Tower Apocalypse

Tower Apocalypse, Book 1

By: Cassius Lange, Ryan Tang

Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer

My life was ordinary, but never boring. That is, until a colossal tower landed smack-dab in the middle of the city.

What should have followed was mass panic and hysteria, but I never got to that part. Why? Simple. I was taken along with 99,999 other people from Earth and dropped onto an unknown world.

Strange beings appeared before us—floating, featureless figures that call themselves demi-gods. They ruled this place, this fantastical world called Gaea. The reason why they took us? Not so simple. We'd supposedly been selected to show that Earth was worth saving from an upcoming cataclysmic event. So, no pressure there.

Gaea is a world entirely controlled by the System, a sarcastic and level-hungry intelligence that granted everyone magical powers, strange classes based on personality or luck, monsters to fight and even loot. It forces us to compete in "events", but no one can really tell us what the endgame is. Climbing the tower and finding out exactly what Gaea is, who created it, and why, could bring us closer to the truth behind our abduction and the fate of our world.

My name is Devin Cain. Join me as I wield Muramasa, a cursed katana that hungers for blood and souls, and a class created to curse players and monsters to death. What can go wrong?

©2022 Cassius Lange and Ryan Tang (P)2022 Tantor

terrible plot

There seemed to be no possible way for the main character's rival to benefit from their actions. Started with overpowered ability with no counter, procedes to ruin humanity and weaken everyone, but not gain a commensurate personal power. MC is supposed to be in his 30's but acts like a 12 year old in all respects. MC summons creatures that are supposed to reflect his personality... they act as though they are 6 making fart jokes and snickering about it.

good book

I like the the powers ablates and the story but the MC needs to stop wining and grow some balls except that loved toe book it is like a anime

Main Character

His sword can be Muramasa or Masamune. I thought it common knowledge that Masamune is stronger and so wouldn’t he at least explore that part of his sword?

Fun take on the litRPG subgenre.

The book was one of a few that I couldn't put down once I started it. The plot and characters were all entertaining. I'm downloading book 2 now.

The book is fine

The book is fine...just fine, it isn't bad, but it also didn't really scratch the itch. The plot is veiled in obscurity, which is fine (lots of these books keep the main plot obscure, it adds mystery), but there was literally no progress on what is actually going on. We got some opening villan monolougue, but the actual objectives, stakes, and even the form of the challenge are left completely undefined. The MC and company are all just reacting to each prompt they are given. We don't know anything about each floor of the tower until the MC arrives. It just isn't compelling story telling. Maybe things get better in book 2 now that things are more established, but I kind of doubt it.