• How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps

  • By: Andrew Rowe
  • Narrated by: Suzy Jackson, Steve West
  • Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (22,020 ratings)

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How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps

By: Andrew Rowe
Narrated by: Suzy Jackson, Steve West
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Publisher's summary

For thousands of years, there has been a cycle: a Demon King rises and conquers, and a Hero is reborn a hundred years later to defeat him. Each time, civilizations are ground to dust beneath the Demon King's hordes, but humanity has remained secure in the belief that a Hero of legend will always save them. There's just one slight problem. It's only been 23 years since the Demon King's latest rise, and this time, he's already conquered more than half the world. If humanity simply waits for the Hero's return, there may be no world left for him to save.

And so, Yui Shaw sets out with an ambitious plan. A 10-step plan.

She'll find a way to obtain the Hero's legendary sword. She'll earn obscure classes, gain levels, and increase her skills. She'll travel to the meticulously-crafted dungeons that seem designed for one specific Hero to complete. And, if she's truly (un)fortunate, she might even find a fairy.

She might not be a Hero - but if she can fake it long enough, she might still be able to save the world.

©2020 Andrew Rowe (P)2020 Audible Originals, LLC

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About the Creator

Andrew Rowe is The New York Times best-selling novelist of the Arcane Ascension, War of Broken Mirrors, and Weapons and Wielders series. Each of these books is set in the same sprawling, interconnected universe and known for their intricate world building, detailed magic systems, analytical characters, and epic anime-style action.
Andrew started his career as a game designer working for tabletop RPG books for companies like White Wolf, then later entered the video game industry to work on the legendary MMORPG World of Warcraft at Blizzard Entertainment. After leaving Blizzard, he worked at other amazing companies like Cryptic Studios and Obsidian Entertainment. As a long-time RPG enthusiast, Andrew draws heavily from games for his inspiration, especially Japanese role-playing games (JRPGs) like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Ys, Fire Emblem, and The Legend of Heroes.
In his free time, Andrew still runs roleplaying games in the same universe as his books, including Spider Climb, an interactive web serial where fans vote on how the story progresses after each chapter.

About the Performer

Suzy Jackson is an actress and voice-over artist whose voice has been heard on numerous audio books, commercials, video games, and cartoons. Jackson won the AudioFile Earphones Award for Young Adult audiobooks in 2019. She is an Audie Award winner and SOVAS Voice Arts Award nominee. Her books have been recognized on the American Library Association’s Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults list. Jackson is the proud executive director of Opening Act, a nonprofit organization that brings free theater programs to NYC’s most underserved public high schools.

About the Perfomer

A London native, Steve West began his career on London’s prestigious West End Stage. He went on to appear in film and television, including performing for Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. After moving to the States in 2009, West earned a place as a highly respected and award-winning voice-over artist working across commercials, films, documentary, audiobooks, and video games. He has recorded more than 250 audiobooks across all genres and to date has won 15 AudioFile Earphones Awards, as well as multiple Audie Award nominations. West describes audiobooks as akin to a "one-man play", an opportunity to embody an incredible, diverse array of characters and bring the work from the page into a whole different form.

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The Best Audible Original Book I've Heard

The book is a hilarious commentary on the tropes and peculiarities of video games and LitRPG in general. The book has an overall very light feel, although there are moments of seriousness. I was wary of two narrators at first, but it is executed perfectly. Steve West only narrates level ups and Suzy Jackson does all the other prose. The editing is perfection. This light novel is well worth picking up, and if you're like me, devouring. 5 stars.

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Lisa Simpson explains how she leveled up

As a free Audible listen, I set my expectations pretty low. It just need to be somewhat interesting to feel worth it. I listened to the whole thing, expecting it to get better. Never happened.

The entire book felt like a twelve year old telling me, in tedious detail over the course of five hours, how she leveled up her warrior skills so she could defeat a supposedly evil enemy. The main character, Yui, sounds like Lisa Simpson and, like the cartoon character Is drawn, Yui is just as flat and two dimensional.

There’s no character development. Other than telling you how she moved a rock a hundred times to level up her bag skills and killed slugs to level up, and killed skeletons to level up, I couldn’t tell you anything else about Yui - not what she looks like, what type of personality she has, or her motivations for embarking on this quest. Same goes for her companion Ken, the fairy Vex, and, well, everyone.

There’s no world development. We’re simply told there’s a demon king who’s ravaging the lands... but we don’t get any details about what he’s done, we never see a single destroyed village, or witness any loss.

Thus, in the final hour of the book, when Yui confronts the Demon King, there’s no sense of peril and no doubt about Yui prevailing.

I get that this is YA fiction, but that’s no excuse for giving us a magical game instruction manual instead of a story we could care about.

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Fun Story in a Familiar World

A lighthearted story that mixes elements of Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, and Dragon Quest. Even if you aren't familiar with those properties you'll find something to love in this somewhat short romp through through this world of magic, heroes, and the demons they fight.

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Adored it in every way

First off, I am incredibly picky about audiobook narrators, and this was one of my favorites, ever.
The story is charming and hilarious, with just the right splash of feeling amidst the self-awareness. It's very apparent the author loves the source material, and it made for a nostalgic, yet refreshing fantasy romp.

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Zelda fan fiction

this is a love letter to the legend of Zelda this book is adorable I love the MC Outlook on the rules of this world and her creative thinking

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this guy can really write some good books

I'm only about halfway through I just found it this morning on my way to work looking through new releases. I'm a big fan of Arcane Ascension and six sacred swords so as soon as I saw it I said I would take a shot glad I did picks up easy and so far has been just fantastic

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bahahaha gamers delight!

if you don't know what inspired this novella then you need to be hit in the face with a fish!

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Surprised

This book was very enjoyable, good for all ages.
Definitely download this book for your free monthly selection.

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Absolutely recommend!

This narration was one of the best performances I’ve heard on audible! And I absolutely loved the story as well - pretty lighthearted, but with a depth to the world and the characters that really draws the reader in. The straightforward quest layout with the twist of having a main character that is always questioning everything and creating unorthodox workarounds and schemes was highly entertaining! Thanks to all who helped create it, and I hope all you future readers enjoyed it as much as I did!

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Fantastic!

This was a fantastic novella! It was clever and sweet, it was like breath of fun fresh air.

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