Reddit mentions of Distant Star (The Reminiscent Exile Book 1)

Distant Star (Reminiscent Exile series) by Joe Ducie.

The main character did a very huge thing to end a very big war. It was like the equivalent of the two atomic bomb drops that ended WWII. But only if it had wiped out like a billion people.

The protagonist isn't a villian per say, but he is basically hated by the significant majority (pretty much everyone but the politically powerless half of the soldiers who are just happy the fighting is over). And since he just nuked their version of the most significant place in the... was it Storythread? I forget what they called their fiction based universe (literally a multiverse composed of fictional worlds that they can visit and bring stuff out of).

Edit: Here is the link for the 3 book collected kindle edition: http://www.amazon.com/Reminiscent-Exile-Books-1-3-Distant-ebook/dp/B00LVJ8UBU/ref=la_B006HQCFQS_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415898715&sr=1-7

> "Two mounds of promise"

Oh duh, I forgot about that particular sex scene. I also fail at Google, though thank you for not using lmgtfy. I fucking hate that site.

I see where you're coming from in your dislike of Wastelands' style, but we'll just have to agree to disagree. I really liked the style, possibly for the same reason that I really enjoy stuff like Max Payne.

It's also ironic that you say that Wastelands is several steps removed from actually being publishable, since he basically did publish it. Distant Star is probably about 65% the same book as Wastelands (the major plot elements revolving around Atlantis, as well as several action scenes, are lifted directly from the fic), and it's apparently been very successful on Amazon.

I bought it, and enjoyed it (the new elements that he added for the novel were intriguing), though I don't think I'll be buying the sequel.

If you've read and enjoyed linkffn(Harry Potter and the Wastelands of Time), you should check out Joe Ducie's original fiction series, The Reminiscent Exile, that was derived from that fic. The entire premise of the magic is based upon the reading of fiction novels.

https://www.amazon.com/Distant-Star-Reminiscent-Exile-Book-ebook/dp/B0085SYSDE