City of the Dead

Alchemist Series, Book 1

By: Vasily Mahanenko, Jared Firth - translator

Narrated by: Henry W. Kramer

There are whole anthologies of stories out there about what humankind does when a game enters their world. But what about when they're living in one where a game arrived thousands of years before? What if they're the survivors of a bloody struggle, having fought for and earned their place on the planet?

Tailyn Vlashich was a young nobody far away from all those grander issues. All he cared about was one thing: making his way through a harsh world where the emperor, evil foes, and an impartial god held sway. And the god, of course, demanded nothing less than that all things were done in accordance with its divine will.

©2020 V. Mahanenko; English translation copyright 2020 by Jared Firth (P)2020 Tantor

entertaining

story was good and pushed the plot forward at a quick pace. the mc is a tad anoying but he's 10 and I believe this is to show that he is growing and he needs to start off with little knowledge and character and gain these as he grows. the magic is a bit mlr unique then the generic litrpg and I loved that part. all in all it was a good start and if the second book can build on this well then it might become a favorite.

Tolstoy would be proud of this author

This author is our genre's Greatest Russian author with his way of The Sherman series and now this he shows that he knows how to craft amazing stories and create a foundation need it for it amazing series can't wait for the next one to come out on Audible

The story is fine but the narration is meh.

I feel like I would enjoy the story more if the narrator didn't make me feel like he was rushing every sentence. It sounds like he's speaking so fast that he has to take a breath after every sentence so it never let's the reader immerse themselves fully into the book because of the constant jerky(stop and go) feeling.

A great books

I love the author of this book I’ve read other series he has written and I couldn’t bring myself not to read this one as well.

Enjoyed overall

The young age threw me but enjoyed the book overall. Kept your attention with some twists

Worth the credit

I truly enjoyed the book! I did , BUT somethings don’t add up! Like how does the old herbalist get back in the MCs good graces at the end? That makes no sense. It’s like people do terrible things and become enemies but they just stay away from each other or act like it didn’t happen. Lol. Naive is a big part of this book

The story

I liked the story and the characters, Will be getting the rest of the series

cool story

nice story but the reader read like he was in a rush through the whole book.

Enjoyable

The book is fun, is it an epic No but I am glad I listened. Good guy to root for and bad guys to dislike. Coming of age with adversity . Will look forward to the next book.

Good with some problems

This is good.
Interesting world with decent magic system. Fine characters.

However, there's some problems IMO.
Firstly, why does the kid act like a horny teenager? He's 10! Secondly, he has no problem one-shotting hordes of enemies much more powerful than himself using a single lvl 1 card.
Thirdly... Seeing how he's a walking murder-machine why does everyone seem to be like: "Oh, you saved my life for the third time while I just sat here helplessly... Thanks I guess. Now, do what I tell you or feel the back of my hand, boy!!"?