Crashing the System

Systema Delenda Est, Book 3

By: Inadvisably Compelled

Narrated by: Jeremy Frazier

In the years since the Annexation War, Cato has quietly spread throughout the System, watching, waiting, and building his forces. When the Sydean Lineage returns, he finally has a line to the Core, and once he can deal with the System Core, he can bring down the System for good.

Of course, it isn’t so simple. The System-gods are aware of him now, powerful and ancient forces waiting to pounce on any mistake — and perfectly willing to murder millions of innocents for even a perceived injury against him. Cast as a monster to the denizens of the System, Cato has to bribe, intimidate, or convince anyone he can to be on his side instead, because the goal is still simple and clear.

He has to crash the System.

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A subversive mash-up of tired litRPG tropes

This is the last in this particular series, and without offering any spoilers I will say the ending was satisfying without tipping into the realm of over-indulgence, which is a delicate balance. Another fantastic creation of Inadvisably Compelled, who continues to be a personal favorite author.

A fun book with a good ending

Had me questioning my sanity with the way the reader pronounced Gestalt, and Chitin. Seriously?

Pretty good

I mean if you read paranoid mage then you know the author is good at endings and if you haven’t read paranoid mage you should probably go do that.

truly a master class in writing

solid ending to a fabulous series. I'm not really sure what else to say. I can't say that I stayed up to one in the morning to finish this book because I couldn't stop listening. this is a real review. because I'm not really telling anything about the book itself. if you already made it through the first two then you don't need any persuasion to go through the Third. five stars

Great!

Holy crap, an actual trilogy that playfully critiques the massive shluck of litrpg, that has overtaken both fantasy and scifi genres in recent years. Great scifi and skillful highlighting of the mind numbing simplicity of the litrpg genre. Much appreciated!