Raiya: Starter Zone

Archon's Chosen, Book 1

De: Russell Wilbinski

Narrado por: Michael David Axtell

Skree loved playing Massively Multiplayer online role-playing games. When he becomes the first player to reach level 100 in his favorite game, he is offered the chance to test a brand new game. Never one to read the fine print, he jumped at the chance to be the very first player to see the brand new game.

But some opportunities are just too good to be true.

Awaking to find himself trapped in a brand new world and struggling to survive, James must find a way to master the game and escape the world of Raiya. Angry wildlife, gargantuan monsters, and mysterious allies are not the only things he has to worry about. Will he have the backbone to do what is right and not what is easiest?

Will the carefree Skree find something worth fighting for? Something worth dying for?

©2018 Russell Wilbinski (P)2018 Podium Publishing

Great book I loved the rpg elements

can't wait for the second book to come out . Definitely worth the credit any day or night

Not bad but nothing original

I enjoyed this story and will definitely keep up with the series, however it's very very similar to The Land chaos seed with less horribly cringy humor and no settlement building as of yet.

Friendships. Teambuilding. Team ups. Combos between characters.

At first, I thought it was more of a Disney, lit RPG. However, thanks to really good writing, the author, managed to portray a pretty compelling story. A lot of deepness. Good character development. Lots of companions, friendships, allies, and kingdoms to build. Reminds me of elf Empire. I do like the flirtation and a little bit of the fun. I really do not like Disney, lit RPG‘s. There are too condescending. And I do not like goodie stories. This one was good. The stories inside of it were realistic, and the depiction of everything that occurs were very realistic. Again, and had strong, strong dynamics and mechanics. The numbers were a little weird. But I’m growing used to them. I look forward to the next story. The villains could use a little bit more direction, and a little bit more information about their motivations. But other than that, it’s a beautiful book. Definitely worth listening to, a couple of times. Has a Lord.

It was better than I expected

OK, there will be spoilers in this review.

So, our boy Skree (his name sounds like a squeaking bird) beats a forgettable game. Gets to the end and "does something out of the box" according to the prompts at least. I refuse to believe no one has tried sneaking past a monster. Anyway, Sharktooth, a god apperantly, is set free by him beating the game. Who put him there? How could he have been there for a 1000 years if it was somehow connected to a video game in the human world? Why does he want a human to 'Beta test' a new "game"? Why does he even have a "game" to test if he JUST got released from a 1000 year prison? I don't know, you won't know, but luckily it didn't really matter at all. It would have the same impact if the story started on the beach.

You'll save yourself a headache and skip the first 2-3 chapters. Believable motivations aside, or lack there of, once it actually dives into the world it does an OK job of keeping you interested. It goes from one encounter to another as the author trys to blow past normal human reactions and limitations. These are explained away by body altering Stat points, skill points that dump knowledge into his brain, and him being an unfulfilled desk drone with a miserable life.

Eventually they do address it a bit, and in a pretty good way, but I don't believe it's enough really. He kinda just breezes past killing sentient beings like he's a war vet or something. It makes no sence.

Now your probably wondering why I still gave this book 4 stars after all that ranting, well it's simple. This book was far more entertaining than it had any right to be. The jokes and references aren't ground breaking but the timing pacing, and emotional bits of this book were excellent. The voice actor did a wonderful job of bringing the characters to life, and carried solo scenes well. I expected this to be a generic litrpg, and I have listened to A LOT of litrpg, but it wasn't. The real drive of this story, what kept me listening wasn't the game mechanics(which are sub par at best), or the world building(we see 1/10 of and island, an underground Warren, a temple, and a boat. We also only hear about 2 places beyond the island), nor the whopping 4 different monsters we see(1 of which is a sentient race Skree interacts with, and another is a wolf that becomes a pet? Don't worry, it's so obvious it's going to happen its laughable). No, the real linch pin is the emotional connections the author seems to be able to will out of thin air. One after another I found myself liking character after character. The impact of the final few chapters hit me harder than I though it would, and that's saying something considering I've listens to over a 100 books with similar stories.

All and all, if your looking for an entertaining time killer, I'd give this book a chance.

Treasure Island fingers crossed

Good listen. been for a litrpg with Treasure Island themes. Hoping the next book continues this way.

Good book

Great LitRPG story with a great narrator. I can’t wait to listen to book 2!

Good story but seems really quiet at times

I enjoyed this story, but the narrator was really quiet at times. Good book altogether though and worth a read.

a really good litrpg can't wait for the next

this is one of those books I started listen to too kind of pass the time then I started to get really into it I'm really looking forward to win the pirate Adventure Starts ARHhhh

not bad start

good start. waiting for next one. ur main character watches and reads when he should be fighting. He may remember it's not a computer anymore. heehaw
this is only question I would have but not a signifacant one

excellent

Great plot, excellent world building, and character development. I can't wait to listen to the second one.