Game Over

A Series of Ends, Book 1

By: Derek Edgington

Narrated by: Dee Drew

Game Over takes place in the distant future, in a place far, far away from the planet we call home, in the virtual universe called Elisium.

Imagine a society freed from crime and illness, one sustained by a single, eminently logical system that was designed to seek ultimate perfection. The Sibyl System seeks the elusive state of human perfection, and, through the course of its quest, the System will become its greatest enemy.

Now imagine that a reluctant hero is called to save what remains of the human race residing on what was once proudly called Earth by its inhabitants.

Ekko Everlasting is thrust into the world of the game, No-Life, without any corresponding memories to motivate him to think about anything besides himself. Ekko cares about saving his own skin and regaining his lost self - exclusively in that order - not saving the universe, let alone two of them!

©2016 Derek Edgington Productions (P)2016 Derek Edgington

Not for me

(This review is given as an unbiased opinion for receiving a free copy of the book)

I used to love the "choose your own adventure" so I figured I would try out an old favorite over a new platform. Sadly, it was just not for me. I enjoyed the story overall and the narration really was well done, various characters who were easily identifiable and the story itself is very well written but the idea of needing to switch around or even the story breaking to "jump to a new spot" really throws you out of the story. Maybe it's just me, but I will look forward to other works by both Derek Edgington and Deep Drew

Meh

The idea of this book seemed really cool. But the execution was clunky and jumped around so much. Made it difficult to follow and pay attention.

The narration was mediocre. Not the best.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Good Gamer Lit

I received a copy of this audio book free of charge so that I can write an honest review. There is apparently a slew of books on the market involving gamers. Having entered into the gaming experience early, (Pen and Paper D&D) and consequently on line gaming earlier than most, I enjoy seeing these books become available. This is an enjoyable read and the narrator does a good job. If you like gaming, this is a credit worthy read!

Better read than listened to

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I really struggled with this book. This is one of those books that's better read than listen to in my opinion. I almost threw in the towel and did a DNF. But I requested this book and owed it to the author and narrator to give it my best shot. I have only listened to a handful of RPG books before this story so this may be a case of it's me not the book. Someone who is much more familiar with this genre may really enjoy this book.

This is suppose to be a kind of interactive audiobook. Which didn't work at all for me. I want to put on a book and just listen. I don't just sit and listen. I'm driving, yard work, cleaning or whatever. You can't just stop what your doing in order to skip ahead to the time given to take which ever path in the story you would choose. It affects the flow of the story, makes it choppy and affects your overall enjoyment.

In addition to that the story just wasn't holding my attention especially in the beginning. The way it was setup even without the "options" to skip ahead wasn't interesting enough to keep my mind from wandering. Eventually I was drawn into the story but it's not a book I was dying to get back to listening to. Although some of the characters are interesting I really never connected to any of the them. Not even the main character. They were just there.

Numerous repeated lines throughout the book.

Dee Drew did a really good job with the narration. It looks as though this is the first book he has narrated. Nice voice. Easy to listen to for long periods of time. Some really good character voices. He is a narrator I would listen to again.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator or publisher.

Not my type of Si-fi

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