Battlefield Reclaimer

Guardian of Aster Fall, Book 1

By: David North

Narrated by: John Pirhalla, Stephanie Nemeth-Parker

Length: 20 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

A LitRPG progression epic.

Across the world of Aster Fall, there are unique classes, but not all of them can be trained. They require quests and accomplishments that simply don't exist in the world. Some say the World Law itself is broken and that the world is falling apart.

In comes Sam Hastern.

His family has been cursed by one of these classes for the last 50 years. No one has ever managed to level it, condemning them to the lowest paying jobs and life in a barren village.

The class is called Battlefield Reclaimer.

There's one more little problem.

Sam's about to have it even worse, when a dungeon exploration leaves him looking distinctly non-human.

He'll grow from weak to strong, uncover ancient ruins, and travel to the stars. All he wants is to protect his family and study magic, but to do that, he'll learn ancient powers and walk in the footsteps of the old rulers of the galaxy.

In this work, you'll find leveling, crafting, experience-based progression, rare classes, evolving classes, and strange races. The world runs on mana crystals, beast cores, spirit veins, alchemical pills, and enchantments. The environment is hostile and filled with monsters and elemental storms.

©2021 David North (P)2023 David North

Solid 4/5 star book. Very immersive.

I am not a fan of short/rushed stories. A proper story takes time to properly tell. Here is what you find in this book. Very detailed. It flows at a wonderful place. Immersing you into the story. Getting you well acquainted with the characters. The world system and leveling is well thought out. There is a great variety of creatures. No well defined main antagonist yet. Just a couple hidden in the background so far. Personally; I feel that the hero can only be as good as the main antagonist makes him. So I'm still waiting for this series' Lex Luthor. But there are plenty of regular and higher powered mobs. With some really enjoyable battles.

This book goes to great lengths to make sure to establish a solid bedrock for the main characters, abilities, and world; to give a lot of depth to the story ahead. Still allowing time for a quality villain to show up soon. The MC is a likeable character. He isn't a complete imbecile (like are found in some other series). He is young; but seems to have a good start. He is learning as he goes. His abilities are being earned. Growing at a nice pace. with the different abilities and world magics being nicely thought out and detailed as well. Showing tons of potential; as well as plenty of directions for this story to go. Definitely a series worth taking the time to delve into.

Now I need more. Book 2 please.

great story

Interesting story about astra fall world. Good performance of main and supporting actors. Very pleasant for listening.

Great Story and Performance

This book is a great read and listen. John and Stephanie do a really great job bringing the tone and emotions out of the characters. David is a great story teller, I was always on the edge of my seat through its entirety. I cant wait for the next one.

What I look for in litrpg... nifty!

very fun story... it got a little full of numbers at the end of the book... but still really love the story and the voice acting.

Awesome

Such a great book. Such a great narration duo in John Pirhalla and Stephanie Nemeth-Parker. Looking forward to seeing this due take off like their talent deserves. If you've listened to Travis do this book, this is worth a listen still. John is really really good.

Tellistto

Great book

I really enjoyed this book looking forward to the next one. David does a great job with his storytelling

Great Story!

Just a well written fun jaunt into adventure. Coming of age story that is just a solid listen won't break the mold of storytelling but my goodness what a fun listen.

Loved it again

It too bad that Travis Baldree couldn’t do the whole series, but the new narrators were amazing and the story was still great the second time.

A second Release

I enjoyed this book so much I bought the re-release.
I also love a good duel narrative. And the narrator are good… excluding a certain dwarven battle cry, or maybe that’s just a great battle cry?

good book, unrealistic character design.

overall good premise, but the bit with the second group and the wizard was unrealistic and felt very soulless.