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Jonathan Yen
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Vasily Mahanenko
About this listen
Mahan's ready for new adventures - just as the gaming world of Barliona thought it was about to reenter its old comfortable rut. The winds of the Dark Forest have finally died down; Altameda has recognized its new owner while Geranika is nursing new schemes of global destruction.
Would Mahan be happy with this predictable old life? We think not! New storylines, new monsters, new dungeons, and a new status: Our High Shaman hates the daily grind! He wants a new apprentice? Then he'd better find someone who has no right to summon Spirits. A new ship? It's going to be one of a kind! A new love? Well, we'll have to see, won't we?
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The Renegades
- Bard from Barliona, Book 1
- By: Vasily Mahanenko, Eugenia Dmitrieva, Boris Smirnov - translator
- Narrated by: Andrea Emmes
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 274
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 249
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 249
What would happen if a professional rock musician joined a virtual MMO in search of inspiration among its game world? What would happen if she decided to play as a biota bard, a brand-new race of humanoid flora as well as a new class? Whatever would happen, it would surely be fun....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great story but audio did not do it justice
- By Kaz on 11-06-18
By: Vasily Mahanenko, and others
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More Than a Game
- Fayroll 1
- By: Andrey Vasilyev
- Narrated by: Adrian Niro
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 157
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 145
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Story4 out of 5 stars 146
Tasked with a new assignment, journalist Harriton is given explicit orders to write a series of articles on the Virtual Gaming World of Fayroll and its developers. Harriton grudgingly accepts the assignment but soon finds himself enthralled by the virtual fantasy world and its amazing quests, unpredictable challenges and nearly endless possibilities.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Story seemed good but the reader...
- By Kindle Customer on 03-21-18
By: Andrey Vasilyev
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AlterWorld
- Play to Live, Book 1
- By: D. Rus
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,947
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,675
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,675
A new pandemic - the perma effect - has taken over Earth of the near future. Whenever you play your favorite online game, beware: your mind might merge with the virtual world and dump its comatose host. Woe be to those stuck forever in Tetris! But some unfortunates - the handicapped and the terminally ill, shell-shocked army vets, wronged crime victims and other society misfits - choose to flee real life willingly, escaping to the limitless world of online sword and sorcery MMORPGs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One Of The Best Books I Have
- By Steven on 11-20-15
By: D. Rus
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Patch 17
- By: G. Akella
- Narrated by: Zach Villa
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,137
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,060
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,061
A new update arrives to the ultra-popular online game, Realm of Arkon. With Patch 17, the level of immersion experienced by players in their gaming capsules has made virtual reality indistinguishable from the real world. But every gamer's dream becomes a nightmare for Roman Kozhevnikov after he gets confined to Arkon against his will. And not just to Arkon, but to its deadliest zone - Demon Grounds. Playing - or rather living - as his character Krian, it's not just about survival for Roman.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent story, great narrator...except...
- By Fitzwibble on 04-06-17
By: G. Akella
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Project Daily Grind
- Mirror World Series, Book 1
- By: Alexey Osadchuk
- Narrated by: Kyle McCarley
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,574
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,453
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,453
The ads enthused, "The virtual lands of Mirror World await you! Live out your most secret dreams in our world of Sword and Sorcery! Become a Great Wizard or a Famous Warrior! Build your own castle, tame a dragon, conquer a kingdom! All those desperate, lonely, and insecure - Mirror World offers you a chance!" But Oleg isn't meant to become a great wizard or a famous warrior. He'll never have a castle of his own. Nor will he ever tame a dragon. And he's definitely not the type to conquer a kingdom, however virtual it may be.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mirror World Shines
- By Don Gilbert on 01-31-17
By: Alexey Osadchuk
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World Keeper: Birth of a World
- World Keeper Series, Book 1
- By: Justin Miller
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 21 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 655
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 611
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 612
