Small Unit Tactics

Small Unit Tactics Series, Book 1

De: Alexander Romanov, Mariah Frances Astulfi - translator

Narrado por: Shawn Compton

A strange, foreign world. Mysterious judges with capricious rules. Thousands of gamers find themselves split into factions and pitted against each other at the whim of an unknown higher power, with no idea how they got there or why they were chosen. Dying in this world hurts, but it's not the end: dead players always respawn to fight again.

Echo, with his extensive knowledge of fighting, armor, and weapons, has all the makings of a great leader. The ragtag recruits fighting for him under the less-than-threatening name "Society of Pinprick Enthusiasts" become the bane of the opposing factions, sowing terror in their wake. But this game won't be won in straightforward skirmishes. The squad will have to forge pacts with their own faction, the judges, and even their enemies. Each day brings new twists, new rules, and new ways to play, and a step that seemed to be in the right direction might suddenly become a fatal mistake.

Brute force and bravado won't be enough for Echo to carve his way to the top and stay there. He will have to lead his squad through mistakes, good fortune, victory, and defeat in his quest to secure his position.

©2020 Alexander Romanov; English Translation Copyright 2020 by Mariah Astulfi (P)2021 Tantor

Strange start, but really enjoyed it by the end.

The first few chapters (slides) were really confusing to follow, even for the LitRPG genre. Before long, though, things came together to become very enjoyable. The best part is Romanov's clear understanding of medieval martial arts. He shows an expertise around weapons and armor that demonstrates someone has spent a long time in the gym with modern practitioners of the fighting styles. That dose of realism works well in this story world the author has created.

I would definitely recommend this book for anyone who is a fan of LitRPG.

Okay, but missing parts.

There are a couple of chapters missing. The first one is important to the transition from peaceful ideal boring island, to the all out war between God backed factions. There is a second one, but since I don't remember it it was not important. I did not enjoy this one enough to purchase the other books in the series. But, since I got it part of the subscription, It was not a wasted 10 hours, but it is a one and done book. Was contact by support and I found both issues, slide 13 and 110. 13 is titled as white noise and is 6 seconds long, and 110 is titled Playback error and is also less than 10 seconds.

the book badly needs editing multiple times jumps because of chapters not in order and it's too hard to follow.

I may come back to this book after it gets fixed but right now it's too hard to follow because of missing chapters. and skips.