Rebirth: A LitRPG Progression Fantasy

Aetherforged, Book 1

By: Luke Chmilenko, Harmon Cooper

Narrated by: John Pirhalla

The discovery of an enchanted heirloom sends a poor farm boy on a journey to master magic and vanquish evil in this epic LitRPG fantasy series.

Eighteen-year-old Callum Stross never asked to become a hero. Struggling through a brutal harvest alongside his father, he's more concerned with surviving the season than reliving ancient wars.

But when a devastating aetherstorm strikes, Callum is forced to seek shelter in a cursed manor, where he discovers a dormant Aethercore tied to the bloodline of the legendary Demonslayer. The core fuses with his soul, awakening latent power and binding him to Fen, a mana-bound fox who claims Callum is the Reborn Heir meant to finish what his ancestor started.

With demonic aetherbeasts rising once more and warlocks spreading corruption through forbidden Demoncores, Callum must travel to New Albion to uncover the truths hidden in the Archive of Destiny. There, in the capital's elite Great College, nobles train to manipulate mana, fuse shards, and wield legendary Powercores. But even they are unprepared for the impending storm.

To survive, Callum must rise through the ranks of a complex system, deepen his bond with Fen, and unlock the secrets buried in his bloodline. Because the Second Demonswar is coming—and this time, no one's ready.

©2025 Luke Chmilenko and Harmon Cooper (P)2025 Podium Audio

Great Start

Great start to the series, but please take time to edit out the extremely repetitive dialogue. They go over the same thing constantly, he had to reconfirm locations of things atleast 6 different times per location.

Very Good Writing and Narration

The story was in grossing, I liked the magic system and the main character was not over the top OP.
The narrator and the story just clicked together.
I will be waiting for book 2.

Yes!

Luke and Harmon??!
This was bound to be magic and it was.
great characters, great action scenes, amazing world building.
there didn't need to be a plot and I would have been happy, but boy howdy is there a plot

very formulaic

it wasn't bad at all, but it wasn't particularly unique either. Hero's journey attached to light litrpg.

2 great authors combine

just wish i did not have to wait for next in series, looking forward to it .