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Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer, Book 1
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Born an outcast weakling monster. Destined to be an S-grade hero.
As a monster, Shrubley is forbidden from joining the adventurers guild. In a world where essence artists rank up in power and most monsters are feral beasts, Shrubley is among the weakest of creatures and is treated as an outcast that is worth less than dirt.
With curiosity essence bound to his spirit, Shrubley might be weak, but he's intelligent and determined. Against all the odds, he discovers a loophole from the Druid that gave him life—but there's a deadly catch.
For a chance of ever being accepted as a true adventurer, he must challenge an otherworldly realm threatening to consume everything. A realm rife with dangers and opportunities in equal measure.
With a band of fellow low-tier monsters—a tiny slime, an undead skeleton mage, and a koblin—Shrubley sets off to prove that monsters can be heroes too. Even if he must die trying.
Join Shrubley's perilous journey with his band of misfit monsters as he slowly evolves in power from a weak, hunted creature to a high-rank adventurer who wields a sword and shield with healing druid essences! Expect a diverse cast of monsters with unique monster-race powers, a deep class and color-based magic system, silly puns, and of course a hefty dose of optimism. Perfect for fans of Final Fantasy and Dungeons and Dragons, and listeners of epic progression fantasy, LitRPG, Beastborne Chronicles, He Who Fights with Monsters, and Cradle.
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- By: Erios909
- Narrated by: Hannah Schooner, Giancarlo Herrera
- Length: 21 hrs and 47 mins
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Elania's life takes an unexpected turn when demon-worshiping cultists summon her to their world, aiming to revive their dead god. When their hated foe strikes, she escapes into Eladu's darkest depths. Amidst savage predators and underground monsters, Elania discovers her newfound abilities are both a formidable ally and a haunting burden that threatens to reshape her very soul. To climb higher towards civilization means she must contend with anti-demon sentiment and those who would use her as a source of arcane power. But Elania is not alone in her struggles.
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Ascent? More like, Dark Descent
- By R.C. on 06-03-24
By: Erios909
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Undead Kingdom
- Revenant's Revenge, Book 1
- By: Andrew Karevik
- Narrated by: Daniel Wisniewski
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
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I struggled every day, looking to put something on the table, but it was my life, and no one had a right to take it. Especially not Eris Lanyer, lord of the city, the very same who was supposed to keep people such as myself safe! The nobleman killed me without a second thought for the sole purpose of testing the blade he had just acquired! So here I am, burning with such a rage at this flagrant lack of justice. My hate is so immense that I'm unable to pass to the afterlife, and so I return as a Revenant.
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Lovely, Dark, And Brutal
- By Guy on 06-04-24
By: Andrew Karevik
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Orconomics: A Satire
- The Dark Profit Saga, Book 1
- By: J. Zachary Pike
- Narrated by: Doug Tisdale Jr.
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
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The adventuring industry drives the economy of Arth, a world much like our own but with more magic and fewer vowels. Monsters' hoards are claimed, bought by corporate interests, and sold off to plunder funds long before the Heroes' Guild actually kills the beasts. Of course, that's a terrible arrangement for the Shadowkin; orcs, goblins, kobolds, and their ilk must apply for to become Noncombatant Paper Carriers (or NPCs) to avoid being killed and looted by heroes.
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High Fantasy meets Economics- hilarity ensues
- By James Caulfield on 01-02-17
By: J. Zachary Pike
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Gravesong
- Singer of Terandria Series, Book 1
- By: pirateaba
- Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
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All the world's a stage...even when you're teleported to a new world. Struggling actress Cara O'Sullivan was walking down the street of Galway one moment, and the next, she was in an ancient tomb in a faraway world. Alone in the dark with her cell phone as her last tenuous connection to home, Cara sings her favorite song. To her astonishment, her song casts a spell of light into the world...and from the depths, something hears her. Challenged by a ghostly knight, a tragic necromancer, and hordes of undead, can a young woman who does not believe in heroes become one herself?
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This was insta love ❤... Grab this and watch pirateaba write magic!!!
- By Lonnie-The GreatNorthernTroll-Moore on 05-02-24
By: pirateaba
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Happy Jack and the Scary-Ass Book of Doom
- Shadows Over Earth-That-Was, Book 1
- By: Rich Partain
- Narrated by: JP Adams
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
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In the year 2475, the remnants of humanity have taken to the skies, inhabiting massive domed cities that hover five miles over the ruined ecological disaster of old Earth. The Powers That Be, in their infinite wisdom, decided that the few million people left deserved to live their best lives, so they gave each sub-orbital platform its own theme and legally enforced tech level.
