He Who Fights with Monsters 11: A LitRPG Adventure

He Who Fights with Monsters, Book 11

De: Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell

Narrado por: Heath Miller

Jason and his companions managed to forestall the inexorable undead, but their battle is far from done.

Both they and their enemies are scattered across a strange realm, one that someone must conquer if anyone is to get out alive. Territory by territory, factions fight to reunite their people and conquer the realm.

Jason must contend with alliances he doesn’t want, friends he cannot find, and enemies ranging from angelic despots to the power of an undead god. He must face a realm that has been warped by his own mind and find a way to save a friend whose sacrifice got them this far.

To have any chance against the enemies waiting for him, Jason will have to confront the power inside himself that he’s been unwilling to face, fearful of what he’ll become. Only by accepting the destiny that looms over him will he have the strength to face his foes, with no promise even that will be enough to defeat them.

©2023 Travis Deverell (P)2024 Podium Audio

A return to form!

I have been critical of the last couple books of this series, as I felt that the author was using angst by the main character as filler rather than flavor. But I did notice that Mr. Deverell went public with the fact that he was burning out on his three book per year (!!!) release schedule, and was cutting back to only two. This, I believe, is the first book which was written under the new release schedule, and it shows, with much higher quality. More humor, less filling, and even fewer political rants and angst episodes by Jason which people tend to complain about.

Without putting spoilers into the review, this story was written into a corner by the author in his last book, in which our protagonists enter into yet another transformation zone to fight the undead and corrupted Messenger tree, with the Builder cultists, the elemental natives of the zone, and the adventurer teams.

The story is well written, and the ending of part 1 is emotional and quite well done. Part 2 sets up the story for a new arc, and does it quite well. I won't say much more than that, but I laughed, cried, and enjoyed the book more than I thought I would.

I do hope we are done with the transformation zone thing. Hopefully that has been finished. But this is definitely better than book six, the last time they did a zone, and I don't see any reason to think we are going back to that story crutch. I just think the author wrote himself into a corner and did a damn good job writing himself out of it with a satisfactory conclusion.

If you liked books 1-3 of the series, this is more of that vibe in terms of the writing quality. I think it's worth a purchase.

As always, the narration is excellent. I do wish the narrator could do female voices better, but he makes up for it by knocking all the male voices and the general story out of the park with consistent accuracy and emotion where appropriate. Can't wait for the next one, and before this book I was getting a little tired of the series.

The story continues to be amazing! The recording is lacking…

All in all, I think this book was incredible. And anything that I have complaints about does not take away from the story of the entire series or this specific book, at all. The story is just as compelling as the previous books, if not more so. I think that Shirtaloon continues to tell a story that somehow builds on itself while maintaining a level of entertainment unparalleled to almost any serious I have read.

The biggest complaint I have is with some of the recording. It seems like it was a bit, rushed to finish the book to get it out quickly. I noticed a lot of issues with quality, the readers voice changing randomly, as if they had re-recorded sections. There was a couple chapters where he sounded like he was sick, so his voice sounded entirely different. Little things like that. Again it didn’t distract from the story, I just hope that for the next one they take a little more care to ensure the quality is as good as the book itself.

Please don't panic welcome to the system

ok all I have to say is when's the next book out because I was hungry for more because of book 10s ending now I NEED MORE OF JASON'S CHAOS!!

Ropadope

This latest release from Shirtaloon kept me on the ropes the whole listen. Can’t wait for the next installment, and hope for biscuit based dungeons.

Awesome

I really hope there is more of this story really enjoyable keep up the good work <3

Brilliant Story Full of Twists and Turns

I love every single thing about this series, and this latest book is exceptional. Very few stories can make me laugh out loud and also actually ugly cry. This one did.

And this narrator is the best I've ever heard.

Such a good series but god I can’t stand Humphrey such a high horse wanna be character

Humphrey is the worst part of these amazing series but nonetheless amazing book and series

CH 52, 07:32 minutes

It took approximately 14 hours and 54 minutes, but Rufus did it again. Bottoms up, lads.

This book is pure gold and in my opinion, further reaching in an emotional context than the previous 10 books. I found myself wiping the moisture from my eyes with Jason on multiple occasions.

Cheers to Shirtaloon and Travis for another amazing work of art on Audible.

Enchanting epic!

With this book the series narrative finally breaks the silver rank wall. Wit and smugness essences finally manage to shed the chunni over large chin weighing it down to create the Heartfelt confluence. The various characters all join together around Jason's center to become Voltron (Lion not Vehicle) and are defending the LitRPG universe from the teeming hordes of shallow, hackish, efforts that seem to have been spawing like the mother of all mediocre surges. Thank you Shirtaloon for being the LitRPG knight rider of a shadowy genre where too often excellence does not exist!

A great story goes on

I can only wish this saga will never end, and there is definitely room for it to continue!