ChronoTemplar

A Crunchy LitRPG Adventure

By: Burt Wrenlaw

Narrated by: Alex Knox

Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

You don't always get a second chance...unless you're a pawn for an eldritch horror that: A) can bend time, and B) is a sore loser.

Justin Thyme is not a good man, nor one destined for glory. He was meant to die in obscurity, yet another level 82 Templar that was just about to get chewed up by a horde of skittering monstrosities clawing at humanity's last enclave.

One short conversation with a time-splitting monstrosity later, and Justin finds himself flung five years into the past-right when the Earth was first chosen to host the 9,947th Gladiatorial Games.

Justin must now do all that he can to help save the world from crumbling under the twin pressures of monsters and murderers. But it's not all about grinding experience, gaining the most levels, and kicking the most ass. He can't even stand out too much, lest he draw the attention of the other eldritch horrors observing Earth's struggles for their amusement.

No, it's all about making the right connections, sowing the seeds of hope, culling the pests causing despair...oh, and exploiting the hell out of the System with his "borrowed" ability to tweak time to his advantage.

©2021 Burt Wrenlaw (P)2021 Tantor

Very unique time reversal story

It seems like a common trope in this genre is to have the MC's skills with fighting to make them virtually invulnerable in the early times to people of their level, and to have had them be a pinnacle of humanity at the end before reverting. This MC breaks all those tropes, and it makes for a very compelling story.

very good dark hero story.

The MC Justin Time (a pun thankfully not overused). It is definitely a dark hero book.

The book starts with the MC pulled back in time as humanity's hope at the end by a powerful entity. The human race was exterminated. A powerful being give the MC a chance to bolster humanity to be better contestants. to that end, Justin is sent back to when the games began.
Justin has to figure out how to save us all in this alternate timeline. Still get powerful and hide anything about his knowledge. Both from otherworldly observers and from humanity as a condition of his return.

Pretty okay first book. Ravenous desire for book 2

I don't like to write reviews since I'm clumsy with my words. that being said I took a risk on this book and i want others to give it a chance as well.

I really wasn't expecting much, crunchy is usually code for lots of numbers and statistics without story. and while the book does have all the stats read out continuously, this does not detract all that heavily from the absolutely fascinating and very entertaining story. ((I enjoyed this book a lot!)) The main character is reasonably likable which is a lot more than I can say for other books. and his growth feels natural without being forced or rushed. A well-rounded set up for book 2. We don't spend a lot of time with secondary characters but the few that are there feel mostly fleshed out.

But the Cliffhanger at the end absolutely had me raving and hunting to see if I can get a head start on the next book. it appears the author is still working on book 2. and I simply cannot wait to get my hands on it!

This is most definitely a young adults book. Don't recommend for this sophisticated reader. but for anybody who just enjoys a good brain candy story, this is for you!

Please forgive any spelling and grammatical errors.

Diverged from regular tropes

Pretty good, quite different. I do feel like the story could be a bit more fleshed out at times to increase world building. Nevertheless, the tempo is very good and keeps readers engaged. Chronokinesis is also an unusual power so there's lots of potential and it keeps things fun.

really good

I think I really like how this first book ended. In fact I was kind of giddy and started looking for the sequel to it in paperback or electronic. I just couldn't help but laugh I think this story is overall fantastic and I think that the creator should definitely consider making a book two in the next year.

it started off strong and got stronger. I really enjoyed this book guys I don't know if I can say that again without it becoming redundant.

I thought the human race in this book was completely screwed.

ready for round 2 of this LitRPG

if it ever comes out.
The MC isnt too OP.
Author isnt one who spends night worying over realistic details and just explains away things with magic, not that it is bad, but logic is consistent and fight scenes are good.
The characters are just deep enough for my liking.

Could've been better, hopefully book 2 is better

So, I gave this a listen and almost returned it right away because of how weak and unorganized the MC was in the start letting himself be a pawn. The only thing that stopped me is that he has some ability to kill people, but if it doesn't get better this story is done at book 2.
Let's get into the problems now. The MC is sent back in time to help humanity survive, but is so afraid to lead that he has to be a pawn and hides. He is then controlled by people who have little to no understanding of what the real big picture is and has to play politics. I could think of 10 different ways he could have done better right off the bat, but I went with it. What got me was the willingness of the author to dumb down the MC and weaken him as the book went on for what reason idk, as well as not even giving 1 or .5 exp for killing a goblin. This was bad. I also don't think that slavery fighting will or could work because you are strengthening the people you have imprisoned, so yeah not going to work because I also thought of ways to beat it.
finally, I say give it a try and see, it's not the worst thing that has come in the litrpg market, but it's not anywhere close to the best. If book 2 doesn't make this MC more ruthless and stronger by building a stand alone class this book is over because he even says he can't depend on anyone else so yeah.

great book

I really don't like the minimum word count requirements for audible reviews. . .

Review

Overall I really enjoyed this audiobook. Interesting story and unique character. The universe this audiobook is based in, is actually very interesting and a very unique way of telling a story🤔. This audiobook touch on racism. what it means to be a patriot. fighting for the greater good. redemption. if you’re thinking about listening to this audiobook, what I mentioned before can be said about pretty much any Litrpg. This audiobook main character is taken in a much different way than your typical heroic figure in other audiobooks. The premise is pretty typical. But I think the story will surprise most people that listen to it. I’m looking forward to listening book 2. It would be very interesting to see what direction the right circles with the character in the story.

was an interesting take on lit rpg

I liked this twist on time travel, can't wait for book 2 to come to audible.