Tower of Jack

A LitRPG Adventure

De: Sean Loomer

Narrado por: Johnathan McClain

He's arrogant. A certified pain in the butt. Maybe just crazy enough to survive.

Jack Atlas, self-proclaimed 'World's Best Assassin', had a simple plan: retire in style and marry the girl of his dreams. Then he gets placed in The Tower—a divine deathtrap where gods pit their creations against each other for the ultimate prize: eternal paradise for you and your friends. The catch? If you lose, well, let's just say your chances of finding a decent bar in oblivion are slim.

Jack, who’s never met a hornet’s nest he didn’t want to kick, soon finds himself on the wrong side of The Black Centipede, a notorious assassin cult with a charming recruitment policy: join or they’ll murder everyone he loves.

Instead of sipping Mai Tai’s on some beach he can’t pronounce; it’s slurping down health potions because he got stabbed by a goblin with a particular fondness for stabbing him in the rear. Heroic quests? Conquer The Tower, appease his assassin overlords, reunite with his dream girl? Nope. Jack instead gets sent to 'dungeon timeout' for bad behavior. That's fine by him.

If anyone’s crazy enough to not just survive, but win against The Tower, it’s Jack.

©2024 Sean Loomer (P)2024 Mountaindale Press

An assassin with a softer side?

An interesting assassin team that gets pulled into the apocalyptic tower. Jack is in the middle of his assignation of his target and gets hit with a stiff penalty. However the penalty could be a blessing. Great start to the series. Looking forward to book 2.

I think this is a worthwhile buy

I liked this book a lot. I thought it had a lot of great humor and the story kept moving. I'm surprised it has such a low number of reviews, I think this is one of the better books in this genre. Jonathan McClain knocks this one out of the park. as always, he does a great job narrating. give it a shot. it's worth it.

Good story, annoying MC, perfect narration

Interesting new take on the tower format, looking forward to seeing how the world expands. However I'm not sure I'll last long term if the MC keeps up the intentional stupidity act. You'll either love or hate Jack... I'm in the hate side. I'll admit he's well written and actually funny at times, but it's too much and messes with the tone of the book. I think the most unrealistic part of the book, including all of humanity being transported into a multidimensional tower, is that any woman would be able to stand Jack for more than 10 minutes, nevermind agree to marry him.

I'll buy book 2 and hope the author tamps down the absurd personality just a bit, since everything else is good

Action Packed and Funny

This is an entertaining LitRPG tower climber full of action, adventure, and humor. It's easily one of the most entertaining books I've read this year.

Excellent!

There were some reviews mentioning that the MC is one you either love or hate… I suppose I can see that, but I personally really enjoyed the MC’s personality. I Definitely recommend this book

dungeon crawler Archer

imagine dungeon crawler Carl except the main character is Archer from the cartoon. loved this. starting the next one

Great First Entry for a LitRPG!

**** I received an ARC from Mountaindale Press ****

Story:
I love Jack as a character, he gives off Deadpool without superpowers and 4th wall break vibes. He is ruthless and still has a sense of self and a compassion for his friends. He is also a misanthropic drunk a la Hugh Laurie's "House".

The side characters all seem to have some "meat" to their backstory and there is more to dig into there. Definitely creates conflict and comradery.

The world is very, at least from what we see, "dark Sword Art Online" tower climbing isekai. We only see the first level of a many leveled dungeon, so it is hard to understand the world building that much.

Also, I have been walking around my house saying "centipedey centipedey centipedey" to my kids all weekend.

Performance:
John McClain seems like the perfect name for the narrator of this book. He gives the main character all of the smarmy confidence you would expect from an assassin. No notes.

Secrets

Stop yelling out your secrets, you’re former assassins. Tries a lil too hard to be a jerk.

Archer in a LitRPG world

Great narration, fun world building, hilarious writing, and an overall good time. Ending makes me immediately want to jump to the next book.

Don’t listen to the haters

I am 4 chapter in and have been chuckling the whole time I listened. The writing is legitimately funny, and I don’t laugh easily. Some would call me stoic, but I just don’t find a lot of stuff funny. But this story has been funny so far. 4 chapters in and already worth the credit.