Hero of Thera

De: Eric Nylund

Narrado por: Jeff Hays

Be a hero in the ultimate game.

Are you a top-rated gamer?

Then you might have the skills to play the Game...where players are sponsored by actual demon lords, gods and goddesses, or Lovecraftian nightmares.

Enter Thera, a real kingdom at the crossroads of many other worlds, but with all the augmented-reality interfaces, character progression, and game mechanics that players know and love.

And the stakes of the Game?

Nothing less than Creation - every world in every universe and reality.

So...no pressure.

Thus Hector Savage, gamer extraordinaire, comes to Thera. Nothing can prepare him, though, for the schemes of Abyssal Lords, rampaging barbarian ghosts, and a host of nefarious forces who want him dead - before he can even make fifth level!

©2017 Eric Nylund (P)2017 Eric Nylund

About as Good as it Gets

If you could sum up Hero of Thera in three words, what would they be?

A real story

Who was your favorite character and why?

The main character, likely because the story is from his perspective, so you really get to know him well.

What does Jeff Hays bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He grants the story a sort of Noir feel to it, and lends each character an excellent, distinct voice.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

The Devil Will Have His Due? The Great Game? I'm not really good at this sort of thing.

Any additional comments?

In my opinion, the best in the genre, hands down. It is short but oh so sweet, and goes ahead at a break neck pace. The character succeeds by gaming the system, so to speak, and while he gets lucky with his companions, the conceit makes perfect sense, and leaves you feeling giddy rather than irritated.

Overpowered hero? Girls throwing themselves at the hero? Insane early game loot? He wishes. If your tired of lit rpg novels that don't match up to your recollection of the slow climb of a real RPG, if you need a real story with a breathless pace, look no further. The only disappointment with Hero of Thera is how quickly it ends, and that the next installment isn't here yet.

Decent start

Looks like an interesting series that I'll be burning through. Give it a shot if the blurb catches your eye.

Really Well Done

This was a refreshing take on the LitRPG genre. There were familiar tones with regards to multiple universes and races fighting within the game as a means to avoid fighting among themselves (The Game3, Delvers LLC, etc.), but having only one life, with no respawns, really heightens the suspense of every battle, which I appreciated. Jeff Hays, as always, brings the story to life, better than any other Narrator within the genre. If only there were more to binge on...Eagerly anticipating the next installment of "Hero of Thera."

a must listen

wow, just wow.. the character building and the story development took me for a ride that was wonderful and left me wanting more and ready to jump into the next adventure

Not predictable

Several turns that I didn't expect. Mostly enjoyable and no endless reading of stat screens, a major plus in this genre.