Isekai Magus

A LitRPG Progression Saga (The Fantasy World of Nordan, Book 1)

By: Han Yang

Narrated by: Landon Reid, Erin Bateman, Marissa Parness, Alex Perone

Damien was a simple man, cruising on the highway of life. A goddess of temptation lures him into a deal he scoffs at. To him, superstition is for the foolish. Small problem: she's real, her ritual works, and Damien is magically teleported into a strange new realm.

He awakens in Nordan, a land of myth and magic. A realm where humans battle legendary creatures for the amusement of the gods. In a war between man and myth. Damien's powers set him above the rest, a lord of life and death—enemy of all. Stranded, but not alone, will he perish, or conquer his way home?

©2021 Han Yang (P)2025 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

Good progression of characters

Recommended this on Facebook LitRPG group and this did not disappoint. Good story progression, only complaint is the pronunciation of a “wyvern”

very slow

the book has a lot of interesting elements. the main problem I find with the story is that death is too trivial. with the ability to being people back, and the lack of seriousness around the effect of deaths, the stakes are to low. I can understand a society where the gods have created a system where people can exchange a magical currency that allows the to extend thier life or rank up, and the only source of that currency is from killing, but the depth of how twisted that can be doesn't reflect well in the story.

the result is that when events start happening, the threats are not as real. secondly, the male MC voice is to flat. the female narrator makings all the women seem bubbly and happy all the time, even as the mc necromancer uses magic which summons spectral ghouls that strip flesh from the dead. both narrators exasperate the writing where such magic seem as emotional mundane as sweeping the floor, yet the necromancer is one of the most rare and powerful classes. the is just is no explanation to how people can become numb to such things as if it were beyond normal. I honestly had to peace meal this book just to have the mental energy to keep going.

Love the world

I love this world and I can’t wait for more the beginning kinda lagged for me but once it got going I couldn’t stop more please

it's OK almost good

I like the story.

I hate the needless sexual banter and description.
The MC becomes so sappy for the girl it just becomes a bit cringe. This is almost a harem book. Would of been great, if you like that kind of stuff. I like a little romance but not romantic rabbit breeding if you know what I mean.

A diamond in the rough

The narrator gets off to a rocky start but in time he gets much better. The story was exhilarating and had me late back from break many times because I couldn't turn it off. Highly recommended.