Duskbound 1

A LitRPG Adventure

De: D. E. Sherman

Narrado por: Gary Bennett

Monsters don’t fear the dark. They fear him.

Velik was changed by a childhood encounter he still struggles to understand. Now he’s something else—faster, deadlier, and armed with a unique class built for one thing: hunting monsters.

For ten years, he’s braved the frontier alone, cutting down every beast that threatens the border towns. With each kill, he’s grown stronger, gaining levels and sharpening his skills on the thousands of monsters infesting the wild lands.

But something’s wrong. The monsters are coming faster, stronger, and Velik’s losing ground. The arrival of a guild hunter brings more complications, as the gold-ranked hunter seems more curious about Velik than the monsters he’s been hired to kill.

With time running out, Velik must venture deeper into the woods, facing deadly creatures while searching for the source of the threat. But what he finds isn’t just a nest. It’s a secret—one that could explain what happened to Velik ten years ago.

Something in the dark remembers him…and it’s been waiting.

©2025 D.E. Sherman (P)2025 Timeless Wind Publishing LLC

Enjoyable

It’s a bit descriptive and that can take a minute but it’s written well and enjoyable. The world and system and easy to understand and the twist is nice.
The narrator did a good job and it was all
Easy to listen too.
Looking forward to the next book.

Story through out reminds me Edgar Rice Bourouhs

the only thing wrong was sometimes lose track of the split off between the monster killers

Good book. Lackluster performance.

Enjoyed the book and will definitely continue the series. The performance was mediocre at best though and didn't add anything to the overall story. Hopefully the narration improves in the next book.

The narrator is fine

The narrator's performance is what I'd called "muted", but not a monotone. If I had to choose, I'd pick that over someone who tries too hard to inject emotion into every sentence, because that just wears me out. Still, the muted performance does affect the overall tone of the story, which is calm.

Overall, the story is wholesome; all the characters are good people and heroic in their own way.

Very well written!

I read a lot of LitRPG and this was refreshing. I found the beginning to be interesting. I enjoyed the story being contained in a LitRPG world. This isn’t novel but there are too many quick isekai starts in books. I found the story to be compelling and the game system to be well thought out. The story had some surprises along the way too. The narration was really good. Great read!

Came from an Eternal Mage, not disappointed

I once saw a teenage mage fight the moon, now I've seen a teenage hunter fight a boar, a spider, and a dog. 10/10 can't wait for the next several books!

Performance ruined the book

Goodness get another narrator, the performance was terrible. Killed the story for me. It was that bad.

Meh

Not much appealing. Author clumsily starts in the middle of the story and it’s just more hack’nslash with minimal character building from there.