Rapture

Apocalypse Gates Author's Cut, Book 1

By: Daniel Schinhofen

Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau

Alvin woke in a room that was not his, to discover that he had died and his brain had been bargained off cheaply to pay off someone else’s debt. It did not sit well with him. It didn’t surprise him that even in death, people were still using him for their own purposes. He had never exactly been a good guy, but everyone had their breaking point, and he had found his.

The bastards in charge had uploaded his mind into a virtual death game. The whole world could now pay to see him play it and probably die. Alvin questioned whether he was really a bad guy, if this is how they wanted to treat him. Regardless, he was not about to wait for death to come for him. He would kick open the damn Apocalypse Gates and see about crushing everything that challenged him. It was time to make the world aware that he was done with pretending to be nice.

Welcome to Apocalypse Gates!

(This audiobook contains adult themes, including gore, death, drug use, and graphic sex.)

©2017 Daniel James Schinhofen (P)2018 Daniel Schinhofen

Dear Schinhofen, can I come live in your imagination?

I love good LITRPG stories, given my broken body the idea of living in a new virtual body is inherently an attraction for me. Daniel Schinhofen is hands down one of my favourite LITRPG authors now that I found his writing or at least the Alpha World series and now Apocalypse Gates as a new series. If you like LITRPG and post apocalyptic stories you'll fall instantly in love as I did, if just one or the other you should enjoy yourself at the least, but I wouldn't be at all shocked if you fall in love with the stories anyway. I don't do spoilers in my reviews but I will say I was quite shocked to find sex scenes more explicit here than in Alpha World with a sucubus involved.

Love <3

Andrea makes me happy again listening to this, and I cant wait to hear more of this series

Oddly compelling

I liked a lot about this book. It kept me interested. The characters were compelling if a little hyperbolic, but they kept my interest and showed good growth throughout the novel. The storyline wasn't as predictable as many LitRPGs. It had good story flow, interesting change-ups, and a lot of room for new story lines. The narrator was excellent. I've got no complaints about this book, however, the "treat me bad because I'm a broken girl" stuff was a bit much. I know some people find that type of behavior erotic, but it was just distracting, and I found myself skipping over the more demeaning parts. Toward the end of this book, it *appears* that the author is deemphasizing that facet of the narrative. I hope he doesn't do like a lot of authors and double-down on the sex, stupidity, and bad behavior. Definitely not for the kiddies to hear, lots of F-bombs and sexual situations. Make sure you have headphones on if kids are around. Overall, this book was worth a credit. I feel lucky to have gotten it during a sale. I'll be adding book 2 to my wishlist.

Good start to an interesting series

I'm honestly getting sick of LitRPG genre but this is a nice twist. A lot of this book is setting up and explaining mechanics of the world, but it is still a good story. Worth your time.

Wow

Simply one unexpected gem. Story performance get 5 stars . Can’t get enough. Will definitely buy more from this author.