Labyrinth of Fright

Underdog Series, Book 5

By: Alexey Osadchuk, Andrew Douglas Schmitt - translator

Narrated by: Derek Shoales

After wiping out the drak nest, Eric finds himself now also in a trap. In order to avoid dying in a cave-in, he activates the manuscript he received for defeating the Lady of the Anomaly. A portal then whisks Eric away to the lookout point atop the mysterious Citadel of Chaos.

The entrance to the Citadel is guarded by the Gatekeeper, a huge troll encased head to toe in a suit of plate armor. Thanks to his Friend of the Trolls amulet, Eric manages to avoid fighting him and passes the Gatekeeper's first test and can enter the Citadel of Chaos to partake in its mysteries.

Eric isn't interested in its mysteries though and he tells the troll as much directly. He even goes so far as to say he would rather just go on his merry way and leave the Citadel. But the Gatekeeper informs Eric that he will not be able to leave quite so easily because now that he has activated the manuscript, he must undergo a test known as Unity with Chaos!

What if Eric is able to pass the test? Will Chaos grant him power?

©2021 Alexey Osadchuk; English translation copyright 2021 by Valeria Osadchuk (P)2021 Tantor

Excellent continuation

This is a good continuation of the story and I continue to look forward to the next books.

A worthy new addition to the series

Eric finds his next portal realm that of fox-kin neck-deep in dark ones and about to be overrun. Initially, not wanting to delay his return to his realm to help his friends and continue to seek a way to defeat the dark Steel King, he eventually acceded to the pleas of one of the clan leaders to first assist them rid themselves of the dark ones. There is ample intrigue hindering his efforts and even a point where his careless assumption came very close to ending his quest and his agency.

Derek Shoales continues to provide a good performance.

loved it

im enjoying this series, if you enjoy litrpg you'll love this series and this book

Don’t read dashes as minuses

When reading the statistics the narrator read the dashes as minuses. I forget the actual text, but something like heat - 60 was read as heat minus 60. I believe the values were the minimum statistic required to used the item. Minor but it took me a while to catch on to what was meant. I kept trying to understand if the item or spell was cursed. doh!

Great read.

I’m loving this series every book has been amazing and the story it’s great! I recommend it to anyone that likes dark litRPG.