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Gene Harvest

By: Joshua Rettew
Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
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Benny White had been having a rough couple of years, and the approaching apocalypse wasn’t exactly helping.

Pulled from the point of death and thrust into a horde-mode-style survival game, Benny’s odds weren’t looking too great. To make matters worse, an eldritch god… entity… thing named ‘Dave’ tasked him with destroying the very System that now controls his fate.

But hey, it's not all bad news. Benny’s experience as a lab tech grants him a rare Splicer Class that lets him repurpose the genetic material of slain enemies into augments for himself. Bone claws, blood-bullet turrets, and maybe a skeletal hydra head or two are just a few of the additions to his gory arsenal.

Then there’s his Flesh Golem summon, a six-foot mound of muscle and sinew called Meat. That lumbering monstrosity might come in handy, just as soon as it stops walking into trees…

The stage has been set. The contestants have been chosen. The entire galaxy is watching.

Welcome to the Game of Souls, where the only prize is to survive.

©2024 Joshua Rettew (P)2024 Portal Books

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Amazing! Homerun!

This book was a delight and unique in its own way. I love that the author went with the genre and made their own of it. It is truly amazing and I can't wait for more. I hope the author takes their time and works at their own pace. If so I'm sure every book of this series will be amazing! Please give it a try!

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Unique in the Best Way

This is one of the most unique LITRPGs I have read. The class the main character has is super interesting and the different sub-races are also very creatively thought out. Even from the way his summons develope throughout the book it is just refreshing for a new idea. I was super impressed at this being the authors first book and I cannot wait to see where this story goes in the future as I am absolutely sold on this story!

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Very good power system!!!

Powers are very unique and explained very well , but also contradicting and confusing
Can’t wait for next book.

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Wow! Really good.

I really liked this book a lot! Well, with just one gripe…the overwrought internal dialogue from the MC got tiresome. I get it, he doesn’t want to kill people (humans) even when faced with those same humans killing the very people (beings) he SWORE to protect. But, towards the end of book, the MC seems to have grown balls. I like the humor and the interaction between characters. Not much world building; perhaps if the writer cut down on the repetitive internal angst, he could spend a few paragraphs to actually describe the new world this game has created… The narrator was spot on, excellent! I also LOVED the epilogue (if only the rest of the book was written with such precision!!). Looking forward to book 2.

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A nice surprise

Read this book on a whim from a recommendation online…. I enjoyed this book a lot narration was really good as well.

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Great start for an awesome new series!

What are you going to do when you wake up dead and you’re facing a hidden moderator offering you a special deal?

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Better than some of the reviews portrayed

While there is a lot of internalizing & mono logging about fears and anxiety, this does add to the story because the MC is having a moral crisis with his actions. This adds and not distracts from the story. ‘The audible version was very well voiced and I do look forward to (if) there is a sequel or seven!

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get it.

Worth credit. cant wait for next book.
Build is till first big fight. after that boom you are in it.in the book living. the characters. if you read jt wright. this is worth it.

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Great first time outing for this author

I've never read any LitRPG before, and I was wary of the genre, but this book was great all around. The main character is lovable, relatable, and appropriately complex and human. Meat (his summon) is best boy. The story is engaging, with enough mechanics to keep it complex while still being easy to follow. Eric Michael Summerer killed it. Can't wait for the sequel!

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Holy crap its freaking awesome

right from the start out with a bang and took off from there. loved all the characters and story so much I couldn't put it down. highly recommend this one and can't wait for the next book

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