Depthless Hunger

Depthless Hunger, Book 1

By: Sarah Lin, Cognosticon

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Kai is the hardest working warrior in his generation... and the unluckiest. In a world where most people receive magical skills, classes, or cultivation, Kai has nothing but his wits and his strength. His only choice will be to forge a new path against fate, no matter where it takes him.

Savage monsters pour endlessly from the wasteland, threatening the survival of civilization itself. They say that human strength isn't enough and only those gifted with destined powers have a chance of making a difference. Kai is hungry to fight in that war, to be someone who matters. That hunger will take him across a world stranger and more terrible than he could possibly have imagined.

©2024 Sarah Lin (P)2025 Audible, Inc.

This was really close for me

I don't typically like books where the author overly beats down their MC and for me for over half the story I was standing at the cliff edge from which I was going to throw this story. This first half of this story was sooo frustrating and the author or authors gave no hint that anything would change for the MC. Because I didn't see any future potential I not sure what kept me reading other than the high reviews for this book and also my curiosity as to where this story was going. It Very close for me and I several times almost gave up on this book. A word of warning to the Authors. You need to leave hints of some concrete potential for your MC to give your readers faith in you as a writer and that this story will have an interesting conclusion.

Underdogs story

The characters all feel like they exist in a lived in world. The relationships feel real and sometimes people act irrationally like real people do. The power progression is interesting and reflect some of the unfairness of life and real world wealth injustice.

Lin easily delivers SSS Rank Progression Fantasy

I listen to 40+hrs per week of almost exclusively progression fantasy. I'm hooked.

This book is more than stats, but makes clever use of the style. There is a really neat "many paths to power" system that is creative and a blast to learn about and work your way through. Yes, this is weak to strong progress. But it's ALSO poor to good social development, small to big scope of responsibility and power, simple to complex analysis of the world and moral development. Nuance! The MC grows in such a cool way in terms of power AND he levels up in so many ways that also matter. Sarah didn't have to do that, but she gave us a fleshed out character that grows, changes, and impacts the world instead of just a stats screen.

The world building is a top-notch.

The CHARACTERS! The relationships!

Seriously, if you made it this far, just get the book, it was a wild ride. I will Auto pre order the next book as soon as it is available.

Good book

I pre-ordered this because I thoroughly enjoy Sarah Lin's other work, and this book did not disappoint. By the end of book 1 I was both satisfied with the ending and hungry for more.

An Adult Book in a Genre of Children

As with all of her books, this author takes a very complex view of a genre that can be awfully simplistic, looking at suicidal and world building applications