Riftside 1

A LitRPG Fantasy Adventure

By: Cassius Lange, Henrik Saetre

Narrated by: Justin Thomas James, Jessica Threet, Jeff Hays

I wanted to be an adventurer. I ended up the pack mule for a psychopathic hammer.

My name is Ash. I’m a scavenger, a blacksmith’s apprentice, and, according to the voice in my head, a "calcium-based biped with poor taste in pillows."

All I wanted was to clear my family’s debt and secure a future in Dawnwatch, the frontier town guarding the rift. Maybe even become an adventurer. But when a dungeon run went wrong, I didn’t just find loot. I found the motherload. A Soul Gem worth a kingdom.

Instead of doing the smart thing and selling the gem, I forged it into a powerful Soul Weapon, one which could make me into something far greater than I’d ever thought possible.

Only, I ended up with Roq. A modified smith’s hammer. He can crush armor, heal my wounds, and hit harder than a runaway horse. In some ways he is the ultimate weapon.

But he’s also a complete diva who demands blood sacrifices, screams about his magnificence, and refuses to sleep on anything less than satin.

Now, I have to find a way to slay enough monsters to keep him fed and become strong enough to protect those I care about.

All while arguing with a tool that thinks he’s the main character.

“Excuse you? 'Thinks' he is the main character? I AM THE MAIN CHARACTER! You are merely a transportation system! Listen to me, flesh-sacks. Buy this book. Experience my glory through your eye-balls or ear-holes. Witness the destruction of the Titanfang! And if you don't leave a 5-star review, I will find out where you live and I will... wait, Ash, don't you dare close the descript—"

...Ignore him. Just buy the book. Please. I need money for more satin pillows and pie.

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Amazing book

This book was awesome. The writing style, narration, character development, world building, and overall idea are awesome. I love the production of this and I can’t wait to see what happens next. I Definitely recommend this book.

Entertaining and a good story

It’s is certainly worth a listen. Characters are well developed and most of the voice overs are memorable. The weird aural effect used for some of the character interaction does get in the way a few times, making it difficult to understand. That’s the only thing that kept my rating from a full 4.

Maybe Later

The story is great, and for the most part, the narration is effective. I got 11 hours left and had to stop. I listen with Headphones and MY GOD IS ROCK OVER DONE WITH HIS NARRATION!!!! Ruins the book to some degree. I had to take a break, buyer beware great story but one of the narrators over does his role with a being called Rock. The non stop screaming is overdone. I normally like SBT, but they overdid it. May or may not finish the book, Just hard when you wear airpods and someone is screaming half the time you listen.

Fantastic

Haven’t been this excited about a new book series in while. It had me laughing and cheering at so many parts and the voice actors were so amazing they made the book so good.

Superb

MC gets lucky and finds a item that grants him power.
not much new there.
what makes this book stand out is the characters, they have depth and texture, they aren't just there to drive the plot forward, they all got personality and quirks.
love it!

JTJ delivers as I've come to expect from him, as does the entire SBT crew...