Atlas: Back to the Present - A Time Travel Novel.

OP MC + Regressor + Post Apocalyptic

De: Samson Chui

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Atlas was ready to return home from a post apocalyptic world. But betrayed at the last possible moment by his so called “friends”, he took revenge, by chucking a sword at the portal…..nothing bad could happen right?

Atlas awakens in his old life, with one glaring difference: he has been sent two years back in time! Armed with the knowledge of the events that are to come, he’s not going to spend it sitting on his ass.

The portals will open again, and he’ll be ready

Step 1. Get some cash

Step 2. Find some like minded people. Form a fight team!

Step 3. Go back to the wasteland

Step 4. Kick ass

OP MC, Time Travel, Contemporary setting book one.

Book 1 is all about the Prep: Atlas arrives 2 years before of the portals opening

Interesting and the ai wasn’t too bad

First, the virtual voice wasn’t that bad. Will never replace voice actors though. Some words are always wrong 😑 in any ai reading. I used to do it for pdfs all the time in college so I have a bit of a tolerance though so keep that in mind. But it was fine over all.

The story seems like it will be okay if you like this type of thing. I will say that it’s a bit slow and more than a bit outrageous. Plus lots of plot armor to get everyone to believe and follow crazy shenanigans to get everything prepped. But, still enjoyable. It was included for me though and I doubt I’d ever pay for it.

Good story though. But I feel like so far this could have just been the first part of a book and didn’t need to be a separate one at all. Still going to listen to the next one and decide. We haven’t even entered the wasteland at all and I pretty much felt that going into this book so I’m not disappointed or upset.

Off to the next one ☝️

Very Good

The story has a unique take on the regressor, second chance cliche. In this story, our MC is betrayed when a portal leading home arrives, and in Atlas's last moments after it collapses, he swears he would do things over if given a chance.

He wakes up in the past and has to decide whether he's crazy, if his memories were a dream, or if it was real. After drinking some scotch, he plans for the future. With a two-year countdown, he has little time to get resources, build a team, and prepare everyone for what awaits them.

The plot is nothing special, as many stories like this have happened. The departure from the theme is how Atlas goes about preparing for the portals. The setting is in the future, with new technology and a new combat sport on the rise. While central to the narrative, this sport is not the end focus but rather the stepping stone that propels our heroes forward, all in preparation that Atlas has already experienced in another life.

I found this story to be a great listen, and for those who hate stats, there is precious little, if any, in this book, but it may be more prevalent when the portals actually appear in the next book. The narration was also good, and I was surprised by how well the AI modulated the voices.

I recommend this to litrpg fans, those who enjoy second chances, post-apocalypse, and anyone who likes a good time in a well-crafted world.

i wanted to like the series

I enjoyed the premises, but the amount of ai songs from suno bugged the crap outta me. Beyond that, the books often feel ai generated. there was even one bit that was clearly a prompt to rewrite a section.

I guess thats what you get for a cheap book.

To be honest, my views on using ai as a tool is that it is fine for getting suggestions and to bounce ideas off of. Hell, even a cursory, hey tell me whats wrong with this text i wrote, is fine. Beyond that though is pretty murky waters. I understand that people have stories in mind and want to share them. Ai is a huge plus for people to get feedback and critcise work, especially when you're starting. That being said, I hope the author learns the trade better instead of utilising ai as heavily as it was in these books. It felt fairly bland, monotone in character. Id suggest the author to read a couple books on writing.

I felt the songs detracted from the story more than they helped, too many for my tastes.

As for the ai voiceover. Im a bit torn on this one and I have somewhat similar views. It is actually possible to generate a near perfect read over. Things like pronunciation edits exist for ai as well. Though, real people make just as many pronunciation errors.

I feel there should be a new term for ai assisted authors and such, maybe like, authorial director or something along those lines because thats how this felt. Directed and not authored.

I could be wrong, but thats my two cents.