Underpowered Howard

A LitRPG Adventure

By: John L. Monk

Narrated by: Neil Hellegers

When there's no way to win, cheat, and cheat big.

Deep within Heroes of Mythian, a game world where retirees exchange their physical bodies for an eternity of adventure, Howard learns a terrible secret: The game is glitched, and it’s killing its mightiest players forever.

Desperate to save his friends and countless innocents, he hatches a plan to fix things. Doing so will require skill, determination, and help from a number of unlikely heroes along the way. Using his deep knowledge of game mechanics, he’ll start again as a level 0 necromancer and exploit his way to power.

With luck, his game-breaking exploits will alert Mythian’s admins that something is wrong. With more luck, they’ll pull him aside and ask how and why he'd done it.

With even more luck...well...in that unlikely event, the game’s creators - uncaring at best, and sadistic at worst - won’t delete him for exposing their mistakes.

It’s a risk he’s willing to take, though some warn it may destroy all of Mythian in the process.

Don't miss an epic LitRPG Adventure from number one best-selling author John L. Monk. Did we mention it's got plenty of laughs? It's perfect for fans of Dakota Krout, James Osiris Baldwin, and Ryan Rimmel.

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Was loving it until mc made a deal with the devil

Spoiler: Was thoroughly enjoying the book until the main character betrayed the intent and morality of character in a deal with the well. That compromise was unforgivable and someone who just killed in self defense wouldn’t be so quick to toss away such stipulations. The chance of permanent killing up to this point should be an anathema given why he was on the quest in the first place.

Does not follow.

Nice Standalone

A good standalone LitRPG book with a delightful narrorator who knows how to fit a voice to a character.

interesting installment

Interesting installment in the series. but this one does seem to wrap the world up patly. I really hope to learn more about the world of Mythica.

I found myself engrossed in the story

At first, I thought this would be a mediocre story that was an okay time filler, but as I listened to the story, I became vested in the characters and story. The characters were fairly well fleshed out with good development throughout the story. The story moved well and kept me interested. The narrator did a very good job, but because audible ratings goes from "pretty good" to "it's great," I didn't feel I could give the narrator 4-stars as the story was the real focus here, but the narrator did a very good job presenting it. I would gladly have spent a credit on this and will likely spend a credit on book 2 when I catch up on the backlog in my library from the recent sale.

It was Good?

Don't know how to feel about this one. It isn't bad. Is it good? Your guess is as good as mine.