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Diving into a revolutionary new video game, Marcus and his friends escape a stagnant society, entering into a world that defies their wildest imaginations. But from the moment that he logs in, Marcus finds himself separated from his friends and thrown into a remote village under attack by a horde of goblins. Forced into battle, Marcus rallies the beleaguered villagers and, with their help, manages to drive off the invading creatures. With the village in ruins and their supplies spoiled, the villagers turn to Marcus for help in rebuilding the village.
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An interesting attempt that mostly fell flat
- By Keith R. Dercole on 06-20-18
By: Luke Chmilenko
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Bushido Online: The Battle Begins
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Seth Kinnaman's dream has always been to become the best fighter the world has ever seen. After spending his entire life training, he's finally ready to test his skills in the biggest tournament on Earth, where hundreds of the fiercest competitors vie for the supreme title. In the semifinals, Seth is getting the upper hand when his opponent uses an illegal blow to take him out. Upon waking up from a coma, Seth finds out he's lost his sight. He's become blind, and he's completely devastated. All his dreams are now shattered, and he soon falls into depression.
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A Gamer's Fun Ride!
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Advent
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Drew Michalik was working in a top-secret facility in Washington, DC, when the Advent began. As all electronics in the world simply ceased to work, blue screens filled with information appeared before him. Drew was given access to a mana interface and a limited number of reality-altering crystals called Xatherite. Following the instructions on his vision-impairing screens, he "slotted" his Xatherite and changed his fate: He gained the ability to cast spells. Now alone in the dark, he must battle through the government bunker turned dungeon in a desperate bid for survival.
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Kona Blend
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Adventures on Brad, Books 1 - 3
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Daniel Chai only ever wanted to be an Adventurer. Born with a gift of healing that steals his memories and past experiences as its fuel source, Daniel must weigh his heart's desire with his gift as he attempts to clear his first ever dungeon. This bundle includes audiobooks one to three in the series.
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A mediocre story about a mediocre boy
- By David R on 11-27-18
By: Tao Wong
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Elizabeth's Legacy
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- By: Victor Kloss
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
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Two years after his parents' sudden disappearance, Ben Greenwood stumbles upon a cryptic letter that could shed some light on their whereabouts. But before he can track them down, he'll need to find the mysterious organization that sent the letter: The Royal Institute of Magic. To succeed, Ben will have to navigate a land filled with fantastic creatures and spellshooters, where magic can be bought and sold, to unravel an ancient family secret that could hold the key to defeating an evil the institute has been fighting for the last 500 years.
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What a fantastic tribute to Kloss
- By Evry1sLostButMe on 01-24-17
By: Victor Kloss
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The Dragon's Egg
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- By: David A. Wells
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Seventy-five years ago, the dragons fell from the sky. We thought they were just meteorites - six terrifying explosions rang the world like a bell. When the dust settled, we went on with our lives as though nothing had happened. More than a decade later, five of the eggs hatched. The dragons that emerged were small and weak. They kept to the shadows, working in secret to persuade people to do their bidding, offering magic as payment and reward. Years passed...and still we didn't notice the evil growing in our midst.
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Acting out of character
- By Skipper on 01-27-18
By: David A. Wells
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Bunker Core
- Core Control, Book 1
- By: Andrew Seiple
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Wynne might have been human once. It's hard to say. Now he's a bunker core, a nanomachine controller responsible for an entire complex. Of course, the place is a bit wrecked. And the world outside is in ruins. And he's pretty sure that whoever put him here is going to come looking for him at some point....
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Glorious
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By: Andrew Seiple
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Warrior
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When a witch is born, a doppelganger is created. For the witch to master her powers, the twin must be killed. But what happens when the doppelganger survives? Mirage, a bounty hunter, lives by her wits and lethal fighting skills. She always gets her mark. But her new mission will take her into the shadowy world of witches, where her strength may not be a match against powerful magic. Miryo is a witch who has just failed her initiation test.
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Narrator problem
- By Rebecca Koeppen on 06-20-19
By: Marie Brennan
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Patch 17
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A new update arrives to the ultra-popular online game, Realm of Arkon. With Patch 17, the level of immersion experienced by players in their gaming capsules has made virtual reality indistinguishable from the real world. But every gamer's dream becomes a nightmare for Roman Kozhevnikov after he gets confined to Arkon against his will. And not just to Arkon, but to its deadliest zone - Demon Grounds. Playing - or rather living - as his character Krian, it's not just about survival for Roman.
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Excellent story, great narrator...except...
