Stilted prose， awkward dialogue， and a plot begging to be taken out back and put down。 Probably not worth reading。Seriously， the dialogue is awful。 Haha。 That's how every character expresses humor， by the way。 Haha。 Don't you think that's entertaining？ Haha。On the plot: This story is basically Ubermensch John and and TradWaif Ellie deciding to grow magical GMOs （TM） and fighting the necromancer mentioned in the previous books。 But somewhere in between doing those things， they're struck by the co Stilted prose， awkward dialogue， and a plot begging to be taken out back and put down。 Probably not worth reading。Seriously， the dialogue is awful。 Haha。 That's how every character expresses humor， by the way。 Haha。 Don't you think that's entertaining？ Haha。On the plot: This story is basically Ubermensch John and and TradWaif Ellie deciding to grow magical GMOs （TM） and fighting the necromancer mentioned in the previous books。 But somewhere in between doing those things， they're struck by the colonial impulse and decide to civilize some silly Mongolian horse archers who are too brutish and stupid to understand the benefit of trade。 （It's fine， it's cool to do that because John has a raider friend）。 So obviously the Eternal Flame needs to wave his flaming John around to get 'em in line。Also had a really fun time with the （view spoiler）[ twist at the end where our MC emerges victorious because he's literally too overpowered to lose。 （hide spoiler）]Okay， back to the painful dialogue。 There are so many Whedon-lite quotes in this story it's impossible to keep track of them all。 Here's one example:“Do you know what he’s doing？” Katrine asked， staring at Ellie， whose eyes had brightened。 “I have no idea， but doesn’t he look awesome？” Snorting， Katrine just rolled her eyes， but inside she secretly agreed。 It's just painful。 。。。more