Chef

From Chef to Crafter to Conqueror, Book 1

By: Gabriel Rathweg

Narrated by: Lee Osorio

Ryo was a chef, an extremely good one at that. That was until the entire universe as he knew it changed.

After his spaceship is attacked and destroyed by an enemy armada, he finds himself in a situation he never could have imagined.

Sent back in time and to an alternate reality, he has quite a few choices to make. Especially considering that the ruthless Kublai Khan and his Mongol Horde are just a few years away.

Accompanied by an extremely advanced Artificial Intelligence, a medieval noble, and his samurai retainers, Ryo sets out to change the known world. At least this dimension's version of it!

With his knowledge of history and the help of his companions can he stop the unstoppable tide of the greatest war machine the East Asian continent has ever known?

Join Ryo as he tries to change history with a little bit of luck, a lot of technical know-how, and some fantastic food!

©2021 Gabriel L. Rathweg (P)2022 Tantor

The Author needs to learn to say more with less.

This story dies upon the diarrhea of excess words and pointless fluff. Good premise and characters... But endless fluff and word padding is everywhere... The point and story gets weighed down by the mass of unnecessary descriptions and thoughts that doe provide some context or coloring, BUT not relevant...

For a story about a Chef, the story is an perfect example of someone drowning or hiding the natural flavors from the ingredients by added excess seasoning and random favorite ingredients to a functioning recipe.
A massive editing is needed to trim entire chapters out and have the plot devices and scenes thinned down to get the point across.

Good Story

The main story is good but the other story was just boring. It doesn’t add to the story to me.

Great story. Thoroughly researched.

The story keeps the reader interested through great imagination and imagery. It leaves the reader questioning what happens next .The characters are well developed and engaging .A must read for those who love hand to hand combat of the Middle Ages combined with AI application. An interesting twist.

Not one story very very slow

So this is actually two stories not one. They end the book coming together and that just leaves the reader aka me unsatisfied that anything really important happened. It either needed the next arch to be included in the first book or split into two.
Second what is with all the super long back stories on absolutely unimportant pieces of equipment? Or random stories in general? We only get like 36hrs of the main character then it jumps months at the very end? Great potential just needs more work

A modern man in ancient Nipon.

The constant fade to Marco Polo. He and the blind monks time with the Mongols. For me too much back story.
Really enjoyed the snarky AI and his hitching a ride in the hero's surgically implanted augmented CPU.
Personally I like to hear dual Narrators (man & woman) doing the male and female voices. Still the narrator was very good.
I have purchased both Audible recordings, 1&2 and the Kindle books too.