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City of the Dead

Alchemist Series, Book 1

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City of the Dead

By: Vasily Mahanenko, Jared Firth - translator
Narrated by: Henry W. Kramer
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There are whole anthologies of stories out there about what humankind does when a game enters their world. But what about when they're living in one where a game arrived thousands of years before? What if they're the survivors of a bloody struggle, having fought for and earned their place on the planet?  

Tailyn Vlashich was a young nobody far away from all those grander issues. All he cared about was one thing: making his way through a harsh world where the emperor, evil foes, and an impartial god held sway. And the god, of course, demanded nothing less than that all things were done in accordance with its divine will.

©2020 V. Mahanenko; English translation copyright 2020 by Jared Firth (P)2020 Tantor Cyberpunk Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Survival
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I really enjoyed the book. it has a unique magic system and world building, based on dnd and game mechanics, which you learn more about throughout the book. the narration is not my favorite, but it did not deter me from finishing the book. It feels like each sentence is read as a separate statement instead of a flowing storing. I'd recommend to listen to the trial and you will quickly find out if the narration style is for you

Nice world building and magic system, narration could be better

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greate story, have a lot of system integration info for fans of RPG. caracters are little to young for my taste but other way, very good.

long good story

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Like the narrator is speaking at double speed. Truly terrible and made me stop listening very quickly.

Awful narration

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