Manufacturing Magic: A LitRPG Adventure

Jeff the Game Master, Book 1

By: Jaime Castle, Troy Osgood

Narrated by: Nick Podehl

Ten million active players. One Game Master.

Infinite Worlds is the most popular VRMMORPG on the market. Its maps are so vast, developer Hard Rock Data utilizes a network of highly advanced artificial intelligences to control it. But it’s not without problems.

That’s why Game Masters like Jeff Driscoll have jobs. The downside? He’s not allowed to play the game. Something about conflicts of interest and favoritism.

His very boring and tedious job is to help players deal with the occasional bug that slips through the cracks and ensure they enjoy their time playing enough to give a five-star rating. It’s a gig. It pays the bills.

However, when the AIs unexpectedly issue a rogue patch, the game becomes a buggy mess, and Jeff’s role radically changes. He finds himself as the only Game Master around, dealing with more problems than he can handle. It’s up to Jeff to return Infinite Worlds to normalcy...but will the AIs let him?

Manufacturing Magic is a unique spin on the LitRPG genre, not just providing the perspective of the players but also of one of those mystical, magical, all-powerful GMs we all dream of being. Perfect for fans of Luke Chmilenko, Dakota Krout, and Shemer Kuznits.

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Awesome concept

This was a great take on litrpg with a new twist. I read this first then picked it up to listen this was soo good... I can't wait for book two

nice twist on the MMORPG

not what i expected but was over have way in before I realized where it was going and then boom. Yes i recommend this book buying the next one right now myself.

A unique concept

this book offered a unique spin on the LutRPG genre. Considering that LitRPG as a genre is relatively new I didn't realize how predictable the setups had become until I heard this book which blew many of the past expectations out of the water. this book would be worth reading if only got its unique perspective but there is also a good story behind it as well. I definitely recommend this book.

Wonderful! let's see the second book!

Great adventure! Excited for the second book ^.^ that is wonderful world that you have created in this book. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Great story however..

nick made this story come to life.
the story had a great premise and is very promising.
however spoiler for the first 2-3 hours.



I feel like most of the story could have been avoided if the devs were any bit competent. I mean wouldn't an AI going "rogue" have been caught almost instantly? not to mention just doing a hard reset to set the game back to 24 hours before? Realistically this entire book would have been solved within the first 4 hours of the story.