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Survival Quest

Way of the Shaman Series # 1

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Survival Quest

By: Vasily Mahanenko
Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
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Barliona: a virtual world jam-packed with monsters, battles - and, predictably, players. Millions of them come to Barliona, looking forward to the things they can't get in real life: elves and magic, dragons and princesses, and unforgettable combat. The game has become so popular that players now choose to spend months online without returning home. In Barliona, anything goes: You can assault fellow players, level up, become a mythical hero, a wizard, or a legendary thief. The only rule that attempted to regulate the game demanded that no player be allowed to feel actual pain. But there's an exception to every rule. For a certain bunch of players, Barliona has become their personal hell. They are criminals sent to Barliona to serve their time. They aren't in it for the dragons' gold or the abundant loot. All they want is to survive the virtual inferno. They face the ultimate survival quest.

©2015 V. Mahanenko. English translation copyright 2015 by Natalia Nikitin (P)2016 Tantor Science Fiction Survival Action & Adventure Game Fantasy Adventure Fiction Epic Computer Science Epic Fantasy Survival Psychology

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Engaging Adventure • Immersive Gameplay • Excellent Voice Acting • Well-developed Characters • Interesting World-building

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really enjoyed it. well written and not to intense. I nice light listen. Would totally listen/read again.

Awesome, simple, enjoyable

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Really enjoyed listening to the first series of the Way of the Shaman it has intriguing characters, a solid story line, and the experience of leveling in this world sounded divine. What I loved most about the experience was by the time I got off work after listening to this book, I was excited to have my own adventures in my own games!

Spiritual Journey

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feel like it is starting too slow but it seems to be ramping up in the next book

slow start

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Such a attention to detail and action. will definitely keep on the series to finish the books

Must read

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I was really ready to drop this book in the first 2 hrs because it was so slow, ridiculously slow. There was like 4 times more internal monolog then actual things happening(honestly might be lowballing the ratio). A ridiculous amount of explaining. So I sped it up to 1.20 speed and about half way through I started to enjoy the book and the explanations became less and less. By the end I wanted to get the next one and continue.

Take that how you will.

Mixed feelings

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