The Way of the Outcast

Mirror World, Book 3

By: Alexey Osadchuk

Narrated by: Kyle McCarley

Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

Mirror World is stirring, about to embrace the new global changes of its map.

Everyone is getting ready to colonize No-Man's Lands. The strongest clans send their best fighters on recon missions, impatient to make stakes for the juiciest locations.

Market prices have taken to the sky like flocks of scared pigeons. New alliances are struck while mercenaries upgrade their armor and grind edges on their swords. Their time is looming.

A war is coming to Mirror World.

Olgerd, too, is getting ready, a new goal already in his sights. The ancient Ennan City awaits him.

All he needs to do now is gain some strength.

©2016 Alexey Osadchuk; English translation copyright 2016 by Irene Woodhead and Neil P. Mayhew (P)2017 Tantor

Great detail. Fun read.

The hero is not your typical hero. He walks a twisted path and discovers hidden things as an accident. Sometimes luck is just with you.

Number 3

I’m already on book four of the series I definitely recommend them all. The all amazing and the story just keeps getting better.

The real excitement begins

Book 3 is where Alexey Osadchuk starts to make Olgerd, the MC, into someone who is a warrior engineer, of sorts, and can gain levels and skills. The progression system is somewhat vague, mostly needing to defeat an opponents at a higher level. Still, his progression is very well written in that he ends up dying in the beginning phases due to ill-preparedness and being gullible. Then, learning from his mistakes and the stress at having to advance quickly to pay-off his debt, he adapts as he must, using his arsenal of skills and tools to increase his offense using inventive force-multiplier solutions.

The author still strays into long exposition phases which tends to slow the pace but not terribly so.

I enjoyed the book and intend to continue on with Book 4 of the series.

Highly Enjoyable

I really like this series. The main character is likable and thinks outside the box. The descriptions really put you there. The story really moves and changes. The person who reads the series does it very well. I found it a very enjoyable listening experience.

better than book 2

it recovered some. still slow and many moments of frustration. many gaps in the story and missed opportunities for great action.

Story gets better and better

Building on the first two, this book has become my favorite of the 3. I highly recommend this series if you are a fan of complex MMOs or virtual reality immersion. Highly recommend!

Journey to Twilight

Wow! A thrilling race to the finish line. A great series. Another book to go. My first LitRPG audiobook series. Enjoying it again for the 4th time.

wow

loved the books can't wait for the 4th one.
very interesting read that books you almost instantly.

Cliffhanger... This great story needs to continue.

Fantastic story, engaging plot, great hero. This series needs to continue I feel that it was left on a huge cliffhanger...

Much better than 2nd book. Almost as good as 1st.

After being deeply disappointed by the second book poor plot line and irrational decisions. I only bought Outcast as a final try before placing this author as a one book fluke. The beginning is a little hard to accept. How this character can not research or learn anything that is common knowledge for a gamer. Or rather given the simple motivation that his daughter's life is attached to him playing well, he is too ignorant of basic knowledge. Constantly in the second book and first part of this book, he does not research or learn some basic relevant gaming practices or knowledge... In addition, his constant moaning and whining makes his character painfully unlikable. But finally he goes on his quests and the story gets a lot better and less about his inner monologue and paranoid nature.