Irrelevant Jack

By: Prax Venter

Narrated by: Justin Thomas James, Jeff Hays, Andrea Parsneau

Jack is violently pulled into a game-like universe and dumped into a seaside town on the brink of destruction. When the people of Blackmoor Cove begin to ask about his combat role, Jack discovers his odd Hero Class and finds that parts of his game interface are riddled with exposed coding errors. He quickly learns that the only way the town can grow and push back the unknown substance threatening to consume it is if brave Heroes venture into an infinitely high, ever-changing tower, kill bizarre monsters for their valuable equipment drops, and then deposit those items into a special chest.

As Jack struggles to level up and help save the people he has grown to care for, he learns the true nature of this simulated world and his destiny. But can he overcome his reckless nature and become the leader this strange world needs?

This “Crunchy” GameLIT/LitRPG story contains: Item-Based game mechanics, town building, countless unique monsters, boss fights, and cheaty special abilities.

©2018 Prax Venter (P)2019 Soundbooth Theater

Everything gamelit should be....

...except the end. Really awesome premise. Great characters. Interesting and satisfying progression. Then the story just ended, absolutely zero resolution. It’s not even really a cliff hanger, the author just decided he was done I guess. I’ll get the next one, if there is one, but I really hope there’s a little more thought given to the overall narrative of each individual book. They should stand on their own.

Completely Relevant

When it was past 2am and I was still listening to this audible book because I simply MUST hear what's going to happen next and how it's going to end, I know I've managed to find a winner. It's pretty rare to find a litrpg that hits all the right cylinders for me (good hero, great story, interesting characters, good style and pacing, decent humor, good world building, good action, etc). I was totally engaged with this book the whole way through. The character skills are not too complicated and deep and hence don't require minutes by the author to tell to the listener the stats and skills. I like a good balance and this is just right in that regard. Soundbooth also does an excellent job with the voices and effects (never overdoing the effects).

My only gripes are that the book ends without a major milestone discussed throughout the book being hit, and there are some elements of the combat system that are non consistent (such as why the skills learned in the arena don't translate to actual skills in his list of skills). But those are very minor things compared with the story as a whole so can't really take away a star for that.

Overall this is near perfect litrpg in my view, and if you are a fan of litrpgs you really should grab this one. I'm definitely looking forward to the next book in the series!

Wow!

Yet again I'm completely in awe of Soundbooth as they bring a world to life in my mind. However this time I'm also just as much awed by the writing quality of the author which is feat unto itself. Got the next book already and am looking forward to the coming adventures.

Great litrpg, great narration

I really enjoyed reading this book, but the narration was even better. Prax Venter deserve kudos for such a great litrpg.

A fresh idea for a story

Finally a new & fresh idea for a story. Little slow to start the adventure as the world is fleshed out. Very enjoyable!!!