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Luke Chmilenko
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A side novel set in the same world as the bestselling Ascend Online series that takes place between Ascend Online and Legacy of the Fallen, and follows a different cast of characters.
Sometimes, just being a hero isn't an option. Sometimes, you just need to get the job done.
Lazarus Cain is a member of the Grim Shadows, one of the Thieves Guilds in the city of Eberia. Unfortunately, Lazarus is having a bad day. Waking up in a torture chamber, suffering from amnesia, he'd be pretty much screwed if not for the mysterious, magical sigil burned into his chest.
Sometimes a really bad day should be shared with others, especially professional torturers.
Lazarus will need to use all his cunning and skill to work with his comrades, uncovering schemes within schemes, discovering that The Grim Shadows are not the only Thieves Guild in the city mired in conflict. What's more, the leaders of the other guilds, the Thief Lords, don't respond well to treachery...
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Maulkin didn't know dying would mean a new eternity of dungeon delving, monster slaying, and glory hunting. If he had, he wouldn't have been so worried about kicking the bucket on a date gone even more wrong than usual. Reborn in the wild world of Amaranth, Maulkin finds himself in a hulking demi-human body with a sword of a size to match. Marked as an Eternal, a fledging immortal of boundless potential, Maulkin soon discovers he's been given a mission by the elder pantheon of this new realm.
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Combat, comedy and Cow man!
- By B&H on 05-29-21
By: Luke Chmilenko, and others
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Wish Upon the Stars 1
- A Superhero Cultivation LitRPG
- By: Malcolm Tent
- Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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The Wish Curse Palace, the largest criminal organization in the multiverse, seeks its new successor. On Shane's eighteenth birthday, his dormant Wishmaster bloodline awakens, making him a potential heir to the organization's legacy. In Unity territory, power and public perception go hand-in-hand, empowering an elite class of superheroes and supervillains. Shane must progress through the ranks of heroes to harness his wish-granting abilities. With the help of newfound allies, Shane must showcase acts of heroism to climb the hierarchy, all while concealing the true source of his powers.
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5 stars
- By Joshua Airington on 08-09-23
By: Malcolm Tent
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World-Tree Online
- World-Tree Trilogy
- By: EA Hooper
- Narrated by: Justin Thomas James, Jeff Hays, Laurie Catherine Winkel, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
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After experimenting with an exploit, Vincent begins to develop new spells that will take him higher in the game than he ever thought possible. Unfortunately, he crosses paths with the last moderator, a young man named Lucas that uses his mod abilities to torture and subjugate other players. Lucas is willing to abuse his power to conquer the World-Tree, but Vincent’s exploit might just be the key to stopping him.
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Good book. One minor-ish gripe.
- By Trey on 06-05-19
By: EA Hooper
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Death and Glory
- Immortal's Ascent, Book 1
- By: Luke Chmilenko, Chris Harris
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 21 hrs and 18 mins
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In the Domains, those born with magic have only one place where they can prove themselves worthy of it: the brutal pits of the arena, where they will either grow in power and build a following with every victory, or risk dishonor and death in defeat. For these “Gladiators”, the ultimate prize for their struggle is a place among the Chosen, the immortal rulers of that vast and decadent empire.
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Could have been better
- By Wesley Blease Scott on 01-25-22
By: Luke Chmilenko, and others
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Rise of the Devourer: Voidborne
- A LitRPG Adventure
- By: Krazekode
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 12 hrs
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Noah Brown has a gift for fighting. Unfortunately, punching things doesn't pay the bills, at least until he died and an Eldritch god found his soul. The encounter brings him to a new world, summoned by bloody cultists. He's got nothing but the shirt on his back and a strange item in his system menu.
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Needs a new narrator
- By E Woods on 12-07-23
By: Krazekode
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Ritualist
- Completionist Chronicles, Book 1
- By: Dakota Krout
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
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The decision to start a new life is never an easy one, but for Joe the transition was far from figurative. Becoming a permanent addition to a game world, it doesn't take long to learn that people with his abilities are actively hunted. In fact, if the wrong people gained knowledge of what he was capable of, assassins would appear in droves.
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Ritual is necessary for us to know anything
- By LITRPG Audiobook Reviews on 05-18-18
By: Dakota Krout
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First Login
- The World, Book 1
- By: Jason Cheek
- Narrated by: Jason Hill
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
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Diving into a revolutionary new video game, Jason and his friends are working to move their entire guild to pro-gamer status. Choosing a Nightmare start to get ahead of the wave of new players starting the game, Jason finds himself alone in the wilds tasked with saving a group of refugees from goblin invaders. Although he manages to save the survivors, that is just the beginning of his trials as he desperately fights to bring them back from the edge of annihilation.
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lol
- By Kindle Customer on 03-04-20
By: Jason Cheek
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God's Eye: Awakening: A Labyrinth World LitRPG Novel
- By: Aleron Kong
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 19 hrs and 12 mins
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Telos is a world at the center of a Universe. A bright jewel wrapped in a Lattice of realities. It is a world that gods and demons call home at the beginning of a new age. Remy is a newly risen deity, struggling to survive in a Battle Royale where the consequences are worse than death and last longer than damnation. He will find that he cannot live with his tribe of worshippers. Their strength is his, and his is theirs. Other tribes want nothing more than to feast upon their flesh and consume their power.
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Can't wait for more!
