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Gladiator

War God for Hire, Book 1

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Gladiator

By: David Burke
Narrated by: Daniel Wisniewski, Rebecca Woods
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Reincarnated as the War God - he has a lot to learn to live up to that title.

His power is only as good as the skill he possesses to wield it. But there is a reason the former War God fell. He can only dare to imagine what foes lie in wait. He will have to build a team out of a former shield maiden, an elven sorceress intent on hiding her power, a beautiful lycan who doesn't trust anyone, and a mortal-hating fire celestial. What could be hard about that?

This book contains some adult content and is intended for a mature audience.

©2021 David Burke (P)2021 Podium Audio Action & Adventure Epic Fantasy Military
Engaging Story • Intriguing Premise • Excellent Narration • Complex Hero • Unique World-building
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I'm not a fan of all this guys' books, but this one... it's pretty good.

As far as harem goes, this has one (loosely), but it's a slow build up to it with lots of sexual tension. Following up on that, there's actually only one full-on sex scene in this one. Compared to his other books, I was pleasantly surprised by this. I don't mind lots of sex scenes, even if they're really descriptive, I just don't want them becoming the padding in the book for length...or becoming the focus. This book has a good feel in this area.

The characters are pretty good of course, they stay within the confines of what you may start to identify as their character...sometimes frustratingly so. But that's just part of consistency.

Piggy-backing off the characters, the narration is perfect for how I imagine them. That and I've come to enjoy every book I've heard so far that these two voice for.

My only gripe, and it's a minor one, is the pacing of the MC's power. It almost felt like the author couldn't quite fine tune it. Like, at points, it seems like an understandably slow build-up as he discovers his own potential, and then boom he just kinda...gets it. But then after he gets it nothing really happens for a while to really test it. it's almost as if the author was aware of this, threw in a road block for the MC at the last minute so it doesn't feel too fast, and then removed just as quickly when it was convenient for the plot. This method seemed to have been washed, rinsed, and repeated multiple times throughout, but thankfully it wasn't done so blatantly as to be jarring so I can forgive it.

TL;DR It's good, for real! looking forward to the next book!

Love it!

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like always Rebecca and Daniel do an absolutely amazing job bringing the characters to life.

The book starts off great with action and not a slow beginning. Never a dull moment in the book.

Amazing

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The story is pretty good over all and Daniel Wisniewski & Rebecca Woods are really great V.A.s!
But it is pretty light on harem aspect, which, let's be honest, is one of the main reason we're all here.
The Descend series was much better imho.

This whole series is pretty light on harem

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Why does this author constantly make his main characters try to force their world sensibilities on another worlds views and moralities. It’s so frustrating. This guy needs to chill out and any of these women that want to be with him for whatever reason he needs to break them open like a shotgun and give them what they want.

Could have been excellent

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Enjoyed very much a different take on war god story I always hate getting books with only one book and get into it because now I have to wait till next

Enjoyed

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I am a huge fan of Daniel Wisniewski and Rebecca Woods. They have some fantastic audio and I love hearing their narration. This story was really brought to life by them and I enjoyed it immensely. The pacing was good, the events gripping, and the storytelling top notch. Don't take my word for it, give it a try.

Wahoo!

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The story was good, the narrators made it awesome. Hoping the next books are released soon.

Amazingly good narration of a very good book

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I really enjoyed this book and will be continuing the series. I like the MC and the story.

Great book with light harrem elements

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Another great book by David Burke. You will not be disappointed. Also the dual narration really brings the story to life.

5 stars

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Great new novel from David Broke not only are the narrators one of the best. We also got plenty of world building, character building with a decent cast, a MC whos really trying to change and already has a decisive and great personality among so much more!

Great new book from David Burke!

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