The King of the Dead at the Dark Palace, Vol. 1 (light novel)

The King of the Dead at the Dark Palace, Vol. 1 (light novel)

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  • Create Date:2021-06-16 09:51:30
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
  • Status:finish
  • Author:Tsukikage
  • ISBN:1975317955
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Summary

THE BEGINNING OF END

When a sickly boy succumbs t illness only to awaken as a lowly undead named End, his initial reaction is not horror but joy。 No longer weak and bedridden, he is eager to experience the freedom of a properly functioning body。 Sadly, his delight is cut short when he realizes the shackles of his previous life have simply been replaced by new ones—specifically, the powerful necromancer who revived him。 To gain true freedom, he’ll need to overcome the many obstacles in his way。。。starting with his dark master!

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Aelvana

End was once a young man with an incurable illness, who wasted away until he died。 Now, he's the weakest of the undead, raised back to a new life by the necromancer Horos。 But End doesn't mind being undead---he finally has a body that can move properly。 The only problem is that he's utterly enslaved to Horos。 If he can somehow kill his master, he'll be free 。 。 。I loved this book as a web novel, and the book version is largely the same (and has a few bonus short stories at the end)。 This is more End was once a young man with an incurable illness, who wasted away until he died。 Now, he's the weakest of the undead, raised back to a new life by the necromancer Horos。 But End doesn't mind being undead---he finally has a body that can move properly。 The only problem is that he's utterly enslaved to Horos。 If he can somehow kill his master, he'll be free 。 。 。I loved this book as a web novel, and the book version is largely the same (and has a few bonus short stories at the end)。 This is more dark fantasy than horror。 End finds his new un-life a vast improvement on the horrible actual life he'd suffered through, and he'll do anything to keep it。 This makes him very much a monster in some ways, as he's willing to lie and manipulate to get what he wants。 But underneath it all he's still mostly a kid celebrating the fact that he can do all kinds of things that used to be denied to him。 With one major problem: Horos。 The necromancer had a goal for creating him, and between that goal (which End knows nothing about) and the fact that End is bound to obey Horos's orders, End decides Horos must die。 Then comes the puzzle of figuring out how to bring down someone very well protected against everything he could think of。I also really like the magic in this book。 Instead of "dark" and "light" it's more a positive and negative force。 Each have their quirks, like positive force being lethal to the undead, but negative force not impacting the living the same way。 It's especially fun how the various undead trade weaknesses for power---a vampire has several glaring weaknesses, but because of that, they can use tremendous strength。 And as End keeps mutating to greater and greater stages, he's going to have to learn how to deal with both the weaknesses and the benefits。Overall this is a fantastic book, and it's well worth a read。 I rate this book Highly Recommended。See my reviews and more at https://offtheshelfreviews。wordpress。。。。 。。。more