- By Scott on 02-02-21
By: Aleron Kong
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Life Reset: A LitRPG Novel
- New Era Online, Book 1
- By: Shemer Kuznits
- Narrated by: Jeff Hays
- Length: 24 hrs and 40 mins
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Oren, a high-level guild master, wakes in the body of a lowly goblin. Cast out, betrayed by his most trusted advisors, Oren is stuck in New Era Online. However, there are advantages to being on the monsters’ side. Starting from scratch, he’ll have to build up a powerful monster clan to take revenge. But first, he'll have to survive long enough not to be someone else's fodder.
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All Hail Our Tiny Green Overlord!
- By HeatherY on 11-11-17
By: Shemer Kuznits
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AlterWorld
- Play to Live, Book 1
- By: D. Rus
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
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A new pandemic - the perma effect - has taken over Earth of the near future. Whenever you play your favorite online game, beware: your mind might merge with the virtual world and dump its comatose host. Woe be to those stuck forever in Tetris! But some unfortunates - the handicapped and the terminally ill, shell-shocked army vets, wronged crime victims and other society misfits - choose to flee real life willingly, escaping to the limitless world of online sword and sorcery MMORPGs.
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One Of The Best Books I Have
- By Steven on 11-20-15
By: D. Rus
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The Mayor of Noobtown
- Noobtown, Book 1
- By: Ryan Rimmel
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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After dying and being reborn into a world that's built like a video game, Jim has found himself stuck in a very old-world style new-player zone for low-level adventurers. Unfortunately, the zone fell out of use centuries ago, and no one told the monsters they were supposed to take it easy on the Noobs. Even worse, the only new player around is Jim. Jim has been given an opportunity, and he'll do his best to take advantage of it.
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Like the land but actually finishes story lines.
- By Kaz on 09-03-19
By: Ryan Rimmel
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Iron Prince
- Warformed: Stormweaver, Book 1
- By: Bryce O'Connor, Luke Chmilenko
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 33 hrs and 55 mins
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Reidon Ward will become a god. He doesn't know it yet, of course. Reidon was born weak, sickly, and small. Afflicted with a painful disease and abandoned by his parents because of it, he has had to fight tooth and nail for every minor advantage life has allowed him. However, his perseverance has not gone unnoticed, and when the most powerful artificial intelligence in human history takes an interest in him, things began to change quickly.
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Best book I've heard all year!!
- By Reading Obsessed on 03-23-21
By: Bryce O'Connor, and others
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I'm Not the Hero: An Isekai LitRPG
- I'm Not the Hero, Book 1
- By: SourpatchHero
- Narrated by: Nick Podehl
- Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins
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When it comes to action and adventure, every hero needs a good sidekick. Holmes has Watson, Batman has Robin, and Daniel has . . . Orrin. More like brothers than friends, they always have each other's backs. And as Daniel is the big, strong, handsome type, Orrin is more than happy to remain in his shadow at school, at parties, pretty much everywhere. Then things take a turn for the truly weird when a terrible accident catapults the pair into a world totally unlike their own, in which the rules of a role-playing game hold sway.
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Totally solid LitRPG. Negative reviews are overstated.
- By Christopher on 01-05-24
By: SourpatchHero
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-28-17
phenomenal
both the author and the performer did an absolutely phenomenal job. well done across the board. I can't wait for the next one
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- John M.
- 11-09-19
WARNING! Book 2 is not the sequel to book 1.
Like many other reviews have pointed out, this book has a completely different story line with different characters. I really enjoyed this book as much as I did the first one but I was caught off guard during the first chapter when nothing made sense when I try to tie it back to book one.
The characters are very interesting and well developed. The plot is also unique and interesting. I have no doubt if you enjoyed the style of the first book you will enjoy this one as well.
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- Logan Spidell
- 10-26-17
Great book!
A great story! A great bridge to the second book! Lazarus is a great character. I can't wait to see how he develops on future books.
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- Berserk
- 09-29-17
A nod to BERSERK
The second the author made the main character slightly like Guts from Berserk.... I was in and loved every second from there. Both books in the series are awesome well worth the credits.
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- codingjoe
- 10-03-17
if you've gotten lost in an mmorpg
If you've gotten lost in an MMORPG before then you'll like this book. Reading the first book is unnecessary, the stories are nearly unrelated except for the prologue setup in the first book. It's like the Matrix meets Ready Player One. Reminds me of the time I've spent playing the different genres from D&D to Ultima Online to EverQuest 2 to LOTRO. The simple fun of discovering a story and upgrades without the cramps in your wrists from carpal tunnel.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-21-18
Another huge success
it was definitely a struggle to get into the new story when I love the first story so much but once I got a custom to the new plot that had developed I really enjoying it and all the twists and turns throughout the whole entire book it really makes me hope that there is more of this side Ark
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- spellshock
- 01-21-18
better than the first.
great narration. I liked Lazarus and his group better than book 1 party. story was well paced. I hope we get to hear from this group again. Can't wait for the next installment!
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- MSTX
- 02-26-18
Excellent Book..
loved it. Great book while,waiting for the main story line book to come out.. perfect
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- Ray S.
- 12-07-17
Great Fun
Full of intrigue fantasy fun great character arcs wish there was more reads like this out there
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-21-18
Great book
Nice blend of future gaming of fantasy rpg that all gamers will wish for. It also confronts the aspect of human social interaction when normal life and death consequences are no longer a factor. It also provides aspects of frontier and societal building. There is also a great action. I know the review is a little cerebral and doesn't due the book justice. Trust me its worth the cost.
New Characters but same world. Great story
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