Shifter

Alex Khan, Book 3

By: Hercules West

Narrated by: Patrick DuBois, Hannah Blaire

Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

Join Alex and his friends as they travel to the troubled city of Zenkova. Tasked with unraveling the baffling disappearance of Lady Zura’s mentor, Alex finds himself entangled in a web of intrigue and danger.

Zenkova teeters on the brink of chaos, gripped by a series of mysterious murders that sow fear and unrest among its inhabitants. From highborn advisors to common folk, no one is safe from the killer.

Alex’s path intersects with a desperate Moon Elf seeking aid and a missing Princess whose absence hints at a darker conspiracy. Will Alex Khan uncover the truth behind the mysteries troubling the region, or will he become the next victim in a deadly game of power?

Shifter is the third book in an isekai portal fantasy series that features magic and fantasy creatures, a definite sense of progression, danger, adventure, and slow burn team building.

©2023 Hercules West (P)2023 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

There better be more books!

At the end of this book, I felt like it could end there or that it was the end of an arc. NO! This story must continue. I've enjoyed this series from book 1 and haven't been disappointed at all. The narrators are the characters at this point and not just the voice of the character. There isn't much more to say without spoiling the book so I'll end this with...This series has my full endorsement.

New harem addition

It felt like I was waiting on this book for a long time.
So, of course, I had to listen to books 1 & 2 again.
Such a great HaremLit series.
If you've read the 1st 2 books, you are definitely going to want to read this one and be impatiently waiting on book 4. Like me.
I love the characters, writing and narration!
There is so much happening and you don't want it to stop.
I give this book 8 out of 5 stars.
I highly recommend this series.

Heroes And Villions

Acceptance of and loyalty to each other from a bond which causes perseverance in the face of difficult and deadly situations

Great series

I liked everything about this series so far. The story characters and basic plot were very captivating. The narrators did an awesome job.
I look forward to more from this author and narrative team.

A thrilling and well-crafted tale!

"Shifter" by Hercules West, the third book in the Alex Khan series, offers a thrilling and well-crafted tale that will keep you on the edge of your seat. The narrators, Patrick DuBois and Hannah Blaire, bring the characters and the story to life with their engaging performances. If you're a fan of isekai portal fantasy with a mix of magic, mystery, and adventure, this book is a must-read (or listen) for you.

Bad Mystery

I'm not all the way through the book yet only about 75% of the way there. That being said I feel confident I can comment on a serious flaw in this book. It is a bad mystery novel with magic.

The reason I got this book is because I wanted an epic fanticy or the like. OP MC, bad guys beat to shit, maybe some NSFW things cuz that is common in this genre. I do not want a mystery book. If I did I would go looking for a author that is good at it.

Politics and schemes are different than how what did you find? We should look over there. Did you think of this? for hours on end.

5 stars

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟I hope there are more books to come in this series! The MC is great along with a really good supporting cast! The story is captivating! The narrators also do a good job of bringing the story to life! Great job Hercules West!

parts are missing

there are parts of the book that just go silent for 20 to 30 seconds and then pick up at a different part

Not as good

I really wanted to like this book, but it fell completely short of its predecessors. Starting off, in chapter 16 there are seemingly two audio tracks from the female narrator missing. This being the most likely case, because in the middle of the pause the male narrator has an audible line making it sound like he's having a one-sided conversation.

Secondly, and most important, the storytelling is just bad. It's almost as if the author was undecided if he wanted this to be an intriguing mystery or like the previous installments. Or, the author originally wrote a decently good book but only had a fraction of the first 2 entries length and went back throughout his work to add fluff and filler in order to increase word count. It definitely felt like quantity over quality for this 3rd entry. While a few noticeable things happen early, the book really doesn't truly pickup till about chapter 25. A lot of character postulating about likely "possibilities" with not much plot nor character development.

The first two books got 5-stars across the board. However, I do NOT recommend this book. I give recommendation on replayability, as in would I listen to it again or not.? While I would recommend the first two books and even relisten to them, myself. This one is a hard no. At the minimum, use a credit if you have one, so that you may be able to get a refund if unsatisfied. I wish I had, lol. I listened to the first two at normal speed. This one, I increased it to 1.5 speed in chapter 28. It wasn't enough, and only made it clear by the characters' dialogue that it needed even further increase. I ended up at 2.1 speed just to continue the story.

I don't recommend this book. If you must, use a credit to safeguard, or at least read the e-book version first. That way you can speed read through or see if you are of a different opinion from my own.