Join Dale Mitchell, your run-of-the-mill truck driver. Until one day, he accidentally runs someone over. Now, through a series of strange and unforeseeable circumstances, he has become anything but normal. A story of magic, of a history that never was, and of a man trying to go through his day-to-day life while managing the affairs of an entire world. Join Dale Mitchell on his journey.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Lost interest
- By Silv3r on 11-08-17
By: Justin Miller
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Gestation
- By: John Gold
- Narrated by: Jef Holbrook
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 243
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 223
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If you mix Sword Art Online and The Land, and make them both darker - Project Chrysalis is what you get in this new Gamelit series. Chrysalis is the project of the century. It’s a hyper-realistic fantasy RPG set in the Middle Ages. Chrysalis is a perfect virtual reality game where every orphan under governmental care is placed in an in-game family to finally obtain all the love and care from the parents which kids need so desperately. But for one orphan who took part in this program something went horribly wrong. Instead of a happy childhood Anji suffers from demonification.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great start
- By Krop Circle LLC on 12-18-18
By: John Gold
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Transformation
- LitRPG series. Book I
- By: Valery Starsky
- Narrated by: Justin Thomas James, Jeff Hays, Aurelia Vazquez, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 243
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 222
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Story4 out of 5 stars 222
The familiar world collapsed overnight. As the Transformation progressed, disasters occurred throughout the Earth. Materials changed their properties, new species of flora and fauna appeared. The Game converted our world into a huge dungeon, completely replacing the previous civilization. However, the alien plans for Earth began to go awry from the very beginning. The conversion was less successful than expected. An ordinary young man stole the bonus for the first gaming action, depriving the invaders of their perk.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A great save by soundbooth
- By Tyler on 11-24-19
By: Valery Starsky
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The Bathrobe Knight: Volume 1
- By: Charles Dean
- Narrated by: Matthew Broadhead
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,199
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,110
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,108
Darwin, a video game addict, is sitting in his bathrobe and slippers playing his favorite MMO on a Christmas night when an uninvited guest breaks into his house to steal his belongings. After the scuffle is over he finds himself transported into one of the sword and magic RPG-style MMOs that he has always loved to play, albeit one he has never heard of, where he has to overcome trials and tribulations at every turn as he fights for his life alongside new companions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pleasantly surprised!
- By Dave Willmarth on 11-15-17
By: Charles Dean
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Demons Don't Dream
- Xanth, Book 16
- By: Piers Anthony
- Narrated by: James Fouhey
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6
Sixteen-year-old Dug has yet to be impressed by a computer game, but that's before he gets hooked by Companions of Xanth-and the beguilingly beautiful princess-serpent he's chosen to guide him. Nada Naga has her work cut out for her keeping Dug's eyes on the magical prize . . . and off of her human form.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Meh.
- By Conan Fortunato on 05-19-24
By: Piers Anthony
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Challenge
- Unbound Deathlord, Book 1
- By: Edward Castle
- Narrated by: Jeff Hays
- Length: 17 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,557
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,214
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,209
When virtual reality becomes real enough that people feel as if they're being transported to another world, Valia Online arrives. A man running from his past joins the game to forget it all. Calling himself Jack Thorn, he chooses an undead race, Deathlord. A mage by choice, and a swordsman by necessity, he soon finds out that he'll need to use much more than magic and steel to survive; strategy, creativity, and carefully chosen words can often accomplish what simple attacks can't.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A new take to the typical litrpg
- By Cody on 08-21-17
By: Edward Castle
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Mordecai
- The Riven Gates, Book 1
- By: Michael G. Manning
- Narrated by: Alex Wyndham
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 810
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 723
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 720
Years have passed since the last of the Dark Gods was defeated, and Lothion has entered an age of peace and prosperity. Mordecai’s oldest children have already begun to make a place for themselves, and his youngest are on the cusp of adulthood. By every outward measure, his life has been a success; he has earned his reward. However, Tyrion, the first wizard and brutal liberator of mankind, has returned with an agenda of his own, and dark things continue to stir at the edges of civilization, threatening to undo Mordecai’s accomplishments.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good story, but the audio is out of order.
