Duskbound 1

A LitRPG Adventure

By: D. E. Sherman

Narrated by: Gary Bennett

Monsters don’t fear the dark. They fear him.

Velik was changed by a childhood encounter he still struggles to understand. Now he’s something else—faster, deadlier, and armed with a unique class built for one thing: hunting monsters.

For ten years, he’s braved the frontier alone, cutting down every beast that threatens the border towns. With each kill, he’s grown stronger, gaining levels and sharpening his skills on the thousands of monsters infesting the wild lands.

But something’s wrong. The monsters are coming faster, stronger, and Velik’s losing ground. The arrival of a guild hunter brings more complications, as the gold-ranked hunter seems more curious about Velik than the monsters he’s been hired to kill.

With time running out, Velik must venture deeper into the woods, facing deadly creatures while searching for the source of the threat. But what he finds isn’t just a nest. It’s a secret—one that could explain what happened to Velik ten years ago.

Something in the dark remembers him…and it’s been waiting.

©2025 D.E. Sherman (P)2025 Timeless Wind Publishing LLC

great beginning

full book on story building. Hopefully this is just a great first effort. story has some real potential.

Pretty good book

Interesting enough that I continued to listen, the narrator was very droll and had a relaxing voice. I had to keep busy or I would fall asleep, not a bad narrator just a very soothing voice to me.

Enjoyable

It’s a bit descriptive and that can take a minute but it’s written well and enjoyable. The world and system and easy to understand and the twist is nice.
The narrator did a good job and it was all
Easy to listen too.
Looking forward to the next book.

Story through out reminds me Edgar Rice Bourouhs

the only thing wrong was sometimes lose track of the split off between the monster killers

The narrator is fine

The narrator's performance is what I'd called "muted", but not a monotone. If I had to choose, I'd pick that over someone who tries too hard to inject emotion into every sentence, because that just wears me out. Still, the muted performance does affect the overall tone of the story, which is calm.

Overall, the story is wholesome; all the characters are good people and heroic in their own way.