What is Reddit's opinion of Roots and Steel: A Monster Hunting LitRPG?

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Roots and Steel by Casey White is a great read that follows monster hunters!

Blurb:

Where monsters go, hunters follow.

Hunters of the guild wait all year for the Festival of Knives, when they put their skills to the test and claim new ranks with every fiend they slay. Trapped helping the family business instead of pursuing his own career, Trellin has never been allowed to participate. But when he risks expulsion to sneak out and claim a kill beyond his rank, his hunt is spotted by a senior guildmember.

Rather than turn him in, she offers him a chance for freedom: Join her, and sail to the distant isle of Deldynne to compete in the bloody race for the rank of Guildmaster. If they can kill the monster that calls Deldynne home before the other teams do, he'll soar to new heights as apprentice to the leader of the Hunter’s Guild.

But not everyone wants his new mentor to be Guildmaster - and if they fail, neither will leave that island alive.

Apollos Thorne - no curse words in any books

books i've seen others recommend for kids:

> Roots and Steel is written to be a mostly-clean read! The worst you’ll see is an occasional ‘damn’. Because the story is about killing monsters, there is a fair bit of violence, but it’s written to be pretty non-graphic. I’d say the book is friendly to anyone middle school age or above!

> divine apostasy by a f kay - 'No swearing or cursing. This book is appropriate for younger readers (there is fighting against monsters).'

> Whispers of the Voidbringer by M. Allen Hall - Especially recommended for children discovering the magic of a mysterious world and the story hidden in it.

Very excited to share this with everyone today!  Roots and Steel is a new monster hunter-inspired series, and is the newest series to join Alex Raizman’s Coreverse, alongside series like Dinosaur Dungeon, Keldora, and Yagacore: The Dungeon that Walks like a Man.  

In addition, the audiobook is available right now, and at 29 hours, it’s a chonker.  You can grab it with a credit, or, I’ll be giving away 3 codes to the US and UK stores - if you’re interested, leave a comment and I’ll come back after a day and snag some names!

The blurb -

Where monsters go, hunters follow.

Hunters of the guild wait all year for the Festival of Knives, when they put their skills to the test and claim new ranks with every fiend they slay. Trapped helping the family business instead of pursuing his own career, Trellin has never been allowed to participate. But when he risks expulsion to sneak out and claim a kill beyond his rank, his hunt is spotted by a senior guildmember.

Rather than turn him in, she offers him a chance for freedom: Join her, and sail to the distant isle of Deldynne to compete in the bloody race for the rank of Guildmaster. If they can kill the monster that calls Deldynne home before the other teams do, he'll soar to new heights as apprentice to the leader of the Hunter’s Guild.

But not everyone wants his new mentor to be Guildmaster - and if they fail, neither will leave that island alive.

FAQ stuff -

Harem?  Sex?  None of that!  This is a book about hunting monsters, not bedding them (or anyone else).

How about swearing?  Can my kid read this? Roots and Steel is written to be a mostly-clean read!  The worst you’ll see is an occasional ‘damn’.  Because the story is about killing monsters, there is a fair bit of violence, but it’s written to be pretty non-graphic.  I’d say the book is friendly to anyone middle school age or above!

What’s this Coreverse business?  Do I have to read those?  Nope!  The Coreverse is an extended universe created by Alex Raizman, and includes other novel series like Dinosaur Dungeon, Factory of the Gods/Keldora, Block Dungeon, and Yagacore: The Dungeon that Walks like a Man.  Each series is set in its own world, so you don’t need to read the others to understand what’s going on here - but there will be a crossover later this year!

What can I expect from this book?  Roots and Steel is 270 thousand words of action and grand, sweeping fight scenes against giant monsters, with just a touch of cutting bits off the monsters and using them to make new weapons and armor to kill even more monsters.  It was written directly in response to the launch of Monster Hunter: Rise, and takes a lot of inspiration from the tone, aesthetics, and mechanics of the game - alongside some intrigue, just a hint of politics, and a lot of sarcastic banter!

Is this a series?  Kind of.  I want to write more books in this series!  But, Roots and Steel will be written as a series of standalones - each book has a self-contained story with the same cast of characters, and can be read largely independent of the others.

Ready for the book?  Here’s the link!

Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Roots-Steel-Monster-Hunting-LitRPG-ebook/dp/B09ZRNYHMM

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09ZRNYHMM

Amazon CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B09ZRNYHMM

Audible (US): https://www.audible.com/pd/Roots-and-Steel-Audiobook/B0B39TC7H6

Thanks so much, and I hope you enjoy!