Alpha
Arise, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Jessica Threet
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Christopher Boucher
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By:
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Jez Cajiao
About this listen
When you steal a hundred grand from some very bad people, the best way to survive is to stay small and quiet...
Possibly it's not to save a pair of drowning girls, not go 'viral' on social media and certainly not to let the local police take your passport, trapping you on a small 'party' island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea.
But Steve isn't the average guy, he's ex-military, ex-enforcer and ex-human. He's a one man nanite fuelled nightmare for those that cross the line, and he's decided that its time to clean up his act. He's going to make up for the things he's done, and save 'the little guys'.
It's a nice fantasy, but even he has to admit, it's really just a justification, because he's a very bad man, with horrifying abilities, and he's only just learning what he's capable of. He needs a reason to not go to the dark, and if that's hunting down the creatures of the night and beating them to death with their own femurs: well, he's just the man for the job.
Stolen money. Greek Islands. Werewolves and Enforcers...what could possibly go wrong?
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- Anonymous User
- 07-07-2022
A great book
This is a great book from Jez it’s more sci-fi than fantasy which is great for the litrpg genre and I can’t wait for more. The voices were great overall 10/10
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- Anonymous User
- 28-08-2022
an ok listen
not bad a bit all over the place but kick ass ending love the voice actirs
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- S. Johnston
- 12-02-2024
Brilliant casting
Well written and exciting story, fantastic performances by the narrators, highly recommend for lovers of this genre.
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- Dan
- 08-10-2023
Incredible book.
even if the book doesn't interest you it's worth listening to for the voice acting alone but you'll love the book and the story.
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- Kindle Customer
- 21-05-2024
Great story
love the story Great action, Really good idea and twists on mythology. Can't wait until I listen to the next book.
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- Aaron McInnes
- 10-12-2024
original premise, action packed and addictive
This series has been wicked. A very original premise that ties in a lot of earth's history and explains and incorporates a lot of our mythology into something new and epic.
The main character is unapologetically rough around the edges and volatile. The characters ( mainly Steve, the protagonist) are developed in depth with their back story explained later in the series which helps to explain and excuse some of their character flaws.
There are a few issues that may be annoying and I guess a common issue that revolves around the LitRPG genre, mainly around pacing. The book will be in the middle of a frenetic fire fight, then Steve will break off to go through a protracted internal monologue about upgrades and options. This saps momentum from the scene and gets annoying. Having said that it's a necessary part of the story and I'm not sure what the work around would be.
there's also multiple points throughout the series where you'll be facepalming at the decisions made, the obvious traps walked into. these are somewhat mollified by Steve admitting he was being a dumbass later. the pacing of the overall story does get a little ridiculous, one catastrophe after another. With time limits or deadlines measured in hours or days meaning that multiple short cuts have to be taken by the characters all the time and sacrifices made. It would be nice to have a few stretches where things weren't batshit crazy and let them build and develop a little. but I think that's what the author was going for. No time to rest, reacting to one thing after another, taking two steps back for every step forward.
All that aside it's an epic series that gets better with each book. definitely worth a listen with great voice acting. I just mention the points above for expectation management and hopefully stop some of the teeth gnashing and face palming I went through.
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- Anthony
- 27-03-2025
Wild ride from start to finish!
Wild ride from start to finish! Great voice acting and fun all around. Great characters and story
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- Anonymous User
- 09-07-2022
Love it.
Great performance and story. Imagine Indiana johns with cyberpunk 2077 and no holds back arse kicking with an Mc who just wants to be free and do the right thing. I couldn't stop listening to it every time I pressed play and got annoyed at ppl making stop the story. I want book two done now!
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- Anonymous User
- 29-09-2022
awesome
what a awesome book best iv listened to in awhile looking forward to book 2
narration was great great from start to finish
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- ofzsea
- 07-11-2022
I liked most of it
I liked most of it but not the last hour the last 30minutes made up for it but still don’t like it just waiting for revenge
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