Claws Out: A LitRPG Native World Adventure

Dragon Sorcerer, Book 1

By: Sean Oswald

Narrated by: Neil Hellegers

Length: 15 hrs

Publisher's summary

Is it snark if you're a dragon?

Nico, a young dragon of barely fifty, is rudely chased from his home by a group of murderous adventurers. Of his entire clutch, only he and one sister remained, but now he is alone. Isolated and hungry, Nico’s magic awakens, bonding him with Cami, a brave young woman.

To hide from the adventurers’ pursuit, Nico takes on human form. However, once they discover that both he and Cami have magical abilities, they are required by law to attend the Imperial Academy.

Of course, he has to hide his true nature, which isn't always easy given a dragon-sized ego.

©2023 Sean Oswald (P)2023 Podium Audio

Great story

This is a great story with some decent humor playing off stereotypes of dragons. good character development. Good battle descriptions. Would recommend.

Narration had good voices that you can tell the difference between.

fun story!

i love this book. the dragon self-dialogue is just fun and it’s a grand adventure

Solid Premise Bad Pacing Continuity Issues

Watching this MC get continually taken by surprise at things that were implicitly and sometimes explicitly revealed to him in earlier chapters is really infuriating. It has a solid premise and NH gives his normal four star performance, but this story just lurches along with an MC who is supposed to be an unreliable narrator, but has a level of cluelessness that really doesn't make sense in the context of the story. Lastly, if you introduce the idea that all young magic users must go to academy in the first couple of chapters of the book, waiting until the last couple of chapters for them to actually get there is really unsatisfying. This is especially true when the middle chapters are peppered with pointless "will he/won't he" go to the academy scenes despite that he has already committed to do so.

solid first entry

I really enjoyed this book, due to the naivety of the MC this book does read a little bit more like a YA novel at times but everything makes sense. It really gets cooking towards the end and looking forward to book 2

Great

Story overall is great, but I grew tired of the rogue. She is a complete monster, or zealot, which ever you prefer. Nico is inconsistent about human terms, one minute he doesn't know any next he uses terms like "bite the bullet" in a setting that hasn't revealed guns. Otherwise I find this a good adventure, but I hope the next book skips the school completely.

Great story

I'm a little over half way through at the moment and the story is great. My only issue with the audiobook is that Neil Helleger (who is a great narrator) just doesn't feel like a dragon voice.

A+ Fantasy LitRPG!

As I started listening to this book, I thought I was having a stroke or a serious dèja vu episode.
It took me a bit to realize that I had listened to the first part of this story in short story form in a book with a bunch of other LitRPG short stories.
I'm glad I'm not as cracked as I thought.
It's hard to explain how much I loved this book and hope for a second. This story needs to be a series!
Our MC, Nico, is a dragon who is living as a human to get back at those adventurers that raided his nest and killed or stole his sister.
Oswald writes Nico with such artistry. It must have been a lot of fun to flush out and write this non-human character. He is acting like what I'd assume a dragon in his situation would act like and also quite ignorant of human culture and behavior and social skills.
The writing and narration are top-notch!
I am extremely grateful that I was able to get this book for free with the expectation of an honest review.
I truly love this story and can't wait to find out what happens next to Nico and his bond-mate and those who are with them.
I'd give this book 8 out of 5 stars if I could.
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Great book

I've been waiting for this book since I read the short story version in the litRPG shirt story collection. I loved the story there and wanted more. I can say I wasn't disappointed! Now I can't wait for book 2!

Really enjoyable

Truth is I was lost and wondered why I purchased this book during the 1st chapter. But then it got really good and quite funny. I am glad I did not quit the book. Now for book 2. Tim V

My favorite book this far in 2023!

To me the book, being written mostly from the point of view of a dragon was so fun and interesting that I just could not set it down and listened to it straight through in one sitting. Creative storytelling and great characters make this a book I hope gets a sequel!