Biomedical Self-Engineering

A Blue Box Universe Series, Book 1

By: Jon Svenson

Narrated by: Justin Thomas James, Jude Erin

Divorced and working as a security guard in Portland, 73-year-old Carl is attacked by an unknown creature before he is able to taser it to death. After being released from the hospital, he discovers by accident that he is unwittingly acquiring DNA samples from other people he touches.

He discovers a number of shocking facts about himself when a blue box appears in his right eye. Most importantly, he discovers that his health is nowhere near what he assumed it would be. Can he reverse the negative aspects of his health using these blue boxes, somehow? And can he reverse his poor financial situation after his wife took half his pension just before retirement?

Biomedical Self-Engineering is a LitRPG slice-of-life adventure following Carl as he discovers new ways of living life when he is nearing the end of his own. There are no explicit scenes, no harems, and only one swear word at the very end.

©2020 Jon Svenson (P)2022 Jon Svenson, Soundbooth Theater

Hehehehe, that was fun

I'm old! I get bit by an alien aaand now I'm upgrading myself! Too fun!

A nice low stakes breather.

I gotten a copy of this audio book in a giveaway and was asked to review it once I was done.

Biomedical Self-Engineering is a litrpg slice of life centering around an elderly man named Carl who gained the ability to modify his body, with this he gain a new motivation to pursue a new lifestyle. Let me be the first to say that this is a much needed breath of fresh air from the endless amount of edge-lord power fantasy, harem fantasy, and apocalypse fantasy there is out there. The stakes are small, but there are hints of something more going on in the background and I can't wait to see what more Jon Svenson has for us.

Sound Booth Theater has once again knocked it out of the park with their performance. Justine Thomas James and Jude Erin are great narrators and gives story a whole new dimension to enjoy. SBT makes it really hard to listen to audiobooks that were not narrated by them.

fun, but predictable

Great voices, great story with a fun twist to the whole implementation of a system

Brilliant! Great world building

If you are into world/business/empire development and litrpg and have some real world experience this book is for you.

This has been the most enjoyable read of the past few books I have read. It is light with a dash of slice of life and relatively well passed

The Narrators did a great job of bringing this book to light.

The artwork on the cover might be a bit off putting but don't let that stop you if you are curious about this book. I promise it is better on the inside 😉

Love the book and I can’t wait for the next one!

First let me start by saying I did receive this in a giveaway from Soundbooth and honestly it’s probably not one I would have thought to get otherwise, but man I’m glad I got this book. I have over 1200 audiobooks in my audible library so I listen and read a lot of books, so a lot of time I look at the length of a book and I hate to say it but that plays a lot into my purchases. Now that being said, this book is a little on the short side for what I usually listen too, but it was what I needed. I’ve been listening to a lot of more action pack fast paced litrpg and if that’s what you want then you won’t like this book all too much. It’s definitely more slice of life with light litrpg settings. Now with everything that went on in the book it has the foundation of having more action and and excitement later on if the author wants to take it that way. So I’m curious to see where Jon Svenson is going to take this story and can’t wait to go along for the ride. As always Soundbooth delivers in the narration. They have some talented people and I know when I get an audiobook from them I’ll have no worries about the narrator’s. I would love to write more but I’m writing this review while I’m at work so I need to keep it shorter. Need more money for more audiobooks. I swear I don’t have a problem. At least that’s what I tell my wife lols. But give this book a shot. It’s a nice relaxing listen that will make you want to know what happens next!