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Alchemist’s Retribution

Towerbound, Book 1 (LITRPG + REGRESSOR + OPMC)

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Alchemist’s Retribution

By: Samson Chui
Narrated by: Jonathan Mulder
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Summary

Over 100,000 reads on Royal Road.

4.7 on Amazon from 99+ reviews.

#1 New Release in Time Travel Fiction.

Top 10 in Time Travel Sci-Fi.

Towerbound is the Progression Fantasy LitRPG readers can’t stop binging.

They left him for dead.

Now he’s back—and he’s bringing the Tower down.

Ren Varrow was never the hero type. A quiet alchemist with a talent for potions, he kept his head low while others chased glory. But when a top guild lured him into a lethal dungeon and stabbed him in the back, his story should’ve ended.

Instead, it rewound.

Thrown back to Day One—before the Tower rose, before the betrayals—Ren knows what’s coming: secret quests, hidden mechanics, and a ticking clock that ends with Earth’s destruction.

Armed with future knowledge and forgotten skills, he’s ready to rewrite everything.

From building a guild out of nobodies…

To crafting mythic-grade potions…

To surviving a hundred deadly floors and the guilds hunting him…

Ren is done playing nice.

The Tower’s coming—and this time, he climbs first.

Expect:

• Time-travel knowledge

• Cowardly but overpowered MC

• Alchemy, dungeoncraft, and guild wars

• Swearing and strategy

• Dystopian Earth meets leveling system

Don’t expect:

• Harem

• Romance arcs

Reader Reactions:

“All the good vibes from my days playing World of Warcraft. Fun. Funny. Satisfying.”

“Finally a redo story that keeps it simple, believable. Repeatable.”

“This story delivers what it promises.”

– Royal Road reviewers

©2024 Samson chui (P)2025 Samson chui
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Loved it. More realistic version of the genre where (at least in book 1) they're not completely transported to that world. Not a fan of the little songs throughout but that's minor.

Finally a decent storyline

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What I liked: the book was really long, I really like the regression idea and VR that turns into a real world situation, and the story is enjoyable.

What I didn’t like: the main character although most of the time is quite good he constantly goes on and on about how cowardly he is. The world hasn’t had much thought put in to it, with different zones very unoriginal with no other countries. The VR world they start in a town but everything seems to be based around that town even though the author specifically states that the MC chooses this town because there are no big guilds starting there yet they all seem to turn up. The currency system isn’t thought out very well, and the world announcements seem to be only things that happen in this out of the way town. Also there is a lot of repetition when listening. This may be because it was originally from Royal Road so if you were reading it every few days it may have made sense in that context. Unfortunately it is annoying in an audio format.

But it is still worth a listen, I just hope the next book improves.

Worth a listen

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Highly recommend, much prefer this style of analytical, grounded OP vs one who can solo gods.

A hidden gem!

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waiting for the next book.
i really lile the MC being a smart coward. not your regular overpowered character.

worth the listen

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So yes this story is half baked and reads like you made up the entire storyline in a two minute brainstorm. But if you are kinda a fan of litrpg trash like me it’s worth a read but only if you are desperate enough and don’t get the ick with winy MCs cause man this dude annoys me a lot. And yes the amount of massive plot holes and paper thin reasonings in this book are uncountable but I enjoy that kinda stuff so yeah. :)

Half baked litrpg with potential

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