The Station Core: A Dungeon Core Epic

Station Cores, Book 1

By: Jonathan Brooks

Narrated by: Miles Meili

Milton Frederick was arguably the best player of Crowned Lieges of Destiny in the entire world. As the strategy coordinator for one of the top guilds, he was beginning to actually make a living from it. That was, until he was abducted by aliens.

Instead of your stereotypical grey aliens with big black eyes who like to perform anal probes upon unsuspecting victims for unknown reasons, the Collective had a more altruistic purpose. Sure, kidnapping 100 humans from Earth, ripping them away from their lives and families, and erasing their memories doesn’t sound great - but the way they saw it, the benefits would far outweigh these side-effects. Seriously, who wouldn’t want their consciousness trapped in a Station Core, subjected to the whims of a collection of alien races, and then ordered to defend against other hostile aliens for all eternity? They’d be immortal - so...bonus!

Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), the Station Core now known as Milton never arrived at his destination. Severely damaged and confused about what happened to him, he woke up to find himself trapped inside a massive chicken egg on a strange, primitive world filled with curious - and deadly - creatures.

Now, in order to survive the harsh environment, Milton has to rely on a snarky, foul-mouthed AI guide to show him what it means to be a Station Core. With her help, he might just live long enough to figure out a way to get off the planet - if only he wasn’t so afraid of squirrels....

Contains litRPG/gamelit elements such as level progression and experience, optional tables, no harems, and a heavy dungeon-core emphasis.

Based on feedback, there has been an update to include the absent footnotes to the narration. Many of the longer stat table footnotes are contained in separate chapters for ease of listening.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2018 Jonathan Brooks (P)2019 Jonathan Brooks

Great spin on a dungeon core story!!!

Fun story and great narration!

The main character (a gamer) is kidnapped by aleans and transformed into a dungeon core and somehow finds himself stranded on an unknown planet. Shenanigans ensue!

well worth a credit!

I can't wait for the next book in this series to come out!

Entertaining

Very entertaining dungeon core story. Initially, I thought this was going to be a space or military adventure.Although it turned out differently, it was a pretty awesome, fun adventure.

great humor

it's a new take on the dungeon core style and it's done very well in my opinion I have no complaints at all

Dungeon story with scifi twist

Interesting twist to the dungeon story. Too much stats counting over a simple story. The main character is way too naive to match his background as a top strategist.

Brooks delivers another unique and interesting GameLit audiobook.

Just like his other series, Dungeon World, Jonathon Brooks has fleshed out a singular and enjoyable dungeon-core story. I’m impressed with his ability to move against the grain and think up scenarios and worlds that don’t even touch the tropes and well-trod story paths that the genre is saturated with.

Though not as a egregious as it was in Dungeon World, Brooks still occasionally falls into the trap of lingering a bit too much on direct exposition in the dungeon building mechanics. There were again several times where the flow and immediacy of the story was interrupted because the prose turned into more of a lab report or a text-book explanation for longer than it should have.

That said, this book is absolutely worth the credit.
Though it should be noted that one of the characters is unable to speak without including a scorching stream of profanity.

So if you are listening with little kids or are the kind of person who’s taste in art is driven by wether or not it matches your couch and curtains, you should probably go back to blissfully reading Highlights and tssk’ing at Goofus.