Hero Forged
Ethereal Earth, Book 1
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Hero Forged
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Narrated by:
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Josh Erikson
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By:
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Josh Erikson
Summary
Gabe thought he had covered all the angles, but it’s tough to plan a contingency for accidentally trapping an evil god in your brain.
Gabriel Delling might call himself a professional con artist, but when walking superstitions start trying to bite his face off, his charm is shockingly unhelpful. It turns out living nightmares almost never appreciate a good joke. Together with a succubus who insists on constantly saving his life, Gabe desperately tries to survive a new reality that suddenly features demons, legends, and a giant locust named Dale - all of whom pretty much hate his guts.
And when an ancient horror comes hunting for the spirit locked in his head, Gabe finds himself faced with the excruciating choice between death...or becoming some kind of freaking hero.
Hero Forged is the first book in the new series, Ethereal Earth, a modern fantasy adventure that challenges the natures of myth, humanity, and what it means to be the good guy.
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Stunning debut
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This was narrated by the author, Josh Erikson, himself. That is usually a big no no for me as most authors are TERRIBLE audio narrators. I took a chance on this one mostly because it had such a fun sounding blurb and because I got the audio for a bargain price. It turned out to be a great decision as Josh Erikson might just be the very best author/narrator I've encountered so far. He was not just tolerable but actually good and fairly talented! He did not have the typical deep baritone voice most professional male audio narrators have but he was clear-spoken and affable sounding. He was also good at dealing with both the character voices and the general narration. His voices were great for all the characters in the story and he had the ability to voice act and so could convey the correct emotions into the scenes he was reading. The best compliment I can pay him as an audio narrator is that if I spotted him narrating a book he had not written himself I'd still be happy to buy it safe in the knowledge the audio had excellent narration if nothing else! I'm rarely a fan of authors self narrating but in this case I do hope that Erikson sticks to narrating the rest of this series himself as he did a great job!
Really enjoyable UF!
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genuine
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totally engaging
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The first thing that caught my attention was the authors intro to the novel. It felt real and inspired me to give the thing a go due to its humour and humility. From there on in I was hooked. The premise of the story was great and the fact that the leads were not squeaky clean was a breath of fresh air.
The pacing of the story was pretty break neck, and I found myself racing through the chapters employing that ‘I’ll just read one more before I fall asleep and miss my alarm for work’ method that all great stories force you to do. I was invested in the characters extremely quickly and could often relate to the inner monologue of Gabe.
I recommend this book to anyone who has a heart and enjoys excellent story telling with well plotted twists and turns. In fact I’ve already convinced a friend of mine to take a chance on it.
Give it a go, you won’t regret it!
Take a chance on this, you won’t regret it!
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