Die. Respawn. Repeat.

A LitRPG Adventure

Every time he dies, Ethan gains a little more power.

Earth was chosen for Integration, but Ethan Hill knows from the second his Trial begins that the Integration is a lie. The beings giving Earth the "honor" of access to their System Interface want something from Earth—he just doesn't know what.

Now he's trapped on an alien planet and lost in a time loop, fighting for strength and for his own humanity.

One thing's for sure: He'll die as many times as it takes to tear it all down.

Don't miss the start of this action-packed progression fantasy seamlessly merging aspects from apocalyptic LitRPGs like He Who Fights with Monsters and Time Loop stories like Mother of Learning.

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enjoyable fantasy-politics-magic-system exploratio

a fun romp, and you really will get to like the main characters, and hate the the ones that need hating.
the story is interesting, serious, with drifts toward cozy and funny. a good blend.

i've enjoyed the entire series so far.

nothing pulled me in

1 hr in and I don't even remember MCs name. I have read a lot of litrpg and just didnt find anything engaging in the 1St hour. Alien world but now there's crows... in the first 10 minutes he meets an alien that gives up and I think the book would have been better served keeping that character around for a bit as an explainer and way to convey MCs personality through conversation

Unexpectedly Good

I wasn’t expecting much when I downloaded this but it was honestly really good. I’ll definitely be listening to the next one.

Good story, but weak protagonist

While this series is yet another GameLit Apocalypse series, the conceit here is that with each death, the world of the protagonist is reset to its initial state. This complicates the task of the MC significantly, that task being to finish the challenge presented. Unfortunately what "finish" might mean is left unclear.

The "game" system is an interesting one, not the typical faux-D&D class and level system, but a skill and stat system with interesting details.

The plot beats are balanced well and the story flows efficiently. The supporting characters are done well, and the occasional resets of the world have a significant effect on the relationships between supporting characters and protagonist.

Unfortunately, the protagonist is largely a nonentity, though very successful in the "game" (as is standard in a LitRPG.)

The overall effect of the combination is an interesting story that doesn't really hold my attention well. I might continue this if I can get the next book cheap, but I can't recommend the series.

pretty good

I have no idea who this author is but I feel like this could be one of those new "first book" kind of things. A lot of litrpg is in first person but I feel like I was used a bunch to many times in short periods is time. I I I I. maybe it's not to bad but it's something I normally don't notice in other first person litrpgs but did notice here.

there was a lot of times it was unclear if he was talking outloud or thinking but that could of also been the narrator.

I feel like some things got forgotten about, not to list any actual spoilers but In the beginning an inventory is mentioned as being able to be unlocked and then you never heard about it again. again, no spoilers, you'll understand if you read/listen to the book why you'd think this would be brought up at some point.

I do think there is some solid mechanics and world building and also good build up making you want to know what the future will bring.

MC isnt a braindead idiot who makes terrible choices so that's nice.

over all a pretty good start. I'll pick up the 2nd one when it comes out