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  • To Catch a Falling Leaf

  • The Stargazer's War: A Sci-fi Cultivation Epic, Book 2
  • By: J. P. Valentine
  • Narrated by: Connor Brannigan
  • Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (55 ratings)

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To Catch a Falling Leaf

By: J. P. Valentine
Narrated by: Connor Brannigan
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Training is over. The hunt is on.

With Fyrion a distant speck behind us and the resources of the Dragon’s Right Eye out of reach, there’s only one place in the system we can go to gather the materials we need to advance to bronze.

Ilirian beckons.

But dangers lurk in those dark jungles, and the ruins of a civilization long dead house threats the likes of which no amount of training or meditation could’ve prepared us for. It’s advance or fall behind, and with the infinite sea at my back, there’s only one real option.

At least the monsters only want to kill me.

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Issac

great book. just want to point out that negative review from Issac is so far off I honestly believe he is reviewing a different book.

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It's a good book 2

A lot of secrets are revealed, a lot of cultivation progress occurs, and a lot of new world building is added on. You get hints of where this is all going as well as what happened to people in the first book. Basically, it's everything you could want in a second book that's trying to widen the story and progress the plot.

The narration is great again. Lots of emotion in the scenes you expect emotion in. Honestly just get the book if you want a cultivation scifi story, it's got everything you could want and not many pain points.

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Suffers a Little from Sequel Syndrome

Overall it's a good book, and Connor does an excellent job narrating just as he did with the first installment. It feels a little short in content, however, compared to the first book. The first book established a large amount of worldbuilding while this book simply builds on that foundation at a steady pace and feels more like a setup for the next book than a proper episode on its own.

This isn't to say that it's filler material - the book is remarkably absent of filler, particularly for the cultivation genre. Neither does it contain any notable plot holes. It's both highly focused on a single adventure while simultaneously developing multiple subplots, with the lightest of touches, that will clearly be explored in upcoming books.

It just ultimately left me wanting for more in the same way that a midday snack can awaken your appetite more than it sates it. This is good in terms of continuing a well-crafted story, and disappointing in terms of providing relief from the itch for a substantial step forward in the plot. I look forward to the next book, as I hope it will deliver that larger chunk of plot development that I'm craving.

If nothing else, the book does an excellent job of increasing the stakes and hyping up future events. It also re-contextualizes a few events/conversations from the first book in a way that makes it clear the author had a clear vision from the get-go.

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Amazing continuation

An amazing continuation of the series, I checked every month for updates on this series and couldn’t wait when I saw this one release.

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Solid second book

This is a solid follow up. You can tell he’s building toward some things and some pretty big plot movement takes place, especially near the end. Excited for book 3!

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excellent

wish it was longer yet overall really good and enjoyable throughout. can't wait for more

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