Path of the Necromancer, Book 1

A LootRPG Series

By: Deck Davis

Narrated by: Matthew Broadhead

They say that death is the end. That isn’t true if you’re a necromancer....

When Jakub graduates from the Queen’s magic academy as a necromancer, he’s granted a license to raise things from the dead.

His first assignment is to recover the corpse of a traitor, resurrect him, and find out what secrets he told the enemy.

When he learns that the traitor’s body is missing, he's in trouble, and things only get worse when he realizes that he isn’t the only person looking for it. Mages, necromancers, cannibals, and warriors all stand in his way as he fights to find the truth.

With instructors seeing his dark childhood as a reason he shouldn’t have been allowed to graduate as a necromancer, Jakub can’t afford to fail.

This is a fantasy action story with video-game-like elements, such as Jakub levelling up his necromancer spells and abilities. It has some bad language and violence. Book 2 coming soon!

©2018 Deck Davis (P)2019 Deck Davis

Great story!

Loved this book. Found it difficult to stop listening.. Moving onto book 2 now and very excited.

A fun story

I just want to say that I loved Ludwig! This is a fun story, and a good entry in the litrpg genre. Check it out!

Really cool take on LitRPG and Fantasy

I was getting a little jaded with steady barrage of meh LitRPG that has been released lately. This was a refreshing take on adding video game mechanics to a well thought out fantasy world. MC levels by collecting essence from the dead with video game like loot and items.

The audiobook is amazing! Don't hesitate...buy now

I will say right off the bat. This was an amazing audiobook. I was completely sucked into the world. Davis did an excellent job with the world building here. I really can’t say enough about it. So far out of all of the books I have read on necromancy, this one gets it right in my opinion. I picture the class as a creepy, gross, and dark. This story delivers that. The main character and side characters are fleshed out big time. I found myself attached to each and every one of them. Jakub’s wolf companion is very likable and you really appreciate their relationship. The alternative dimension, The Gray Lands, was extremely interesting and spooky It is a purgatory where dead folks go initially. The necromancers can bring folks back to life in the Gray Lands but it is only a temporary length of time.
Matthew Broadhead does a very good job in this book. I found his voices for the characters entertaining and I was never bored.
My biggest gripe with the book was how light the litrpg elements were. The cover says “A LootRPG Series” so I was expecting a lot more. There are some, but I was disappointed with the small amount.
All in all, I really loved this audiobook – I give it 8.75 stars out of 10. I could have gone higher if it delivered more litrpg elements.

Good story

The start was a bit slow and also the characters were good. Lots of death and very brutal way of using souls as summon bound. Will miss Morgan though. I guess if you are use to death you will indeed be numb or at least you think you will be. This keep me glued on as i am trying my best to understand what is happening its like watching a TV series. Like putting a big puzzle piece.

This really opened up my eyes to a what if? world.