Chef

From Chef to Crafter to Conqueror, Book 1

De: Gabriel Rathweg

Narrado por: Lee Osorio

Ryo was a chef, an extremely good one at that. That was until the entire universe as he knew it changed.

After his spaceship is attacked and destroyed by an enemy armada, he finds himself in a situation he never could have imagined.

Sent back in time and to an alternate reality, he has quite a few choices to make. Especially considering that the ruthless Kublai Khan and his Mongol Horde are just a few years away.

Accompanied by an extremely advanced Artificial Intelligence, a medieval noble, and his samurai retainers, Ryo sets out to change the known world. At least this dimension's version of it!

With his knowledge of history and the help of his companions can he stop the unstoppable tide of the greatest war machine the East Asian continent has ever known?

Join Ryo as he tries to change history with a little bit of luck, a lot of technical know-how, and some fantastic food!

©2021 Gabriel L. Rathweg (P)2022 Tantor

A modern man in ancient Nipon.

The constant fade to Marco Polo. He and the blind monks time with the Mongols. For me too much back story.
Really enjoyed the snarky AI and his hitching a ride in the hero's surgically implanted augmented CPU.
Personally I like to hear dual Narrators (man & woman) doing the male and female voices. Still the narrator was very good.
I have purchased both Audible recordings, 1&2 and the Kindle books too.

Interesting start of a story with a lot of potential for the next books

I randomly chose this book by its synopsis and I am glad I did. The story is enticing, well crafted, and I was quickly drawn into it.
I like the setting, the pace, and the characters are, so far, fleshed enough so I care about them. There is some repetitive phrasing used here and there, but it is cool - I am here for the story, but it is noticable. And yet, the story is good (enough. not spectacular. not yet ;)), and I am very willing to listen to how it continues.
The narrator's voice is nice, he does great job with the book, and is one more reason for the whole enjoyable package

a good 3 hour book

I say that becuase 1/2 of this book is random looks at marco polo's life, fun and all I guess but doesn't seem to have a baring on the main story, another 1/4 of the book is random wool gathering. then maybe half hour of recipes which at least makes since for the story leaves about 3 hours of actual content

Interesting and fresh perspective

Very good start of a series. It gives an interesting and fresh perspective to the genre. Not at all as expected but very well done.

Looking forward to the next book in the series!

The Chef Saga is an excellent combination of alternate history, gaming theory, cooking and the history of the Orient. I'll be reading the entire series, eagerly awaiting the next installment. My only complaint is that the author has a bit of difficulty keeping track of his own details at times. Ryo states that he's in the year 1270 AD, more than a thousand years before he was born, but is also supposed to be from the year 2099 AD. At other times, Ryo mentions that he is thousands of years in the past. Ryo also can't seem to decide if he thinks of his former girlfriend (Sonya Mallory) as Sonya, or Mallory. These are minor details that have no real effect on the story, but they are distracting at times. The publisher's editor really should have caught these discrepancies before publication.