Wraith King

By: Jack Porter

Narrated by: TJ McKenzie, Melanie Hastings

Dead or Alive?

Not a hard question, and pretty easy to figure out either way. Usually.

Except I've somehow woken up in a place called Hell, and I'm not entirely sure I died first. I thought it was a practical joke. Until a warrior woman tried to kill me, and I rescued an elf and a succubus from slavers.

Then I started to realize something strange was going on. I didn't know the half of it. Turns out, this Hell is being terrorized by an evil Wraith King, and he’s hell-bent on bringing all of Hell under his dominion. He also happens to control the portal back to our world, which I very much want to use.

So here I am, preparing for battle against an army of ten thousand wraiths, Hellhounds, and sorcerers. If we win, Hell might be changed forever. But the chances of that are achingly slim.

©2019 Jack Porter (P)2025 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

A Thrilling Medieval Portal Fantasy!

Wraith King by Jack Porter, narrated by TJ McKenzie and Melanie Hastings, is a thrilling medieval portal fantasy that will keep you on the edge of your seat. With its action-packed plot, engaging characters, and epic battle scenes, Wraith King is a must-read for fans of the fantasy genre. The narrators do an excellent job of bringing the story to life, making it an enjoyable and immersive listening experience. I highly recommend this audiobook to anyone looking for a fast-paced and exciting adventure.

Enjoyable listen

I read somewhere that this title was re-recorded with new narrators. If this is true, then it was a great decision. The narration was very good and made this an excellent listening experience. Couple that with a damn good story and we've got a winner here folks.

Check This One Out

Right up front before you read any further just know that I recommend this book to anybody thinking about giving it a shot. A little context for my review. I tend to take it easy on the first and last book of any series as not every series makes it to “The End” and the first of anything can be a shaky endeavor. As I understand it this is a quadrilogy or quartet of books if you prefer that concluded back in 2020. If memory serves the author had started down the audio book process with it but then something happened and now it's getting rereleased with dual narration which is an awesome upgrade. The author is also farther along in his career, and I believe writes under another name as well. Book two has a release date set for February 3rd, 2023. I share all of this to simply say that if you're looking to buy into this series that there is an ending, and it should all be out on Audible in a relatively reasonable amount of time. The company that the narration team works for is tried and true in my opinion. The narration team, though relatively new, have delivered multiple awesome performances to date. I look forward to their work in the future. This story opens up with the main character awakening in a stable after a wild night with a bar fight, that he won, only to get jumped on a bridge during his trip home. His first encounter is a warrior woman in hell who almost shoots his family jewels off literally and water that turns to blood if not properly sanctified for lack of a better description. To find out more you're going to have to pick it up for yourself, but I do want to recommend another story by this author before I go which is the “Survivors” series. Lastly, I'll just say well done to everybody who had a hand in bringing this story to us, the Audible listeners.

Really Good Book 1

This book has started off the series really well in my opinion. Definitely a unique take on the isekai genre that I honestly really enjoyed. I have really enjoyed the works of Jack Porter and this book was no different. There is a good story, interesting and unique characters and it all comes together nicely in a story that kept me listening the whole way through.

The narration by TJ McKenzie and Melanie Hastings was great. I think this narration duo for this story was the perfect choice.

Duet narration re-release of a medieval fantasy

As required by U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulations and Audible.com requirements, I am disclosing that I was given a free review copy of this audiobook at my request. I have listened to the audiobook, and I have voluntarily left an honest review. Receiving a review copy did not influence my rating nor my review.

“Wraith King” was initially released two and a half years ago with a solo narrator (Chris Graves). The audiobook has been re-released with duet narration. Melanie Hastings does an absolutely fantastic job. TJ McKenzie effected an odd (to me) accent, which took awhile to get used to. I’d previously listened to his narration of Apocalypse Core, and I preferred the voice he used for that book. Interestingly, TJ is the announcer for each chapter change, and he uses his “normal” voice for those. So TJ uses Wraith King as an opportunity to show he can do multiple male voices; not a bad thing for a voice actor.

The story follows MC Jon after he awakes in a medieval world replete with non-humans. There’s an evil necromancer who, during the course of his centuries of power, has transformed the world from a lush, green paradise to one actually called “Hell”. Jon frees a succubus and an elf from slavers, earning their gratitude and lust. Jon vacillates between wanting to find a way to return to New Jersey, and wanting to help his new friends and the last stronghold of free elves defeat the evil necromancer. Now, personally, I’ve been to New Jersey, so staying to help the elves would be an easy choice for me. J/K…J/K….no hate mail, please!!!

The plot does sound similar to many other isekai adventures, but given that the story was published on Kindle in July of 2019 I credit the author with writing something rather unusual and creative for the time!

Wraith King has held up well as a story and I’m glad that the new audiobook treatment gives it the modern polish it deserves. Book 2 is currently available as an audiobook, and I’m looking forward to Jon, Ilana (the succubus) and Nya (the elf) enjoying their night camping as they march to save elf guard Syn from her captors! There’s a total of four books available on Kindle, and I hope they all get some audio love. 5* for Wraith King.

Loved this story!!

Love me the type of stories like these, with the MC literally battling his way through Hell!! Can’t wait for number 2!!

Great Story

The narration is great, was a little bit to get used to in the beginning. Really like the duet!!!

Two thumbs up. 👍 👍

MC gets sent to another world, called Hell, and frees an elf princess and a succubus from slavers.
Makes for a great start to a great story.
They have to fight the wraith king and his thousands of followers. Can they survive?
The MC has powers but no idea what they are and how to use them.
Luckily, one of his powers prevents him from dying after having sex with a succubus.
Great HaremLit story.
Looking forward to book 2.

5 stars

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I hope there are more books to come in this series! The MC is great along with a really good supporting cast! The story is captivating! The narrators also did a good job of bringing the story to life! Great job Jack Porter!

big fan of this author and narration duet

I think this is the 4th book I've listened to with this author and narration team and I have to say I'm a fan. I think the author comes out with some pretty original ideas and the narrators help bring it to life. if you don't no about the goddess melanie hastings, give the heartstone saga a spin. tj holds his own with hastings and that says alot. although, i missed his Canadian accent in this one. this book was fun and fast and upon leaving this review i see audible is already recommending me the second book, due out in Feb. that's a done deal on my opinion.