Against Ruin's Fate

Restarting the Apocalypse, Book 2

De: Michael Chatfield

Narrado por: Gary Furlong

The apocalypse didn’t break Plynthia. The nobles did that long before the end came.

Len and Rick survived its fall—barely.

Sent into dungeon after dungeon to map, clear, and die for noble profit, they earned their stats the hard way: one scar, one kill, one body at a time.

Now they’ve gone back. Not by choice. Not by magic. By system design.

The cracks they remember are spreading again.

Trapped on the frontlines of the Stained Mountain Range, they're under siege by mana-mutated beasts. Their only shot at saving the firebase? Dig through the mountain to reach Goran before Halem Forest spills over and devours them all.

But Goran isn't a rescue. It's a powder keg.

The kingdom’s lords are circling—offering bribes, spinning promises, preparing for a civil war that hasn’t started yet... but will. Len and Rick have seen this game before, and they know how it ends: with bodies stacked in dungeons and nobles squabbling over the loot.

This time, it’s not their war.

But if they walk away, it might be everyone’s last.

Against Ruin’s Fate is Book 2 of Restarting the Apocalypse, a gritty Regressor LitRPG series by international bestseller Michael Chatfield.

Expect: Dungeon warfare

Crafting-based progression

Military realism

Zero plot armor

Power earned, not gifted

Rage, rage against ruin’s fate—and change it.

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great as always

he always has stories that entertain and take you on a wonderful adventure. looking forward to the next books

excellent

I have a love hate for politics yet the buildup of ego only to be squashed by reality is always exciting

I enjoy world building

I love world building this book The story is great but it’s going too slow.

All the new skills and progress is awesome.

I like there getting the groups back together. This is a great 2nd book.

Good Story, Awful Audio Editing

As stated in the title, the story is good. A moderate amount of crunch, and well paced power progression. I like that the main characters are from the world in which the story takes place. Not a unique take. but it does avoid a particularly overused and annoying isekai trope. While the book doesn't set any new milestones, it a strong example of the LitRPG subgenre, hence the 4 stars for the story. Would have been a 4 star title overall if not for the audio issues.

First, I want to give Gary Furlong the kudos he deserves. His performance is very strong. His cadence is natural, by that I mean not the standard slow, overly-enunciated narration found in so many middle of the road audiobooks. His vocalization is clear, and flows at a normal conversational speed. Very pleasant. My complaint is not on narration, it is on whomever was responsible for the audio editing. The beginnings of certain words are clipped and often nonexistent. It is especially egregious, and most often noticed, with the name of one of the main characters, Len. Not every time, but often enough to pull me out of the story quite on a regular basis. I also noticed it with words that begin with the bilabial plosive letters "P" and "B". These were less often than with "Len", but still often enough to notice, especially when already alert for the clipping. By the end of the book, It was nearly maddening enough that I couldn't ignore it. I found myself turning off the audio, and shifting to simply reading the book, sans audio. Probably not the most ringing endorsement for an audiobook. It was too much to overlook, and unfortunately the overall grade of the audiobook to 3 stars. Not really bad, but not particularly good either.