Protector of the Grove: An Apocalypse LitRPG

Path of Dragons, Book 1

De: Nicholas Searcy

Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin

When Earth is transformed into a realm of myths and monsters, one man finds both purpose and power in the fight for survival, in this fantasy adventure.

Elijah Hart is dying. Wracked by cancer and weakened by chemotherapy, all he wants is to spend what little time he has left with his sister and her family in Washington. But fate has other plans. When the mysterious World Tree extends its branches to Earth, Elijah's Seattle-bound flight crashes into the Pacific Ocean and a game-like system takes hold—reshaping humanity's future as well as his own destiny.

Waking up on an island in the Pacific Northwest, Elijah finds himself suddenly gifted with magical powers and an innate connection to the natural world. As a Druid, he has the ability to wield Ethera and harness the power of nature . . . if he survives long enough to master it. The influx of magic has rendered most technology useless, throwing humankind back into a preindustrial age. But the world hasn't just changed; it has expanded, in both scope and danger.

Now Elijah must level up quickly, learn how to control his powers, and adapt to his new abilities to take on the forms of powerful beasts. Because Earth is under siege: Reptilian Voxx emerge from dimensional rifts, wreaking chaos and destruction. Desperate humans battle for resources, seeking to harness Ethera for their own survival. Even worse, dragons and other ancient beings with the strength to destroy the planet on a whim are beginning to stir.

With each trial he faces, Elijah becomes healthier, stronger, and more powerful. But will it be enough to save himself—let alone the world?

The first volume of the hit LitRPG apocalypse series—with more than 15 million views on Royal Road—now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook.

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don't like the double narrative

I didn't really like the back and forth between the MC and his sister. Wish it would just be the MC's pov.

Great book

Finally a good book that doesn’t turn into political grandstanding or a some kind of weird harem situation

not bad but not for me

Like other I didn't care for or about the additional PoVs. Getting little slices of the Sisters PoV might have been okay if there was any context or relation to the actual story as it was I couldn't bring myself to care about them and mostly skipped/skimmed those chapters. The evil gnome baby eater was even worse. In general I don't like villian PoVs especially when it's showing the reader the stuff the MC will never know about. It feels like a waste of time. I know there is a certain audience that wants to be shown via PoV how evil the bad guys are not just told but I am not among them. I might have given book 2 a chance but I also just don't like the MC. Maybe it's the voice actor but everytime he tried to be funny he just comes off as a smug idiot. Most of the time he voices his thoughts I'm thinking how is this guy a marine biologist he seems like an idiot and a tool. Then I see the blurb about the next book and it focuses even more on the sister and the baby eating gnomes. Its gonna be a hard pass for me Dawg.

Uninspired MC

If you books with MC’s who are driven and at the top of the leader board after the apocalypse…This book is not for you. The MC isn’t even on the leaderboard until well into the book. The only time they progress is when they are forced to and by the end of the book the Author has abandoned even mentioning it…In between being forced to level the MC really thinks that he should level up…Kinda like that freshly graduated teenager living in their room thinking I really need to get a job…

Fantastic adventure

This story has me hooked from the very beginning with the story plot and everything else in between I will eagerly be downloading the next one when it’s available