- By Fitzwibble on 04-06-17
By: G. Akella
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One More Last Time
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He thought it was the end, and his gun sat ready to make sure. But an oddball offer from his last friend comes at the literal last second. Curiosity gets the best of him, and he finds himself sucked into iNcarn8, a game claiming to be a whole new life. Now, as Montana, the larger-than-life tank warrior, he has one more last time to get his life right.
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ignore the short read time
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Pathfinder Tales: Liar's Bargain
- A Novel
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For charming con man Rodrick and his talking sword, Hrym, life is all about taking what you can and getting away clean. But when the pair are arrested in the crusader nation of Lastwall, Rodrick faces immediate execution, with Hrym spending the rest of eternity trapped in an enchanted scabbard. Their only hope lies in a secret government program in which captured career criminals are teamed up and sent on suicide missions too sensitive for ordinary soldiers.
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thumbs way up
- By Eladar on 08-26-16
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Pathfinder's Way
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The Trateri are about to learn a vital lesson of the Broken Lands. Deep in the remote expanse where anything can happen, it pays to be on a pathfinder's good side. Nobody ventures beyond their village. Nobody sane, that is. Monstrous creatures and deadly mysteries wait out here. Luckily for the people she serves, Shea's not exactly sane. As a pathfinder, it's her job to face what others fear and find the safest route through the wilderness. It's not an easy job, but she's the best at what she does.
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Shockingly disappointing
- By Potato Potato on 09-29-19
By: T. A. White
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WebMage
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Ravirn is not your average computer geek. A child of the Fates - literally - he’s a hacker extraordinaire who can zero in on the fatal flaw in any program. Now that 21st-century magic has gone digital that makes him a very talented sorcerer. But a world of problems is about to be downloaded on Ravirn - who’s just trying to pass his college midterms. Great Aunt Atropos, one of the three Fates, decides that humans having free will is really overrated and plans to rid herself of the annoyance....
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not what i was expecting
- By n.brumm 4 on 02-09-15
By: Kelly McCullough
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Definitely the best in the genre! Please fix the audio levels. The narrator's volume jumps around wildly from phrase to phrase; especially towards the beginning of the book.
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- 09-18-16
A unique, engrossing, and witty gamers tale
Let me start by saying, that the author (Mr. Arand) crafts an excellent story blending science fiction, fantasy, technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and adventure in the first book of this of what I hope to be a groundbreaking trilogy. Add to this the outstanding audio narration by Jeff Hays and I could not have hoped for a more engrossing and exciting story than what I received within Otherlife Dreams”. I am surprised that I have not heard of this trilogy earlier, and to be honest I wish I had.
If you like or are interested in MMOs (Massive Multiplayer Online) games such as “World of Warcraft”, “EverQuest” or “Ultima Online” or RPGs (Role Playing games) in general, you will enjoy this book; and I’m sure the rest in the “Selfless Hero“ trilogy series. Even if you are not interested in gaming, the story is engrossing and has enough fantasy and adventure to keep everyone engaged. There are heroes, rogues, thieves, barbarians, sorceresses, and many other character types one would expect to find in both gaming and fantasy stories, but that is not all. One will find scenes including space marines, an unforgiving computer AI, and a greater story I suspect will be told over the series.
There were many time while reading/listening to this book that I laughed out loud as I too have been frustrated or experienced many of the same things the main character experienced while playing gaming. One can quickly see the inflexibility of the game system and how this often frustrates the player. The humor and whit, while not always gamer related, will be enjoyed by nearly everyone. The characters are likeable, developed, and believable. There is adventure, action, intrigue, and even some light romance all woven in to about 230 pages. Be aware that this book, like other trilogies, ends on a cliff-hanger so you will want/need to read the others to understand the whole story.
I will say that I was not a fan at first of the book’s cover art, however, after reading the book and knowing the story, this cover fits the book like a glove. If you think this is just a light or young adult (YA) story, do not be fooled, the tale told here is deep, captivating, and well worth your time.
I often leave a section at the bottom of my reviews to talk about narration for those interested in the audiobook version. However, with the amazing narration done by Jeff Hays for this book, I needed to include it higher up in my review. I cannot believe this book was narrated by a single person. I had to confirm multiple times that it was not done by a cast of 2 or more; it was done that well. Not only did Mr. Hays do an exceptional job in voicing the characters, the book almost seemed dramatized by his inclusion of lite sound effects, verbal queues, or other sound modification to differentiate the character in the game world, on the ship, internal speak, etc. If you are not one that likes their audiobooks dramatized, don’t worry as Mr. Hays uses it sparingly and it does not take away from the story in any way.
