Life Reset: A LitRPG Novel

New Era Online, Book 1

De: Shemer Kuznits

Narrado por: Jeff Hays

The best selling six-books series is now complete! In video games, players hunt monsters.

But what happens when a veteran player finds himself on the monster's side?

Oren, a high-level guild master, wakes in the body of a lowly goblin. Cast out, betrayed by his most trusted advisors, Oren is stuck in New Era Online. However, there are advantages to being on the monsters’ side. Starting from scratch, he’ll have to build up a powerful monster clan to take revenge. But first, he'll have to survive long enough not to be someone else's fodder.

Life Reset is the first book in the bestselling fantasy LitRPG series that follows a monster main character who wields darkness-based magic. Includes heavy elements of town-building, raising a monster clan, magic, powerful enemies, and asking the deep existential questions of what it means to be alive inside a digital reality.

The Soundbooth Theater team for this production: Jeff Hays - Narration, Characters, Production Supervision Dalton Lynne - Proofing Alex Tate - Production, Editing, Mastering

©2017 Shemer Kuznits (P)2017 Jeff Hays

lots of city building not much action.

It was a pretty good story. the only issue is the city building. skip over time instead of half the book being about building a city

Grade-A asshole, but great writing

The main character is a big jerk. There are rare moments of self-awareness but he was very unlikeable. However, as a person who enjoys both strategy games and RPGs these elements of the story were enjoyable the way they were written. And the story itself is entertaining. I wouldn't have minded a few days skipped as things progressed instead of detail about how much food the village had EVERY SINGLE DAY but that's what 2x or 3x listening is for I suppose. I think this would have been a much quicker read and I probably would have enjoyed it that way, but Jeff Hays and the narration quality are top notch. Despite the frustration of having to hear character sheet descriptions over and over, which are much easier to visually peruse rather than hear someone read, I recommend the audio version of this book due to the fantastic team that brought it to life.

Captivating attention grabber

I don't often write reviews, but this book deserves it. the progression and character development really pulls you in it feels like you are actually playing as Oren. Can't wait for the next installment!

A real contribution to the Audible litRPG offerings

This book is perhaps the best bargain in the whole Audible litRPG list--24 hours for 1 credit!!!!! It's a pretty nice example of the genre as well. The twist on this one is the protagonist is the only player character to control a monster, which makes for some interesting material. With a 24 hour span of time, the author has scope enough to get across the grind of building a settlement from scratch, while restraining himself admirably from getting bogged down in minutiae. My only complaint deals with the way the protagonist refuses to use a special item to even save himself from serious physical pain out of (essentially) greed. The resulting descriptions of said torture becomes pointless since we have been told by the character himself *why* he didn't use it (which is essentially greed). I found myself completely unsympathetic to this needless suffering as a result, physically skipping over it using the button provided on the app, angry at the character and the author for such gratuitous (and graphic) violence. It really spoiled the last part of the book for me. A shame too since the book overall was so engaging. I'll probably cautiously buy the next installment.

Momentum building!

Truly like watching a snowball tumble down the mountain. It started with a neat hook that continued to cascade, gaining impressive velocity with time. I couldn't stop listening for the last seven or eight hours, stayed up all night. The story was centered around base building with a satisfying character arc. By the end, I was figuratively leaning at the edge of my seat. More importantly, in recent years, I have come to hate stories without consequences. I almost left the book unfinished because the story seemed to head in such a direction.........but here I am with a five star review.

Narrator performed admirably overall. Seldom did I feel his voice acting fall short; at most, a few laughs or yells across twenty hours of recording. His work constitutes an excellent production.

Speaking of production, I found the effects and noises a fantastic addition to the narration. It should be implemented in every book where appropriate. The Lit RPG fantasy genre should definitely harness such a useful tool.

I highly recommend this book. It was fantastic!

feels like in in the game

I no longer have time to play mmorpg's so this is a great substitute.

he did go over stats a bit much but I enjoyed knowing the small details.

Excellent narration, engaging story.

I enjoyed the narration immensely. I thought it brought the story to life wonderfully, and really help deepen the characters. I thought the story was well written and engaging, I could hardly put it down for the last 8 hours.

great! unique LitRPGs

LitRPG with RTS simulation elements. it's quite good! the narrator did amazing too. definitely worth a shot!

Great (and long) LitRPG with plenty of action!

I truly enjoyed this first book in the New Era Online series. Without giving too many spoilers, I loved how the MC came to be a level 1 goblin. It was a unique twist that really sets the stage for the rest of the book. I really enjoyed Jeff Hays narration, as usual, and he did a great job of giving personalities to a variety of characters throughout the book.

While this is not as heavy on large battles and action scenes (it still has a couple great sequences), the author does a great job in diving in to the town building aspect. For me, and my new found love of LitRPG novels, this was very refreshing. It was a different take and really allowed you to experience/visualize the growth of the new goblin city that he is building.

The NPC interactions were top notch as well. I am interested to see where the story goes with the other two main player characters. They were the only area where I wish I had more information/back story.

I am excited to grab book two and continue this series!

great story but...

The book is great. Good story, the pacing is good I nice twist on the classic lit rpg genre but unfortunately the problem for narrators is the sats pages. while I enjoyed the main characters voice acting, a secondary main character (the one reading all the stats, descriptions of items, etc) is painful. I understand the difficulty of naming every sat in a litrpg for a narrator but sometimes its downright unbearable. not only is the sat reading obnoxious but the tone and high pitched voice just gets on my nerves. I had to switch over to the ebook about a quarter of the way through.

I would recommend this book but not as an audible. its easier in book format to just skim the stats and continue the story. Great story but just get the ebook.