Dungeon Engineer

The Fallen World, Book 1

By: Playwars aka Alex S. Weber

Narrated by: Mare Trevathan

They thought sacrificing her would further their own goals. Instead, they changed an engineer into the single most powerful fabricator in existence, a dungeon core.

Alexandra Rousseau, an engineer from the European Federation Star Navy with a past darker than the void between the stars, is unexpectedly launched into hyperspace when an FTL jump goes horribly wrong.

She wakes in a world of magic and monsters, encountering a mysterious Order with plans millennia in the making. When the Order makes a catastrophic mistake, transforming Alexandra into a dungeon core, they inadvertently give her the power to bring back technology long since thought lost in this world. With it, she'll make the Order pay and avenge the friends they've taken from her.

First, she must survive those who would steal her core for their own benefit while keeping her true identity a secret from the adventurers looking to delve into her dungeon. If they knew the truth, the Adventurer Guild would seek to end her, and the Order would stop at nothing to finish what they started…

©2022 Playwars aka Alex S. Weber (P)2023 Podium Audio

Considerably better than I could have hoped.

Within the LitRPG genre, I have found very few dungeon core books that were written with any real talent or craft. Most of them have been disappointing at best. Time-loop books represent the only other genre with a similar failure rate. There are just too many pitfalls for inexperienced authors in both of these genre’s.

With this in mind, I was pleasantly surprised by Dungeon Engineer. This book was well written and edited. More importantly, it didn’t get bogged down in dungeon mechanics and failed attempts at humor. The story was heavily character driven and weaves together several different plots in an effective manner.

If you are a GameLit fan but normally avoid Dungeon Core books for the reasons stated above then I recommend you give this one a shot. I am looking forward to the next installment.

Good dungeon core

I liked it, well written and good characters. Nothing bad to say about it reallly.

Very good...

Different and needed But this book is a build up for the series to come and the world building is done smoothly. The book is more of a 12 hour listen with a preview(Next book) and extra chapters for the last hour and half. No Harem which is a plus and Narration is flawless with Mare Narrating it!
I hope the next book comes out soon.

Cool amazing review wow must read!!!

I thought it was pretty good and well read. The only annoying thing was the cry baby bits. I pretty much skipped those parts when it became too embarrassing for me.

Builds a great foundation for the story to come

I won't lie, the beginning feels a bit slow, but the build up is worth it establishing lore and motivation for the action that comes later.