Viridian Gate Online: Vindication

The Alchemic Weaponeer, Book 1

By: N. H. Paxton, James Hunter

Narrated by: Vikas Adam

The end of the world is not such a bad thing for Russian weapons engineer Vlad Nardoir.

Really, his world ended six months ago when his wife died, and ever since then, things have been downhill. Soul-crushing medical debt. Favors to the Russian mafia. Now, asteroid. For Vlad, this is life in a nutshell.

But, in a wild twist of fate, he has found a way out. A chance to start fresh in a brand-new ultra-immersive MMORPG called Viridian Gate Online. Making the leap might kill him, but again, death is not such a bad thing for a man with nothing to live for.

Even in the virtual world, however, old grudges burn true, and the past is not as far gone as it seems. He must use his quick wits, rugged persistence, and peculiar set of skills as a weapons engineer to make a place for himself in this new world, or be forcibly dragged back into the very life he fought so hard to escape.

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A Great Addition!

I am a serious VGO fanatic, and I really love these additional branching, character driven, books in the series. I really like Vlad as a character and enjoyed hearing his tale. I figured that Vikas Adams would do an admirable Russian accent, but I must say he does some pretty decent female voices as well. Some men just sound silly sometimes. So bravo to everyone involved. Another winner in my book!

awesome

so glad to get to hear vlads side of the story. this universe is rich and get untapped

another absolutely amazing book in the series.

All of the VGO books are amazing and this on is no different simply put it's phenomenal. Vlad was always one of my favorite characters in the Core series so this is awesome to read can't wait to read more.

great listen

Veridian Gate never seems to fail me when I am looking for a great book. I look forward to hearing more of this series.

Great Start of Series

A great start to the series. Vlad is such a likeable character I couldn't help become invested in his journey. The world Building in this book is fantastic - I can easily picture the story taking place. I really enjoyed the narration. The distinct character voices & perfect pacing made this a very enjoyable listen. I look forward to more in this series

Vlad is the best

I am so glad that someone decided to explore this wonderful character further. Vlad is one of the most intriguing characters in the series.

Fun story about side character

Ton of fun to see events from another character perspective. Overall a great listen. Planning to start the sequel here when I get another credit.

good addition

This book was a good addition to the viridian gate online series. interesting to see it from the point of view of Vlad, the narration was okay... I get it he's a russian having a problem with the translator so I kind of got past my annoyance.... after a while it did not detract too badly to the book.... at the end it seems like the author decided to ignore the pain and debuffs dying is supposed to give you an Veridian online, and for a alchemist engineer... there wasn't very much preamble.... he just came in and engineer and then had alchemy bestowed upon him.... still all in all it was a good book

Viridian Gate Online

I have enjoyed this book, as well as the main story. I also enjoyed the Firebrand side storyline.

Sweet!

Because I already read other books in this world I wasn't surprised about some of the tragedy that befell our Russian Hero. I loved that this book gave us a background into this interesting character and I think I will listen to this book again after listening to the OG Viridian Gate book.