The narration quality of the audio version is something I would expect coming from a professional recording studio or publisher. The audio was crisp, clean, and contained no disruptive artifacts such as pops, clicks, or missed swallows. I cannot say enough for the level of excellence put into the narration of this book. I’m not sure how he does it, but Hays is able to distinguish all the different characters exceptionally. Thank you for making a great book excellent.
Let me address two items that may exclude your wanting to read this book.
The first is that one of the main character uses vulgar language in nearly every sentence, and in some sentences she could string together 3-5 vulgar words. At times nearly all the other characters also express themselves in this way. I know the author was attempting to create a character and set a personality based on this use of vulgar language, she is a thief. However, this could have been done in many other ways than to make her speak like that. For me, unnecessary use of vulgar words in a science fiction or fantasy story removes me from the setting and bring me back into the here and now as these words would not be used by people in the future or fantasy setting. They would have their own way of expressing themselves. The author could have simply done a search and replace for such words and either removed them or replaced them with not vulgar expressive words and the story would still be as good as it was. Having the amount of vulgar language, for me, would exclude it from young readers, and in many ways I think this audience would have enjoyed the book a great deal.
The second, which is not as prominent is the author’s inclusion of a rape scene, light sexual/sex discussion, and some other adult subject matter. These topics or subject matter are used sparling and not overly descriptive, but be aware that it is included in this book. It is not anything more than what one may expect from a role playing game, but if these items offend you or you were wanting to know if this book was one that a young teenager should read, I would say no.
If the above do not dissuade you from reading this book, I would say do not miss it. A wonderful story and excellent narration make this one of my favorite book of this year.
Disclaimer: This book was provided to the reviewer by the author, narrator, or publisher in exchange for posting an un-bias review.
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- J. BamaSax
- 11-28-16
Not the story I wanted but the Story I needed.
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
This book was a great mix of video game fiction and virtual reality life. it might have been a slightly easier read in print, but the Narrator made it VERY enjoyable to listen to.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Otherlife Dreams?
Finding out what happened to the crew of the ship! Great turning point in the story and makes me want to read the sequel.
Which scene was your favorite?
The intro, Having Runner figure out he is the Game Manager and learning how to level up and learn his abilities.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
A very dark scene involving a fortress of dead bodies. Pretty creepy and very well written to be placed in a virtual reality world.
Any additional comments?
Thoroughly enjoyed this story and will be looking forward to the sequels. It took a couple chapters to get past the narration of the game menus and it decreases in frequency as the book goes on.
i.e HEALTH -- 2
STAMINA -- 3
LEVEL -- 6. ETC. as the book goes on it is actually enjoyable.
Written in 3rd person I could read it as if I were the main character.
+1 for Jeff Hays narration. I don't think it would have been the same book with out his witty humor tones about the beetles!
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- superstardrifter
- 10-19-16
Not the right book for me
But may be the right book for some. Whatever floats your boat.
Parts of this reminded me of playing everything from WoW to Neverwinter Nights (Ugh, I'm old =\). Despite that, I don't think that I'm exactly the right demographic for this particular book. Very Haremy, as it turns out.
I'll start with the narration, which is the best part. Jeff Hays nails it. Runner's character was well performed, the accents were great (stuttering Irish girl was quite unexpected and really well done), and the effects (few there were) were great.
The technical parts of this book, by their very nature, are very repetitive, and that doesn't really lend itself well to audio. However, you can't just take that stuff out to make an audiobook flow better. Wishful thinking. I'm sure it worked much better in text, I just wish Runner skipped like 8 notifications earlier than he did every single time.
Now, the story. I was quite enjoying Runner's adventures until we made an actual harem of ladies, started giving them pet names and talking about how smoldery their eyes are. He admittedly doesn't get quite as creepy with the ladies as I was expecting, in fact he's quite protective of them. He becomes a bit of a social justice warrior on their behalf, actually. That said, every single girl he runs into starts as a damsel in distress, though it could be argued that they are damsels in distress more from being clueless NPCs than women, but then why *are* they all women?! It feels unnecessary, and turns the story into what more of less feels like 'Runner teaches the women-folk how to play an MMORPG' at ludicrous speed. Despite the fact that there are supposedly 500k actual people in this game, we don't meet another actual person until halfway through the book, and nearly every other male we meet is... just not a good person. I don't get it. I'll admit that the ending was rather interesting though.
I can understand the appeal of the idea. Space military officer becomes video game hero becomes de facto protector of his harem/party of lady NPCs and together they become a good team. The idea just wasn't presented in a way that was all that interesting to me.
It's a shame that a narrator can't make me like a book just based on narration. I didn't love it but I didn't hate it, and I think that Jeff Hays is most of the reason I didn't hate it.
tl;dr - Sword Art Online if it were a harem anime. Character teaches the wimmins how to play a game, eats bugs. Narration was awesome. ~fin
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- Maxxxxxy
- 09-30-16
Was Unexpectedly Over.
