Peaks of Power: Beginnings

By: Paul Campbell Jr.

Narrated by: Christian J. Gilliland

Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's summary

There’s always somewhere to go, someone to defeat! At least that’s what Ryan believed until he ran out of challenges, adventures, and stories. Bored with his life as a casual player, he slipped easily into the lifestyle of a professional gamer.

After reaching the pinnacle of success, an email arrived from the mysterious Beta Academy. With his best friend and self-proclaimed bodyguard, Dimitri, he decides to take a chance and accept the strange offer contained within. Overconfident in his skills, Ryan thinks he’ll defeat this game as easily as every other, but that confidence is shaken and shattered within the first 15 minutes. This wasn’t a standard game with haptic chairs or gloves; this was the real thing.

Ryan and Dimitri must learn the heights of the Peaks of Power...and what it will take to achieve their summit.

This is a re-release of Peaks of Power with improved editing, new cover art, and even more snarky dialogue!

©2019 Paul Campbell, Jr. (P)2019 Paul Campbell, Jr.

overpowered and awesome

another good book in the litrpg genre.

I like the two characters and their spin on the view of the world. I would recommend this to any age reader. is not explicit or has scenes I noticed.


5 outta 5 yet again

MC isn't very likeable for a reason

I FB messengered the author asking about it, MC is made unlikable for a reason and it did fit a personality type well. it's not just a bunch of forced plot, theres a valid reason for everything.

Fantastic coming-of-age LitRPG

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this LitRPG. Ryan starts off as a bit of a pretentious jerk, but over the course of the story he evolves into an interesting and empathetic character. The mechanics of the game world are well written, which is imporant in this genre.

The narration was top notch as well. I had read the eBook version of this, but Christian Gilliland brings the characters and story to life.

MC that you love to hate

Ryan is a character you love to hate but throughout the story you get to watch him start to mature. His BFF Dimitri is a solid support for his friend and sticks with him even if Ryan is a jerk sometimes.

Great story doesn't get repetitive

Some lit rpg can be repetitive especially with every level up, but this one doesn't. It's a great story that spends the majority of the time in the "game" and it's very enjoyable.

Improves as time goes on

I will admit I almost stopped reading early on in this book because I wanted to strangle the main character he starts off as the type of person who is normally the one being beat down by the hero and I could not make myself like the guy but as time went on the character grew and eventually surpassed those flaws and I began to enjoy the book.

The setting is great and enjoying the magic system though would like to see more of what each characters affinity in various magics are and how that affects their development

I like this one

Really enjoyed this book, this was a nice sized book but the Writing and narration was so good I felt like it flew by.

meh

I hate minimum word count requirements for audible reviews. . . . . .

Excited for the next part of the story!

I very much enjoyed this book. At the beginning of the book the MC is very arrogant, short tempered, and easy to dislike. As this book is the first in a series the title peaks of power: BEGININGS is extremely topical! As the MC is broken through trial, he is rebuilt with the help of his companions. The character development in this story is exquisite. I strongly recommend you give this book a chance, it can be difficult to root for the MC at the beginning but hang in there it is well well worth it.

I was given a free code in return for a fair and honest review.

A good start to a LitRpg series

Cambell Jr. writes a story where you basically hate one hero for half of the book before things finally turn around. The story is full of magic, weapons, armor, skills, and all of the things we have all come to look for in a LitRPG book. PoP: Beginnings checks all the boxes and does it in a fun and interesting way.

Gilliland does an amazing job with the narration. Having listened to several books that he has narrated I think that he will be a popular and in-demand narrator in the near future.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.