The Noob Returns

Noobtown, Book 9

By: Ryan Rimmel

Narrated by: Johnathan McClain

LitRPG fans: Noobtown is back!

In the ninth book in Ryan Rimmel's fantastical Noobtown series, Jim has a new threat to face. As he questions how to kill a nearly invincible Elder Demon, he also has to regroup his allies and try to fix his ailing War Badger. Can he do all that, considering it's also time to finally answer for his many crimes against chickens?

What happens when the main boss isn't the final boss?

Jim defeated the Dark Overlord, but that wasn't enough. The Dark Overlord was just a pawn for an even greater threat. Michael, the Elder Demon, has restarted the War in Heaven. Meanwhile, Jim was spending quality time with Shart, trapped in the Walker Orb. Now, Jim's allies are spread all over Ordinal, and the world is breaking apart.

In order to survive, Jim needs to rebuild his class, find his allies, and save the world yet again. His plans start small, but there are, of course, problems. A death cult has taken over Windfall, a Faceless Queen is running the Castle, and Badgelor has a cardiac issue that needs to be fixed sooner rather than later.

But Jim isn't defeated. He will save Windfall and the World. Because he's the Mayor of Windfall.

©2026 Ryan Rimmel (P)2026 Podium Audio

I love this series for the humor and plot!

Everything! It moves along fast with great characters! Can’t wait for the next book!
Puma check!

Back to basics!

What's left to do after you've got the girl (sort of?) killed the big bad, saved the world, and gotten yourself trapped in an inescapable prison? Start over, of course! This entry in the series was really fun, and I loved how it brought us back to the earlier volumes with some of that juicy noob progression and discovery. The humor was turned up to 11 in this one and I absolutely LOVED all the references and flavor that was added in. This was an easy 5 stars and with all the great LitRPG coming out right now, I was not disappointed to prioritize listening to Noobtown before anything else on my list!

thanks for break from reality

felt like book 1. loved every single minute. can't wait for more to come out. so now we wait

I am sad that I have to wait for the next one

The narrator is by far my favorite. The story is perfect and completely unexpected and the jokes are great

Awesome

Continue to enjoy the books. Narration was great. Hope the series keeps going. Fun. Funny. Enjoy it