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  • First Sorcerer

  • Singularity Online, Book 1
  • By: Kyle Johnson
  • Narrated by: Basil Sands
  • Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (59 ratings)
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First Sorcerer

By: Kyle Johnson
Narrated by: Basil Sands
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Summary

The Singularity - the merger of man and machine into a greater whole - is finally within humanity's grasp. When programmer Jeff Lawing gets the opportunity to join Singularity Online, the world's first realistic VRMMO and the testing ground that will lead to the Singularity, he leaps to accept.

Singularity is much more realistic and darker than Jeff had imagined, though. As a Sorcerer, his arcane magic is limited only by his imagination, allowing him to craft powerful spells forged from his desires. As the only Sorcerer in the game, he'll need to carve his own path, with only an ancient specter as his guide.

Will his new powers be enough to see him through the deadliest training quest he's ever encountered or to protect him in a fallen realm filled with undead? Does the have the courage and passion he needs to seize the mantle of First Sorcerer?

©2020 Kyle Johnson (P)2020 Tantor

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  • 07-01-21

Solid Litrpg

Solid litrpg, focused plot with lots of magical theory and good characterisation.
Narration is somewhat old fashioned but good nonetheless.

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A very original and enjoyable beginning.

I discovered LitRPGs only 2 years ago but have read over 100 since then and find them a very mixed bag. Often my main criticisms are that the creatures they face are rather generic and predictable and how they're full of stats every few seconds.

In First Sorceror, I found none of this and not only was it light on the stats (concentrating only on those relevant to the moment) but the creatures Kyle has created are both original but also worthy of being included in anyone's tabletop gaming session.

Viewed as a standalone story, it is somewhat lacking as there is a Lot of preamble and finding of feet but once it gets going the action is fast, fights innovative and the (rather small) cast interesting enough. It feels a lot like what it is, an origin story and so there is a lot of ground work to place but this may put some people off, which is a shame as it is still thoroughly enjoyable and original.

I've also noticed a lot of reviewers finding fault with the narration, one even calling it 'old fashioned' (?) but I found Basil Sands' work excellent throughout with everything clear and concise and adding emotion where needed and adding a brilliant sense of personality to all the characters regardless of gender.

In all I did find it dragged a little in the last few chapters, almost feeling as if it was floundering a little but this didn't go as far as to leave a bad taste and left me still wanting more and so I will certainly be checking out book 2 in the future.

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Great book

What an amazing listen, I couldn't stop or put it down. I highly recommend it, I've already downloaded the second one and can't wait to listen.

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when even breathing triggers a tsunami of overpowered special skills to the main character.. you know youre in for a bad time.

The book feels more like a shopping list of special abilitys that are just thrown at the main character because he has to be the best at everything the whole time.
It was a struggle sitting through this book.

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Fun story, but the narration is tiresome

Fun story, but the narration is tiresome and the stats gets repeated so many times and it goes on and on for several minutes. Not sure if I'll bother with book two, even though I like the story.

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An unexpected gem

Wasn’t sure what to expect but this is a remarkable little tale and well worth the time!

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every single one

I thought i would give one of these a go, ive just finished the last one. good story, solid world building, interactions between friends and foes made me smile laugh and frown. The only bit which is a pain is the stats being read, its too much info to actually take in but you get used to it and it's well worth it. narator plays all the characters well.

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To slow to keep me interested

Unfortunately I really wanted to like this but even after going back to it again and again over a 3 day period it just wasn’t interesting enough to keep me focused on what was being said.

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one for the nerds

if you like gaming and stats, but not actually playing the game yourself, then this is for you. That's all there is here. Someone playing a game 1 step at a time and the stats generated by that step.

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honestly I'm not sure

I'm about half way through and I'm finding it really hard to pay attention. I think I might try reading it, the voice is just hard to listen to especially when he's reading the stats. the story seems okay, a bit on the giving lots of power and doing nothing to get it side. I don't mind that normally but it is a little over the top

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