Level One God

A LitRPG Adventure

By: Zachary Scott

Narrated by: John Pirhalla

A new LitRPG adventure perfect for fans of He Who Fights with Monsters, The Ten Realms, and Unbound.

He used to be a God. Now he’s Level 1.

Brynn was the first to ever activate the world’s hidden Prestige Mode, granting powerful perks at the cost of his godhood and all memories of his past life.

Now, he’s at rock bottom in a brutal world where leveling is so deadly most people never try, powerful classes evolve through corestones, and loot is awarded through system-granted achievements.

Armed with nothing but a magical helmet and an empty Alchemist’s Kit left behind by his former self, the ex-paramedic must grind his way back to divinity, level-by-level.

But regaining his power won’t be his greatest challenge…

This world had nine gods, and all but one reset at the same time. With no memories to guide him, Brynn can’t trust any of them. If he wants to survive, he’ll have to gain power quietly and keep his identity hidden.

He’ll have to climb back to godhood in secret.

And behind it all lurks one haunting question...

What terrified gods enough to start over?

Level One God is an action-packed LitRPG progression fantasy filled with creative class systems, accomplishment-based loot, and a growing cast of lovable misfit allies, pets, and creatures.

Perfect for fans of the gritty stakes and twisted charm of Dungeon Crawler Carl, the cosmic progression and rich world-building of He Who Fights With Monsters, and the deep systems and satisfying grind of Defiance of the Fall!

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An excellent start to an interesting series!

Incredible world building and balance between the comedic moments and character development, excited to listen to more when it comes out!

Let's watch him all the way to Godhood again!

This was a really enjoyable book, and a great start to a series. The narrator is pleasant to listen to.  It's a good take on a main character having to start again from scratch. It's more challenging due to the fact that Brynn doesn't remember his path to godhood. So it feels more exciting than when a character knows what they did before to really succeed.
He does start with some really great gear, but having them also makes him a target, and he doesn't remember how to use them most effectively. So the trope really works. As he sees himself as coming from a world like ours recently, his point of view is also very easy to comprehend. There's no attempt to make his point of view godlike and incomprehensible. It's very well done. 
Because Brynn doesn't remember things, we learn details of the world as he does. So it doesn't feel forced. I don't remember any info dumps. One thing we do learn is that not everyone is happy that the gods have activated prestige mode. So Brynn can't just announce who he is to get assistance. He has to be careful as to who he trusts, which adds an element of complexity to how he has to deal with people. 
For female readers, while the main character is male, there are well written female supporting characters. So no nasty surprises there. I wouldn't imagine a male reader would have any problems with them either. 
I just saw that book 2 is out now, so I'm going to pick that up this coming month. 

Great story that avoids some common pitfalls

The story does a good job of pacing and world building. several time I thought "ohh, here we go, cringy trope incoming" but then the story actively avoids the frustrating trope.

An enjoyable listen.

Nice performance and characterization from the reader. The story is detailed enough to keep me listening and engaged.

its fun

Story is fun, nothing crazy but fun and the world building was interesting. The reader wasn't bad either with a good range of voices he definitely made the story beter than it was. The production was off though because multiple times there were stutters in the reading that should have been edited out.

overall, fun story to listen to but the production could have been a bit more professional.