Dungeon Deposed

By: William D. Arand

Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau

Ryker only has one goal in his life right now: Turn a certain adventuring guild into a flaming wreck while dancing merrily through the smoldering ruins. All for the chance to get back at a handful of people.

It isn’t as if they didn’t deserve it either.

They had driven him from his home. Chased him physically from the very guild house itself. All the way to the gates of the city.

Simply because he wasn’t as strong as they expected him to be.

As strong as he’d expected himself to be.

He’d returned to the city the next day and left with his means for revenge. Something he’d hidden away and told no one about when he found it in one of his few Dungeon Dives.

An inactive Dungeon Core.

A crystal the size of a fist with a soul inside. One that could create anything from mana it wanted to. From monsters and complex cave systems to gold coins.

Years spent in planning, and unfortunately farming, as he waited. Now it felt like his moment was finally here.

The Dungeon Core had been acting strange lately. As if it were finally… coming to life.

Watching over the crystal like a hawk for this very event, Ryker impatiently waits. Any day now, it'd start.

And he could set about taking his vengeance.

Starting with ripping the soul of the dungeon out.

Warning and minor spoiler: This novel contains graphic violence, undefined relationships/partial harem, unconventional opinions/beliefs, forced political marriage (and consummation), and a hero who is as tactful as a dog at a cat show. Listen at your own risk.

©2018 William D. Arand (P)2018 William D. Arand

Surprisingly good

I was dubious about the premise, but found myself immediately buying the sequel. Very entertaining.

Fun book great narration

I thought this was a lot of fun. While the MC has a lot of sex it isn't described in graphic detail so no reason for you to blush in public if you have it on your headphones drinking coffee or whatever.

Just awesome

Soo much love for this book. it's just plain fun. It's a ADULT book but very realistic.

Very Fun Listen

Andrea makes every audiobook sound good and the story of this one is really fun. Looking forward to book 2.

Surprised

Extremely happy I accidentally found this Title. I will be getting the other books.

One of My New Favorite Series

I will say it took a little for me to like this book. At first, I really didn't like the reader's voice or should I say how she voiced the MC. However after giving it a bit I fell in love with the idea and got used to Andrea Parsneau's voice acting. I like the fact that while the book has a harem aspect to it that the story is just not about the guy humping. Even when involved it doesn't go to much into detail. The story focuses more on the story, how things are unfolding, and explaining things. I love the MC drives and how sometimes he just can't help himself from doing something he know he shouldn't then normally regretting it later. (we have all been there.) I can not wait for the next book to come out.

Not for the sensetive

Ah yes, William D. Arand is back with another morally ambiguous main character that seems to create discord in the reviews, this time with his Dungeon Deposed series.


This book, like every book by Arland, is most certainly not for everyone. This applies especially to this book.


The main character, Ryker, is quite frankly an ass. He's crude, self serving, easy to anger, as well as have aquired a lot of power. He also has a disposition towards acting before thinking, which causes most of the problems that happens in the book. If you go into this book expecting a hero who's just and fights evil, well…


You'll probably chuck the book into a wall after the first half, if not earlier.


Unlike most other main characters from other series that aren't heroes, Ryker is probably closer to a villain than a anti-hero or just someone "acting naturally" like many litRPG main characters seem to do. 


The story of Dungeon Deposed is filled with action, sex, evil plans, and many uncomfortable subjects. There's forced marriage, essentially rape, murder, and much more that a sensetive and/or young reader should avoid (as the angry 1-2 stars reviews shows), but in exchange, the grimdark world where political intrigue rules over the peasant folk becomes much more realistic and Arland doesn't shy from using this when writing about how Ryker (at least sometimes try to) fight his desires to do well with those he hold close when things get more difficult.


Those who has read my reviews before probably knows that these are the kinds of books I enjoy, and I have definitely been dulled towards stories like this, however, there were times when even I could feel a bit uncomfortable, and it wasn't always because of Ryker's actions. So I repeat once again: THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR THE SENSETIVE and THIS IS NOT A STORY ABOUT A HERO.


I recommend you to first read Arand other books to get a feel for his writing, because this is on another level.


Also, a side note: those who read Monster's Mercy (still my favorite Arland book) probably will recognize Ryker. It's a nice easter egg.


Finally, I rate this book as 7/10. Very enjoyable, but be careful with your expectations.

A good litrpg with enough originality

I really liked this one. An original take on the dungeon lord. I also liked the fact that stats are downplayed and not constantly reiterated, but this a plus mostly for the audio book I think. I'm looking forward to the next book.

.... wow

this is a fantastic book from start to finish.. I really want the next book in the series i need to know what happens..

Great different take on dungeons

Great story on the dungeons with little to no numbers so it is mostly just used as a device which avoids the endless stat page issues with books like these.