Divine Apostasy Boxed Set Volume 1 (Books 1-3)

De: A. F. Kay

Narrado por: Travis Baldree

It's Ruwen’s Ascension Day, and he finally dies for the first time. His newly revived body can learn Spells and Abilities for the Class given him by the Goddess Uru, and dying is no longer permanent.

Ruwen’s high intelligence makes becoming a Mage inevitable. With his new powers, he will locate his parents and clear their family name. But nothing goes as Ruwen imagined, and when a rival God tries to kill Ruwen shortly after his disastrous Ascension, his focus turns from his future to just surviving.

His choices place him in the middle of an ancient war, and he must overcome the limitations of his unexpected Class to level quickly. Only then will he have the tools needed to survive. But dying now comes with a terrible penalty, and failing Uru might not only cost him his life and loved ones, but his entire world.

It turns out dying on your Ascension Day is the easy part.

©2025 A. F. Kay (P)2025 A. F. Kay

Yes! An Omnibus. Loved it.

Enjoyed book 1 not too long ago and now got to get 2 and 3 for the price of 1. Bargain. The story is fantastic, the performer is amazing, and I am now on my way to grab book.

too much handholding

I want to like these books, but the way everything plays out the MC is rather insignificant and has little control of anything. everything plays out as if he is following a script. MC gets a random ability, it is exactly what he needs to get out of this situation. he looses his abilities? he next is in a situation where he needs a new class to get by.
You know how Micgiver gets stuck in a tough spot and makes an item out of random junk to free himself. it's the opposite of that. here the MC would make a random item and then he is placed in a situation where that item is perfect to get him out.

I really tried to like this...

Any story with Travis narrating has to do something crazy for me to hate it as much as I hated this story.

I don't think I liked *any* of the characters. From the main protagonist thinking he's Jesus and being unbelievably (literally. I don't believe it) charitable to everyone but himself to his love interest at the very end of the third book flipping out out of nowhere (I really mean this, it gave me whiplash), basically blaming him for her father's misfortunes because he...exists?

That's after 3 books of 'romance' between these two btw, and strong 'bonding.'

I hate all the characters. From the protagonists to the antagonists, they're all unbelievably stupid. The progression is basically non-existent too. What felt particularly galling was, when we actually see some proper progression, the author pulls the whole 'you can't use your true power' thing, or the world will end.

I keep saying 'stupid,' not accidentally. I think a lot of the premise of this series is just brain-dead, no thought put into it. I found myself continuously asking myself 'Okay, but WHY?' It felt like the author wanted certain plot beats, but spent zero effort in believably justifying them in-universe.

Then there's the whole scale-creep thing.

I'm not sure I would have made it past book 1 were this not in a 3-book set. The protagonist is unbelievably whiny in the first book, and while that mellows out by book 3, that's just replaced by that cringe-inducing savior complex.

No, fyi, it's not admirable to turn the other cheek against murderers. The only time that BS flies is when the author makes the people doing so not face the consequences of their inaction.

Just an incredibly frustrating read that I turned off in disgust at the end at the heel turn from the girlfriend I mentioned earlier. I'd have rated it a 1, but I typically only do that for books I literally can't finish.

I at least got to the 'end' of this one.