Blood for Power: Book 1

An Apocalypse LitRPG

By: Scott W. James

Narrated by: Jonathan Waters

Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins

Publisher's summary

One man. One tower. One year to escape before everyone dies.

Lucas was shocked when he awoke to find the world had ended. An alien AI called the System had taken over Earth and transformed his apartment building into a 100-floor dungeon tower of traps, monsters, and loot. Trapped at the top, Lucas and the other residents have just one year to reach the ground floor and escape before the tower self-destructs.

That’s his first problem.

The second is he slept through the System’s welcome orientation, so a Class was picked for him. Lucas is now a Blood Reaver. A brutal Class based on speed, ferocity, and striking from the shadows. He’s expected not to just defeat his enemies, but to slaughter them and bathe in their blood. Their blood is now his power.

Outraged at being invaded, Lucas vows to grow stronger and take back his world. He will not only survive but thrive as he carves a bloody path to freedom.

©2023 Scott W. James (P)2024 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

good book, crap character

This book isn't horrible or irredeemable, but don't like the mc on a personal level.
1. Abandoned first person in party.
2.Panicky wuss
3. To stupid to inventory corpses, or ask party for blood.
4.Could use companion to pelican blood to him.
5. A bit slow on the uptake.
6. Cocky with no basis.
7. Traitorous tendencies and the absence of his "will" stat shows.

enjoyable

I enjoyed the book. I'm not to happy with the direction the book took at the end, but the plot was still solid. I can't place it, but it felt like something was lacking, which kept it away from being 5 stars.

a good litrpg book with a interesting world build

ever just have a dead sleep and miss super important messages? well, that's the main character! lol he has to make best with given "gifts" in a apocalypse style world. I can't say more on that or spoil the goods
the narration is well done and in a voice that can be made out well with good audio
the main character has his flaws that make it interesting to see what he will do with a mess of different elements agenst him and friends/allys the ending? well that makes me impatient to get the next book can't wait

Great book 1

This is a great start to a series it draws u in early and doesn’t let you go for even one minute 10/10

Awesome

Okay at first i was kinda afraid it was going to be one of those stories that lower the IQ of the MC just to make it funny but no it was just trying to portray how of out of his deep the mc was at the beginning but after he gets some experience fighting the comedy act goes down, there's still some comedy but not at the expense of the MC and the story ends up being a harsh one where people are not safe at all. and at the end i recommend this one to any fan of the tower climbing genre.

Diet DCC not as ridiculous

Nice start to a new series pseudo vampire novel. I will be sticking around to see where this goes

Wow

I jumped into this not expecting much, wow was I surprised. This was one of the best books I’ve read this year, I’m so impressed with this author. Jonathan waters is a fantastic narrator and he did not disappoint in this role.

Wow! Looks like a great start.

A great start to a system apocalypse LitRPG with no spice.
Great world system and power ups with the "gods" watching, interfering and playing favorites.
Can't wait for book 2.
I'm giving this book 7 out of 5 stars.

Ok

Glad he ditched party they were anchors. Tutorial didn’t seem to enlighten them to their new situation

enjoyable

so I enjoyed this book, if you enjoy a apocalypse type event and action, adventure and suspense, then you will love this book I quite enjoyed this book it keeps you on your toes and has decent character progression.