
The Kartoss Gambit
Way of the Shaman, Book 2
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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Yen
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By:
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Vasily Mahanenko
A product of the latest technologies, Barliona is a virtual world brimming with fun and entertainment. The government has become the guarantor for the in-game currency, allowing its free circulation. As a result the population floods Barliona in pursuit of easy money.
It doesn't take long for the game developers to discover a source of free labor: real-world prison convicts. While their bodies are locked in special auto-maintenance virtual capsules, the prisoners' minds are released into Barliona's virtual mines.
Dmitry Mahan has been through it all. Sentenced to eight years' hard labor, he now struggles with an unpopular class - the Shaman - and an equally unpopular profession of a Jeweler. His fight for survival becomes anything but virtual.
©2015 V. Mahanenko. English translation copyright 2015 by Natalia Nikitin (P)2016 TantorListeners also enjoyed...




















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Having said all of that I like the series so far, although it is not complete and I don’t see Audible or Amazon offering the third book yet. The same thing happened in the “Play to Live Series,” by D Rus; another LITRPG series that I like and Audible listeners are left hanging waiting on the completion.
I’m giving the story four stars only because the ending seemed rushed and it is not complete. The narrator four stars even though I thought a more intense reading would have given this story a completely different experience he did a credible job. Overall four stars
The Narrator sets the Tone
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Great 2nd Book
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The narrator is another thing that makes this audiobook, the narrator elevates the book from the spoken word, and you get a sense of a story playing out in your head.
All in all this is an excellent book, and LitRPG seems to have a champion of the genre.
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I found it hard to pull myself away from listening when I had too. The story has you at the edge of your seat wondering what's going to happen next. Some favored parts are Mahan meeting the blacksmith in Beatwick for the first time, learning to use spirits like a true Shaman, meeting his true totem, drunk old ladies with repeatable quests, crafting cursed items, spying on a guild verses guild chess match, and Mahan inadvertently leading a multi-guild raid.
Jonathan Yen is still not the voice I would have chosen for this book. His voice is growing on me as Mahan's voice, but Yen's female voices all sound the same and for some reason some males are made to sound like cartoon characters; Goofy comes to mind. I would like to mention, however, that the translation is amazing.
I can't wait for the 3rd audiobook but I'm afraid of the wait for any after it as I hear the translations are taking a very long time.
Story got even better!
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More more more!!!
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I wasn't sure if this was a series I would enjoy but it gets even better the second time through. I missed key points the first time and got even more detail and clarity the second time through.
Amazing
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*spoilers*
The story kept me engaged from start to finish, but I wished the last chapter was split into separate chapters. More details could have been provided during the church scene. The mystery of this figure was announced near the end of the 2nd last chapter and was kept hidden. I didn't understand who the master was until later on as the author begins to lay out the plot.
5/5 overall enjoying more and more of this series
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more contracts and business negotiation than you'd
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as good as book 1
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