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The Perfect Run

By: Maxime J. Durand, Void Herald
Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
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Ryan "Quicksave" Romano is an eccentric adventurer with a strange power: he can create a save-point in time and redo his life whenever he dies.

Arriving in New Rome, the glitzy capital of sin of a rebuilding Europe, he finds the city torn between mega-corporations, sponsored heroes, super-powered criminals, and true monsters. It's a time of chaos, where potions can grant the power to rule the world and dangers lurk everywhere.

Ryan sees many different routes, and from Hero to Villain, he has to try them all. Only then will he achieve his perfect ending...no matter how many loops it takes.

©2021 Maxime Julien Durand (P)2021

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absolutely brilliant

very cool concept and evenly better constructed. found this book randomly. now I'm going to recommend it to everyone!

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highly recommended

I could not put this down. A great mix of edge of tomorrow, the boys and deadpool.

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Deep dive on humanity, disguised as a action adven

This book gives both fun and a deep look on what it is to be alive and human

What drives us forwards to survive day to day when its not always the easiest option to do so

It contains heavy theams of sucide depression and yet is a rather upliftign piece that will make you smile

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Made me Think of Edge of tomorrow the movie

Really fun book, I saw a comparison of its tone to "Everybody loves large chests" which i really enjoyed. It has darker elements like that but not as hard-core.

The story is much easier to follow than I thought it would be and the narrator really nailed the character.

I'll definitely be getting 2 when it's out.

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good book

i really enjoyed the book. it was well written and read. looking forward to listening to book 2

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This is a strange one.

I can say that I do like the book, from the zaniness of Ryan and the amazing characters to the world building. Then again Ryan's motivation gets my goat a little. Might have to wait to see what happens next to understand where the story goes.

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10/10 Will read again

Absolutely adored this novel.
Couldn't stop reading it.
The characters are so relatable and interesting.
The humour is so well balanced with the plot.
The power system is interesting and well thought out.
I wish there was more than just 3 in this series but all good things must come to an end.

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superficial start turns out to be good writing

the book began as if it was to be another murder hobo story but then the universe expanded and everything just made sense and was justified. really satisfying way to write, buying the sequel immediately!

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One of my favourite science fiction stories

everything about story is amazing. the characters, the narrative, the payoffs and setbacks. if you come across this in your list of options to buy do yourself a favour and buy it. I love the story and you will too

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A must listen - get this now!

It's not often that I gush about a book - Dungeon Crawler Carl, Mother of Learning... my list of truly you-need-to-read-this books are few. And now finally, I've found another book to add to the list.

The Perfect Run isn't... perfect. It ends out of the blue, with no closure. It's a Royal Road book and suffers from the usual problem of something written as a weekly serial now squashed into amazon friendly volumes. The 'real' ending of book one - the bit where the hero achieves the goals he set out at the start of the book, and you feel all warm and fuzzy because of it - actually happens about 5 hours into book 2. But that would have made book 1 super long and book 2 considerably shorter, which I guess is why it didn't happen. As long as you're willing to look past an unsatisfying book 1 ending, or happy to binge the series, everything else is brilliant.

Without giving spoilers, The Perfect Run is set in a future earth where a whole bunch of people were given super powers and the world was trashed in the various hero and villain battles that ensued. Ryan has the power to stop time and also revert to a 'save point,' resetting events if they don't go his way. The book is effectively time loop fiction, done with a whole lot of style and a fair bit of snark. The hero is witty, edgy and fun. The battles are epic and his exploitation of the time loop mechanics smart. If you've read Mother of Learning (which you should, if you haven't) this is a little different. That book is more academic, exploring a slow progression of knowledge and power until the hero is just epically awesome. Here, the MC just does anything he wants - most people think he's a lunatic - because he knows he can just reset if he doesn't like the outcome. He's already epically awesome - he's been looping for years before we even meet him - and there's no slow growth of powers, instead there's a mission he needs to accomplish, and he will - no matter how many loops it takes him.

This is really, really good time loop fiction. Highly recommended.

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