The Chosen One

A LitRPG NPC Adventure (Prophecy Approved Companion, Book 1)

By: Tevagah

Narrated by: Annie Ellicott, Gary Furlong, Jeff Hays

Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

Qube was designed to die....

As the cheerful childhood NPC companion who helps the [Player] learn the world during the start of the game, it was only natural that the big bad would kill her at the end of the tutorial, kick-starting the [Player] on a quest for vengeance.

The only thing is, no one told her that.... And this particular [Player] doesn’t like to play by the rules. Being a chaos-loving gremlin, he glitches her out of her programming loop and drags her on various adventures. They'll grapple with friendly sharktopuses, evil emperors, and what it means to be a person.

On the way, they pick up equally unlikely party members, with Qube breaking the world in increasingly strange ways as she seeks to be the very best companion ever.

All the while, Qube herself slowly realizes that her reality is not quite what it seems....

Experience the start of a GameLit/LitRPG series about an NPC freed of its programming loop and brought along on a player's journey of adventure and power progression. A loving parody of old-school games, Dungeons and Dragons, and every player who has ever thought, “What happens if I do this?”

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My favorite audiobook!

I loved listening to every second of this book! The author is so clever in how they reveal information about the world to the reader while leaving the other characters so confused by everything the Chosen One does. The narrators do a fantastic job, giving such life to the different characters and I am especially impressed by the sound effects (like Sewer Bard's guitar). I will be relistening to this book until the sequel is released!

Great narration for an above average story

The narration in the story is top tier. In particular, Annie Ellicot knocked it out of the park with Qube.

The story suffered at times with the chosen ones antics. Because the story follows an NPC's perspective towards a player, it makes sense that the pacing could be irregular. But the disruption necessitated breaking up my listening to shorter sessions.

A very good first book

The Chosen One by Tevagah is a very good first novel for a new published author. If you like the early works of Craig Shaw Gardner you will definitely like this.
While as with any new author, there are a few rough spots but overall this is a very fun and appealing story. I look forward to future stories.
The narrators as always do a superb job and breathe added life to this tale.

Excellent LitRPG story told from the inside

Great narration.
Excellent story. Follow Cube as she struggles to keep the prophecy approved champion in line and keep him from poisoning himself (time after time).
See LitRPG from the prospective of a NPC.

Yes.

At times, the constant disregard of setting was frustrating, but eventually I realized that was kinda the point, so it stopped bothering me.

So Funny

I totally loved this book. I had a stupid grin on my face the entire time I was listening to it. It was just so amusing to listen to an intelligent game character trying to reason out why the world around her worked in such weird ways, and why the chosen one kept ignoring people while looting their homes. It was just too funny. I can't wait to continue with the next book. Qube is just too cute.

pockets

This story has pockets. 10 / 10 would store broom again. more words here

best in 775 audiobooks i own.

i hope that story does not lose fun tones.
AI exictential dramas/tragedis are interesting, but that horse is long dead and beaten to mincemeat.
There are not many positive books in that category. i hope these series will be one of the few.

Hilarious and Intriguing

Starting off strong, the story catches you into a hilarious story and slowly peels back to reveal the existential crisis beneath!
With the always splendid performance of Sound Booth Theater and a charming cast of glitches accompanied by the Chaos Gremlin himself, I can't wait for the next one!

Fun Situational Comedy

If you like situational comedy and have a passing knowledge of video games, this book is for you! I've read it twice now, and loved every minute of it. It's so fun to read/listen to a story from the npc's perspective! The narration is also well done- the narrators are expressive without being annoying to listen to, and inject so much life into the characters.

A few things I really liked: the ridiculous side character names, the way Qube rationalizes every insane thing the Chosen One does, and the way this book conveys a believable male/female friendship without any overtones of eventual romance. That's so rare! I'm really looking forward to the sequel.