The Selected: A LitRPG Action Adventure Series

Selected

By: Vasily Mahanenko, Yuri Vinokuroff, Philip Parker - translator

Narrated by: Rudy Sanda

Hi, my name's Max and I'm one of the Selected.

What's the first thing that pops into your head when you read those words? A great hero, chosen from among all the billions of people on Earth? A lucky man who has ended up on an unknown world and gained superpowers? An explorer of new worlds who has discovered his destiny?

Well, that's all true, but there is one but . . . Actually, if I'm honest, there are a whole load of buts. And there are rules. And the first rule of the Selected is:

"Try not to die. It is expensive and impractical."

©2025 Vasily Mahanenko and Yuri Vinokuroff; English translation copyright 2025 by Philip Parker (P)2025 Tantor Media

Better than most books I've been running into.

A fun book overall. Didn't feel all cut and paste, or cookie cutter story plot line. Manages to stay humorous, entertaining and good action. I'll follow up on this series.

This is a bland book.

This is not a VM type of story. The second writers input is all over this. I think Yuri wrote this and had VM put his name on it to sell. Don't buy this book.

Not the best LITRPG

I went into this thinking it would be a good LITRPG. The performance was good I'll get that out of the way. But the story has an odd premise with aliens being involved somehow. The whole reliance on salirium to do anything with magic or skills is kind of stupid to me. And it's very light on the RPG side of things with stats or builds. With the main characters getting underwhelming equipment that constantly breaks. The author makes the biggest strongest guy in the group a weak scout which I guess is a joke that falls flat to me. And Lyria being a stuck up, vapid, snobby model gets old fast with the author just talking about how hot she is. The main character himself doesn't do much in ways of combat for a long time and only uses a boring crossbow. Mainly wanting to be the brains of the party and give out orders. Overall the book just feels very underwhelming and annoying while the story meanders.

Meh

The premis wasn't bad, but the characters and the gimmick of them always getting shafted to their benefit is a bit tiresome. Lots of whining, and the MCs allergies were very iritating. The MC himself is pretty annoying in general. I could only get halfway before giving up.