Shadeslinger
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Corporate flameout Ned Altimer dreams of leaving his world behind. So when Earthblood Online splashes onto the VRMMO scene, he dives in and never looks back.
His advantages are twofold: exclusive access to the game’s three-day Head Start period, and a ridiculously handsome talking axe named Frank who has knowledge of the game’s deepest secrets…if the magnificent Frank ever feels like sharing them.
But those advantages also make Ned a target. Once the Head Start period ends, his fellow players will stop at nothing to rip that suave, violent-yet-disarmingly-charismatic axe right out of his hands.
In seventy-two hours, the greatest manhunt in gaming history is set to begin.
It’s gonna be a lot of fun.
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5 primary books#1 in The Ripple System
The Ripple System is a 5-book series with 5 released primary works first released in 2021 with contributions by Kyle Kirrin.
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Difficult one to rate for me.
On on side, It's VR, so imo there are 0 stakes here. This makes it so that I've skipped or skimmed most combat in this series.
On the other, the side characters Frank and House are comedy gold and carry this entire series to the point where I've actually finished 5 books while still skipping most combat.
Ended up being better than I was expecting :)
It's clear the author is pretty familiar with MMO/raiding-style games from the integration of lots of systems, aggro mechanics etc. This makes the combat more interesting, and combined with the cool loot and abilities, makes it feel like I'm getting the buzz from playing a great game (which I don't have much time to actually do these days).
This is the first book in this genre where the death penalties aren't game-ending, which was really refreshing! Allows the main character to not feel overpowered or too lucky.
There are some blocks of stats in there which aren't usually my favorite but it's not too often, so it was alright.
