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Rise of the Grandmaster

Rise of the Grandmaster Series, Book 1

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Rise of the Grandmaster

By: Bradford Bates, Michael Anderle
Narrated by: Sean William Doyle
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Some people just knew how to go out in style. Tim had never been one of those guys.

Tim was always a planner. The plan was to get into college, graduate, and find a well-paying job.

That plan was coming together nicely until he saw a presentation to get paid to play The Etheric Coast. At his graduation ceremony.

After watching the company's employee recruitment video, Big Richie's words had a whole new meaning. He could spend his life going from a cubicle at work to a one-bedroom apartment and back again...or he could take a leap of faith by entering a virtual world of unlimited possibilities. And get paid.

Now he just has to figure out how to get the job of his dreams, help his parents financially, and catch the attention of the girl of his dreams.

It was time for him to catch his wave. Tim sure hoped it didn't kill him first.

©2019 Bradford Bates and Michael Anderle (P)2020 Tantor
Adventure Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Dream

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Wonderful balance between gaming and fantasy.

Loved it! Felt like I was in the game right there with the characters. Can't wait to read the next in the series.

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Rolling a critical

I used to play D&D years back and this brought back fond memories. Thank you for that. The story is awesome and can't wait to listen to the next one.
Keep up the awesome work.

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living your dream

This young man went to school to help his family. He was given a cvoice go to normal job or play in a video game world.. He chose video game camera, because it was fun and he got to follow the girl he has a crush on for the last 4 years. I look forward to seeing how the story continuous. I did not care for the format of the statistics but the story was good

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Great story, diamond in the rough. Litrpg , Good Narrator!

Why did it take me so long to find this Gem. Great book authors did an amazing job with the story and making it fit into the LitRPG Genre without drowning in stats. MC not OP and has funny moments throughout the story. I literally laughed when I wasn’t expecting while drinking and had Soda come out my nose. Definitely worth the credit. I’m really picky too. I hope the series gets better with every book. I’m going down the rabbit hole. Fingers crossed.

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What a fabulous premise

From a former gamer and DnD nerd this is wonderful. Growing up in the 70’s and 80’s imagination was a truly wonderful thing. The story brought all of it back

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Full effort put forth to make the healer class shine as a necessity for the commoners. That’s the good stuff

Enjoyed classic style rpg references without stats being read every single chapter and a big fan of the narration done here. I could use with a little less of the fixation on the relationship but that’s just personal preference.

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The main character

Honestly. I love the story and the direction that's going. I'm only halfway through the story, though. I just think the main character's a little too naive of the world. How could you ever think our world was black & white? I get it he's just a kid coming out of college, but for real. Does he really think people don't have to bow their heads, and he said so many conflicting things about his view of the world

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Tim is the best healer/assassin ever

I loved this book because it captured my imagination and I couldn't put it down.

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Great book

Very well written book.Give it a read.You will enjoy it If you like d n d style stuff and video games combined awesome

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Fun!

I'll make this short: This was a great book, and fun to listen to, Hope they keep making more of them.

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