Killdozer

Arbiter Core, Book 1

De: Cory Gaffner

Narrado por: Eric Bryan Moore

Corruption runs deep in Hank's town. Every local bureaucrat is in someone's pocket. The obvious solution: Turn a bulldozer into an unstoppable killing machine.

Little does Hank know he isn't alone in this universe. A police force that patrols...well everything, is looking for new recruits and Hank fits their bill. These space cops call themselves the Arbiters and every Arbiter gets to chose their service weapon. Hank chooses the Killdozer.

Follow Hank on his journey of righteous revenge, bulging muscles, alien alliances, and bedding beautiful women.

©2018 Cory Gaffner (P)2019 Cory Gaffner

Ignorant

Just not what I expected at all. Lost me when the aliens came into play. Just dumb
Wasted credit for sure

Don't judge a book by it's cover.

Ok I got this book for Free for review purposes and I'll be upfront, I didn't think I'd enjoy this. I was looking for another litrpg but was looking for something new that wasn't a fantasy setting. I saw the cover for this and it didn't strick my fancy at all. I read the description and still was wary of it but I said "what the hell" and gave it a go. I'M GLAD I DID. This is not the best litrpg out there let me be upfront. BUT. But this was a fun listen and an interesting story. I had alot of fun listening to this and the unique system definitely caught my interest. Anyone put off from the cover and description, I would recommend just giving this a go. I will be on the lookout for book 2.

Slow beginning, but the last half is really great

This book was definitely inspired by the 2004 rampage of destruction of Marvin Heemeyer in is a home-made armored bulldozer. If you don’t know about it, read about it. This isn’t a biography, just inspired by the events.
The story follows Hank who is a good guy at heart and gets fed up with the corruption in his town. He is especially hated by Eugene who has butted heads with Hank since their high school days. He gets sick of everything and decides he is going to take out the bad guys in town with his dad’s bulldozer.
This is where the story takes a sharp turn into science fiction. This isn’t spoiling anything because it is in the description. He is recruited to be an arbiter by God basically and he chooses his weapon to enforce justice and it is his killdozer.
This story is very unique and I did enjoy it. However, it doesn’t really get good until it takes the sci-fi turn and that doesn’t happen until halfway through. The LitRPG elements are very light in the novel and they don’t start showing up until this point -- they revolve around upgrading his bulldozer….it gains the souls of the evil folks he kills which give him points to upgrade his bulldozer in interesting ways.
I feel the strongest aspects of the novel are the side characters. There are several fleshed out side characters that are fun to follow – his alien companions especially. There is a lot of good banter and they have good chemistry.
One thing that did surprise me was the narration by Eric Bryan Moore. I had not heard of him before. He did an amazing job. He has a great voice and does very well with differentiating the characters.
All in all, I enjoyed Killdozer, the last half of the audiobook was very good. The story seemed to end as it just began to get rolling. The first half isn’t the easiest to get through but stick with it until it takes the sci-fi turn. I look forward to reading book two.
I give Killdozer a 7.5 out of 10

Killer story

So, gonna come clean here. I was a little devastated by this book and the direction it went. I’m sure that most of you, when you hear the word Killdozer automatically think of when the one crazy guy welded armor onto his bulldozer and set off to perform acts of murder and mayhem, and only managed to get himself killed in the process and only doing some property damage. Me? I am a horror junkie and as soon as I hear the word Killdozer I think of the old Clint Walker flick in which a bulldozer comes to life and starts greasing construction guys. Plus, you have to give it credit because it predated the ’77 horror flick the Car by three years, which went on to inspire Stephen King’s Christine. Hell, Killdozer even inspired Marvel Comic book, an issue that I actually have! So, I was all set for some madcap killing by a boy and his dozer.

Which wasn’t what I got.

Instead, Killdozer plays out like the start of the rampage that Marvin John Heemeyer, ya gotta say the three names or it isn’t right, went on before he got killed. The MC, Hank, is a fell who has been pushed past his breaking point by unscrupulous individuals out to break him for perceived past wrongs. We get to his initial assault on city hall when things take a severe turn.

Now, I have to say right off that even though I didn’t get the story I was hoping for or expecting that I still enjoyed the tale. Hank is one hell of an awesome character that you can’t help but like. He is sort of like Ron Swanson on steroids, all man, with a take no crap from anybody attitude. He is the kinda guy that would say I didn’t start it, but I am sure as hell gonna finish it. He carries the entire story on his huge shoulders, and to be honest it wouldn’t matter what he was doing, so long as he was the one doing it. I loved the guy. He’s hardcore, but not unfeeling. Tough but fair, and principled.

So the story diverges into a Green Lantern Corps or Nova Corps feeling, depending on whether you prefer DC or Marvel. Either way he gets offered an opportunity to join an intergalactic police force, and decides to power up his awesome weapon the killdozer.

Again, this is really about when the lit stuff comes into play, and fair warning, the lit stuff is pretty light. It feels a lot like sprinkles added into a cream filled donut with icing. Delicious and fun but not really necessary to the tale. It would play out just as well without the lit action as without. That means that the story is pretty good, because that is how every lit book should be, it shouldn’t depend on stats and quests to make it great. Again, the story is fun, the characters are interesting, and the story is involving.

Moore, a newcomer to the genre, does really well. I actually have one of his earlier audiobooks, The Undead Pool, which is an obvious parody of a well known marvel superhero and I loved him in that. Also, he also narrates the Bulletproof Adventures of Damien Stockwell, which I have been considering getting because they looked fun. Here, Moore does a fantastic job and he plays both genders well, and manages to let you feel the frustration that Poor Hank is going through. So, he keeps pace well, adds in emotion when and where it is needed and makes it all feel easy as he does so. This is someone that I would love to see hit the community with a big splash in the future.

Fina score 8.2 stars.

I got this book on a whim... pleasantly surprised

so i got this book on a whim and was pleasantly surprised. A large twist in the plot made the book go places tht i wasa not expecting around half way. There was a fair amount of male macho man bravado. well mixed with realism... i could empathize with some of the main characters decisions. all in all decent book. Secondary characters could use more development. ut it kept my attention during the pandemic 4/12/2020