Age of Stone

Rise of Mankind Series, Book 1

De: Jez Cajiao

Narrado por: Neil Hellegers

In all the games Matt has played, dungeons are places to raid, places you dream of conquering, but when the world is stripped of electricity, and the first mana-twisted beasts start to prowl, the games all come to an end....

Matt's just an ordinary guy, but when he's beaten, robbed, and left for dead, bleeding out at the bottom of a gully, it all has to change as he grasps frantically at his only chance for survival, coming as it does in the form of a glowing, dangerously pulsing light.

With his reality forever altered, Matt must quickly find a suitable place to deploy the Dungeon Core, fighting his way through the hundreds of people between him and safety, because if he doesn't do it soon, a Core Detonation will solve all of his problems for him....permanently.

Welcome to the New World.

©2021 RJ Cajiao (P)2021 Tantor

Great blend of fantasy apocalypse

I usually don't read apocalypse storys but I love the blend of RPG magic and Apocalypse setting. I love the main characters attitude about his situation. Also why id never be with anyone in a apocalypse other people just make things harder.

not bad

I have listened to over 300 books and this on is definitely one I would keep listening to. I feel the MC is not thinking things all the way through but that's not a bad thing. the count was like 5-6 times he gets knocked out but for me the people he is fighting are the stupid ones all that's needed to do was kill him but nope after he killed like 5-6 of there men but nope the left him alive over and over.

Sleeper

No it doesn’t put you to sleep it wakes you up if anything. This starts out slowly with our MC making some rather questionable choices and suffering the consequences for them, but then as it picks up and gets it’s stride it just goes and doesn’t stop. I am genuinely impressed with this opening to a new series, and while I do admit it needs some polishing, it’s got some fantastic Potential, and I'm very much looking forward to the next book in the series. I just wish it was already out

Good book narrated very well

I had a slightly hard time getting through parts but that might of been work and sleep gets in the way of me reading
over all it is good and can't wait for next audio.

I normally don't do this

I usually go book by book on reviews. This is the one author I have thoroughly loved since I discovered him. He currently has three series being written. I have read AND listened to all available. Underverse, Rise of Mankind, and his latest, Alpha Arise. Cajiao has a massive talent and a dedication to his craft, that is thoroughly displayed over 10 great books in just a few years.

Cool concept

I like the story kinda. Amy and Alyssa can die they keep pulling the MC in the wrong direction he’s already a little stupid or should I say lacking common sense at times. Not as bad as the new cliche MC though

Good but...

I enjoyed this book I really did. However, it falls into the trope of the MC is suppose to be "smart" but does everything in dumb ways. It suffers from the MC acting like a horney teenager who is desperate to get laid and has never seen a pretty women before. It falls into random tides over the length of the book where he tells himself to do better just to end up doing the same thing again and again. The premise of the story is good and Neil does a good job for the most part. I found that he tended to rush through some areas in the reading and slow down on some areas making it feel a bit wiplashy at times.

This is my opinion ofcourse it is a decent book with a few underlying flaws I felt could have been left out and been performed a bit better.

fun story skip past stat descriptions

I like animes with leveling and this has it. skip stat readings after the first couple because it turns into long lists of MC and summons saying they are low level in most stats. I feel like the narrator was even annoyed reading it.

Fantastic

I love this narrator. And this book just kept me listening over and over. I truly can’t wait for the next one to come out

Slow burn that kinda pays off

The first half of the book until he gets his class is really hard to get into. Also the main character for sure has hella mood swings. Dude is joking and hitting on a girl then threatening her the very next sentence. And he continues these mood swings the entire book. The last 1hr is pretty good though. But also this book is pretty light on the dungeon core aspect. More of a post apocalypse fantasy book. I’ll probably continue the series but if the 2nd one is as slow as this one I’ll probably DNF.