Black Rain: An Isekai LitRPG Adventure

De: Roland Carlsson

Narrado por: Erin Bateman

The black rain is coming. After a millennium of slumber, the old Gods have awakened.

Lucas Wheelhouse, intrepid archeologist, is hurled into a world completely unlike his own.

Monsters roam the streets and divine powers fall into mortal hands. Lucas will have to seize this power if he hopes to ascend to the celestial throne. From steamy jungles to barren deserts, he'll traverse the length and breadth of a dimension beyond our understanding.

Building his alongside his skills, he might just have a chance at overcoming the mad Gods' game. But if he fails, the black rain will come, washing away humanity and extinguishing all hope.

©2022 Roland Carlsson (P)2025 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

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Alright so we've got French mice, evil rat kins, and a flying pig. Are you hooked yet? OK, if not yet, then our MC is a professor out in the field with his smoking graduate student who has a crush on him when they are transported to a game world. When I say, game world I mean a game world, where our characters are in idealized version of themselves surrounded by NPC's. Who runs the game you may ask? Well of course the answer is the gods! And what is at stake you may ask? And of course, the answer is humanities very existence! If that sounds like your jam, then this is your book. It's over the top, it's fun, and I recommend this audiobook to anybody reading this review. It's another fantastic performance by the narrator and a fantastic story by the author. Thank you to everybody who had a hand in bringing this book to us, the listeners. Keep up the good work and I can't wait for book two.

Enjoyed

Enjoyed good amount of action adventure and romance good balance between all not carried away with trying to get to graphic with the romance

Loved the story!

Loved the story and the premise, enjoyed each character and how MC and crew developed. Looking forward to the next installment!

Fun story: lots of humor and terrific narration

Black Rain by Roland Carlsson, narrated by Erin Bateman, is 5* of hilarious fun with terrific narration!

I swear (often), Erin Bateman gets more entertaining to listen to with every book she narrates. While there are plenty of monsters to battle on their mission to save the earth, this is a very lighthearted book with lots and lots of humor. Just a few examples: a “mischief monkey” steals Lucy the now-foxgirl’s top; Lucy offers 1 gold coin and 3 dirty dishrags for a battle ax; and, perhaps my favorite, the MC describes his expertise with a weapon, noting that unfortunately, a poorly communicated cross country event put an end to his IM javelin throwing team at college. Oh, and….no, you’ll need to read/listen to the book for more!

The plot is pretty straightforward: 40ish professor and his hot 23yo redheaded grad student are transported to a realm where they must ascend nine levels to prevent the earth from being destroyed by “black rain”. She likes his transformed rippling muscles, and he likes her new fluffy foxgirl tail. Along the way, they meet lots of interesting characters, some of whom are happy to join our MCs with some fun relaxation techniques.

The book ends as they complete level 3, so I assume this is the first of three books for Black Rain. I look forward to the sequels!

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. Receiving a review copy did not influence my rating or my review.

fun harem adventure!

Great story and narration!

An archaeologist and his beautiful assistant discover a forgotten Temple deep in the rainforest. Through a freak accident they get transferred to a new world with fairies and fox girls, and find out that the fate of their world is in the balance! Now they must compete in the game of the gods or everything is lost!

Aaron does a fantastic job with the narration!

I really enjoyed the story and can't wait to find out what happens next!

Another great book

Great book, a few funny parts.
Pixies, dwarfs, fox girls, and flying war pigs what else could you want in a story.
Erin always brings life into stories.

Another series for me to follow.

Love the book, great narrator, Now I want to have a flying pig pet. Can't wait for book 2!

Dull

Ok story but told badly. Felt boring and just moves in a straight path from start to finish. And I know ppl like Erin but let’s be honest she needs dual narrative, her male voices are just horrible you can hardly tell who is talking.

Talk about being pleasantly surprised!

When you start a new series, even one by a reliable author, there is always a little uncertainty. Will this live up to the last book or last series? Will the narrator be right for the tone of the story? Will the narrator do the characters justice? In this case, YES! The story was really good and easy to follow. Erin does a good job narrating (I like her better when she is just the female voice though) and gives all the female characters life. She struggles with some of the male voices but overall, this was a good listen. I really liked the author's version of a game world. This is a solid choice.

Slow before getting better

This was a pretty fun story. I admit it starts out slow and but gets so much better.
I especially love how the Isekai aspect is for both the MC and a possible love interest.

I’m looking forward to next one.

I enjoy Erin Bateman’s work quite a bit! Looking forward to more of her!