Dragon Hack

Blasphemy Online, Book 1

By: Andrew Seiple

Narrated by: Nick Podehl

Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

Richard Royal has a hard life.

He lives in a corrupt, church-controlled dystopia, his family is soon broken, and the only joy to be had comes from the escapism of his full-immersion gaming.

Introduced to a new and very illegal game, he finds himself in the body of a dragon, on a quest to find a dark and evil power to serve. But the game is more than it seems, and the dragon is more than a beast. Soon Rich's life is far, far more complicated than he ever expected. And the threats against him grow, both in-game and in realspace.

There is no path that will not lead to blasphemy. And the dark secrets revealed will change two worlds, before all is done....

A new litrpg saga, set in Threadbare's world of Generica Online.

©2019 Andrew Seiple (P)2020 Podium Audio

"This is worse then Barrens Chat"!

Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker!!

What a great book and a awesome performance as always by the great chief auritor of litrpg!

Atypical underdog

Refreshing unique take on an RPG. Using an all too common dysfunctional family archetype. One point stood out about the second amendment. Government allows us to have them but by giving up all our other rights, they are useless tools that cannot take back power from corrupt rulers.

I agree Knowing about the high tech crowd control techniques like causing nausea and microwave burning of skin , and remote targeting that makes one give up & surrender, typical weapons are completely ineffective.

he is a wise, brilliant, perceptive storyteller. Oh with a versatile narrator that does the story justice

quite enjoyable

A good book, it hints at some really dark themes. With the physical part of the book taking place in a distopian theocratic part of what's left of the United States. And that goes about how you might expect.

The game system is pretty interesting with jobs and skills that can level up individually, I'd like to see more with various jobs and see how they interact. There are some concepts about modern science and magic that could be fascinating if they delve into ut in the second book.

Nick Pohdel is a phenomenal narrator as always

Picked up right at the end

The last chapters of this book really paid off. It looks like the second book will hit its Stride. It's a bit hard to keep up with as it slides from perspective to perspective. I'm beginning to think that books written in that style are not good for audio consumption.

Sometimes cringey but overall enjoyable

Loved the story and loved the performance, will be sad to not hear Nick on book 2, I really hate narrator changes too. Book only lost maybe half a star because the two main characters can be extremely cringey at times and I personally think them not knowing about each other went on for too long.

great story of character development and dual protagonists.

great book, give it a try! if you like RPG lit this is a good one

Escaping a dystopia via Isekai only to stumble in lovecraftian horror

Great book exploring three different genres. It is a little bogged down by the mmo rpg jargon. I don’t really care about what level each individual skill is at at every moment. Also author could of used more diverse gaming jargon if keeping that in. Any gamer would call a skill that doesn’t have a level an attribute, trait, or feat etc. Calling every “skill” the same term is odd for informed gamers and drops you out of your suspension of disbelief in a jarring way.

Will continue to read the follow up regardless.

A wonderful addition to the world of Generica!

As disappointed as I initially was to discover that the narrator from Seiple's other Generica-based books would not be returning for this trilogy, I was genuinely impressed with Nick Podehl's performance. Especially in regards to his female voices, as that is not an easy thing to pull off.
With that said, I absolutely adore this author's tongue in cheek style of writing, and every novel that I read set in this world increases my curiosity, and makes me eager for the next. I will say this though! If you have not read/listened to the Threadbare and Small Medium series yet, then do yourself a favor and come back later. One of the best aspects of this world is slowly unraveling the mystery around it, and the "Playas".
I genuinely believe this book is more enjoyable if you start with the first 3 Threadbare books, then move onto the Small Medium trilogy.
To top it all off, I'm typically the type who takes the majority of the month to go through a book of this length, making that monthly credit last. NOT WITH THESE! Everytime that I begin a new set of these books, I end up eating through a book a week on average!
If you are a fan of fantasy, and are tired of the recycled characters and tropes, then do yourself a favor and enjoy some Andrew Seiple! His love for the genre is obvious, and yet he doesn't take himself too seriously.

Great story!!

I love how there is something going on in both worlds and the story didn’t feel jumbled. Looking forward to part 2

enjoyable

simple straight forward design. clean clear writing. no stupid teen bs, no misandry nor bigotry. just an enjoyable distraction