Sigil Online: Paragons

De: Jeff Sproul

Narrado por: Jeff Hays

Loss was nothing new to an orphan like Riley. But when the online persona he'd spent years building was ripped away by a monster with unbelievable power, everything changed.

As a gamer who made a living from Sigil Online, losing his character meant losing his job and any means he had of paying his bills.

Now, he had to start from the beginning, just like any other player joining Sigil Online for the first time. All the fame and fortune of a high-level character was gone.

Experience the harrowing quest that will leave Riley changed forever, as he's molded by the pursuit of the monster that took everything from him.

©2016 Jeff Sproul (P)2017 Jeff Sproul

SuperLit!!!

Great story and narration!

Riley makes a living as a professional gamer in a supers virtual online game, at least he did until a strange new monster kills his character. Having to start over from scratch, he finds out what others really thought of him and who his friends really are. As he struggles to develop new superpowers and to level up, he must decide what he will stand for.

This one was fun!

I can't wait for the next book in the series!

Went in as a sceptic.

This book was suppose to be background noise while i was at work. while listening the book drew me in, grab me by the shirt collar and shoved all my game knowledge and thoughts i have down my throat. loved the book and cant wait even another day to get the next book. edge of the seat excitement.

Need book 2 ASAP! Please

Can't wait for the next book. Love the ideas represented in this book. If you have ever played an MMO I highly recommend. Great listen!

a small-time gamer could connect

My original Paragons audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer.

Orphaned at a young age and solely independent, Riley has one option available to him – be a gamer on Sigil Online – a computer game in which one enters a virtual reality world. Once there, one can earn enough cash to live in the real world. That is if they can survive encounters with deadly creatures and players who kill other players! Believing himself to be invincible, Riley learns what it's like to lose in Sigil. As he reboots, he learns the value of friendship, teamwork and to pay his debts when he encounters a mysterious bug-like monster who makes playing Sigil Online a whole new experience.

I wasn’t sure I would like this book given I am not a real gamer at all. I play video games occasionally, I am familiar with the language and role-playing but I wasn’t sure. I am delighted I had the opportunity to hear this audiobook. The storyline flowed smoothly and was well developed as were the characters. Even someone like me, a small-time gamer could connect with the story and the characters without a struggle. Jeff Sproul brought to light just how a gamer evolves – how easy the path is to become a selfish, egotistical and single-minded a gamer evolves. Sproul’s dialogue was accurate as well and contributed to the steady movement of the plot, action, and suspense.

Jeff Hays, the narrator, performed the audiobook effectively by providing each character with their own personality. I enjoyed his performance as he did not have to compete with other sounds – I dislike “dramatic” performances as other things get it in the way – and this is one book that could have gone either way. I enjoyed Hays’ smooth, calm voice with just the appropriate level of emotion when needed.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys science fiction, action, and gaming.

There were no issues with the quality or production of this audiobook.

Audiobook was purchased for review by ABR.

Hays makes it worth a listen.

Narrator is amazing. Story is bearable and kind of drags out fight scenes with more tedious explanation than is necessary. I understand the value of good description but when I am 75% through the book I don't need the vivid detail of an action that the main character has already done multiple times. I get it, he shoots his spear and absorbs a glowing essence and the buffs someone else, but then we get in great detail about how he does it 5 more times through out a fight almost back to back. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the book and Jeff Hays did an outstanding job, I just found myself screaming "GET ON WITH IT!" after a while.

Dark Souls on hard mode

What made the experience of listening to Sigil Online: Paragons the most enjoyable?

Everything. The reading was very well done. The flow made it extremely enjoyable.

What did you like best about this story?

The game. The game is what made the story for me. The game world was so well built.

What about Jeff Hays’s performance did you like?

The voices and the speed of reading and the use of pauses.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

A Paragon's sigil

Any additional comments?

I was given a copy of this book free of charge by the narrator in exchange for an honest review through Audiobook boom.

Gamer must read

I enjoyed this very much. Gamers will love it. I might even listen to it again one of these days. Different.

Paragons

Any additional comments?

3.5 stars

Strange things, well basically anything is possible in a video game as the players of Sigil Online are well aware of.

This was an enjoyable, entertaining and engaging story. The online world is interesting, creative and full of action.

I have never been a video game player. Even without any prior knowledge of how role playing games work I had no problem following the story even with all the odd and unusual things that happen inside of the game and to the players.

The players of Sigil Online work hard developing their characters and gaining their abilities. If they are not careful it can all be taken away with one wrong move. Riley learns this lesson on one fateful mission and has to start from the beginning to rebuild his character. Realizing that his character was not well liked, this time around he intends to play differently. The game is evolving and changing, Riley will have to change the way he plays and evolve with the game if he intends to stay alive in the game this time. Riley also learns this time around that the game isn't everything.

Jeff Hays did a fantastic job with the narration. Clearly spoken with a smooth even pace. This book has so many characters and each one had a distinct voice. You could always tell which character was speaking. He pulls you into the story through his narration and makes you feel like you are part of the action. It's always an enjoyable listen when he is narrating.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator or publisher.

Nice LitRPG story. Good addition to the category.

Would you consider the audio edition of Sigil Online: Paragons to be better than the print version?

YES! Love audible editions and virtually anything Jeff Hays does. He is excellent as usual

What did you like best about this story?

Love the category in general. This book isnt overly original, but if you like the category, you'll enjoy this book.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes - I found myself not wanting to stop. Very good, easy listen.

Hard to care for the main character.

Story had a great ending fight and reveal. But it was hard to care for the main character. I wasn't sold on him being reformed and his ability was lack luster.