Emulation

A Post-Apocalyptic LitRPG (Ether Collapse, Book 5)

De: Ryan DeBruyn

Narrado por: Luke Daniels

The Mechano Lord’s Leader is finally locked out—but Earth is far from safe. Just as survival seems within reach, Gaia’s true Monsters come calling.

Rockland ‘Rocky’ Barkclay is done playing nice. With the Guild Collective’s invasion looming, humanity needs to level up—but old-world politics are slowing progress. While Sela maneuvers the political powers, Rocky does what he does best: smash through problems and grind for strength.

Focusing on his Territory, Dungeon Development, and Place of Power, Rocky finally sees real gains. But have Gaia’s monsters just been in hiding? Across the world, ancient forces stir, and hordes spill from hidden strongholds. If Rocky doesn’t act, there won’t be a world left to defend when the invasion arrives.

Level his domain or fight back the apocalypse—who says he can’t do both?

©2025 Ryan DeBruyn (P)2025 Mountaindale Press

outstanding

an epic story I can't wait for the next part and once I started I couldn't stop until the audio book ended

Moar please

The book continues an epic saga while having character development and proper level of struggle.

Excellent Continuation

I’m really glad Ryan DeBruyn decided to come back to this series. Emulation is a strong addition that moves the story forward in a big way. The plot progresses a lot, and it does so in a way that feels satisfying. Characters grow, decisions have weight, and things actually happen—which isn't always the case in longer series.

One thing that stood out to me was how real some of the situations felt. There’s a scene in a meeting room where the people involved are clearly more interested in posturing than solving anything, and that just rang true to me. I’ve been in rooms like that. It’s small details like that that made the story feel grounded, even while it’s dealing with all the LitRPG elements.

As for the audio, the narrator did a great job overall. There are a lot of characters, and they all had distinct voices. A couple of them grated on me a little, but to be fair, those characters were supposed to be irritating. So it might’ve been intentional—and if so, well done.

On a personal note, this series has meant a lot to me. It was one of the first LitRPG series I ever got into, and it was also the first one I read where the main character used to be a professional athlete. That detail stuck with me, and it still makes the story stand out in a genre full of similar setups.

Definitely recommend this one if you've been following the series.

One of the best series out

One of the best series out, well written, narrator is perfect. can't wait for the next one already

Great book

A solid generalization of the previous books, it was fun, reciting. Good fight scenes care to grow and good lead up to the main fight.
And the greater world.