In the third of Haylock Jobson’s Heretical Fishing novels we appear to be reaching the endgame. The town had been upgraded, enemies have been exorcised, the core romance has evolved, and the protagonist seems to be just a small step away from godhood. That said, the author could instead theoretically just shift into repetitive slice-of-life mode perpetually…. Guess we’ll have to see.
Considering the disappointing conclusion of All I Got Is This Stat Menu‘s third entry, the wait for the fourth book felt like it took forever. As expected the whole captivity thing didn’t last long, but instead of focusing on the Union or Empire it instead focuses on an independent sector plagued by pirates. Only at the very end does the Empire-related background plot and conflict with that one Warden Commander spontaneously erupt and get resolved. With only two books left in the series I’m rather curious where exactly it plans to go from there.