Temple of Cocidius: The Complete First Adventure

The Temple of CocidiusI love stories that go down the path of epic high fantasy. This one is all of that and more! ‘Lord of the Rings,’ ‘Game of Thrones’ and some HOT Hentai style encounters that remind me of Natasha Henstridge from the movie ‘Species’ or sexy demons from the anime ‘Wicked City’ but with more heart and less killing of beautiful women! The hot woman who form the levels of the Temple of Cocidius are all lovely and powerful, as demonstrated over the many addictive chapters. Females that are beautiful creatures and alo literal creatures as described by Maxx. Painted in such vivid detail that I thought I couldn’t love this series anymore as the challenges were piled on and on. Even after finishing reading it, even with the “ending” we got I felt like I had been on such a great journey that I wanted to go on the very same journey, one more time. I bought the books as they were released in their five separate installments but even when the book was released as a complete set, I bought that too because I wanted the set together. It was a tremendously epic tale experienced in parts but the wait would have killed me to get the whole story! Luckily I discovered this series when it was only one shy of it becoming complete! And even with the relatively short wait I was forced to endure, I felt like the waiting I experienced would devour my soul!We start our story with our hero(?) Is that what he is? We really don’t know him yet! Lir is his name, nonetheless. He is guided to his goal by a soldiers and a duke on the way to the trials to collect “Artifacts.” Artifacts for the “rightful king” who we believe he has been sent by. Trials that will test him beyond is even his imagining! Armed with specialty items gathered in a magic bag of holding, high quality weapons and armor as well as the most powerful weapon of all, vengeance! You can survive a great many things if you are armed with that! It being the most powerful item any warrior can weild! And Lir has it clutched very close to his heart! An item that grants the wielder such unimaginable power that you don’t know what you are capable of until you have wielded the awesome power of REVENGE!Lir is very sure of himself indeed when entering the Temple. I love his mantra! “That won’t be me!” Every time he comes across a battlefield littered with the corpses of fallen prospects he chants that mantra and moves his piece forward unto the playing board of fate! He is accepted into the trials and is lead to his first test. A test that is so pure and aimed at the sheer biology of men that it wouldn't be strange for the book to end right here. Right at the first gate into the strangest world of escalating challenges that so many players have fallen that you can almost give up hope that any other trial will ever yield to our hero. But this story has many chapters and this is but the first! Encounter Meridiana.After a test is overcome by the “aspirant” (person having ambitions to achieve something) then bonds with the Artifact and absorbs part of their power then passes to Lir. This leads him from one trial to the next. Now just saying that doesn’t give enough credit to the power and the struggle that Lir is facing from chapter to chapter. And the HOT scenes with Lir and the Artifacts are too sexy for (my) words. Every Artifact is a creature from within other legends. Female, so very feminen but in their own way, as all of them are taken from the pages of other great epics. And what is the way we start down these hot encounters? Meridiana is the first and by far my favorite but for personal reasons as other Artifacts grant great gifts and adventure in the chapters to come. But she was just so special that I was taken by her immediately! She is not like most and I won’t spoil her for you here! Just know that some may entice you in ways you might now have been ready for! Hot! HOT!But the ACTION! Oh my GOD! There is cutting with swords and claws! There is crushing with fists and force! There is such a level of violence that when I was listening to the Audible of this book and my wife nearby just shot her head into the room and questioned me about what I was listening to. “Is that violence porn?” She asked because just minutes prior she had heard a very sexual scene, also played out loud, and this was told with the same vigor! The violence in this book is OUTSTANDING! I loved the tension in every fight scene that is painted with vivid words on the canvas of my mind! You have to read it for yourself! (But maybe also get the audio book too like I did.)Please buy this book on Kindle to help promote Maxx, but I also BEG that you get the Audible!!! If you aren’t a regular user of Audible, then I ask that you will sign up, and for your first FREE BOOK with them you select “Temple of Cocidius!” Or just buy is because you get a huge discount if you already own the Kindle version. The talent that Maxx was able to obtain for his audiobook is Soren Gray! This guy’s voice is an amazing and rare talent After having finished this book I immediately searched for other books with his voice because I felt that he had an incredible grasp of fantasy and erotic descriptions. They were Maxx Whittaker’s word but the way that Soren Gray was saying them in his alluring voice was like watching a handsome man dancing with your wife or girlfriend with such skill and eroticism that their elegant movements gave you an iron bar of a hard-on! This was a huge surprise to me because I enjoyed reading this book so much that I never imagined that I might like it even more in another medium. I can only hope that one day someone turn this into a series on Amazon Prime Video! Are you listening Amazon??? I have rambled on for far too long! Don’t delay! Get this Kindle book! Get this Audible book! More are coming! Let’s hope they never end!Buy it! Read it! Listen to it! Love it!Cheers!

I thought this book was great! It was easy reading, the main character is not a superhero and gets his butt kicked frequently, and the erotica and descriptiveness of situations makes this a hot read. I look forward to more of this series. My only dislike was that it is a very short story.

Can’t find anything wrong with this book all aspects are in balance no long explanations no pondering the mysteries of the universe just a really good story. I’ll have more of this please

Well doneI'm very pleased with with your ability to write, I read a lot of books and it drives me crazy when the main character is a wimp, no ability to fight or defend himself until he magically can...annoying. I like the plot, and where it's going. Keep up the good writer. P.s. it's pretty damn hot too, lol

Well written and well thought out. Honestly a good read and not just smut. Be interesting to see how the series develops.

Lir tricks his usurper king into allowing him to take the trek and battle in the sealed temple. He must complete the ordeal in 8 realms and recover the sacred Artifacts. To do this he will need much luck as well as the gift and power he gains when he bonds with each Artifact. The story had elements of Norse? mythology, Celtic? and perhaps a hint of Japanese legend? All in all well done.

I never finished this series. The idea had merit, but the writing ended up just too dull to captivate me. The characters were a constantly shifting group of almost interchangable puppets who supposedly "helped" the hero while also offering him challenges to help him grow.I tried to stay with this series, but finally had to give up, the story just lacked depth and character.

Less a complete book, and more the first part of a book. Still it is a serialized collection, so no points off for that. Good characters, strong dramatic tension throughout, and a story arch that is clear from the beginning. A strong start, but not enough in any area for 5 stars. Tom out

Great book, fun to read about. A lot of action going on. Can be a bit confusing in some place but great overall

good - love in scenes were quite graphic

Great start to series where you can’t wait for the nest book

Not for a younger audience and a great read.