Unwilling Eldritch Horror of Fortune: A LitRPG Progression Fantasy

Unwilling Eldritch Horror of Fortune, Book 1

By: Tismon

Narrated by: Michael Gallagher

In the first book of this Lovecraftian dark fantasy, an ordinary man finds himself in extraordinary circumstances—and responsible for the fate of humanity.

Walter was a petty crook, struggling to make ends meet, when he was suddenly abducted to another world. One of many people from Earth drafted by aliens to participate in "the trials" in order to gain "ascension," he must now endure hazardous environments and hostile creatures, strengthening his physical and mental skills to superhuman levels.

Fortunately, Walter has been gifted an Absolute Luck System, granting him the uncanny ability to achieve the statistically best possible result in any situation. Between this new AI and his quick thinking and improvisation skills, he has been deemed a lord arbiter for the inhuman monstrosities behind the trials and is sent to investigate a mysterious temporal anomaly. "Posing" as a human, he convinces the aliens that he must engage in the trials to uncover the source of the glitch.

But Walter is walking a very thin line between working undercover as a Xollon—a fierce alien race involved in running the trials—and helping humanity survive. And as he battles zombies, joins a band of superpowered warriors, and assumes the identity of a god, both he and his AI will face a soul-devouring darkness that even their luck cannot evade . . .

The first volume of the hit progression-fantasy series—with more than a million views on Royal Road—now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!

©2025 Andrew Chen (P)2025 Podium Audio

wow what a fun interesting book very unique

this was really fun it you would think a book about an overpowered smart character would be boring but the mc is charasmatic makes smart choices and has a real personality and makes good choices this book is so well balanced and fascinating at one point there's a date between two eldrich horrors and these creatures are indiscribable and yet the author flawlessly makes the entire thing hilarious fun and cute am over here giggling like a school girl and can't even make a mental picture of the creatures in question very well done great story, characters dialogue, action, and plot I loved this and can't wait for more

Nice Change

A nice change from the happy feel good litrpgs that dominate this genre. Great narrator as well. Looking forward to more

Super fun ride

Can’t wait for next one as it was a fun journey. Feel something unique in a genre full of similar plots and stories. Love the luck system

This is a banger!

Like the title suggests this is a banger. Its got comedy and planetary murder what’s not to like