Rift Warden Academy

A Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy LitRPG

De: Craig Hamilton

Narrado por: Steve Campbell

The climb through the ranks often ends with a knife in the back.

Slum-dwelling orphan Garrett Walker scrounges for scraps in the wildlands beyond the walls that guard society, salvaging valuables from the ruins of fallen civilization.

Offered the opportunity to compete in the Warden Academy entrance trials, Garrett seizes the chance for a better life. However, the academy holds dangers a street rat is ill-equipped to handle and he’ll have to grow stronger while relying on his wits to survive.

Rivalries turn heated as Garrett’s hard work challenges classmates who would rather rely on family connections and wealth to succeed. As society's most affluent see the threat in Garrett's rise, he will discover that not all enemies live outside the city walls.

Good thing Garrett's no stranger to adversity.

©2024 Craig Hamilton (P)2025 Craig Hamilton

High Powered Academy Fantasy

Bog standard from rags to privilege start, but that's the only thing standard about this Academy story.

The characters aren't 2 dimensional pieces to advance the story, the main supporting cast actually feels like actual people with their own agendas, want and needs, which is a delight

The world is filled with lore and we actually get told about it (one of my favourite aspects of academic stories is the ability to lore dump and make it feel natural).
I actually want to know more about the world and what is happening outside of what is relevant to the MC.

Steve is a great addition to the story, his ability to embody the characters and project their thoughts and emotions through his narrative performance is a joy to experience (especially when he manages to say Sheathed Short Sword correctly 😝)

Great LitRPG academy story

Excellent LitRPG post-apocalyptic story of a street rat weak MC getting a chance to attend an elite academy. Great characters and excellent growth for the MC showing the drive and smarts from his street rat background. I can't wait for the sequel.

Great start

can't wait for the next book good development, interesting characters, smart mc, and nice ending for lead up of next book

amazing can't wait till next book

The great world building and and story telling. kept me entertained and ended sooner then I wanted it to.

Liked

Alright, so I liked it. So there. It is a YA book but without most of the annoying smoldering pile of poops.