The Abduction Cycles Box Set: Books 1-3

By: John Cressman

Narrated by: J. S. Arquin

Imagine waking up in a world where magic is real—and everything's out to kill you!

The first three books of the Abduction Cycles series, now together in one package!

One minute Ethan Gower was an average computer technician, playing online games with his friends. Now he’s been abducted and dropped into a strange world with others who have been taken from their homes. And magic and monsters are real.

Now Ethan is a wizard and must convince his new companions to band together in order to survive in this strange new world as they level up, gain abilities, and try to unravel the mystery of why they were abducted and how to find a way home. But things are never easy, and soon he and his friends find themselves in the middle of a conflict that could spell disaster to their new home.

Oh, and there might be something murdering wizards and sucking out their brains. Could things get any worse?

©2021, 2022 John Elijah Cressman (P)2022 J. S. Arquin

started out alright

I imagine this series will further devolve into a harem fantasy so I'll stop here.

surprisingly entertaining

I liked these books. I didn't think I would but the characters grew on me and I now want to find out what happens next

great action and character development

Definitely pick this one up! Has a bit if D&D, litrpg, dungeon crawling and town building but actually done well

could have been a great story

The book started out great, the stereotypical litrpg isekai where a human was brought into another world and gains powers. He travels with other non-human individuals who were also brought to the world. He is constantly wondering why he was brought to the world. In the meantime, the group is traveling around helping others and ended up helping out a town. It worked for me, until it became a sex fantasy where every time he needed more power, he had sex. Sorry but no more. After finishing the third book, the series was over for me. No more because it sounds like it was going to get worse in the fourth. It is not explicit but imo, it was totally unnecessary. I do not recommend the series.

The narrator done a great job with the voices.

Pretty good story

Not as good as some other litrpgs but it's good enough for me to pick up book 4.