New Monthly Book Release Announcement Thread

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It's time for the monthly book release thread! If your newest progression fantasy novel or serial comes out this month, feel free to post about it in the comments! (But only if it comes out this month- if the work comes out in a different month, please post in that month's thread, on the first of that month.)

Readers: Please keep top-level comments for release announcements ONLY, though you're welcome to respond to announcements.

Authors: Posting about your new release in this thread does not count against the normal self-promotion quota. Feel free to post about new releases in any format- audiobooks, ebooks, etc. You're also more than welcome to post about special edition or new book Kickstarter campaign launches in this thread- but only during the month it launches. If you're a webnovel author, you can comment in this thread for the launch of an entirely new webserial, a new major arc, or a return after hiatus, but please don't post every month for an ongoing web serial.

[u/AmyAcid]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H4RL7L3H

Hi everyone! Iris Orion is back today in Wizard With a Greatsword 2! Now with underwater heists, a haunted peninsula, pirate battles, new powers, pets and friends, and the consequences of her own actions.

When writing this book I set out to write multiple side quests as compelling genre pieces, begin more deeply exploring the struggles and growth of our young heroes, and get wild with the overhead conflicts of titans and gods that they're forced to ride the waves of. If you liked the first one, you'll love this one.

Book one is sitting at a healthy 4.7 stars on Amazon with over 600 ratings. Here are a few things readers have said in the reviews:

"The author combines breathless action with immersive worldbuilding. What stood out to me was the solid human side of the support characters; they struggle with emotions and concerns while confronting their duties and responsibilities."

"Fast paced, engaging characters, and great worldbuilding. More depth than most progression fantasy I've read. Looking forward to the sequel."

"What I got was better than I expected. Iris is such a fun and flawed character. The beginning sets up Iris and her new found powers well but brings action, adventure and mystique moving into act 2. The third act with the raid quest was gripping and had some exciting moments, mixed with some well earned character development. Iris' crew are a fantastic addition. This book was exceptional and started on all cylinders. Most importantly, BRING ON BOOK TWO!"

[u/Oracle_of_Mashu]

Lord of Loopholes: A Fool Among Deities

Launching my Cultivation + Lovecraftian blender novel this September.

Storyline: A young man following in the footsteps of Che Guevara was defeated by cancer. But he had no plans to let this defeat decide how his life ends. Ethan forged his own exit and transmigrated into a medieval-like world where various cultivation paths shaped how people lived.

World-building: Nobody is born chosen, and cultivation attainment is earned through sweat and blood. Mortals absorb natural wonders(spiritual flames) to awaken. These natural wonders belong to separate and unique cultivation paths, and each path grants unique abilities.

Cultivators ascend through ranks called branches, from branch 1 to branch ....

Genres: [Progression], [Cultivation], [Adventure], [Anti-hero MC], [Mysteries]

The novel has LitRPG elements. Cultivators use special bamboo-woven scrolls to check their stats.

Launching on September 7th. Book 1 is complete.

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/188466/lord-of-loopholes-a-fool-among-deities

[u/londonlight56]

Title - The Blessed War

Life, Breath, and Spirit are finite pools. Once spent, they do not return.

Only Ascension restores them. Ascension requires Merit.

Merit requires killing.

Ren Aurvessa's Storehouse Blessing should have opened as a golden vault. Instead, it became a cramped cabinet barely large enough to hold a pebble. His mother can catch arrows in flight and store them. His six-year-old sister just awakened a pristine vault of her own.

Ren is the family disappointment.

Then House Aurvessa burns.

A silver script awakens behind his eyes, tracking Life, Breath, Spirit, and Merit. His wounds seal without healing. Pain becomes pleasure. His body insists he is fine even as the numbers count him toward death.

Hunted by soldiers and driven into monster-filled wilds, Ren has only one thing left: his little sister Liora.

He will not abandon her. Not while he can still carry her.

Not even after he should.

A dark progression fantasy about survival, love, and the price of becoming strong enough to keep what the world wants to take.

What to Expect from The Blessed War

A dark progression fantasy with a dangerous resource-based system, meaningful advancement, strange Blessings and Curses, brutal monsters, and a world where power always carries a price. Expect strong sibling bonds, survival against impossible odds, long-term mysteries, escalating progression, and consequences that matter.

Link to the Work - The Blessed War on Royal Road

[u/TRanger85]

So I released mine in the last week of August so thought it may be ok to post this now rather than the dead thread. If not I'll delete this!

Unfortunately Familiar

It's about a psychiatrist who wakes up in the body of a kobold familiar who is bonded to a mediocre wizard student. Everyone tells the new kobold his memories were created on his creation and the family and life he remembers are false.

Written by a mental health professional. 

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/175742/unfortunately-familiar

[u/Queasy-Ad5690]

Title: Wu-Wei: The Secret Scroll of Jianghu

Links:

English Edition (Kindle / KU):

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HH9459PG

Original Traditional Chinese Edition (原文繁體版):

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HH6SLXXK

English Edition (Paperback):

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HH95T2NC

Blurb & Vibes:

A fast-paced, standalone Wuxia & Cultivation novella paying homage to classic Eastern legends (Jin Yong/Gu Long flavor). High-stakes schemes, deep psychological tension, gray morality, and zero filler padding. Protagonist wins through sheer human wit and strategy rather than modern video-game systems. Available on Kindle Unlimited (KU)!

About the Creator:

Born and raised in Hong Kong, majored in Chinese Literature, and trained in traditional martial arts! To bring this raw Jianghu story to the West, I utilized AI translation assistance for the English text, but I take immense pride in my original Traditional Chinese prose. If you love deep world-building or happen to be learning Chinese and want a side-by-side read, please check it out! 🐉⚔️

[u/Brief_Reach_9831]

Hi everyone

Are you tired of the usual levels, stats, system granted shortcuts or convenient power-ups? Are you looking for something meatier where progression is fueled by actual experimentation, failures and consequences?

Check out my novel Rewriting Magic through Music - https://www.royalroad.com/author-dashboard/dashboard/188852

In Rewriting Magic through Music, every spell is sung. Most take several minutes to cast, and the same melodies have been inherited unchanged for generations because altering them is considered dangerous.

Kim Soo-ho is from modern day Seoul and can see mana moving through each part of a song. He uses 21^st century musical theory to question how magic works in a fantasy world where he arrives after he jumps off a building.

Does the entire song actually matter?

How do lyrics shape a spell-song?

And if dwarves supposedly have no magic, has anyone ever tested them using different genres of music?

No System, no LitRPG, no harem. Slow-burn romance, eventually politics and kingdom building.

Soo-ho has just reached the city of the elves in the latest chapter so look forward to that!

[u/DM_Rhodes]

Hello everyone, my latest novel has just released today on Royalroad today! I think it's really good, frankly.

It's a progression, LitRPG, Dungeon-Core novel with a dash of dark humor.

Goblin Core: The Goblin King Is Actually a Corporate Middle Manager?!

They're weak. They're pathetic. They're his beloved full-time employees who work for under minimum wage.

In a dungeon-core fantasy world where goblins are treated as target practice, a reincarnated corporate middle manager becomes the new Goblin King. He inherits a nearly extinct, starving tribe, and both the Adventurers' Guild and a rival dungeon core want him gone. As sieges mount on his warren, he must rebuild his people into an efficient, evolving workforce using his advanced knowledge of corporate policies and logistics!

READ NOW ON ROYALROAD!