Azyl Academy

Elemental Gatherers, Book 1

By: Chris Vines

Narrated by: Kristian Eros

He made the ultimate sacrifice to save another. Now, he must do it all over again in a world with powerful magic and deadly assassins.

Caleb Helm is ready to start life. But when he heroically rescues a little girl in the street, the Air Force Academy senior can hardly believe it when he himself is run over and killed. And things just get stranger after an otherworldly deity charges him with saving an enchanted realm.

Reincarnated in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Aiden, the former soldier discovers he is a natural prodigy with elemental powers. But though he is sent to the kingdom's premier school, arrogant nobles and destructive beasts threaten to once again end his mission before it can begin.

Can Aiden preserve a people he barely understands and avoid a second death?

Azyl Academy is the captivating first book in the Elemental Gatherers YA portal fantasy series. If you like resourceful heroes, isekai-style stories, and detailed magical settings, then you’ll love Chris Vines’ GameLit adventure.

Buy Azyl Academy to answer the call of duty today!

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Excellent book if not a little short

This is an excellent cultivation novel! The Academy in this book is more or less a sect but presented as what is sect should be and not what is portrayed in many cultivation novels. The what we see is sect in many cultivation novels is what happens after 1000 years of decay. This whole story is refreshing take on that “ join a sect” storyline.

a taste of air force; a feast of cultivation

I like how the best of Air Force-like behavior is manifested in the main characters attitude and personal discipline. If you're looking for action, this isn't your prime piece, but it does have a lot of creative ideas, story progression, and description of cultivation. Also, concepts sound reasonable, rather than hollow, preachy doctrination. Despite "He Who Fights with Monsters" being very preachy, this and that book series are very reasonable, while many are lacking such good sense in this genre.

Excellent story

Story was excellent, with rich characters, compelling ideas and a well developed world. The narrator is maybe new? They sound like a child trying to emulate how an adult sounds. Hopefully if they are still used in future installments, they will improve.

fantastic story

the story and performance are great. the gist of the story is an airforce cadet dies saving a kid only to die and wake up speaking to a god and what follows is an isekai cultivation journey.

Fun story, great presentation

Can't say much except it's a great story and the performance was a perfect fit.