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Chef

From Chef to Crafter to Conqueror, Book 1

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Chef

By: Gabriel Rathweg
Narrated by: Lee Osorio
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Ryo was a chef, an extremely good one at that. That was until the entire universe as he knew it changed.

After his spaceship is attacked and destroyed by an enemy armada, he finds himself in a situation he never could have imagined.

Sent back in time and to an alternate reality, he has quite a few choices to make. Especially considering that the ruthless Kublai Khan and his Mongol Horde are just a few years away.

Accompanied by an extremely advanced Artificial Intelligence, a medieval noble, and his samurai retainers, Ryo sets out to change the known world. At least this dimension's version of it!

With his knowledge of history and the help of his companions can he stop the unstoppable tide of the greatest war machine the East Asian continent has ever known?

Join Ryo as he tries to change history with a little bit of luck, a lot of technical know-how, and some fantastic food!

©2021 Gabriel L. Rathweg (P)2022 Tantor Alternate History Science Fiction Time Travel Fiction Samurai
Captivating Adventure • Interconnected Stories • Great Narrator • Excellent Premise • Historical Depth • Vivid Imagery
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This story dies upon the diarrhea of excess words and pointless fluff. Good premise and characters... But endless fluff and word padding is everywhere... The point and story gets weighed down by the mass of unnecessary descriptions and thoughts that doe provide some context or coloring, BUT not relevant...

For a story about a Chef, the story is an perfect example of someone drowning or hiding the natural flavors from the ingredients by added excess seasoning and random favorite ingredients to a functioning recipe.
A massive editing is needed to trim entire chapters out and have the plot devices and scenes thinned down to get the point across.

The Author needs to learn to say more with less.

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The main story is good but the other story was just boring. It doesn’t add to the story to me.

Good Story

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The story keeps the reader interested through great imagination and imagery. It leaves the reader questioning what happens next .The characters are well developed and engaging .A must read for those who love hand to hand combat of the Middle Ages combined with AI application. An interesting twist.

Great story. Thoroughly researched.

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So this is actually two stories not one. They end the book coming together and that just leaves the reader aka me unsatisfied that anything really important happened. It either needed the next arch to be included in the first book or split into two.
Second what is with all the super long back stories on absolutely unimportant pieces of equipment? Or random stories in general? We only get like 36hrs of the main character then it jumps months at the very end? Great potential just needs more work

Not one story very very slow

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The constant fade to Marco Polo. He and the blind monks time with the Mongols. For me too much back story.
Really enjoyed the snarky AI and his hitching a ride in the hero's surgically implanted augmented CPU.
Personally I like to hear dual Narrators (man & woman) doing the male and female voices. Still the narrator was very good.
I have purchased both Audible recordings, 1&2 and the Kindle books too.

A modern man in ancient Nipon.

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I randomly chose this book by its synopsis and I am glad I did. The story is enticing, well crafted, and I was quickly drawn into it.
I like the setting, the pace, and the characters are, so far, fleshed enough so I care about them. There is some repetitive phrasing used here and there, but it is cool - I am here for the story, but it is noticable. And yet, the story is good (enough. not spectacular. not yet ;)), and I am very willing to listen to how it continues.
The narrator's voice is nice, he does great job with the book, and is one more reason for the whole enjoyable package

Interesting start of a story with a lot of potential for the next books

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I say that becuase 1/2 of this book is random looks at marco polo's life, fun and all I guess but doesn't seem to have a baring on the main story, another 1/4 of the book is random wool gathering. then maybe half hour of recipes which at least makes since for the story leaves about 3 hours of actual content

a good 3 hour book

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Very good start of a series. It gives an interesting and fresh perspective to the genre. Not at all as expected but very well done.

Interesting and fresh perspective

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The Chef Saga is an excellent combination of alternate history, gaming theory, cooking and the history of the Orient. I'll be reading the entire series, eagerly awaiting the next installment. My only complaint is that the author has a bit of difficulty keeping track of his own details at times. Ryo states that he's in the year 1270 AD, more than a thousand years before he was born, but is also supposed to be from the year 2099 AD. At other times, Ryo mentions that he is thousands of years in the past. Ryo also can't seem to decide if he thinks of his former girlfriend (Sonya Mallory) as Sonya, or Mallory. These are minor details that have no real effect on the story, but they are distracting at times. The publisher's editor really should have caught these discrepancies before publication.

Looking forward to the next book in the series!

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So the idea is unusual'ish and the story was finally getting interesting when book 1 ended. In general, I liked the story, but there are so many fanboy moments where the author waxes on about some anime thing or another and a lot of filler material that stretched the story length out without providing any real interesting content. I'd be tempted to get book 2 on a $5 sale, but I won't spend a credit to continue this series.

A good story, but too much fanboy stuff

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