Unprepared Healer

Earthen Contenders, Book 2

By: Jonathan Brooks

Narrated by: Miles Meili

Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

Exposed as the Contender at the top of the Rankings, Thaden has to make a run for it….

After the Assimilation System inadvertently outed Thaden as a Contender, as well as confirming that he was at the top of most of the Rankings, the Lifewarden has to leave the town of Ashcleft as soon as possible. Why? Because with his Level being over 21, he can now be attacked by other Contenders with a lower Level than him; they are eager to bring him down so that they’ll have a chance at the top spot, which will guarantee that their families back home on Earth will be safe. With the completely unfair Contender versus Contender system in place, he can’t defend himself even if he had that capability, as any damage he might inflict upon them is immediately negated.

Fortunately, Thaden escapes those who wish him harm, but as he travels further from Ashcleft, he realizes that he doesn’t exactly have a plan on how to proceed now that his status has been revealed. Venturing into the wider world of Tarth has its own problems, though the danger to him is largely in the form of other Contenders learning his identity, and not the monsters that roam across the landscape or the dungeons that might challenge him. Despite those dangers, the Lifewarden decides to begin accumulating more of the resources needed to Level-up; but when he unwittingly stumbles upon a challenge that the Assimilation System has designed, Thaden is completely unprepared for the consequences of his actions.

But in reality, it’s the world of Tarth that is completely unprepared for him….

This story contains an overpowered MC with a normally non-offense-based Class, LitRPG progression mechanics and stats, and isekai/portal fantasy elements. Contains no sexual content or harems.

©2024 Jonathan Brooks (P)2024 Jonathan Brooks

Breath of Fresh Air in the Genre

This falls right into the Isekai, LitRPG, Over Powered Main Character type of book of which there are WAY more than people not familiar with the genre would think, but because there are so many tropes that are easy to fall into a lot of them start feeling like each other. This one is different.

The MC is OP but he has problems that still impact him, because of this we get the cool magic and battles but still get to see the character has some growth.

The Magic system is all about levels, achievements and stats, And even though there are parallels it doesn’t fall back onto the classic Strength, Agility, Intelligence type system and so the stat distribution is set apart from other books in the genre.

Because the book is about a support class the spells feel new since it’s not about wielding fireballs and lightning blasts and it’s fun to see how the Author has the MC think through on how to exploit healing spells to do damage.

I also love the recap at the beginning of the book. I listen to so many of these that I start blending stories in my head and so the recap helps me get back into the world. Solid follow up to the first book.

Absolutely great

Getting better and better. Lots of quest driven development, a new class or two, and a lot more problems

Fantastic

What a great story! So many twist and turns, this series is anything but predictable. The main character is unlike any I have ever seen. Socially awkward, the main character still has a strong since of right and wrong. The MC is very relatable, and I enthusiastically await the next book.

Awesome

This is a great series i really enjoyed listening to it and hope to get to continue it keep up the amazing work. <3

Kept me guessing

I enjoyed the plot twists and character development. Love me an over powered main character. Looking forward to the next book!

Tharen isn’t overly cautious and isn’t emotionally impulsive

I like the passaging of the story, it is not too fast and not too slow. The voice actor portrayal of thaden marches how I imagined him sounding from when I read the first book.

Actions have consequences

After being outed by the system at the end of last book our MC has to escape the town while a mob of players try to hunt him down and kill him for exp and his loot.
On his way to a new city he finds more and more traces of player killings in the world and question how it will all end.

His much higher level also causes a lot of issues when he goes to dive the higher level dungeons, actions have consequences, consequences he really don't want to face.

Solid sequel, Miles does a really good job narrating it.
Looking forward to the next book in the series.

A fun read!

A fun, fast read. I’m hooked and hope this turns out to be at least a 10 book series.👍

Good

Keep this up and we will be good this fifteen world minimum thing is very annoying

Love the second book!

I just want to keep calling the main character glitch. the story continues on exploring a world I would not wish to be isekai'd to. Expect action and a fast paced story but remember it is on the edge of Grimdark. This contest/race to prove humanity doesn't suck continues and the critters just keep coming. Very crunchy spells and stats fly through a bent leveling exploit as the MC crushes the dungeons set before him. I cant wait for the next one.