86-Neon

An Epic Lit RPG Adventure (King's League, Book 2)

By: Jason Anspach, J. N. Chaney

Narrated by: Mark Boyett

Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

Success brings its own troubles.

Dirk's epic run of success in King's League has drawn new gamers to Dawnshire, but not all of them are there to play nice. Rumors about mysterious Graydon's Armor pieces are quietly spreading across the Realms. It isn't long before someone attempts to take away everything Dirk possess as powerful forces conspire against King's League's newest player sensation. 

The game quickly turn personal as hidden threats work to make Dirk's life miserable in and out of the game. Dirk follows the clues to King's League's cyberpunk expansion realm, 86-Neon. Fighting for survival in a world of flying cars, powerful weapons, and ruthless crime, Dirk must learn to rely on more than just himself if he hopes to survive this thrillingly hilarious second installment of King's League!

You don't need to pass the Voight-Kampff Test to enjoy this LitRPG epic by Associated Press and USA Today best sellers Jason Anspach and J. N. Chaney!

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Mark is a great narrator!

Really enjoyed the book! Hope the next one comes out soon. If you like litrpg give it a try.

From dungeon dunk to cyber punk

A nice transition from a low-tech medieval realm to that of a techno cyberpunk environ. What's next steampunk? Kidding aside, Jason Anspach and JN Chaney teamed up to create a fascinating follow-on book to the series. I found their effort to transform existing weapons and armor from one realm to the other with similar damage and shield characteristics well done and what one would expect from an online game that allows players to move between realms without having to start anew. Even so, there did appear to be some weapons available in 86-Neon that were more devastating than that of "normal" realm.

The story itself played out well; albeit taking a bit longer than expected to enter the world. There also appears to be at least 3 new tier 1 players introduced even though their game involvement was brief and spotty. One of them was a low-leveled and a bit shifty (similar to a character-type Mark Boyett performs in other authors SciFi books) who provided some realism to the group's personalities.

Mark Boyett performance a definite plus to the story telling, as is his forte.

Well worth the credit and a desire to impatiently wait for the next book in the series.

takes time to take off

if you read the first, it flows very smoothly. although I loved the play of different angles, I was hoping for some.e more of neon. the story did come together beautifully and yes, I am looking forward to the next book to come out.

one of the best video game series I've ever seen

I'm really picky about my lit-rpg books, but so far this series has kept me hooked. It's engaging and fun in a way that you don't usually see. And I can tell the writers are gamers. That's the key. So many of these writers nowadays just write about games and you can tell they've never played any....or it's been years and they're out of touch. That is NOT the case here. Chaney and Anspach have played a lot of video games and it shows. I especially like the little nods to smaller franchises or even the big ones like WoW or Zelda.

Please keep these books coming. The quality is unparalleled.

Spot On

This second installment is better than the first. I like the fact we get to see the game played at Dirk and Nog. The 86 Neon expansion is cool and love the fact the skills are called something different to match the world. Spice and how she constantly didn't believe Dirk was getting annoying but was realistic as a response. Interested to see this Hunter guy as he is still a mystery. It was crazy to see how a level 87 was able to beat a level 99 Dirk. The only way Dirk won was by the help of a level 95 Hunter and level 97 Spice.

2nd Book is the hook

I’d say the 2nd book in this series adds +2 to the story line and +1 to the overall enjoyment. Personally, I enjoyed the new world order f “86 Neon” a little more than the vanilla realm. It’s basically like destiny 2 made love with fallout.

The narration of this book digs a little deeper into Dirks IRL world and also introduces some new friends, and foes, to the kings league universe.

Bottom line: it’s more in depth, more action and builds the story a good bit. Definitely worth a credit. These guys also tease at the various realms out there alluding to how deep the rabbit hole will go. I look forward to reading the next books.

simp coward weak pushover are words come to mind

everyone this mc comes into contact with insults and degrades him in some form or fashion and he just stands there and takes it. in the first book I thought maybe he was just playing the calm stoic warrior or just turning the other cheek to be the bigger person but it's old now and I refuse to finish listening. he was supposed to have all this experience playing since he started during the beta but everyone he comes across calls him a noob and he just takes it like it's fine. then he meets this female elf that he completely gets infatuated with from the start even after thinking to himself that it was probably a dude. then he follows her around like a puppy while she insults him to his face repeatedly. I stopped there. weak and stupid characters suck

OK Story, subpar MC who doesn't learn from past.

Interesting story line yet the MC continues to fall right into the same issues/traps. He seems to enjoy letting bad people less than half his level, beat him near to death in every fight before the author's insert "plot armor" to allow the MC to stumble out of every situation or be saved by a more competent player. The MC is a nice guy abs means well yet is extremely naive and fails to critically think in some of the most obvious "this Is definitely a trap" situations that even a 5th grade would think twice about. MCs need to grow. They need to know when it's appropriate to show compassion while also knowing when to take action, removing obvious life threatening obstacles without thinking twice about giving that obstacle a second, third or fourth chance. The MC is a total case in being a nice guy who continues to fail up at every "plot armor" filling instance. Do better author's. It's okay the have a compassionate MC who is also strong and who has a back bone.

S Zkaye

This is a great series! Highly recommend it! Enough humor, excitement with a little mystery! Of course Mark is excellent at Narration! Enjoy!

Very Good volume #2

Enjoyed King’s League, my first Lit RPG. Enjoyed this even more. The juxtaposition of the Fantasy and Cyberpunk was different. Can’t wait for #3.

Love this more than the first

I loved the first book, but I think I loved this one more, story is progressing at a nice pace !!great work, worth following this series

Loved it!

Really enjoyed both books, Kings league and 86 neon! Nice change in scenery from book 1!

Wowzers

Loved this! As a non-gamer I was skeptical, but what a great story,. Draws you in and takes you on a fantastical journey. Just brilliant. Enjoy!