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  • Rise of Mankind, Book 4
  • By: Jez Cajiao
  • Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
  • Length: 18 hrs and 28 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (73 ratings)

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Age of Steel

By: Jez Cajiao
Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
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Summary

The rising wave of the undead has been stilled, the Lich Lord Daedalus defeated, and the dungeon is safe . . . for now.

Now comes a time of growth, of calm and restructuring as the dungeon upgrades and the new alliances settle . . . but not all is peace and love.

The gangs are rising, the asuras spread, and the dead never truly rest . . .

The Age of Steel has begun . . .

©2023 R J Cajiao (P)2023 Tantor

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excellent listen

another great installment of the series, thankfully not long too wait for the next one. excellent narration as well

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Good Addition to the Series

Just like the rest of the series, It's good. I see the next book is out September 2023. On my list.

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Great listening

A brilliant fun story, performed with fun in mind. Written by my favourite author.

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Absolutely amazing!

I don’t know what else to say. I want to tell everyone I meet interested in sci-fi, to read / listen to these books. The story, the characters and their portrayal by the reader, it’s just perfect. Can’t wait for the next instalment.

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This series is so goddamn exciting!

I've been burning through this entire series and after every book the scope of this universe gets bigger and I yearn for more of it. I hope it never ends.

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Just brilliant!

Setting the standard by which I'll be judging others.

I have found myself going to bed at 5 or 6am multiple times now; mostly from being unable to keep from knowing what happens next.

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Left wanting more!

Amazing series! I've binged all 4 in a couple weeks! I can't wait for the next. My first experience with LITRPB and can't believe I've lived over 30 years (half of that playing games) and not knowing these types of books are out there! Love it!

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Better and better.

I can not wait for the next one. Any updates on when it's coming out?

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Brilliant

Absolutely gripped! Love this series, the characters are well written and you just Need to follow their progress. Cant wait for the next one!

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I loved it

Amazing story, characters and excellent narration.

Well worth the wait and can’t wait for the next one :)

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  • Alex_T
  • 03-07-23

I want to like it.

The premise of these books is great. I enjoy the magic system and the spin on dungeon core. However, the supporting characters are all one dimensional and present to call the main character an idiot until he explains himself. Even though everyone gets fully on board with every plan he has, they reset to doubting and calling him an idiot the next time. Every guy is a “cool guy” moto-grunt whose witty banter is some variation of “that’s what she said” and the women are all disapproving “oh-you…” caretakers. There are also cringe waste-of-time sex scenes which would have the same effect if they were just hinted at. I’ve made it though 8 books by Jez since he has great ideas and worlds, but he writes people as he knows them, and he doesn’t seem to know very many people. This is probably my last try at his books.

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  • Abel Rodriguez
  • 09-07-23

Disappointing

I’ve loved this series up until this book. It seems like every other chapter MC just makes stupid decisions as well as the people around him. Then him going off on these little tangents in his head that drag on. Stats were ridiculous. Then we can’t forget the the new bf/gf romance that seems to dominate the story almost as much as the fighting and working on the dungeon. I’ve skipped so much of this book. I couldn’t even finish. The final straw was him still taking about sex or wanting to have sex while an alarm was sounding. All that BS is completely unnecessary and ruined it for me.

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  • James
  • 29-06-23

Lacking

The pure stat dumps really broke the story in a big way, it also broke the pacing of the book. I found myself skipping 4-5 mins of the book at a time and still finding the stat dumps continuing, I feel half the book could be carved out and you would still have the same takeaway of the story. I will not buy the next book at release but will wait on reviews to see if this trend continues, if I ever buy the next one, in my opinion this was a waste of a credit.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 18-07-23

Great series

I am absolutely invested in this series of books. I’m hoping there will be more of this story to come.

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  • Evo2062
  • 15-07-23

Damn…

That was a crazy book. Good stuff. Keep them coming I can’t imagine what is going to happen next. It I can’t wait.

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  • Robert W Downing Jr
  • 11-07-23

Great book

Matt and Kelley, Chris and Becky and the whole gang… another great story by Jez… can’t wait for the next book

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  • Juan Q
  • 09-07-23

Liked it.

I very much liked the audiobook and very much enjoyed the narration of the book.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 07-07-23

Great continuation of the series

Another solid installment in an outstanding series. This one has a bit of a side questy feel to it but is definitely worth the listen. Can’t wait for the next one!

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  • Brandon
  • 06-07-23

A fantastic continuation of the story of the Storm Lord…

From the start this book builds and develops the back story in a meaningful way; all the way till the very last second. You will enjoy this book and look forward to the next.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 28-06-23

Raging manchild MC with major ADHD gets worse

MC is an incompetent tyrant who took advantage of desperate people into his dungeon and forced servitude. The Side Characters develop Stockholm syndrome and did all of the management for the MC while also babysitting this idiot when he has tantrums or having ADHD episodes.

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