The Houndsman

A Base-Building LitRPG Adventure (The Houndsman, Book 1)

By: J Pal

Narrated by: Jack Voraces

Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

Build his fortress. Grow the pack. Save the realm.

After serving two terms in the Iron Army's Building Division, Flint Woodson is done with it all. With his four-legged friend at his side, he wants nothing more than to find a remote settlement, work as a guard or a builder, and find a wife.

He doesn't care about filling his remaining nodes with Skill Stones or wasting his life looking for a Class. Wyldbloods like him aren't destined for greatness.

But the realm is at war. The Fae are sick of humankind violating their treaties, their Wyld armies taking to the fields.

And Flint's plans go out the window when the Diskverse sends him a Life Quest.

Reawaken the Sleeping Fort.

Protect the village of Lea's Slumber.

Give the Champion of Equilibrium time to grow.

Saying "no" isn't an option when the quest involves the word Champion. Not if Flint wants to save the realm and have somewhere left to one day to live out his dream.

Have you been dreaming of a LitRPG with kingdom-building, flashy skills, and evolving dogs? Well, you just found it. The next series from the hit author of They Called Me Mad is here! Grab your copy today.

©2021 J Pal (P)2021 Podium Audio

Is a great potential starting to be recognized

This book has great potential that's starting to be recognized it's had a good start ist and good foundation it flows pretty well the way you expected and that's the problem everything in the book gets to be a little paint by numbers even the ending It is a good read just don't expect anything spectacular yet But as I've said before it does show the promise I'll be coming better

Pretty good

It started a little slow for me, and I want to just shelved it, but I kept going and I really enjoyed it. The connection between Flynn and his dogs was truly amazing, I will keep on with this series

Enjoyable

Jack's a great narrator in my eyes. This story was quite entertaining as well! Always have been a canine lover, myself. My only issue is Jack's speech method for the pucks. That stuttering speech is rough to listen to. Made the last chapter seem like it was dragging on for ages! Haha! I'll still be getting book 2, though.

pretty decent book. hate the goat voice

this was a pretty solid book, I liked the base building and could see some fun with that. and definitely the class where canines can be modified is pretty cool. but every single time that dang puck started talking. I just wanted to whip my phone across the room cuz it was so annoying. otherwise the narrator did a good job and he did fine with the voice for the puck. It was just annoying hearing the goat

The bk didn't quite live up to my expectations!

This book sounded like it would be right up my alley. It was a litRPG, it had a great cover, it had a bonded/beloved hound and a man who only wants to follow his dreams settle down and craft, and a narrator who sounded great. Only it didn't quite work out that way. And for me it didn't quite hit the mark... Yeah, for some reason I kept comparing it to his other series They Called Me Mad which ticked all the right buttons. Even in my own mind, that's a poor way to judge a book!

Decent

I really liked the premise of this one, not a huge fan of the execution. Flint sounds too young and naive for a 13 year veteran, I'm unsure if this is an issue of writing or performance. My intuition is both. I think a story like this needs an experienced and canny protagonist to be truly believable.

Finally, I'm not a fan of the narrator. In general, but the way he voices the Pucks is truly an assault on my ears. Instead of throwing in the occasional Ram-like 'baas,' he decided to make their entire speech sound like that. It comes off almost like someone speaking through an electrocution.

I might give the next one a go, but it depends atm.

It is okay

The goat voice is very grating and unnecessary, I am not sure if I missed a disclaimer.

This was a pretty solid book

The story was good. I will purchase the next 1 when it comes out. I only gave the narrator 4 stars because of the way he did Alais it was horrible. It was only in the last 13min of the book tho. So hopefully they change it for sequel.

Bit slow. Decent story but nothing that grabs you.

I did appreciate the lack of constant stat updates that you see in some LitRPGs. Also there isn't much of a romance plot though you can tell it's coming. Will have to see if that works or doesn't. Not sure if I'll continue the series when book 2 comes out.

great listen

this audio book is very enjoyable and worth the listen. the reader also dis a fantastic job with the voices.