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Endlessly juvenile LitRPGish, fanfic schticks
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 03-21-25
By: Rich Partain
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Earth's First Starfighter Omnibus: Books 1-4
- By: Han Yang, Michael Angel
- Narrated by: Matt Hicks, Allie Piper
- Length: 42 hrs and 40 mins
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The aliens tested humans on an individual basis for miner rentals. Do well on your pilot test, get a spaceship, sign up with a corp, and you can mine the belt. For a puddle-jumper pilot like me, yeah, I was so interested I became obsessed. When I finally tested, I performed above and beyond, being offered a contract for some better than a miner - Earth's First Starfighter.
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When's the movie?!
- By Mark on 03-01-25
By: Han Yang, and others
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The Witchstone
- By: Henry H. Neff
- Narrated by: Ramiz Monsef
- Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
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Meet Laszlo, eight-hundred-year-old demon and Hell’s least productive Curse Keeper. From his office beneath Midtown, he oversees the Drakeford Curse, which involves a pathetic family upstate and a mysterious black monolith. It’s a sexy enough assignment—colonial origins, mutating victims, et cetera—but Laszlo has no interest in maximizing the curse’s potential; he’d rather sunbathe in Ibiza, quaff martinis, and hustle the hustlers on Manhattan’s subway.
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Clever and highly entertaining
- By Valerie Yanetta on 08-03-24
By: Henry H. Neff
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Governor
- Ascent to Empire, Book 1
- By: Richard Fox, David Weber
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 20 hrs and 36 mins
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For more than fifty years, the Terran Republic and the Terran League have been killing one another. The death toll has climbed ever higher, year after year, with no end in sight. But the members of the Five Hundred, the social elite of the Republic's Heart Worlds, don't care.
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Another great series
- By Shashikant P. Mistry on 07-30-24
By: Richard Fox, and others
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The Book That Wouldn't Burn
- By: Mark Lawrence
- Narrated by: Jessica Whittaker
- Length: 22 hrs and 28 mins
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The boy has lived his whole life trapped within a book-choked chamber older than empires and larger than cities. The girl has been plucked from the outskirts of civilization to be trained as a librarian, studying the mysteries of the great library at the heart of her kingdom. They were never supposed to meet. But in the library, they did. Their stories spiral around each other, across worlds and time. This is a tale of truth and lies and hearts, and the blurring of one into another.
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Keeps the reader guessing
- By Gr on 08-17-23
By: Mark Lawrence
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Rogue Community College
- A Liberty House Novel
- By: David R. Slayton
- Narrated by: Michael David Axtell
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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Isaac Frost is an assassin. Raised in the Graveyard of the cruel and mysterious Undertaker, he has mastered the deadly art of the knife and the skill of survival, together with scores of others just like him—young men taken from their families to become the most infamous killers throughout the realms of elves and humans. But Isaac is unique: a single drop of another’s blood can confer upon him the knowledge and power of friend and foe alike.
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A Strong Addition to the First Trilogy
- By User7190 on 10-21-24
By: David R. Slayton
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To Valor's Bid
- Monster Girls in Space, Book 1
- By: M. Tress
- Narrated by: Jack Smith, Anne Marie Lebeaur
- Length: 18 hrs and 37 mins
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Join Desmond as he learns to manipulate mana—a source of power that exists beyond the reach of most people in the universe—meets vastly different alien species, risks life and limb, all while trying to pass classes. If he’s lucky, he will find someone he can trust out here amongst the weird. If he's very lucky, maybe someone he can love.
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frustrating.
- By kevin on 12-08-24
By: M. Tress
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Point Nemo
- By: Jeremy Robinson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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In the heart of the South Pacific lies Point Nemo, the most desolate and remote place on Earth. At its core is a dead zone, devoid of life, where government agencies crash their obsolete satellites and space stations, confident they won't harm a soul. When the International Space Station suffers a catastrophic failure and plummets through the atmosphere, it's here that Mission Specialist Julie Rohr, an astrobiologist studying living space dust called xylem, finds herself marooned. Julie's only hope for rescue lies in the hands of her estranged father, Dr. Finn Maddern, a renowned mycologist.
