Dungeon Born (Dramatized Adaptation)

The Divine Dungeon, Book 1

By: Dakota Krout

Narrated by: Amanda Forstrom, Christopher Walker, Danny Gavigan, Marni Penning, Nick DePinto, Terence Aselford, Mike Carnes, Mike Ciporkin, Ryan Haugen, Katie Boothe, Patrick Boylan

A powerful dungeon. A sheep-herder turned Noble. Their path to ascendance through cultivation.

Conquering dungeons and using them to grow has long been the most efficient way to become a powerful adventurer. The only thing keeping the process from being easy is the Beasts that inhabit these places. Questions plague those entering this particular place of power: Where do the ‘rewards’ of weapons, armor, and heavy gold coins come from? Why is a fluffy bunny charging at me? For abyss-sake, why are there so many monsters?

Cal has all of the answers to these age-old questions for a very simple reason. He is a Dungeon Core, a soul forced against his will into a magical stone. With the help of an energetic friend, Cal grows a dungeon around himself to bring in new sources of power.

When a threat he doesn’t fully comprehend bares its many teeth, Cal is determined to survive the attempt on his life. Unfortunately for adventurers, the only way for him to achieve his goal is to eat anyone that enters his depths.

Performed by Patrick Boylan, Amanda Forstrom, Ryan Haugen, Danny Gavigan, Mike Carnes, Terence Aselford, Mike Ciporkin, Marni Penning, Nick DePinto, Katie Boothe, Christopher Walker, David Cui Cui, Eric Messner, Christopher Davenport, Michael John Casey, Matthew Bassett, Nora Achrati, Elias Khalil, Ryan Carlo Dalusung, Bradley Smith Rob Moreira, Anthony Palmini, Jessica Lauren Ball, Rayner Gabriel, James Konicek, Ken Jackson, Nanette Savard, and Scott McCormick.

©2019 Dakota Krout (P)2023 Graphic Audio LLC

My favorite one so far!

I like play video games and especially heavy fantasy games, so this was the perfect book for me. Loved the whole thing and definitely worth a listen too.

Such a cool concept

The idea of becoming a dungeon and starting as tiny stone and becoming something as cool as… well I don’t wanna ruin anything but it sounds so cool! The voice actors are also top notch. I can’t wait to listen to the next one!

Great production, music, and acting.

I really loved this production. The music and acting was very immersive and one of the best audiobooks I have listened to.

Immersion

I've read the books, listened to the original audible audios, and now I've finished listening to the dramatized adaptations and I have to say, this was definitely the best experience.
Having the sound effects and music in the background, along with having multiple narrators for different characters really grabs you by the neck and sucks you into the story. I truly enjoyed it; from beginning to end.

*Slight spoiler incoming* A few reviews mentioned the reverb and the voice of the wisp were obnoxious or annoying, but it didn't seem distracting to me at all. I definitely support the effects that they added, as I think that they enhance the immersion.

There is one con, or constructive criticism, that was a bit bothersome: sometimes if a character was far away or whispering, the audio became nearly inaudible. this was especially prevalent when there is music playing. Luckily this only happens a few times.
Nevertheless, this story and performance were top tier!

The regular version is better

This wasn’t worth buying the book again. The voice the new narrator gives to Cal is like nails on a chalkboard (to me). The background music plays almost constantly, which takes away from the story. The variety of voice actors and sound effects are enjoyable, but overall this was a waste of a credit.