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Battledeck Academy

By: Harmon Cooper
Narrated by: Jeff Hays, Dorrie Sacks, Annie Ellicott, Ryan H. Reid, Justin Thomas James
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Publisher's summary

Life at Magic Academy is upended when a legendary assassin is reborn in his body.

On the cusp of entering the prestigious Lumina Deck-Building Magic Academy, the young mage Alistair harbors a dark secret: within him dwells Ghost. A reborn master assassin hellbent on revenge.

Bound together by fate and magic, Alistair and Ghost embark on a dual journey of vengeance and discovery. As Alistair navigates the arcane halls of the academy, mastering battledeck spells and summoning skills, Ghost seeks to unravel the mysteries of his untimely demise.

Their worlds collide and intertwine, revealing a threat far greater than either could have imagined....

Reborn Assassin is the next action-packed, deck-building LitRPG Series from Harmon Cooper. It's like My Hero Academia and Breaking Bad got together to write a progression fantasy after watching Kill Bill.

About the Series: This Isekai magic academy adventure features a three-tiered LitRPG card system that revolves around summons, wand-based spells, and abilities. Perfect for fans of All the Skills and A Summoner Awakens!

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About the Creator- Harmon Cooper

About the Creator

Author of over seventy-five books, Harmon Cooper has been a leading voice in LitRPG and Progression Fantasy for nearly a decade. He won an AudioFile Earphones Award in 2019 for Death’s Mantle, narrated by Andrea Parsneau, and the LitRPG Independent Audiobook of the Year in 2021 for Sacred Cat Island, narrated by Travis Baldree. A passionate audiobook listener, Harmon has collaborated with Jeff Hays and Soundbooth Theater since the release of The Feedback Loop in 2016. Their newest deckbuilding LitRPG series, Reborn Assassin, is the product of a year’s worth of phone conversations and in-person meetings, bringing a fresh audio experience to a timeless tale of revenge, sudden opportunities, academy antics, and high-stakes battles.

About the Creator- Jeff Hays

About the Performer

Jeff Hays is a voice actor with tremendous range, a producer and narrator of over 200 audiobooks—including the beloved Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman—a musician and composer, and founding CEO of Soundbooth Theater. His creativity coupled with unrelenting ambition led him to launch Soundbooth Theater at the crossroad of these mediums.

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A good start.

I am excited to read the next book in the series, I think the story over all was fun to read and a great concept. I expected less slip ups by ghost but I guess it is necessary for the story.

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Reborn anew

When listening to the book, Jeff Hayes does a perfectly good job. The characters are realistic, sounds like if we’re in Hogwarts but with trading cards. We see the story from two points of views Alistair Blackstar are main character and ghost the assassin. The first chapter is ghost going to a party meant for assassins. Then after that, we do get another POV from Alistair and how he’s an orphan and how the school now opened up its programming for orphans so they can actually have a bigger army. The story does get a little cryptic if I want to say correctly, but don’t let that stop you listen to how these guys put the story together you will be enjoying every minute of it. It’s a page turner. Hope you guys like it

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great magic mechanics

Cool story. Love how real and "nowadays" their personalities are. Would love to get some teacher POV of the "this years class" lol I think it would be hilarious teacher breakroom talk. but can't wait for the next one hopefully the series goes the distance.

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love it

love all the characters in this book! I also love the end credits lol very funny how you did that

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Another fun listen from Cooper

Soundboard Theater and Harmon Cooper do it again. This was a well-paced and fun listen, with just the right mix of action, humor, and gaming elements. Highly recommended.

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Good listen.... But.....

The MC is very aggravating. No kid I mean absolutely no kid repeats everything when speaking to people.... And orphans grow up faster... alot faster than others because they have to and his carelessness.... But it was good enough to keep me interested

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Soundbooth theater makes it 5 stars

First about the ha! sounds for chat, yeah it is jarring at first, but you get used to it pretty quick and by the end of the book you like it.

The voices are phenomenal. The story is written in a very satisfying way where some scenes are skipped, but you know what happened, it keeps the story fast paced and to the point. You can tell they are an experienced author. The characters are a lot of fun, but brought to life by Soundbooth Theater, it's just addictive. I wished the book was longer.

Last thing, I want more slime sounds

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we are hearing things

Team slime is on the rise. I loved the shadow fae. He is so funny and useful. The voice change between the student and the assassin is awesome, and I understand why he was originally freaked out. The choice of a slime as a first summons was interesting, but we all know that slimes are really powerful once they evolve.

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Harmon and soundbooth knocks it out of the park

well with soundbooth and harmon you know it will be good, and they are with this book as well. can't wait until the next book

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was way better then I thought it would be

was way better then what I thought was going to be an assassin creed with magic instead what I got was a harry potter meets pokemon/ yugio and a assassin besty in his head

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