The only downside for this book was the harem aspect that it sets out on from the beginning.
*minor spoiler*
Seducing women is a pretty obvious outcome to the main character putting all of his starting stats into carisma. I just feel like there could be way more uses outside if this.
His stat for it is so high that the persuade and seduce command triggers on it's own every time he talks to a woman. Why not when he talks to anyone else?
Outside of that it was a good story. Jeff Hays is doing as good as ever with the narration. All of the lady characters have a great range of voices so I never once confused who was talking. I was especially impressed with the character that has a stutter!
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- Natalie @ ABookLoversLife
- 07-08-16
Perfect for gaming fans.
Unfortunately, this book wasn't for me. I just couldn't get into it and found it so boring. It's totally a personal thing though, I think because I'm not a big gamer that I didn't like it as much as other people may. I play the odd game with my kids but I'm not into the RPGs. Initially I thought this was a virtual reality type of book, which is why I picked it up but it's not.
Jeff Hays did an amazing job with this. He has so many cadences and his female voices were exceptional. This isn't the first book I've listened to by him, and it won't be my last.
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- Mike & Chelsa Mooney
- 05-27-16
Fantastic characters and story!
Starting I didn't know what to expect but the humor of the main character drew me in and the fantastic characters kept me invested until the very end. Also the ending was very well ended with just the right amount of twist to really get you ready for the next book. Great start for this author and looking forward to more.
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- Jenna E.
- 10-02-16
Overall sci-fi gamer philosophical great book
I thoroughly enjoy this book. The story starts off with an almost cheesy starting point: The main character is trapped inside a game. Regardless of the almost-cheesy setting, and occasional humor that only gamers or techies would understand, they story is surprisingly engaging. So much so I flew through this book in about a week, listening every possible moment. Admittedly i played games when I was younger, and the setting had a bit of a nostalgia factor, but the story itself is still pretty good, and it really starts to get interesting at the end. There's a bit of philosophical concept exploration that sci-fi fans should enjoy. The performance is great, and on par or better than any other book I've listened to.
My one gripe is the foul language. As far as it goes, it was used in a way that complimented the story - meaning that while there was a lot of it, it was strictly for character building, and not for the sake of cursing. Only a couple characters cursed. But one in particular poured it out by the mouthful - though, it really added to the character. Overall, even though I'm not typically a fan of massive amounts of cursing, it didn't bother me so much, and I couldn't help but like the character.
If you are a gamer or techie, you'll love this book. If not, you'll probably enjoy it.
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- Brooks
- 07-14-17
currently on chapter 14. update chapter 17
The book starts pretty vague you have no info where you are and is overall pretty rough and mediocre. As it continues it gets a little better definitely extra points for weirdness otherwise it would be 2 stars.
As you get into the game theres the repeated litrpg annoyance of advanced technology, fully immersive gaming and future improvements overall but somehow the in game characters havent been updated at all from current standards where they dont have family units or just walk the same path 24/7. pretty much took w.o.w. and made it fully immersive but its 200 years in the future. I think they would have a slightly better a.i than 90s zelda.
once you get passed the middle of the book it gets embarrassingly bad and i had to give up save your credit!!!!!!!
That being said you should definitely check out this authors other book Super sales on super heroes
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- The Super-duper Amazing Silver Golem
- 10-10-16
Casted impress on Reader. Reader is unimpressed.
This audiobook's idea and setting were sound and intreguing: A man wakes up with a fragmented memory and message implying that if he levels up he will get his memories back and if he died it would be perminate.
At a glance, this plot is mysterious and has psychological thriller vibe mixed in with a fun science fiction setting. On second glance "Otherlife Dreams" can be inconsistent. Videogame fan or not, it's hard to stay focused on the setting when, it's rules are undefined and are consistently shifting to suit the will of the main character, Runner. The sense of danger of being trapped in an unforgiving environment filled with strict rules disappears quickly then.
There is also a lot of shallow or flat out bizarre attempts at drama in place of direction. The main character, Runner, turns a bunch of game characters, all of them beautiful women, into his fighting force. This potential rediscovering what makes us human theme is a great idea for a subplot, but it's written and narrated in a way that starts to get a little irritating when many other random subplots seem to get in the way. Runner also rattles off game exposition and cheesy flirtations like nothing else effectively putting these potentially very interesting characters in the background.
In the end, everything is based on good ideas but don't buy it expecting a work of art. Things go from mysterious to cheesy to thoughtful to tired to incredibly creepy to mysterious again, constantly.
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