Lair

Henchman, Book 1

By: Carl Stubblefield

Narrated by: Travis Baldree

A deserted island. An impregnable fortress. Step up or be stepped on.

Gus is a henchman separated from his friends at his new job, a henchman on an orbiting space base. He's happy with the gig, and has no real delusions of grandeur. Well...small delusions, but he’s seen all too often what happens to minions that get too uppity around their supervillain bosses.

His father had pulled a few strings and landed him a henchman position in hopes he could make something of himself. Before he's barely gotten used to the job, Gus narrowly escapes the base's destruction and is chucked at the planet below. The only reason he survived the fall was a damaged escape pod and the activation of his own latent powers. Marooned on a deserted island and yet somehow being hunted, Gus needs to step up and become the master of his own story.

Gus is a henchman, some would now say a villain, so there’s no chance of a hero coming to his rescue.

©2020 Carl Stubblefield (P)2020 Mountaindale Press

My inner future "Kotou no Boukensha"

With some action, snark, and survival.... the leveling on the character was really was enjoyable. He has power but it also stayed practical which I thought was pretty refreshing. Travis of course was fabulous as always :D!

Lair is quite fun, ➕ Travis Baldree is da' bomb!

I found Lair to be quite fun, and it's the first time I've read/listened -to, a Superhero genre book wound around a litRPG novel... Our Main Character finds himself initially on what appears to be a deserted island and at the start of a RPG with a count down, he has 9 days to win or die! Will he accept the challenge Y/N? But, the island isn't what it seems because, something dark is out there and it has been waiting/lurking for years in order to get even!
Gus and his game AI (actually smart nanotech) have to work out the rules in order to play the RPG. Gus starts out normal but gradually becomes OP during the play of the game as his recessive genes and the nanites take over...
At times Gus is overwhelmed by his memories and terrible relationship with his father... as a normal, he's always been a disgrace to his father's Superhero image!
If I had any complaint it would be about the amount of time spent dwelling on his relationship with his dad, but I also get it. Family, and what they think of you, is pivotal to a childs well being, so there's that. But we get enough of everything else too, which keeps the story moving forward!
And Travis Baldree is in very fine form as he narrates Lair!

Liked it

good story but to be honest i don't know if the MC is op or not also what happened to the little girl that released the virus?

Surprising Excellent

I picked this up for a quick listen not really expecting much. Really surprise me though, great story excellent narration.

Good

Travis is great as always. The character growth is slow but good and though the pop culture references are enjoyable, I can see them making osteomyelitis to this again become irritating. Gus' use of "Dag yo!" is kinda odd as well