Shadow Agency

A Fantasy LitRPG (Shadow Agency, Book 1)

By: M.A. Carlson

Narrated by: Zachary Johnson, Jeff Hays, Emma Kate Starling

Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins

Publisher's summary

In the city of Puerto Manada, orphans never get a chance they don’t make for themselves—especially not rare badgerboy orphans, such as the unnamed protagonist. Struggling to even find a little bread to feed himself, he survives by working as a pickpocket for local crime bosses, while his world is ravaged by a war between its two great superpowers. But everything changes when an enigmatic member of the elite wolfmen hands the badgerboy a mysterious package to deliver to a faraway land.

Lured by the promise of answers about his deceased mother—as well as a decent amount of silver—the badgerboy embarks on a daring journey as he runs from thieves, assassins, and the authoritarian government, while traveling on the high seas and fighting his way through monster-filled lairs. Assuming new identities as he crosses some of the biggest battlefields in the world, the badgerboy must continue to hone his magical powers if he wants to survive long enough for the package to reach its destination. Will the orphan fulfill his mission and get his rich reward, or will he get caught and face his doom?

Shadow Agency is a LitRPG story with elements of progression fantasy, fascinating creatures, and nonstop adventure.

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MUST READ

Absolutely loved this book. A great new take on LitRPG, the performances are great. A new and novel would kept me very interested. 100% recommend!

Count me in!

If the next books in this series are as good as this one, then I'm in for the long haul. The narration was excellent, and definitely worthy of this story. Badger is a badass! I'm gonna be cliche and say I can't wait for the next book. Yeah, I know I have to, and yeah I'll probably feel like this about a few other audiobooks while I wait. However, as soon as I see a pre-order for book 2, I'll be right there with money in hand. Totally worth a credit!

This is a banger

Excellent storyline, characters you can feel. Plots that don’t rely on repetitive blind luck, OP abilities or the enemy, always seeming to do the exact wrong thing. A LITRPG that doesn’t excessively embellish stats to try and engage the audience.. but wait for it, a LITRPG book that feels complete on its own. Don’t get me wrong, if it’s as well done. I would love to see book 2 come across my feed.
Until then, thank you M.A. Carlson

Awesome

Loved this one, this story follows a teenager carving his way through the world. I forgot how young he was a lot throughout the book. He really has to step up to the plate a lot. His character arc is really well done.

What a fantastic start of a series!

Great story and narration!

A Street rat stumbles into a life of intrigue and adventure! As he receives a mysterious delivery job, he quickly becomes hunted by a shadowy organization. Who is hunting him and why?

Soundbooth does a wonderful job with the narration, and really brings the story and characters to life!

I really enjoyed this story and can't wait for the next book to come out!

I’m Invested

The only reason why I didn’t give a complete 5 stars is because the story is a bit slow. But it’s for a reason. The build up is excellently done. I was a little frustrated with the MC do-gooder attitude despite the other characters bad actions towards him but I am also a “kill ‘em all” type 😂. So take that how you want.
Overall, I’m invested in the story and looking forward to the next adventure.

Awesome!

Really good coming of age story. The only thing i disliked was the way the MC acted with the two pirates it was frustrating, to say the least. but i will definitely be buying book 2.

Fantastic Story!

The story was solid and had plenty of character building. I appreciated the take on a Non Human MC and world. I really enjoyed how the cooking parts were tied to skills. It was fun and not a chore. The performance by The Soundbooth Theater Crew was exceptional as always. Very much worth checking out. Excited for book 2’s release!

A great beastkin story

This has everything you need for a great story:
1. Likeable main character. He's a young badger orphan. Like everyone else in the story, he's a beastkin, or just a kin. Badgers have the advantage / disadvantage of being fearless, but also have poor eyesight.
2. A sense of danger. The main character is basically a young street kid in a dangerous city. Just getting food is often a problem.
3. Intelligent adversaries and a believable plot. Also, the plot never gets into a rut. At one point in the story, I thought ... he's going to be here for awhile. But no, two minutes later I was proven wrong.
4. (litRPG) Interesting underlying system.
5. Excellent moderators.

I really liked this one. Note: MC is a badger. The cover therefore seems weird.

the badger is learning

the badger don't give a damn.. okay this one does, and just keeps pushing through everything. it's pretty good. will listen again