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Defiance of the Fall

By: TheFirstDefier, JF Brink
Narrated by: Pavi Proczko
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Publisher's Summary

Zac was alone in the middle of the forest when the world changed...

The whole planet was introduced to the multiverse by an unfeeling System... or God. A universe where an endless number of races and civilizations fought for power and dominion.

Zac finds himself stuck in the wilderness surrounded by deadly beasts, demons, and worse. Alone, lost and without answers, he must find the means to survive and get stronger in this new cut-throat reality.

With only a hatchet for his weapon, he'll have to seek out his family before the world collapses... or die trying.

Experience the start of the hit LitRPG series with nearly 20 Million views on Royal Road. For the first time, Defiance of the Fall is now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Audible narrated by Pavi Prozcko.

About the Series: Jump into a LitRPG Apocalypse story that merges LitRPG elements with eastern cultivation. Class systems, skill systems, endless choices for progression, it has everything fans of the genre love. Explore a vast universe full of mystery, adventure, danger and even aliens; where even a random passer-by might hold the power of a god. Follow Zac as he struggles to stake out a unique path to power as a mortal in a world full of cultivators.

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Good story

Overall the story is good, but the writing can be very annoying (you’ll see what I mean). I stuck through it to see what would happen next. Performance was great.

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I liked it and recommend it

I honestly liked it and when the demons and zack started to work together it started to pickup

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Fantastic Book

What a great opening to a series Great world building and law
An MC who is likeable and reasonable
Interesting use of game mechanics
A fascinating story
Thank you

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really good story and good narration

literally as the title says, only complaint was I found it hard to focus on the narrations at times

otherwise its a cultivation litrpg story that thankfully doesn't spend 2 hours going over the characters stat's... yet

a fun take on integration fantasy with actual lore to back it up

I think that stat page will get longer later on

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Easy to listen and entertaining book.

If you’re after a book, that’s easy to listen to and entertaining this is so. Don’t expect a major plot, twister

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A good story hampered by basic writing

This story is fine if you don't expect too much. I enjoyed the situation the character found himself in - your basic 'the earth has been taken over by aliens and now you've got to survive' setting - but there's no... finesse to the writing.

For example, the similes are basic and repeated often - 'flattened like a pancake,' 'green with envy,' 'bit the bullet' and 'steely eyes with a steely glint' spatter the text with little effort at originality. And words are often repeated two or three times in the same sentence / paragraph, especially in action scenes - almost like the author was so invested in writing everything in his/her head down that they forgot to go back and edit. 'He heard rustling in the bushes ahead. He crouched down and looked in the bushes ahead' or 'finally the last remnants of the wolf pack fell finally asleep.' That sort of thing.

The MC is OP as heck, so the story isn't really about him surviving. In fact, the fight scenes are kinda boring. There's a lot of them, but they're all lackluster events that are pretty much forgettable. There was no emotion and no tension, and never any doubt the MC would survive. Think 'historical records of a battle' and you'll have a pretty good idea of what to expect.

So, the writing is a little amateur. And I almost put the book down several times because of this. But something kept me listening... the storyline, I think. It's more about 'what's he going to do next, and what would I do in the same situation.'

I did enjoy the litrpg elements, and there was some town building toward the end as well. If you've got nothing else to listen to, give this a go. But it's not a series I'm going to continue.

4 out of 5 stars by litrpg standards
3 out of 5 stars if comparing to the best of wider fiction

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fantastic

enjoyed every minute, and what a great length for a fantastic start to a series! felt like great pacing and interesting world and system structure. super pumped for the next books!

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Enthralling Story however extremely slow start

I Found this to be one of the better LitRPG I have listened too and I've listened to alot! however it takes a long time to build up, as the first 5 to 6 hours of the book I felt like turning it off and cutting my losses. however did it ever BUILD up I absolutely loved every minute of it after the first slow hours. cannot wait for the next one to release.
I could not put it down after it became interesting.

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awesome first book in would suggest it to anyone

awesome book one would suggest it to anyone who likes RPG great story line great characters

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Cant wait for the third instalment

Read this if you love an OP main character.

The mix of levelling and cultivation feels perfect to me.

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