ALONE. SURROUNDED 
BY MONSTERS. 
ARMED ONLY WITH HIS FISTS... 
TIME TO FIGHT. 

The bestselling litRPG Fantasy Action Adventure series Road to Mastery is now available as an illustrated light novel!

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Jack Rust was a disillusioned biologist with a PhD—almost. When an extraterrestrial AI calling itself the System invaded Earth and thrust it into a world of aliens, magic, and violence, Jack hoped to at least get some magic himself.

Nope.

Even worse, the System spawned a forest dungeon around him and a goblin in his face...

Armed with nothing but his fists, Jack must grow strong enough to survive hordes of monsters. He needs to return to civilization and find out what the heck is going on. He might even get magic—or not. Surprising himself, Jack discovers that violence is fun.

In this battle-ridden new world, Jack finds the life he always dreamed about. He won’t just survive. He will thrive.
 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Valerios enjoys letters and numbers. One day, combining them crossed his mind, and now he spends most of his time placing one after the other until something pleasant appears.

Besides transforming words into worlds, Valerios also enjoys moving figurines over chess boards, spending quality time with quality people, and stubbornly trying to convince machines that cats are not, in fact, dogs.  

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BOOK DETAILS

Road to Mastery (Light Novel) Vol. 1
Written by: Valerios | Illustrated by: Amatsu
Edited by: Der-shing Helmer and Adrian F. Wassel
$14.99 | ISBN: 9781638492641
Format: Trade paperback | 256 Pages | 5.5” x 8.5”
Published by: Vault Books, an imprint of Vault Comics, together with Aethon Books
Distributed by: Simon & Schuster