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The Crucible

Reclaimer, Book 1

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The Crucible

By: Waldo Rodriguez
Narrated by: BJ Harrison
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From the ashes of a dying world, a god will rise.

As an out of shape nerd, Gabriel Rivera had more pressing issues than outlandish things like godhood: Evacuating the city, joining the military, and protecting his family. Simple right?

Everything changed when the PAC invaded.

When the grim fate of his world is revealed, Gabriel joins the Reclaimer Project to save his family. A lowly F ranker, he's weaker than even the worst recruits. Good thing he's too stubborn for his own good.

Through blood and sweat Gabriel aims to grow stronger and rise above the rest.

Deadly traps lurk around every corner, mysterious factions move in the shadows, and dormant powers within him manifest in wild and dangerous ways.

Battered, bruised, and beaten, Gabriel refuses to stay down. For only in the fires of The Crucible are legends forged.

©2022 Waldo Rodriguez-Santiago (P)2023 Tantor Cyberpunk Fiction Military Science Fiction
Engaging Worldbuilding • Addictive Series • Perfect Voice Actor • Compelling Characters • Intriguing Premise
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very thorough, and well thought out. consistently takes itself seriously and Harrison's performance excellently compliments the atory

very good.

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I loved the thoughts of trying to escape your situations by hiding yourself from everyone else. Only to be shown that the only way out of your individual torture is by communal growth.

Emotional yet thrilling

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The book is good, I enjoyed it greatly. I look forward to what comes after The Crucible

Good scifi with a heavy military presence

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this is a fantastic new world with really compelling characters. we do not yet get to the root cause of what is going on to make this training happen but it is building!

fantastic new world, very compelling characters

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I enjoyed it. Not ground breaking but at the end of the day I was entertained.

Noice.

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My only problem was the main character being such a little girl and when they finally explain why he's like that it was the MOST disappointing thing like really I almost just dropped the story till I realized not much is left so might as well finish it besides that pretty good

the mystery behind the crucible existence

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Gritty story. Highlights the struggle. Boricua/ don’t give up we find a way. Palante siempre palante! I definitely would like to see a little more progression but highlighting the struggle balances that out a bit.

Fighting against the odds to get ahead. WEPA!

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It's the future, and the world is near collapse with huge storms and lack of resources.

The teen MC is rated as having average intellect but all other stats the worst possible. In D&D parlance, where stats range from 3 to 18 at the start, he has INT&WIS 10 with all other stats 3. One incongruity right off is his "lowest possible charisma". The MC does not act like a person everyone wants to avoid. The military training exercises mainly just make him short of breath.

In short, his F-rank status (worst possible) doesn't seem earned. However, he's also been evaluated as having a "high potential." Still, he has really low stats, so he asks why he is there. "That's above your pay grade." And then the young MC sent into training with lots of expensive equipment. The other recruits then tell the MC how terrible he is over and over and over and over and over again.

If you like a book in which the MC is insulted for the same reason and in the same way many dozens of times, maybe you'll like it. For me, this fails “Show, don't tell” -- we don't need to be told about terrible stats this many times. A similar story is Summoned! -- The MC there really does have terrible stats, but works hard them. This story tries to be a Recruit Teenagers with Attitude trope, but fumbles.

Narrator does a fine job with what he's given.

Teen with bad stats trains to be Top Gun

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good story. dislike 22hrs for just the 1st phase. Hopefully se and book gets further into the story

Great audio book!

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The main character is such a depressing hypocrite with a massive hero complex that gets so annoying along with his incompetence. BJ Harrison did a great job and the plot was pretty good along with the other characters. The main character kept me on the fence about finishing the story. Not too excited to move on to the next book. I hit the skip button a few times during his repeated expositions about his obsession with Alexander and his lust for being the only person allowed to care about or help anyone.

Hypocrite of the year

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