Battle Spire: A Crafting LitRPG Book

Hundred Kingdoms, 1

De: Michael R. Miller, Portal Books

Narrado por: Justin Thomas James, Jeff Hays, Annie Ellicott

Jack Kross only wanted to play the game. Now he’s fighting for his life.

When a mysterious hacker takes control of Hundred Kingdoms, Jack is trapped inside the fantasy VR world along with millions of other players. But Jack is in a worse predicament. He’s cornered in the very tower the terrorists have taken as their base; the only free player left within its walls. Even worse, in the real world, his body lies in a sweltering room with no hope of relief.

Playing the profession-based Scavenger class, and at a low level, Jack’s prospects of fighting his way out are next to impossible. Crafting gear, traps, and weapons, allying with a deadly dungeon master and an AI he can’t fully trust, Jack is in a race against time to save not just himself but the millions of players held hostage.

Battle Spire is a meeting of World of Warcraft and Die Hard, using crunchy LitRPG mechanics with a heavy focus on crafting. Listeners can expect to find in depth item and spell descriptions, along with stat tables and profession recipes.

Note: strong language is used throughout.

©2019 Michael Robert Miller (P)2019 Michael Miller

Feeling Crafty

This is a fun read with excellent writing and great narration. Mr. Miller takes a self-centered individual and moves him towards "other-focused," outlook on life. The great thing is he did it in a fun and exciting way. I was disappointed book 2 was not already available when I finished Battle Spire.

surprisingly good

about halfway through I stopped and started it over to pick up detail I had not paid attention to thinking it was just more of the same will definitely get next book hope he's not a One-Shot

Shield Hero meets Sword Art Online

Best to describe the NPC's as very good LARPers that never break character which is pretty unique.
Nobody sees the good part of X class, and all mock X class like they are just underpowered. X class turns out to have some really cool aspects that turn an other wise boring boring idea of a class into something amazing.

Good story in which the MC experiences self growth

The main character Jack starts out as somewhat desperate, obnoxious, anxious and self absorbed. As the story progresses we learn that in the past he kind of snapped. He recognizes that some of his actions aren't up to his own standards and feels guilty, but then pushed them aside and he doesn't seem to know what to do about them. By the end of the story, he's had at least one cathartic moment and had grown as a person.

I also really like the idea of the scavenger class and how he played the character.

I'd like to read another story about Jack, to see his continued growth both as a person and as his in game scavenger character.

First one shot Litrpg I have found. Good anaction.

First one shot Litrpg I have found. Good an action and crunch. well thought out class.