Vigilance: A LitRPG Adventure

Fallen Lands, Book 1

By: C Peinhopf

Narrated by: Charlie Keegan James

Trapped in a world of monsters and magic, survival is just the beginning.

When Evelyn moves to Monterey Bay for college, she expects her biggest challenges to be making new friends and surviving freshman year. But her life takes a dark and unexpected turn when she's abducted and thrust into a terrifying world of monsters, magic, and ancient secrets.

After awakening in an unfamiliar body and with a collar around her neck, Evelyn must use her wits, a positive attitude, and a spark of newfound magic to escape cultists, dodge undead horrors, and—with a bit of luck, find a way back to civilization. Unsure of who to trust and clinging to the hope of returning home, she must navigate a landscape where danger both physical and political lurks around every corner. What begins as a quest to survive becomes a journey of self-discovery, revealing a resilience she never knew she had.

©2023 C Peinhopf (P)2024 C Peinhopf

Great listen and top notch narration.

I stumbled upon this genre, and I’m so glad this book was my intro!
Checked all the boxes of a good read. There is a nice pace to the book, witty banter, and easy to follow world building. At times, I found myself trying to predict what would happen next but alas I was left on a cliff hanger. Need book 2 please!!!

Mostly Great

I say mostly great since this could have been an easy five star book but I'll be honest, the fact that it was repeatedly stressed that the main characters should keep the details of their identities a secret coupled with how often they carelessly forgot this was super annoying. When you couple that with the fairly obvious stuff that happens at the end of the book, it really left a bad taste in my mouth despite the overall book being wonderful. I just really don't like it when books end in a bad note like that, even when it is obvious that it is intended to set up the next one.

Despite my gripes, though, I do still highly recommend this book and I think it is actually one of the better LitRPG books I have read. I loved the characters (although there are A LOT of names to keep straight) and the world was interesting enough. I hope the next book in the series is released soon.

As an aside, the narrator was excellent. I'll have to see if she has done any other books.

Good story

This story was really good I did enjoy the change of pace having a female kitsune MC. I can't wait for book 2

Great story brought to life by a talented narrator

I had read and loved this book on its initial release, but being a corporate slave I listen to a lot of audiobooks on my commute. This one is very well done, the characters really come to life and the narrator has a great variety of voices, characters, accents, and intonation. I am really enjoying it and will definitely relisten again in the future!

Once started it was near impossible to stop.

This isn't a genre I ever felt inclined to explore, but a friend suggested I might like this story and so I took a chance. And I'm glad I did! The story was engaging and the hours slipped away from me as the wonderful narration coaxed me ever forward. Before I knew it it, it was hours into the early morning and I still had a full work day ahead of me. This one is going into my stack of favorites and I look forward to the second book!

Good

Overall I really enjoyed this book. The narrator did a pretty good job, but I couldn't stand the soft spoken tone she used for the last couple chapters. I get the emotions she was trying to portray, but I just cant stand that type of voice. It grates at me. I had to download the book and read the last bit.

I loved this book

I loved this book. I am a very big fan of Litrpg and this story had me hooked from the outset. The author built a beautiful and cruel world that shows impressive depth. The characters are fun and relatable with both their excitement and sorrow. The performer did an excellent job with the reading, and made the whole book just that much more alive.

Definitely recommended

Loved this book and can't wait for the next to come out. I was only annoyed by the characters for like 1 chapter and when later the MC looks back at it as a mistake it I went for "why are they waisting their time" to "ah this is her character's motivation moving forward".

All that to say please buy this so the author keeps giving me good books.

Enjoyable "read"

very enjoyable read, I may or may not have shot a drink out of my nose at a few parts.