- By Scott Grosjean on 10-16-18
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SpeedRunner
- Tower of Babel, Book 1
- By: Adam Elliott
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 757
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 701
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 701
Launch day. That was what they called it. The day when over four million people vanished in an instant from the island of Manhattan. The day earthquakes ravaged the east coast. The day a 101-kilometer tall tower rose from the wreckage of the now empty city. The day every screen, newspaper, and smart phone displayed a single message from an unknown source: The Great Emperor has issued his challenge.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Honest Review; No Hype No Hate
- By adam on 05-10-18
By: Adam Elliott
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The Ruin of Kings
- By: Jenn Lyons
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin, Vikas Adam, Soneela Nankani
- Length: 27 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,471
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,329
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,328
Kihrin is a bastard orphan who grew up on storybook tales of long-lost princes and grand quests. When he is claimed against his will as the long-lost son of a treasonous prince, Kihrin finds that being a long-lost prince isn't what the storybooks promised. He also discovers that the storybooks have lied about a lot of other things, too: dragons, demons, gods, prophecies, true love, and how the hero always wins. Then again, maybe he’s not the hero, for Kihrin is not destined to save the empire. He’s destined to destroy it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing
- By Kevin Potter on 02-07-19
By: Jenn Lyons
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You're Not Allowed to Die
- Twenty-Sided Eye, Book 1
- By: Kip Terrington
- Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 292
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 276
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Story4 out of 5 stars 276
Joe's body is failing him. In order to make his last weeks of life more palatable, he goes into full digital immersion. This new process will allow him to play in a virtual environment with a fake but healthy and strong virtual body. As soon as he steps into this new environment he meets his virtual assistant, an Evolving Intelligence (E.I.), who takes the form of someone close to him. But before Joe and Spooky can begin playing the game, they are both summoned to a reality where magic is real.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great story with one exception
- By Kindle Customer on 05-23-18
By: Kip Terrington
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Chronicles of a Royal Pet: A Princess and an Ooze
- Royal Ooze Chronicles, Book 1
- By: Ian Rodgers
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 411
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 368
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 368
The world of Erafore is one full of magic and mystery. Heroes battle dragons, mages confront demons, and the gods watch over it all. Yet among these incredible beings, a single creature is born with the power to rewrite the destiny of the land. Taken in as a pet by the princess of the Kingdom of Varia, a mere Ooze will rise to stand in the tide of fate and defend the ones he loves from an encroaching void. But can a monster ever truly become a man?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Boring
- By Humility on 01-09-18
By: Ian Rodgers
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The Tyranny of the Night
- The Instrumentalities of the Night, Book 1
- By: Glen Cook
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 20 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 117
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Story4 out of 5 stars 98
Welcome to the world of the Instrumentalities of the Night, where imps, demons, and dark gods rule in the spaces surrounding upstart humanity. At the edges of the world stand walls of ice which push slowly forward to reclaim the land for the night. And at the world's center, in the Holy Land where two great religions were born, are the Wells of Ihrain, the source of the greatest magics.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great Author, Terrible Narrator
- By Ryan on 05-02-12
By: Glen Cook
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- Erik
- 05-21-17
What the hell was that ending?
I really hope there are more books planned or I am never reading anything by this author again.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Rob Colter
- 06-20-17
Wha.....?
I feel crushed absolutely crushed. I feel so bad for Mayan, plz continue the series, let him get at least a little revenge for being so absolutely destroyed. I beg you.
Though at least in retrospect he is freed😁, but still it seems he was set up at the beginning and that hasn't been fully explained. So explain, plz.
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- dustin
- 07-01-17
Can't be
I hope this isn't the last book, hopefully one more book is in the works. Please be true.
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- TheIronDruid
- 09-12-17
didn't like this one as much but...
hats off to the author for doing the difficult. looking forward to next and hopefully last installment.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-28-17
Another great litrpg!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would certainly recommend this book and the whole series to my friends. It's the type of game we'd love to jump into and its incredibly well written and performed.
What did you like best about this story?
How immersed I got and just never wanting the story to end. Except at the end Mr. Mahanenko broke me down on a molecular level. Listening to the book at work had me a clutching my chest with a heavy heart.
What about Jonathan Yen’s performance did you like?
Everything, I love how he brings his characters to life and just his pacing with the story.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I desperately wanted to. I blew through the entire series in about 3-4 days of work. I've re-listened to the whole series twice so far just dying to get my ears on the next book.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Jesse Michael Whitchurch
- 02-10-22
still the best narrator!
SHOUT OUT TO JONATHAN YEN!! I've heard some pretty great narrators in the past, but JONATHAN really brings these books to life in such a uniquely captivating way. I feel connected to the main characters here in the depiction of their voices which bring subtle depth to their personalities that i just so rarely find in an audiobook. I truly hope that he continues to become the voice of many fiction works to come.
the combination of voice over and story line make these books clamor for the top spot as my new favorites in my audio library of nearly 200 books
To the Author,
Thank you for such a wonderful world and involving experience of a unique telling of the litRPG genre. A fulfilling read! You've not let me down yet, WOTS has the making of a truly legendary series IMO.
BEST WISHES!
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Kaz
- 02-14-18
Good book
Bummed the series ends in a few books but the author took his time and over all I was very impressed with the series
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-06-17
Emotional Rollercoaster
My hell. I haven't been this invested in a character since the first time I read Ender's Game. My connection with Mahan is so deep I nearly wanted to shoot myself to avoid the possibility of a new book! I can't take it any more! The narrator drags you in with its vivid storytelling, the writing paints a picture so detailed that I can't imagine life outside of my prison capsule, and the emotion portrayed in both have wrung my soul dry. Ugh. I need to take a vacation from Vasily Mahanenko. Well done sir. Well done.
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- Joshua
- 12-20-17
When you finish this book
For those who are about to read this book, when you finish dont stop. I dont care if youre mad just keep going. trust me
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- Fredrick Bass
- 05-13-20
What a freaking gut punch...
If you got this far, this book makes it all worth your time. This is the best book in the series, so far.
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