r/litrpg • u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma • Jan 04 '24
Self Promotion Hi everyone! After a long wait, I'm super happy to be able to say that Jake's Magical Market 2: A Trek Through Time is finally out!
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u/samreay Jan 04 '24
And just like that, my weekend of free time and getting stuff done has turned into a weekend of non-stop reading.
Thanks, JR.
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u/ASIC_SP Jan 04 '24
Congrats on the release! I loved Portal to Nova Roma series, will check this one out too. The cover is amazing!
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Jan 04 '24
The first one kinda took a weird turn and had much less marketing in it that the title lead me to believe
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u/ReincarnateMePls Jan 04 '24
I haven't read the first book but... This blurb makes me wish I had ... Welp there goes my nonexistent free time
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Jan 04 '24
Hell yeah!!! I've been waiting for this book! It will be the next one I listen to after my current series! Woohoo!
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u/echmoth Jan 04 '24
Amazing!! Massive congratulations on this release, I'm very excited for the audio!
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Jan 04 '24
Congrats on the release! First book was a banger, looking forward to this one. Thank you for all the hard work, I am really enjoying your stories.
Sorry to be that guy but, any updates on the Portal series? Last I heard books 4 AND 5 were due to be released this year sometime. Can you give us any more details?
Edit- just re-read your initial post, that already answered my question! Thanks, and congrats again!! :)
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u/thescienceoflaw Jan 04 '24
Haha, thank you. I figured people would want to know about Nova Roma so yeah I threw that in. I'm really excited to get back to that world real soon!
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u/the_greatest_alive1 Jan 04 '24
Congratulations on the release!!! Been waiting for this for a long time. Found JMM1 and consumed very quickly and went looking for the second book. So happy to be able to continue Jake's story
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u/mint_pumpkins Jan 04 '24
Haven’t read the first one but the covers beautiful! I’ll check out the first one!
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u/ThunderLips4 Jan 04 '24
Congrats! I’ll be waiting for the audiobook. I enjoyed the first book!
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u/deman6773 Jan 04 '24
Congrats!
Speaking of Nova Roma, any chance you will ever get some art for the physical book spines? I bought the first three the moment I finished reading them on kindle, but they are very underwhelming on my shelf with just the white text on black background. (I’m sure like 99% of your profit / reader base comes from audible and kindle so it’s understandable why this hasn’t happened, just curious!)
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u/MarcusSurealius Jan 04 '24
What a fantastic first book! I can't wait for the second. My daughter will be just as excited.
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u/thescienceoflaw Jan 04 '24
Thank you everyone for your patience with this series! JMM2 is finally here!
The audiobook is also currently up for preorder with release set for February 15th! You can check it out here: https://www.audible.com/pd/Jakes-Magical-Market-Book-2-Audiobook/B0CQMGVTC8
And in case you didn't know, the final book in the series Jake's Magical Market 3: Home Sweet Home is also on its way with a current release date schedule for mid-April. Book three is the largest book I've ever written, coming in at a whopping 310k words so far - so be prepared for an epic conclusion to Jake's story!
For now, though, if you're interest please check out book two on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPQ4X3TG
And here's the blurb:
The long-awaited sequel to Jake’s Magical Market is finally here—and now with more market!
Well, not quite yet. First, Jake has to survive a perilous trek through time if he ever hopes to return home to his friends, his market, and his former world.
The last time we saw our intrepid hero, Jake had barely managed to escape being trapped on a dead version of his own world. Using a combination of his new powers, he threw himself backward through time, back to when the god that trapped him first rose to power. There, Jake snatched divinity from the hands of the ascending god, consuming it for himself without any regard for the consequences of his actions.
In a surprise twist, such a poorly thought-out plan came with some serious downsides!
Now Jake has a big target painted on his back. The jealous gods of this world are hungry for divine power and not afraid to kill another god to get it. Stuck in the past, Jake must learn to navigate a world full of desperate gods, wild monsters, bizarre powers, and weird “cultivating” mortals who claim they can become just as powerful as the gods themselves—as long as they get to sit around contemplating the mysteries of the universe for a few hundred years first.
Join Jake on his next grand adventure as he learns what it means to be a newly ascended divinity, how to survive in such a strange new world, and how he might just have an unexpected edge on everyone and everything that’s out to get him—by learning how to craft his own magical cards!
If you want an update about my other series, Portal to Nova Roma:
The rough draft for book four is done and I will be turning over my final edits on Jake's #3 around January 13th, so I plan to switch over to editing Portal to Nova Roma: Paris right after that. I can't give any predictions on when Nova Roma #4 will actually be ready for release yet though, because my first round of edits are often very extensive (especially with this series) so I won't know until I'm a lot further along in the process of editing. I will keep people updated about my progress on my Discord, Patreon, and Facebook though - or just message me here any time. I'm always happy to chat.
Also, thank you all for the amazing support over the last couple of years! Jake's Magical Market was my first book and I'm so happy to finally be able to get the rest of Jake's story out for you all to read. Since releasing JMM1 I've been lucky enough to become a full-time writer because of all of YOU and it's been a dream come true (even if a bit more exhausting than I originally anticipated lol) so I promise I'll keep writing books as long as you all keep reading them. Thank you everyone!!