Primal Forest

Sponsored System, Book 1

De: Tom Larcombe

Narrado por: Neill Thorne

What do you do when you're given advance notice that your planet is about to be inducted into a System in 30 days?

Strange arches show up all over the world, and no-one quite knows what's going on, although theories abound. Mike and his grandfather, Collin, try to investigate one of these arches.

With the announcement that the training offered will take place on a planet already inducted into the System, Mike loses hope. Collin comes through, surprising Mike with a gold Krugerrand that will allow him to pass through the portal to train.

The training is simple, but brutal, and one of the trainers, a rather unruly orc, seems to take an unhealthy interest in Mike. The conflict between the two has Mike fleeing into the forest outside of the Safe Zone used for training, a forest that is full of monsters, ruins, and more.

By the time Mike makes it home, he's gained a class, a group, and has grown in power more than most of the trainees taking the safer route with the trainers. Things on Earth are falling apart, with riots and burning cities from the panicking people who stayed home.

Mike and his group have trained for this, now it's time to put that training to work.

©2025 Thomas Larcombe (P)2025 Tantor Media

Good one

So i really liked the story and characters but I just didn't like how naive thr MC was when dealing with those that wish him harm, actually I found that annoying but other than that i liked the book

good enough

I am so tired of authors that are hell bent on making mc with zero sense

Amazing System Introduction

Love the Voice acting Especially for Colin and Dave great Variety of tone and accents

The interaction with the characters was fun!

Excellent work. Enjoyed it and looking forward to the next installment. The leveling was easy to follow which I appreciate.

Slow, with hyper focus on details

The story moves slowly, with great attention to detail. You will be told exactly how the main character boils water, and how he then uses said water, four or five times. Same with cleaning camping gear, which of the family cars a character drove (and how many seats it has!), and how heavy the traffic was. The characters also behave rather stupidly/ cluelessly at times. Still, it is competently written, and I can see some people liking this “hyper focus on mundane details” style of storytelling.