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The Last Physicist

A Gamelit/Portal Fantasy Adventure (The Archon, Book 1)

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The Last Physicist

By: Dominic Stal
Narrated by: Justin Thomas James, Jeff Hays, Annie Ellicott
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Being a mage isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Especially when you’ve witnessed the end of the world and the demise of all you’ve ever loved.

As a particle physicist, William Jenkins is as unsuited to survival on an alien world as any normal 30-something post-doc could be. Thankfully, he’s not alone. With an AI, magic, scientific curiosity, and, most improbably, a deity on his side, Will must come to terms with his new reality before otherworldly terrors forever extinguish the light of hope on this new world.

Meanwhile, as the forces of darkness amass to invade her home, Effni Naridia, Qaseri Ranger, and Guardian of her peoples, must face her own demons. By undertaking a trial, Effni could determine not only the fate of her city but unravel a mystery aeons in the making.

The Last Physicist features elements of progression fantasy and Gamelit and is perfect for those who enjoy stories by Andrew Rowe, Will Wight, and Andy Weir.

Warning. This novel contains questionable quantum mechanics, general relativity, and magic.

Note: This book also features profanity, vivid depictions of violence, pain, and gore, along with depictions of mental health issues (including PTSD, generalized anxiety, and depression) some listeners may find distressing.

©2021 Dominic Stal (P)2021 Dominic Stal Adventure Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Mental Health Magic Health
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Sound Booth Theatre is consistently the best audio production.

They choose great books, and this one is no exception.

The story is well written,and the characters have great arcs.

it all comes to life with such an excellent cast of voice actors as part of such a skillful production team. A great story is improved out of site by this treatment.

I really enjoyed the author's use of his knowledge of physics as a basis for the main character (Will) and his point of view. Wil is a dedicated experimental scientist and he views the entire universe through this mental framework. In the setting, the rules make sense and he sets out to discover and document them, attempting to follow in the footsteps of his predecessors like Voltaire.

I deeply enjoyed the world building, and felt the author set a great balance between the discovery of a new world with the character development.

I hope that the next book builds on this promising beginning and we get some politics and intrigue to go with the action. it is a great take on the Science Fantasy genre. More please!

Sound Booth knocks it out of the park

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I enjoyed the physics based explanation of magic based world. The MC takes time to come to terms with his new situation and it was refreshing to have him to struggle with the physical and moral implications of his new world through the novel. Im interested to see what comes next.

Deep and Captivating

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I love everything he has put in there and how many possible ways he can take the book it's not a narrow minded adventure, it could go anywhere at anytime and it would still have you at the edge of your seat. the magic, the physics and the best part is that he is right this could be someone's story who knows right with an infant multivers. I love it and can't wait for the next book

excellent

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As a University physics student i was so glad to find very little wrong with the science involved in this story, while there is alot of technobabble it all means something. The story is fantastic; realistic protagonist, suspense, power gains, gamelit elements without too much of the long lists of abilities. Laughs, edge of your seat, and thrilling experiences to follow.

My only regrets with this book was binging this audiobook in three days, and the unknown wait for the next to come out.

Thanks to everyone involved in the making of this book!

Honest review

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cool story, always love mixing magic and science, well worth a credit for a fun active story that it's hard to stop listening to.


Justin felt perfect as MC and narrator, Annie's voice was a bit tinny like her mic wasn't as good, at first I thought it was on purpose because she was voicing an AI but it's for all the female voices, not to annoying. wish the twins didn't get the exact same voice, supper hard to tell who's talking when it's just them.

there were a few words that we're obviously wrong like spell check put the wrong word but then it was read as is rather than changed very jarring but I only noticed it 3 times in the first few hours of the book before I sunk into the story.

really really good

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This is a great book with great characters who have complex emotions that are understandable in the situations they’re in. The voices are great and the little sound affects just make it better. Overall 15/15 give it a go

Great book

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I really enjoyed this, the narration was good and the story kept me invested.

I do think the power progression was a little fast. I would have liked to have the powers explored more slowly with William discovering more cool utilities etc like working out the dimensional storage.

I also really liked Isk and was disappointed we didn't get more.

hopefully we don't have to wait to long for the next one!

Cool take on the genre!

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Dominic Stal you should write professionally. I desperately await a sequel and look forward to your future writing.

Such an interesting idea

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some reason there's to much crap quality stories like this come out with American political crap that just ruin a story could of been fun to listen. save ur time and money find something better than this pile of crap.

this is the biggest pile i ever listened

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would be nice if the without actually wrote a story instead of a bunch of 'cultivation meditation crap like every other 'cultivation' book

boring cultivation book

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