Stolen Lives

Underhill Chronicles, Book 1

De: Keith Ahrens

Narrado por: Angelo Di Loreto

Trapped in another world. All stats against them. It’s fight or die.

When Caleb reported for his normal shift, he never expected to go from the front seat of his ambulance to a bloody battlefield in a medieval Fey Realm. Kidnapped and beaten unconscious, he wakes up with a concussion and a fresh tattoo. While this might not be totally unusual for him, having the tattoo project the image of his stats and equipment like an old school tabletop RPG kind of is.

He finds himself thrown into a cell with three strangers who’ve also been abducted. Even worse, they’re all from different time periods, and due to the disjointed flow of time between the real world and this realm, hardly able to understand each other. They’ll have to learn to work together.

Months of training will lead to a yearly battle they were kidnapped to fight in. It’s law.But Caleb has other plans. Outnumbered and under-armed, but lured in by freedom, he can either stay and fight in the games, or try to lead the escape to the only gate back to their world. Either way, it’s live or die.

Don’t miss this epic new LitRPG/GameLit Saga, perfect for fans of Spartacus, Eric Ugland, and Aleron Kong.

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Awesome

Just finished listening to this book on Audible. My typical reading material consists of comic books, Star Wars novels, zombie books and parts catalogs for work but a friend recommended Stolen Lives all I have to say is AWESOME! I haven’t played D&D in over 25yrs but immediately felt very nostalgic and completely at home in this brutally violent setting. The characters are all super relatable and really make you want to root for the good ones while wishing horrific endings on the evil. Lol. I’m excitedly looking forward to the 2nd book and hope to read more by this author.

the book I've been wanting to see

the artwork gives a good glimpse to the dark war story that is being told. and the narrator has a great grim and gritty voice. the story is what I've been wanting to see in a gamelit book. I mean, I don't even have words to express how much I liked it. I'll not spoil anything but this had the feeling of watching spartacus being taught how to fight and then making escape plans and executing plans but with gamelit in the mix. this is also more old school D&D elements as compared to some books with different gaming mechanics. it's not all action but building of camaraderie between slaves of war. the gritty elements of this book really have you rooting for these guys. I feel like I could say a lot more about what I like about this book but I may spoil it. looking forward to the next one!

Very Excellent

I really enjoyed this story, and can't wait for more in the series. This is a portal fantasy with gamelit aspects. Strong characters and plot. OK narration

Good story and writing but didn’t progress well

Good story! But while it was filled with a lot of action and drama, the book was just too slow to progress. Nothing major caught my interest besides the ending and everything before that seemed to be a bit repetitive. The characters were decent but I was not at all empathetic with them. The author seemed to try to force the relationships between character way too fast for how little happened. It seemed like the main character would have a comrade in arms every time he met someone nice enough to fit. Anyways with all this it seems like the author is just trying his best to set up his world and characters with this book and it definitely has potential even if this book wasn’t the best.

Wow, Caleb never imagined this day...

Wow, Caleb our main protagonist is kidnapped and dragged to Underhill where he finds himself hurt, trapped and enslaved in an old-school like D&D game... where the only sure thing, is death!
It's a fight or "perma-die" situation, and the action is turned all the way up to 11, complete with brain matter spewing out the back of an unfortunate head or two!!! Caleb, has just one thing on his mind: to change the odds, and turn the tables on the Fae and escape! Something he can't do without the help of his pack mates!
And, yes! I loved it! I guess I saw to many Samurai movies in my formative years! LOL
The narrator Angelo De Loreto did his job admirably, and I was so wrapped up in the story I lost track of him as "the narrator". Ya gotta be doing real good to accomplish that! 😆
If I had any complaint, it would be about the abrupt ending (Not that it wasn't good, mind you)... I guess I'm just the type of reader that perfers the book to close with more of a denouement!