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Big ‘ol yikes. I wish I could get my credit back
- By KB on 05-30-24
By: Jeremy Robinson
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The Crown Tower
- The Riyria Chronicles, Book 1
- By: Michael J. Sullivan
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
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Hadrian Blackwater, a warrior with nothing to fight for, is paired with Royce Melborn, a thieving assassin with nothing to lose. Hired by an old wizard, they must steal a treasure that no one can reach. The Crown Tower is the impregnable remains of the grandest fortress ever built and home to the realm’s most prized possessions. But it isn’t gold or jewels that the wizard is after, and if he can just keep them from killing each other, they just might succeed.
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Delicious Icing on a Terrific Cake
- By Tango on 08-07-13
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The Primal Hunter
- A LitRPG Adventure
- By: Zogarth
- Narrated by: Travis Baldree
- Length: 20 hrs and 9 mins
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It was a day like any other when suddenly the world changed. The universe reached a threshold humanity didn’t even know existed, and it was time to finally be integrated into the vast multiverse. A place where power is the only thing anyone can truly rely on.
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Don't listen to the other reviews
- By Wesley Naval on 09-12-22
By: Zogarth
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The Spice Gate
- By: Prashanth Srivatsa
- Narrated by: Deepti Gupta
- Length: 17 hrs and 39 mins
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Relics of a mysterious god, the Spice Gates connect the eight far-flung kingdoms, each separated by a distinct spice and only accessible by those born with a special mark. This is not a caste of distinction, though, but one of subjugation: Spice Carriers suffer the lashes of their masters, the weight of the spices they bear on their backs, and the jolting pain of the Gates themselves.
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Beautiful reading of an epic story
- By Chelsea Baker on 10-05-24
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- Robert B.
- 08-22-24
Absolutely Wonderful and Heartwarming
Very wholesome, wonderful and engaging characters, and a very interesting world all combine to make an amazing story and one I'm absolutely invested in, I can't wait for the next book!
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- Erin
- 01-08-25
Adorable funny book!
This book is now one of my favorites. Shrubley has such dedication to be a hero, it just warms my heart. I loved every single character and can’t wait for the next book!
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- Jc Babcock
- 01-23-25
The wonderful imagination by the author
There was absolutely nothing about this that I didn’t like. It is just so cute and so uplifting I would recommend it to anybody.
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- Kel Ward
- 08-26-24
An awesome feel good adventure
I really enjoyed this audiobook. I know I would have also liked reading it but Travis Baldree really brought it to life and made it amazing ( as he always does). I can’t wait for the next book!
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- Stephanie Genisio
- 03-28-25
a cute story
This was a cute book, with humorous notes and lots of puns. A good book to read/ listen to at night.
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- J J North
- 04-28-25
Looking forward to reading the next in the series
It was a fun story to get to listen to The MC was optimistic and enjoyable juxtapose next to real world issues that everyone has
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- Anonymous User
- 09-02-24
It was amazing absolutely go for it
I read the first few chapters on RR a while ago but got sucked into something else and forgot about it. Glad i recognized the title and gave it a try. Performance was fabulous as always with TB and i cant wait for the next one. Only dilemma is if i go read ahead or wait for the audiobook
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- Just A Feller
- 08-30-24
Amazing adventure with vivid characters
A feel good adventure with some great fight scenes.
Loved the characters (both good guys and bad guys).
The narrator was able to take a top notch story to a greater level.
Wish the next book was already out!
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- Austin DeCarlo
- 08-26-24
WHAT A SURPRISE!!
I got this book after reading the description knowing it was going to be a cute little adventure and a nice cozy ride and wow what a ride it was the amazing puns and dad jokes the crazy culture references and the 4th wall knowing what they were doing through was honestly amazing and I loved it all! But damn chapter 39 ripped my heart to shreds, I don't think there's a person out there that cannot at the very least get in their feel listening/reading that chapter. I had to stop everything I was doing to just listen and hold myself together. I cannot wait for the 2nd one to be released on Audible because this is going to be a go to series! It had the same feeling as Legends and Lattes for me when listening and who better to voice it than the man himself Travis Baldree!
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-16-24
Blown away by how good this was.
My only critique would be at some points it’s difficult to keep the non-main characters straight, but a minor issue for this fantastic book. The main characters are unique, well crafted, and I laughed in my car several times at their interactions while listening to this audio book. Of course the narration is always on point for this voice actor as well. A+
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