The Tower of Aetherius: A Progression Fantasy

Odyssey of the Ethereal, Book 1

De: Jamie Kojola

Narrado por: Diana Richardson

Waking up as one's video game avatar is no walk in the park—in fact, it's a harrowing tower climb—in this witty isekai for fans of geeky, badass women.

When Aesca Lampi wakes up in the form of her character from Eldest Fantasy Wars Online, she's annoyed by the historical inaccuracies. (Video-game-style scrolls? Really?) That is, until a building collapses on top of her, revealing she's on a fantastical island centered around the impossibly tall, glowing Tower of Aetherius . . . with an array of dangerous creatures—including jaguar hybrids, velociraptors, and giant, flesh-eating lizards—in the way. (Oh, joy.)

OK, so she's dead. Now what? In order to become a true Aetherian, Aesca is challenged by the god Aetherius himself to make her way through all one hundred levels of the tower and free the world from the tyranny of Oizys, Goddess of Misery. Aesca's mission seems relatively simple: solve the puzzles, forge alliances, regenerate when killed, move on. But soon she's involving herself in elf-human border negotiations and running from black vipers.

As the climb gets ever more harrowing and a host of deities begins to interfere, Aesca will need all her strength, cleverness, and wit—plus her trusty dragon-cat, Arkaziel—to ascend the levels and fight Oizys before it's too late. And she doesn't even have a help menu to assist her . . .

The first volume of the hit progression-fantasy series—with more than 750,000 views on Royal Road—now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Audible!

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Best of the four

I would read this one and call it day, it’s 100% worth reading. If you fall in love with the characters, read book 2, but it falls off from there

Fairly standard LITRPG, reborn in another world, female perspective

Things just seem to workout for the protagonist. I listen to stuff like this when I’m doing chores, projects, cooking. It’s a fairly lighthearted and pleasant story that will not challenge you.
The author does spend a bit of time contemplating outfits, and sometimes describes the clothing and look of the characters instead of the characters, which may be good or bad depending on your preference.
It’s in the free audiobooks at this point (November 2025)

An excellent start to an Epic Journey

A tale about discovering godlike powers by overcoming challenges with a snarky feline companion. There's combat, puzzles, crafting, and Midwesterner jokes.

Two Thumbs way Up!!

I was entertained, There is no Harem so thanks for that Author, I was a little worried with the lovers part that came up but it is safe and clean. Diana has a great Voice range and kinda reminded me of Andrea Parsneau and will look forward to more from this Narrator. The Story is Solid and Fast Moving. I mean it moves right along. Unlike other tower climbers this one has some serious Umpf!!! Need the next book asap please!

fun

fun book really liked the narrator the plot is solid. i love the idea of a cat dragon