Ether Collapse Omnibus, Books 1-3 in a Post-Apocalyptic LitRPG Audiobook By Ryan Debruyn cover art

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Ether Collapse Omnibus, Books 1-3 in a Post-Apocalyptic LitRPG

By: Ryan Debruyn
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
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Gaia has awakened, and the world will never be the same again.

The first three books in the Ether Collapse series!

Rockland Barkclay has had a rough year. On top of everything else, his father has just passed, and Rocky has to go it alone on their annual trip. But his plans for drinking alone in Algonquin Park are rudely interrupted by a sea of cosmic energy that governs the universe. Ether, the driving force of creation, has returned. Now a confused Rocky must navigate odd hovering messages to survive.

With the awakening of the very planet they reside on, humans are in a desperate fight to survive in an evolving world. If only Gaia hadn’t woken up so very… very… unhinged.

Start the 3-book boxed set today to listen to Ryan Debruyn's Equalize, Excise, and Earthdom before you catch up with book 4, Equatorial!

©2019, 2020 Ryan DeBruyn (P)2019 Mountaindale Press Epic Fantasy Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Greek Mythology Mythology LitRPG Ancient Greece
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I found the book very frustrating. Somehow it keeps my attention even though I don't like any of the characters. it's like the book knows how to get my hopes up, but never follows through so that I'm always ultimately disappointed only to get set up again with another bait.

Frustrating

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This series is off to a great start and I look forward to listening to the rest!

Great new series!

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10/10 worth the bundle good set of stories and great pacing. I loved the magic system and the twists.

Wow Amazing

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This was a lot of fun and loved the performance! I can't wait for more!!

Fun!

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If you're planning to dive into the Ether Collapse series, be prepared for a protagonist who consistently avoids pursuing his main goal. Despite the high-stakes world filled with powerful monsters, the main character shows little interest in growing stronger to protect others—or even himself. He struggles through most fights, rarely levels up, and when he loses allies or followers, the emotional impact is minimal at best.

One of the most frustrating aspects is the lack of explanation around the power ranking system. Readers are left guessing how strength is measured or what progress even looks like in this universe. Instead of meaningful development, the narrative often veers into mundane territory—like buying tents for villagers or planning sewer systems for apartment blocks. These town-building details might appeal to fans of slice-of-life stories, but they feel wildly out of place in a world supposedly teeming with danger.

By the time I reached the third book, I found it difficult to continue. The changes made to the main character seemed designed solely to avoid the “edgy” tropes of other fantasy genres, but the result is a protagonist who feels passive and disconnected from the urgency of his world.

Honestly, the author might be better suited to writing a slice-of-life series. The attention to town logistics and infrastructure suggests a genuine passion for that genre—one that could shine if it weren’t weighed down by the expectations of a fantasy adventure.

Please read this review it will save you time!!

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Just kidding, I'm not writing poetry. First off the overall story is pretty okay. I honestly remember it being better the first time I listened to it. Luke does a great job in general with everything. The massive thermonuclear elephant in the room is our first main side character, Cela or Sela or whatever. Growing up I had no understanding of women at the time or healthy relationships between two adults as I was still in early high school. However, after having experienced toxic exes and on again off again relationships in high school, I can say that listening to anything to do with her is the most annoying thing in the world. She's always rude and almost always finds a way to snarkily condescend answers to Rocky even in important life altering situations. I think the closest I can get to explaining how disgusting she is revolves around book 3. She doesn't give him the chance to be a leader and when they have a meeting discussing how to spend territorial essence the main character is confused and worried because she decided to discuss potential spending measures and ways to enhance the territory. Oh did I mention that one of their party members who fought against hordes of zombies controlled by an annoyingly campy and incompetent, while supposedly being some billion+ year old lich, got sucked into the afterlife with them (no good reason was given for this, nor did it really make sense in the way things were handled) after winning that fight. They needed to save up for 1 mil essence and Rocky has been over here dying inside over it and this POS has the audacity to turn it back on him and be upset at his valid concern over her outwardly callous/sadistic behavior. The whole 5 minute or so conversation sees her personally attack him without any facts whatsoever backing her and she ends up emotionally manipulating him with random asides like complaining about how he's emotionless because she's been trying to get him to screw her and he hasn't been going after her cause oh yeah she's his ANCESTRAL guide. Anyway yeah she sucks cause she's constantly rude and annoying and almost never manages to explain anything without being a terrible person for five seconds on top of blaming the guy who she's supposed to be guiding for not knowing anything or not managing her emotions for her for not knowing anything, making mistakes she could've prevented by doing her job, or not managing the horniness and emotional instability of a ghost who got returned to the land of the living because of his actions.


TL:DR Luke was great, the author wrote one of his toxic af exes as the main side character and she definitely falls in the too annoying to live side character catalogue. Read for the VA not for the characters.

An ode to annoying side characters (tldr at the end)

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