how the author consistently spells “emperor” as “emporer”. All in all I’d say the book places somewhere between a 4.5/5 and a 5/5. Also author pls give more chapters[img=update]
Its a good book
Thus is one if the best and most original novels on here! This isn't just some power fantasy that most novels on here quickly become and as of yet has no romance other than mentions of his past life and is likely to stay that way. Beware those who are opposed to witnessing humans at their worst and willing to do anything to survive for the Main characters second incarnation as a human shows him and most others of our race at such a point. However while the MC may seem cruel it is only him doing absolutely everything in the name of survival and finding a way to survive... Or die for the last, final, time!
I have somewhat mixed feelings about this novel. This novel had a great idea, and for the most part the plot was pretty good. However a few things didn't make much sense. So first off, the main character. He has lived in the void for trillions of years. It was stated his lost his sanity and regained his sanity multiple times. Putting aside the fact that humans trapped in a void for trillions of years would likely never regain their sanity, when he gets out of the void is where the problems start. When the main character eventually is reincarnated as a human, despite what was mentioned previously he still has quite a bit of emotions. He is not really a "cold calculating" as initially described, he is empathetic but kills to get to his goals. The problem with this, he has literally lived in the void for a indeterminate amount of eons, and has zero emotional defects? I'm at chapter 72, and he quite frankly has perfect sanity, with no emotional defects. Which, again, makes no sense. As for the side characters? We have antagonist #1 - 10, and useless girl who stays by the main character's side #1 and #2. He keeps a annoying energy parasite next to him for no good reason, despite it endangering him quite a bit. Also, as much as I love unforgiving worlds where the main character barely survives, this just isn't it. Literally everyone the main character meets trys to kill him at some point, it's kinda exhausting to read. I swear theres large swaths of people who will try and kill him just for the giggles. The plot in general kinda sucks. The main character wants to learn how to use mana more efficiently, so instead of taking the short way to go to the mages association to learn, he takes the long way. (He could've revealed he has a mana core to be taken there straight away, but instead he didn't and now has to walk 5000 miles across various places with next to 0% survival rate.) Why did he do this? Because it might give too much attention to him. Which I personally find laughable, considering how much attention he has gotten so far, I doubt revealing a mana core will change anything. Furthermore, the writing quality is sub-par, even for this site. Theres a lot of run-on sentences and a ridiculous amount of grammatical errors. Grammarly could've fixed the majority of mistakes. The conversations the main character has are kind of awkward, I can't really anyone actually saying this without being extremely cringy. Overall, a good idea, and it had a good plot outline, but failed the execution miserably. Writing quality, story development, and character design fall short. World background is only average.
Sounds good, I am gonna give it a read. Looking at the comments I presume it is a dark fiction, and I love dark, gory books. As for romance, it is a no go. I hate romance, harem from the deepest bits of my soul.
terrible novel honestly
Can someone tell me a novel with a similar concept to this one M Mm H
This is a hidden gem especially if you like darker novels, the mc is somewhat op but he still runs into problems a lot. I like how the author handled him existing for so long by making him just box everything away. His morals are non existent after spending so long in torturous pain but I would like there to be moments where he questions what he’ s, maybe if he commits mass murder for little to no reason. My suggestion for the author to increase readers is to change the synopsis, its really long and to be honest I only read through like half or less, it doesn’t tell you what the story is about at all. If you wish to keep the poems In it I would suggest putting them beneath a reagular synopsis, when I first saw this novel I was going to not read it because of the synopsis but I’m I gave it a chance.
I enjoyed reading the story thus far. Everything, was written exceptionally well for the most part. Although, he/she got their possessive adjectives mixed up sometimes. Besides that, I don't have that many complaints when it comes to the story. Unfortunately, I can't continue supporting this book. The author has a tendency to be demeaning to his readers. If you don't believe me. Read his responses to me and others. His behavior is that of a child. I can't support someone like this. Good luck to him/her.
I've gotten to chapter 75 - so far this is some of the best writing I have seen on this platform. I am a huge fan of the start of the novel...
the writing is so good i almost though the author actually expierenced this! good read unique perspectives magic,fantasy ect pretty good all and all