Apocalypse Redux, Book One

By: Jakob H. Greif

Narrated by: Daniel Thomas May

The worst thing about the end of the world is we did it to ourselves.

Isaac Thoma lived to see the last handful of survivors defeat the demonic champion. He is now alone, his past in ashes, the last and most powerful human on a blighted Earth. But what if he could go back?

Hurled back in time, Isaac has one chance to change it all. A chance to warn humanity of their impending doom. A chance to stop the [System] before shortsightedness and lust for power can render humanity extinct. Facing malign deities, demonic hordes, and the unstoppable march of human greed, Isaac will give his all to prevent the end that has already happened on the day the world became quantified.

Apocalypse Redux is a pre-apocalyptic LitRPG by Jakob H. Greif (a.k.a. Wilderfast). A rationalist approach to fighting the end of the world amidst mind-bending adventures and battles against infernal forces, Apocalypse Redux is the series that took RoyalRoad by storm. Buy it now to see if humanity’s fate can be changed. To see if one man with a second chance at life can rise up and make a difference.

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If you’re looking for something fresh, this is it.

This series is best for people already familiar with the LitRpg genre, but it will help anyone who is unfamiliar get familiar fast. This is an excellent book, good character development. Good world building. Good everything.

good

this is a good series, I really hate to say this but yes we would do this to are selves.

kept my attention 100%

MC is likable and sensible. the magic system draws you in and you keep wanting to know more. pacing is perfect too keep ur attention balancing action, dialog, information and emotion. loved it!

Good story

Another reviewer complained about the lab tech part of the story, but that is an integral part of what the MCis trying to do. If that was removed, the book would be a completely different book. I think the author is very clear on what is being done and why. It makes sense in context.

Overall the book is pretty good. There are a couple places where maybe cultural terms or words from German were meaningless to me (e.g. graulich spelling?). This is very minor, and is the worst flaw I found. That specific word was clearly defined in the story, but I still tried to google it for a better context, with no luck.

The story was well written and flowed very well.

The MC is not a genius and does not have perfect knowledge of what will happen, which makes it feel more authentic. He even admits if he’d known that this would happen he would have spent more time prepping.

I enjoyed the story enough to get the next book in the series. It’s not the best story ever, but it is worth the credit.

It’s good and a little different

The author makes some mistakes that authors in this genre makes, as in multiple stat updates without changes.
It is different from the normal time travel book in that he doesn’t just rush power to be a beacon of strength to lead the world, but instead becomes a researcher to help spread his knowledges and experience to the rest of the population. Book 1, I enjoyed it and look forward to how the story continues.
Really good narrator, solid story, goes over stats a bit too often.

Narrator almost kills this

The book is... fine, on its own. It's nothing special, but I enjoyed it well enough. Feels pretty forced at times, and is basically all set up, but neat. Narrator needs to be replaced ASAP though.

Its almost perfect.

It almost made it to one of my top series. don't get me wrong. this is worth the read. just don't expect it do be on par with DOTF or HWFWM or primal hunter. it's almost there... just not...
the Main character is smart, and realistically moral. my only thing is that the main character could be replaced with any other character and it would be the same story. there's nothing "special" about him. there no "reason" why he's the last one on earth.
Again I want to reiterate that this is a phenomenal book and worth a credit. just don't go in expecting a perfect book.

I was surprised how much I loved this.

I've listen to quite a few stories that feature going back in time to stop at apocalypse. However, this one hits a somewhat differently.

It comes across as pretty much a slice of life, well still having that power fantasy of getting stronger.

He has all the tips and tricks from the future so we knows how to grow, but it's also not completely relying on that.

Instead of the normal route of becoming obscenely powerful and doing everything yourself, he acts on a plan that pushes knowledge of the dangers out to as many people as possible.

I also like how it's reflection of human nature.

Giving humans the tools to become pretty much demigods, while trapping the very means that system uses to impower them.

It was an ingenious way to doom humanity.

Great book.

Very fun book, well written with an interesting main character. The author has clearly never been to Vegas.

Great Book!

I really enjoyed how the main character decided to resolve the problems besides increasing his own power. There were so many good ideas that I do not think I would have thought of.

I also enjoy the system designed in the story. It allowed for such a unique progression for the characters. The classes most of us are familiar with and their associated talent trees are great. However, the truly amazing part was the additional "slots" that could have specific powers added into them which then allowed you the specialize your build and future evolutions were beautiful.

The final fight in the book was great to see as well. It stayed true to how the main character decided to solve his problems and was just a great ending.