Vault Comics And Aethon Books To Release New Light Novel LitRPG Titles
by Olly MacNamee
The Primal Hunter
My Best Friend is an Eldritch Horror
Author: Actus
Artist: Kisaragipana
“My Best Friend Is An Eldritch Horror is a humorous academy progression fantasy series, with more than sixty thousand ebooks and audiobooks sold, and more than one hundred thousand reads on Royal Road, coming to bookstores as a light novel for the very first time. When he was a child, Damien Vale nearly ended the world, but now his mistake might be the only thing that can save it. Good things come to those who wait — but Damien didn’t and he ended up bound to an Eldritch creature from beyond the reaches of space. It has lived since the dawn of time, seen the world born and destroyed countless times, and wants to be called Henry. Unusual companion or not, Damien was still determined to go to a mage college and study magic. He wants nothing more than to live a normal life as a researcher, but if Henry’s true nature is revealed, he’ll be killed. To top it all off, Damien’s teacher is a madman from the front lines of war, his alcoholic dean suspects something is awry with his companion, and Blackmist might possibly be the worst school in history. Damien has to prevent the end of the world, but he isn’t even sure he’s going to make it through Year One at Blackmist.”
Released in October of 2024
The Path of Ascension
Author: C. Mantis
“Orphaned by monsters, Matt must power-up to save others from the same fate. Even as he plans to delve into the rifts responsible for the monsters that destroyed his city and murdered his parents, Matt’s dreams are crushed when his Tier 1 Talent is rated as detrimental and no guild or group will take him. Working at a nearby inn, he meets a mysterious and powerful couple who give him a chance to join the Path of Ascension, an empire-wide race to ascend the Tiers and become living legends. With their recommendation and a stolen Skill, Matt begins his journey to the peak of power and maybe then he can get vengeance he seeks. Experience the start of an action-packed fantasy adventure that blends the best of LitRPG and Progression Fantasy with Xianxia (Chinese for “immortal heroes” and is Chinese fantasy inspired by Chinese mythology).”
Released in spring of 2025.
Mark of the Fool
Author: J.M. Clarke
“The gods chose him. He said no. After his parents died, Alex Roth had one desire: become a wizard. Through hard work, he was accepted into the University of Generasi, the world’s greatest academy of wizardry, but fate had other plans. On his eighteenth birthday, Alex is Marked by prophecy as one of his kingdom’s five Heroes, chosen to fight the Ravener, his land’s great enemy. But his brand is ‘The Fool.’ The worst of the marks. Rather than die or serve other Heroes like past Fools, he takes a stand, rejects divine decrees—and leaves. With his little sister, his childhood friend, and her cerberus, Alex flees for the university, hoping to research the mystery of the Ravener. He’ll make lifelong friends, learn magic from mad wizards, practice alchemy, fight mana vampires, and try to pay tuition. But there’s one small problem. The Mark insists on preventing the Fool from learning and casting spells, while enhancing skills outside of divinity, combat, and spellcraft…that is, unless he learns to exploit the hell out of it. Explore a coming-of-age magic academy fantasy with a weak-to-strong progression into power, a setting inspired by D&D, detailed world building, full of magical science, action, comedy, and lots of cooking and other slice-of-life moments.”
