Martyrs

Legends of the Great Savanna, Book 1

By: Justin Lincoln

Narrated by: Matthew Broadhead

Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

Welcome to the Great Savanna!

Explore hidden adventure within expansive grasslands, protect the unique race known as the Martyrs, and discover the Legends of the Great Savanna.

Martyrs are a unique type of creature. They are born as tall as you or me and grow to twice our size. When they are cubs, their fur is the same golden brown as Savanna grass. Playful at heart, Martyr cubs prowl and hunt like humanoid lions. When they reach adulthood, their features harden. They begin walking on two feet, making it easier to handle the weight of their Ancient Oaths.

James is a normal type of human; short on cash, and desperately trying to build a life for himself. His parents died when he was a young teen, leaving only his little brother Michael behind. They made it through together, but James knew they would never have a comfortable life. So when the military approached him with a high paying contract, James couldn’t refuse. That was how he became the first person ever to enter a fully immersive virtual reality world.

Join James as he saves the life of a rambunctious Martyr cub, is adopted into their clan, and uses magical spells and abilities to help his new family grow from a small band of survivors on the run, into what they once were: ancient and powerful protectors of the Great Savanna.

LitRPG Categories = Town Building, Warrior Mage Main Character (MC), Tower Defense, No Logout.

©2018 Justin Lincoln (P)2018 Justin Lincoln

My first LitRPG - Very Interesting

Never read a book like this before. I enjoyed it thoroughly. I couldn’t help but wonder how it would be if the game mechanics were explained outright in the beginning.

Pretty Decent

This book is a pretty decent, if you like slice of life stories. I do so I had a good time to listening to this audio book of more than 10 hours. Though, I did notice that towards the end of the novel much of the parts appeared to become less projecting. But, overall, it was a good audiobook.

Very Entertaining

A good example of how to write a story where you can make your reader/listener involved till the last page. I loved this book. I’ve been getting into more of this author’s books and this was a great one. If there was anything I wanted more of in the book it would be pushing in more game mechanics.

Excellent Book!

This is a great listen. The story itself is extremely engaging! The character development is awesome and It truly makes you feel like you are there. It took me back to my days of gaming. Would recommend this book to everyone!

God damned roosters!

the absolute most funny thing is how he gets woken up by the sound a rooster makes. Cocka doodle doo mother fucker!

Painful narrator

This storyline is ok, well not that ok. It has a lot of drag and plenty of repeated lines.
But the Narrator is horrible, he tries to sound like David Attenborough "very husky" and every word sounds like it ends with an explanation mark.

FIRST TIMER LitRPG Genre

The story was deeply engaging, I must thank the author for introducing me to a world of his imagination, i was able to empathize with the thought feelings and emotions that came through the characters as well as gain a deep liking for an entirely different species on the equal grounds of brotherhood, survival, love and humanity! I have played open world games but have never delved to deep into RPG's however i loved the many villains and challenges James and his group are up against it really allows the story to continue for a what i suspect to be thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining reading experience through multiple books. Again thank you and great job with your first book you have introduced me to a genre i never knew existed! Keep writing and i'll keep buying!

overly detailed

The story was interesting but overly detailed. For example, this not a quote, the bloody blood ran down the bloody face covered in blood. It was jarring to listen to. Over all a interesting story.

MY NEW FAVORITE SERIES

I’m so obsessed with this book! I followed the author on RoyalRoad and am already loving the chapters he’s posted for the sequel! This book is very well crafted, with the right mix or story and RPG elements. The character and plot development are well orchestrated, and while James is the main character, Torunn is hands down my favorite! The author does use the character names a lot when he could easily say he or she.

The narrator was decent. He had a very nice voice, but he sometimes inflected odd parts of sentences. Some parts of the story I was very into it, and some parts it felt like the narrator was just reading a script.

Mathew Broadhead ruins it again...

The writing in this book isn’t by any means professional grade. It’s filled with lots of the mistakes that new writers make when they don’t have their work edited by a competent editor, i.e. misuse of similar sounding words, repeating the same words or adjectives several times in a paragraph, non-sensical shifts in scenes without explanation, and over-simplified repetitive internal justifications for actions that don’t really make sense.

In spite of this, the story was still good enough to keep me listening. Unfortunately, Mathew Broadhead’s horrendous reading forced me to quit before I could get to the end.

If this was the first time I’d had to endure his low-rent, used-car commercial voice I might have stuck it out, but alas I’ve tried to suffer through several other books he’s read and it just gets worse. I won’t go into the litany of obnoxious quirks he brings to the narration, but I will say that this is the last book I will buy with him narrating.

If the author had just gotten Jeff Hayes to read this (like almost everyone else in the genre) I think I would have been able to give this book a positive review in spite of the writing flaws... But Broadhead could have made The Name of the Wind into an unlistenable train-wreck, he’s just that inept. Please do us all a favor and go back to doing voice-overs for infomercials.