Cosmic Games: An Isekai LitRPG

Cosmic Games, Book 1

By: Wilbur Woods

Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin

Suddenly finding himself on an alien world, a reluctant soldier becomes Earth's ultimate champion in a secret war, in this portal fantasy adventure.

Max Cromwell was only fifteen when his mother died of cancer. Angry and depressed, he spent the rest of his teenage years a rebellious troublemaker, neglecting school and playing video games. Having barely earned his high school diploma, he didn't even attempt applying to college.

But after drifting through a series of uninspiring jobs, Max joins the military for a year of service. The discipline snaps him out of his inertia, the physical exertion increasing his strength and stamina, the focus quieting his restless mind. With his discharge approaching, he feels for the first time like he finally has a future ahead of him. That is, until the sky tears open during a training exercise, casting him through a portal to the world of Alpha Ludus . . .

It seems Max is one of many people abducted from Earth to participate in the Cosmic Games, conducted by the Intergalactic Consortium of Civilized Beings. Humanity and three alien species have been recruited to wage war on behalf of ICCB members in a conflict over resources. The species that wins the game for their benefactors will return to their home planets, rewarded with the knowledge to guide them to peace and immortality. The other, losing species will be made extinct.

Now Max must learn the ways of the intergalactic warrior: channeling mana, developing powerful abilities, and acquiring supernatural weapons. And with every victory against natural threats and alien enemies, he'll evolve into humanity's fiercest protector.

The first volume of this LitRPG adventure series—with more than 600,000 views on Royal Road—now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Audible!

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Could have been great

I really hate it when a MC tries out a new ability, is amazed that it works, and then immediately doesn’t use it to solve his next problem and the whole time the author uses dramatic language trying to convince me that the MC is NOT an idiot but never addressing why aforementioned ability won’t work. The story is pretty good and I really like the character build……. But seriously, just because we like this genre doesn’t mean we’re slobbering idiots. Still, a pretty decent story.

this is A-1LITRPG

I loved the whole level up and the the gun is cool for me also the powers are different from many others.

Meh…

The whole thing was just ok. Basic story and basic narration. There are better books with sentient weapons out there.

Great LitRPG from a new author.

It wasn’t perfect. There were a few points where I wished the author had done a better job of justifying the MC’s behavior, but these moments didn’t happen frequently enough to spoil the book.

However, for a new author and in light of how terrible the majority of audiobooks in this genre are, I decided to give it five stars. If this was from an established author I would have leaned closer to 4 stars. I went with 5 because I believe that anyone who manages to push back the blight of haremRPGs, and the practically-unedited dross that Audible is constantly recommending to me, deserves encouragement and appreciation.

I will definitely grab the next book in this series.

very interesting isakai. VA was on point ,and the story was interesting. I loved the pacing of the story. not rushed at all.

not much to complain about . definitely looking forward to the next book. if I could say one thing is that the southern accent was a little off but still awesome.