King Maker

Integrated Universe, Book 1

De: David J. VanBergen Jr.

Narrado por: Trevor Wilson

Jeremiah was minding his own business, doing a little recreational breaking and entering at a secluded mountain compound, when Earth was transitioned into the Integrated Universe, curing diseases and halting the aging process. The only problem? Terrible monsters now inhabit the planet alongside mankind looking to make a meal out of all the disease-free humans.

The first thing Jeremiah faces after waking is a monster intent on destroying all native species in its new domain. Somehow, he manages to survive certain death and, in the process, become the first person on Earth to achieve Elite status and gain the use of an Elite Trainer. Now, together with his new Trainer, he must try to conquer the world, literally, because it's the only way he will survive.

King Maker is the first book in the Integrated Universe LitRPG adventure, a series full of monsters, loot, leveling up, civilization building, dungeon diving, and a personal enhancement system that grants anyone near immortality if they can survive all the monsters…and each other. If you like epic fantasy adventures with RPG gaming elements, you'll be glad Earth is now part of the Integrated Universe!

©2023 David J. VanBergen, Jr. (P)2023 Dreamscape Lore

author just made up stuff

one twin falls don't have wood neither the part the MC comes from aurther should have done reaserch

A great Audible book

I loved listening to this Audible . I enjoyed the characters and all the intrigue. I think the world is great. Keep up the good work

I really Liked It!!

The story follows along some very similar plots and tropes of all post-intergration books. BUT!! the ultimate goal of the MC and the other characters in this book is completely different than the usual suspects. The first thing I would say to the author is King Maker book 1 could have and should have been a longer. I think the author left a lot of story untold and he missed some good opportunities to advance his MC development. Secondly after the ultimate goal is established there were plenty of other opportunities to move the overall plotline forward. The author took valuable time to introduce two other major competiotors to the ultimate prize and in some way he wrote their introductions in manner which would endear them to the listener but to me that style of writing was a turn off because I don't want to care about the bad guy. In this competition you are with the MC or you are against him. I don't care how honorable or how caring the other character is if he is going to challenge the MC he is just a roadblock. No One cares about the bad guys feelings. Now if after the bad guy has been dealt with and if the author wanted to humanize them a short reflective flashback of why the bad guy was acting the way he was is appropriate.
So in conclusion this is a good but not great book. You will find some plot issues but I don't think those issues really damage the story but if they were not there the book would have been better. I'm not sold on the series yet but I will buy the next book to see what the author can do. If you are in need of a gap filler or a distraction this is a good choice. There are much worse selections out there.

Amazing

Everything I wanted, great action, fun story, and great narration. I look forward to book #2.

I liked it.

While i enjoyed the story and the premise of the elites having agents to help them get items ,money, etc i however was not a big fan of the MC from his superiority complex to the cringefest that was his interactions when the camera was on during the dungeon run and his annoyance everytime his agent gave him sound advice. yeah, I'm not a big fan of his