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The Greystone Chronicles: Book One: Io Online

By: Dave Willmarth
Narrated by: Laurie Catherine Winkel, Jeff Hays
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In the latter half of the 21st century, Alexander and his guild mates play Io Online for fun and to earn a living. It's the largest VRMMORPG on the planet, and the source of income that supports families around the globe. While completing a rare First Kill dungeon in hopes of epic loot, they discover that demons have once again invaded Io.

Given the chance to test a new experimental immersion system, the veteran players must give up their high-level characters and begin again at level one. As they work through the noob zone quests, they discover that the new immersion system allows them to play in ways that hadn't been possible before. Casting is faster. Movement more fluid. Even magic itself behaves differently. They quickly run afoul of a party of player killers and become the targets of an entire PK guild bent on spawn-camping them until they leave the game. War has been declared.

The fight expands into populated areas, where innocent citizens are murdered, and player accounts are terminated. The guild works to help citizens rebuild what has been destroyed, but are repeatedly forced to stop and defend against enemy attacks. After the gods of Io and a powerful being of darkness get involved, Alexander and his friends learn the hard way that their in-game actions have consequences, both in the game and in the real world.

Soundbooth Theater has had the honor of working with Laurie Catherine Winkel once more, in the first installment of the epic Greystone Chronicles. Her bright and light performance matches the tone of this Gamelit romp about friendship and community, while perfectly framing Jeff Hays' performance as the male cast.

The Soundbooth Theater team for this production:

  • Laurie Catherine Winkel - narration, female characters, and Fibble!
  • Jeff Hays - male characters
  • Dalton Lynne - proofing, editing
  • Justin Thomas James - production, editing, mastering
©2017 Dave Willmarth (P)2018 Dave Willmarth, Soundbooth Theater
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A VERY WELL WRITENED & VOICED BOOKS I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO PRIVILEGED TO ADD TO MY EVER GROWING COLLECTION INTRIGUING.. FUNNY..SAD AND GRIPPING..
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING EXCELLENT

ONE OF THE BEST AUDIO BOOKS I'VE LISTENED TO

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I have over 300 audible titles and I have to say that the narration and performance of this book is one of the best I've heard. It's a compelling universe with a great story and awesome characters

GOOD BOOK

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both narrators were great and I really enjoyed this litrpg looking forward to more in this series

two voices

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Hat's off this is world building at its best and is up there with the best.
The characters are very well thought out and are very compelling and interactive as are the secondary and tertiary characters.
The mix of humour and the intriguing, innovative solutions to the problems used in the real world and in game show great foresight and I was drawn in by every word due in part to the great skills of Jeff Hays and LCW. the editing and these two working together are a great match and well picked by Dave Wilmarth. I will be eagerly awaiting the 2nd audio and shall also follow along by the written word as well.
I got this audio at no charge by competition and have left my thoughts on this for you to peruse.

Brilliant New Series

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Greystone is the story of Alex as he enters IO online as part of an experiment to develop a treatment for a neurological condition he suffers from.

I particularly enjoyed the significant amount of time Dave Willmarth spent setting up the characters in the ‘real’ world. Often, I find litrpg rush into the in game world but there’s great mix here.

The in game world was interesting and has plenty of combat and world building. It reminded me of low level World of Warcraft, which was nice. One thing I found odd however was the speed in which the characters levels up, however they never felt like they were becoming too powerful or moving too quickly etc.

The narration was absolutely fantastic. Laurie Winkel does a great job of telling the story and Jeff Hays male voices are wonderfully varied. A really enjoyable, easy listen.

Great start to the series

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