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Edge of Reality
- Phantom Server Trilogy, Book 1
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
He is a cyber dweller. A gamer who's grown up in the web of virtual illusion woven from hundreds of phantom worlds. His biggest dream is to dump the real world for good.
His desperate hunger for new experiences forces him to take a risk and become one of the first proud owners of a neuronet implant. The new gadget becomes part of him, but soon it's not enough. If only he could finally burn all his bridges and make a step beyond the real world....
He soon gets this opportunity. A new universe, overflowing with mystery and unimaginable, mind-blowing authenticity, opens up before him.
This is Phantom Server. The game of the future where your pursuit of an adrenaline rush soon turns into a battle for survival. But the most terrifying mystery lies ahead, when you gradually start to realize that this is a road of no return. Your every decision may become your last. Your every step leads you further along the abyss between life and death.
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- Jaco du Preez
- 14-05-16
Great idea with illogical and mediocre plot
Is there anything you would change about this book?
The setup and theme of gaming integration perspective had been interesting and has potential for many stories.
The main plot is the most distracting part of the book and broke the immersive theme completely. The plot made no sense and developed the story in a bubble not thinking of the implications of the technology and what would accompany the tech, resulting in a plot that had not been thoroughly thought out, going in a direction my mind would not follow.
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
The narrator handled male voices relatively well with good range but female voices were flat and indistinguishable.
11 people found this helpful
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- Lawrence
- 02-08-16
could have been so much better.
I found the plot line good, but the transitions and the character development lacking. I wanted to listen to the next two books in the series because of the positive reviews, but after this book I don't think I will.
3 people found this helpful
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- James H
- 18-05-16
Truly Regrettable
This is bad. Real bad.
I like video game books (and scifi/fantasy in general) but this has no reason to live in that genre. The premise is very weak to begin with, and then it teeters over the edge of not even needing to be a gaming book. It could very easily have just been science fiction and not have really missed anything important.
First, this book took itself really seriously from the start (which could be some of the narrator), way more than someone playing a video game would think/act.
Then there is the perspective... it was a trainwreck. At times it is very first person, then it would switch to the third person omniscient, and then for absolutely no reason the narrator breaks the fourth wall, for questions that basically amount to "Am I right?"
I've listened to several of the Russian Video game books (Alter World and Way of the Shaman) and while none are stellar, this one is a hard pass. HARD.
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- Kindle Customer
- 18-11-16
I don't know why
but I fall asleep everytime I listened to this book. it has all the things I like in sci-fi but it just didn't come together in an exciting way
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- Sailfish
- 27-04-16
Mediocre Cyberpunk
The story was written like a gamer decided to write a game novel and move through the story as though they were actually playing a game. There was an overuse of gamer jargon such as "char" to denote a character and NPC to denote non-playing character that distracted from the getting more interested in the actual story behind the game aspects.
Even McLaren's normally excellent narration couldn't bring me to have much interest in the novel.
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- charlie
- 12-11-16
I tried to love it
I bought all three and finished two. I just couldn't get into it kept getting lost in what was happening. I have 200+ audible books and never been so lost in what's happening it may have been me. might be having a off month I can't put my finger on what my issue with this book is. i love LitRpgs my new favorite genre but this series is not for me I guess will try again in a few months and will update if the next time is better.
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- Joe
- 04-08-16
No plot.
Very weak Plot development. Like one of those action movies that's just fights and explosions for 90 minutes. It can work for a 90 minute movie, but it gets pretty old in a 9 hour book.
Also totally lacked an ending.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-03-16
wonderful surprise. . like it..
Very well written and great story .. enjoyed it very much. character was real and faced lots of challenges. . was cool to watch him grow
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- Byron
- 06-04-16
let down
I read several reviews and was looking forward to this book. I had to trudge through it and will not be continuing this series.
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- Damon
- 03-04-16
ear capturing
for a MMORPG future book could not stop listening to this. it was well written action-packed. I just hope I don't have to wait too long for multiple books to come out.
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- Rock Hyrax
- 26-12-20
Got bored quickly
Started out promisingly, but by the time I was in chapter 3 (the chapters are quite long), I realised I cared more about what happened to other players than the protagonist, who was beginning to strike me as a sociopath.
Decided there were better ways to spend my time than continue with this book.