Rise of the Devourer: Voidborne

A LitRPG Adventure

By: Krazekode

Narrated by: Peter Kenny

Noah Brown has a gift for fighting.

Unfortunately, punching things doesn't pay the bills, at least until he died and an Eldritch god found his soul.

The encounter brings him to a new world, summoned by bloody cultists. He's got nothing but the shirt on his back and a strange item in his system menu.

[???]: A source of infinite potential.

Perhaps he'll finally get to put his gift to good use.

Don't miss the start of an action-packed crunchy LitRPG series from KrazeKode, author of The First Law of Cultivation. Loaded with stats, skills, combat, and power progression, it's perfect for fans of Iron Prince, Road to Mastery, and He Who Fights with Monsters!

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A good start to a power progression fantasy

I will say that the beginning of the book plays very similarly to the start of he who fights with monsters with Jason and I shall list those similarities. Noah is summoned to another world by an accident by cultists manges to kill way above his weight class. gets knocked out a couple times. gets slightly sinister powers and after the cult shenanigans he's let loose to discover the world but a major shift from he who fights with monsters is Noah is presented with a big bad group who Noah hates and thus shall kill. And everything about the story is great except the narrator with his lisp. he will pronounce mana as manner sometimes and Aurelia is sometimes Auralela or aurlia and other butchered words. but overall I like it and while he felt comparable to Jason at the beginning he becomes his own unique character later so it's a solid 8/10 would have been a 10/10 if the author picked a better narrator

All Good

He who hunts With Monsters.
System Interference.
Azeranth Healer.
Harry Potter.
All of these are awesome stories, which means this is an awesome story also.

nasal narrator but great story

The narrator used the most obnoxious, nasal voice for the main character. Yes, he is portrayed as a frequently annoying guy but this was over doing it. It made it difficult to listen to but I'm glad I powered through it. It has all the hallmarks of a typical isekai but I liked the character development, humor and interesting world building will probably keep reading if not listening.

Shot for shot He Who fights Monsters

3 hours in and its almost shot for shot he who fights with monsters. Snarky ptotag, fire wielding lady companion, woke up in new world in a murder cults basement/cave, gains blood and void related powers, contracted with a being that wants to devour all, new town meets man with GLORIOUS mustaches. Protag doesn’t seem to be to hung up on the fact he killed people now so perhaps thats different.

It could have been much better

So many missed opportunities to make this a great book but all too often many writers get caught up in unnecessary conversations with side characters and add useless details about things that don't move the story forward in any useful way and I find that kind of writing to throw off the entire pacing of the book which immediately pulls the reader out of the story and does nothing but causes frustration to the listener...it could have been better and I don't think I will bother with book two.