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How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps

By: Andrew Rowe
Narrated by: Suzy Jackson, Steve West
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For thousands of years, there has been a cycle: a Demon King rises and conquers, and a Hero is reborn a hundred years later to defeat him. Each time, civilizations are ground to dust beneath the Demon King's hordes, but humanity has remained secure in the belief that a Hero of legend will always save them. There's just one slight problem. It's only been 23 years since the Demon King's latest rise, and this time, he's already conquered more than half the world. If humanity simply waits for the Hero's return, there may be no world left for him to save.

And so, Yui Shaw sets out with an ambitious plan. A 10-step plan.

She'll find a way to obtain the Hero's legendary sword. She'll earn obscure classes, gain levels, and increase her skills. She'll travel to the meticulously-crafted dungeons that seem designed for one specific Hero to complete. And, if she's truly (un)fortunate, she might even find a fairy.

She might not be a Hero - but if she can fake it long enough, she might still be able to save the world.

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About the Creator

Andrew Rowe is The New York Times best-selling novelist of the Arcane Ascension, War of Broken Mirrors, and Weapons and Wielders series. Each of these books is set in the same sprawling, interconnected universe and known for their intricate world building, detailed magic systems, analytical characters, and epic anime-style action.
Andrew started his career as a game designer working for tabletop RPG books for companies like White Wolf, then later entered the video game industry to work on the legendary MMORPG World of Warcraft at Blizzard Entertainment. After leaving Blizzard, he worked at other amazing companies like Cryptic Studios and Obsidian Entertainment. As a long-time RPG enthusiast, Andrew draws heavily from games for his inspiration, especially Japanese role-playing games (JRPGs) like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Ys, Fire Emblem, and The Legend of Heroes.
In his free time, Andrew still runs roleplaying games in the same universe as his books, including Spider Climb, an interactive web serial where fans vote on how the story progresses after each chapter.

Suzy Jackson
Steve West

About the Performer

Suzy Jackson is an actress and voice-over artist whose voice has been heard on numerous audio books, commercials, video games, and cartoons. Jackson won the AudioFile Earphones Award for Young Adult audiobooks in 2019. She is an Audie Award winner and SOVAS Voice Arts Award nominee. Her books have been recognized on the American Library Association’s Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults list. Jackson is the proud executive director of Opening Act, a nonprofit organization that brings free theater programs to NYC’s most underserved public high schools.

About the Perfomer

A London native, Steve West began his career on London’s prestigious West End Stage. He went on to appear in film and television, including performing for Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. After moving to the States in 2009, West earned a place as a highly respected and award-winning voice-over artist working across commercials, films, documentary, audiobooks, and video games. He has recorded more than 250 audiobooks across all genres and to date has won 15 AudioFile Earphones Awards, as well as multiple Audie Award nominations. West describes audiobooks as akin to a "one-man play", an opportunity to embody an incredible, diverse array of characters and bring the work from the page into a whole different form.

Clever Protagonist • Humorous Gaming Parody • Excellent Narration • Creative Problem-solving • Subverted Tropes
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This was a fantastic novella! It was clever and sweet, it was like breath of fun fresh air.

Fantastic!

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Rowe has gone and made another beautiful piece of work, this time in audiobook form. I ate up the Dragon Quest and Legend of Zelda references. The voices of Suzy Jackson and Steve West are absolutely lovely! I cannot emphasize how good of a listen this is. To everyone involved, keep up the good work!

Another wonderful book by Rowe

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The creative writing from the perspective of a character that lives inside of a RPG/video game world was great. If you are familiar at all with either of these things you are going to love how the story plays with mechanics from both of these. I don’t wanna give any spoilers here but seriously we need that sequel. I need to know what happens next!!!

I loved this! sequel PLEASE!!!!

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this is really funny but this book reminded me of the legend of Zelda 🤣

this is amazing!

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Jut make 100000000 more ok good 🙏 also MORE ZELDA REFRINCES LOVE THEM ok good bye just buy and listen and enjoy

How to make the second book in the series in 1 easy step

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I really liked this story, especially because it reminds me of another one, from which this one draws huge amounts of inspiration. No, it's not the Legend of Zelda or Dragon Quest as many people seems to suggest in the reviews (although I totally agree that all the world elements of these two are definitively there; the core of the story, not so much). The story I am talking about is "Maoyu", and it's literally the tale of the intricate relationship of a hero and a demon king to change the world. It is as amazing as this one, but less lighthearted

Brilliant! Huge shout out to Maoyu

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Soooo this is as close to a legend of Zelda fanfic as you can get. Since I am a huge fan of legend of Zelda, I personally loved it. Litrpg is an interesting genre. I think this was a well written story and the characters were fun to follow. I especially like the playful banter and witty comments brought up about the plot holes in most legend of Zelda games (and other similar games). I Definitely would recommend reading it!

Totally a legend of Zelda fanfic

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I thought about stopping the book early when I heard the narrator and flippant attitude about the story - they were clearly telling the story with a huge "tongue in cheek". about 15 minutes in, I realized that was the charm of the story. the flippant. lighthearted narration I would normally have found annoying was actually kind of perfect for the book. the plot was kind of half witted, but in some odd way, it came across as charming. the D&D leveling and attribute development oddly WORKED in the story, and made it work better. so, while I was annoyed through the first 15 minutes or so, I found the charm and actually enjoyed this mess. it was a very easy listen, especially as "free". overall, all the "clumsy" worked, and made the story quite enjoyable and charming.

charming, but not for everyone

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This would serve as a primer for most people curious about, or wanting to get into role play. A very cute and fun look at how players actively destroy hours and hours of DM work.

An interesting look inside D&D, video games and RP

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Loved this story. Slowly realizing all the parallels between a beloved franchise of mine was great experience. Its clever, funny, and doesn't pull any punches with how basic the story could be told

Zelda with a creative twist!

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