Peaks of Power: Beginnings

De: Paul Campbell Jr.

Narrado por: Christian J. Gilliland

There’s always somewhere to go, someone to defeat! At least that’s what Ryan believed until he ran out of challenges, adventures, and stories. Bored with his life as a casual player, he slipped easily into the lifestyle of a professional gamer.

After reaching the pinnacle of success, an email arrived from the mysterious Beta Academy. With his best friend and self-proclaimed bodyguard, Dimitri, he decides to take a chance and accept the strange offer contained within. Overconfident in his skills, Ryan thinks he’ll defeat this game as easily as every other, but that confidence is shaken and shattered within the first 15 minutes. This wasn’t a standard game with haptic chairs or gloves; this was the real thing.

Ryan and Dimitri must learn the heights of the Peaks of Power...and what it will take to achieve their summit.

This is a re-release of Peaks of Power with improved editing, new cover art, and even more snarky dialogue!

©2019 Paul Campbell, Jr. (P)2019 Paul Campbell, Jr.

overpowered and awesome

another good book in the litrpg genre.

I like the two characters and their spin on the view of the world. I would recommend this to any age reader. is not explicit or has scenes I noticed.


5 outta 5 yet again

MC isn't very likeable for a reason

I FB messengered the author asking about it, MC is made unlikable for a reason and it did fit a personality type well. it's not just a bunch of forced plot, theres a valid reason for everything.

Fantastic coming-of-age LitRPG

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this LitRPG. Ryan starts off as a bit of a pretentious jerk, but over the course of the story he evolves into an interesting and empathetic character. The mechanics of the game world are well written, which is imporant in this genre.

The narration was top notch as well. I had read the eBook version of this, but Christian Gilliland brings the characters and story to life.

MC that you love to hate

Ryan is a character you love to hate but throughout the story you get to watch him start to mature. His BFF Dimitri is a solid support for his friend and sticks with him even if Ryan is a jerk sometimes.

Great story doesn't get repetitive

Some lit rpg can be repetitive especially with every level up, but this one doesn't. It's a great story that spends the majority of the time in the "game" and it's very enjoyable.

Improves as time goes on

I will admit I almost stopped reading early on in this book because I wanted to strangle the main character he starts off as the type of person who is normally the one being beat down by the hero and I could not make myself like the guy but as time went on the character grew and eventually surpassed those flaws and I began to enjoy the book.

The setting is great and enjoying the magic system though would like to see more of what each characters affinity in various magics are and how that affects their development

I like this one

Really enjoyed this book, this was a nice sized book but the Writing and narration was so good I felt like it flew by.

meh

I hate minimum word count requirements for audible reviews. . . . . .

Good over with a rough start

Generally enjoyable, but the first couple of hours were work to listen to. I feel like the MC was a bit over the top with his being completely unlikable in order to create artificial feeling growth. That said, after that section, I would say the rest of the book is closer to 4 out of 5.

Fun Ride!

I just finished listening to Peaks of Power and the first thing I did was check for a sequel! It's in the works and can't get here soon enough. This was a very fun book, that completely sucked me into the story, especially after the first few chapters. The writing is witty and fast paced and the narration is the perfect match. Don't let the fact that the MC starts the story as an absolute jerk discourage you. He comes around. Mostly.