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Apocalypse: Regression #4
Apocalypse: Regression 4
Nick Gallows’ quest to stop the apocalypse reaches new heights—and new stakes—in this action-infused fourth installment of the Apocalypse Regression LitRPG series!
The first mass dungeon break in history grows nearer. Nick and his growing guild are training against time to be ready to stop this “Red Death” before it ever happens, but no one outside Nick’s closest circle knows this true purpose behind their intense tactical team-combat exercises. The secret weighs heavily on Nick as he considers revealing the truth of his regression to his found family, the Walters, and his other allies, hoping they will believe him and still support him when he needs them most.
Meanwhile, the preparations for the Red Death take Nick and the Daedalus Guild on a mass, multi-team raid on the medieval Ecto Sanctuary dungeon, a battlefield of vengeful specters and bands of roving undead. The adventure promises levels, skills, and rare loot—if Nick can get everyone home alive.
But the undead are a simple-if-lethal threat compared to Nick’s cousins, all angling to best Nick and each other in the upcoming competition to decide the heir to the Gallows dynasty. Allies and enemies could be one and the same when Nick receives an offer that changes the game completely and could make or break Nick’s world with the Red Death only days away.
When time weighs heavily, it's time to hit the weights in this regression LitRPG/Gamelit story of dungeon-diving, leveling stats, and facing down the apocalypse!
The first mass dungeon break in history grows nearer. Nick and his growing guild are training against time to be ready to stop this “Red Death” before it ever happens, but no one outside Nick’s closest circle knows this true purpose behind their intense tactical team-combat exercises. The secret weighs heavily on Nick as he considers revealing the truth of his regression to his found family, the Walters, and his other allies, hoping they will believe him and still support him when he needs them most.
Meanwhile, the preparations for the Red Death take Nick and the Daedalus Guild on a mass, multi-team raid on the medieval Ecto Sanctuary dungeon, a battlefield of vengeful specters and bands of roving undead. The adventure promises levels, skills, and rare loot—if Nick can get everyone home alive.
But the undead are a simple-if-lethal threat compared to Nick’s cousins, all angling to best Nick and each other in the upcoming competition to decide the heir to the Gallows dynasty. Allies and enemies could be one and the same when Nick receives an offer that changes the game completely and could make or break Nick’s world with the Red Death only days away.
When time weighs heavily, it's time to hit the weights in this regression LitRPG/Gamelit story of dungeon-diving, leveling stats, and facing down the apocalypse!
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496 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 1, 2024
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April 11, 2024
Would have liked to get this review up sooner but life happens and it took me longer to finish this book then I would have liked. Would have preferred to sit down and enjoy it in one or two sittings. Book 4 of Apocalypse: Regression is a great continuation to the series with multiple anticipated events taking place and a lot more combat than the previous books. I think this volume advanced the plot of the story more than the first 3 books combined without really affecting the pacing. The book ends off at a good point and leaves you with that itch of wanting to jump right into the next one, which actually is an option as the co-authors have already begun posting the first few chapters of the next book on Royal Road as of writing this. If you've gotten this far in the story you know what you're in for, you will enjoy it, and it will probably exceed your expectations. If you haven't started this series and somehow ended up on my review of book 4, get on it.
April 7, 2024
A solid new entry
We get some nice story progression here, and some interesting new info and twists that Nick didn’t see coming. So far there’s been no “I altered the timeline so I can’t predict the future any more” moments like some other regressor stories. Given how smart Nick is portrayed as I am kinda surprised that some of the stuff that is going on he hadn’t figured before now to be honest. Also it’s good to see him realizing finally that Maria isn’t going to be the same woman she was in his previous timeline, as well as his role as the leader of the guild. I am curious to see where the continued references/connections to the Black Witch lead him.
We get some nice story progression here, and some interesting new info and twists that Nick didn’t see coming. So far there’s been no “I altered the timeline so I can’t predict the future any more” moments like some other regressor stories. Given how smart Nick is portrayed as I am kinda surprised that some of the stuff that is going on he hadn’t figured before now to be honest. Also it’s good to see him realizing finally that Maria isn’t going to be the same woman she was in his previous timeline, as well as his role as the leader of the guild. I am curious to see where the continued references/connections to the Black Witch lead him.
April 11, 2025
This was a solid continuation of this series that does a good job of advancing the main storyline, and for the most part, I enjoyed what I read. However, it also suffers from something that I think will be a significant flaw for this series as these books progress; tedious action.
By far, the most interesting aspect of these books is the regression aspect. The highlight of this series is watching Nick use his advanced knowledge of the future to help himself and his friends advance. As this story kicks into high gear, though, I suspect this series is going to become more action-heavy (as it was in this book), and sadly, that's a problem.
The action in these books isn't nearly so well written as it needs to be to carry a story. It's all high stakes, so it has that much going for it, but it has been written so that the only important part of the action is the outcome. There are no essential character moments during the action, no meaningful steps towards plot progression, and it doesn't do anything other than present good guy vs bad guy in a battle to achieve a goal. When the only meaningful thing about an action scene is the ending, the only thing worth reading about is the ending, and everything up to that point is just noise.
The best action in novels is a tool to advance every story aspect. Characters should use action scenes to progress their arcs and grow as people. The plot should use action to advance storylines and introduce plot twists. When you don't have these elements, action becomes a list of almost meaningless events that happen until you can reach a climax and get delivered the only thing of importance: the outcome.
Ultimately, this makes the action boring, which was the case here. The book gets four stars because there is an element of subjectivity in this notion, and I'm willing to round up to avoid having my biases affect the book's rating. However, I do believe it is enough of a problem that it will impact the quality of this series going forward if it is not addressed.
Overall, this was an enjoyable book and worth reading if you have enjoyed the series to this point.
By far, the most interesting aspect of these books is the regression aspect. The highlight of this series is watching Nick use his advanced knowledge of the future to help himself and his friends advance. As this story kicks into high gear, though, I suspect this series is going to become more action-heavy (as it was in this book), and sadly, that's a problem.
The action in these books isn't nearly so well written as it needs to be to carry a story. It's all high stakes, so it has that much going for it, but it has been written so that the only important part of the action is the outcome. There are no essential character moments during the action, no meaningful steps towards plot progression, and it doesn't do anything other than present good guy vs bad guy in a battle to achieve a goal. When the only meaningful thing about an action scene is the ending, the only thing worth reading about is the ending, and everything up to that point is just noise.
The best action in novels is a tool to advance every story aspect. Characters should use action scenes to progress their arcs and grow as people. The plot should use action to advance storylines and introduce plot twists. When you don't have these elements, action becomes a list of almost meaningless events that happen until you can reach a climax and get delivered the only thing of importance: the outcome.
Ultimately, this makes the action boring, which was the case here. The book gets four stars because there is an element of subjectivity in this notion, and I'm willing to round up to avoid having my biases affect the book's rating. However, I do believe it is enough of a problem that it will impact the quality of this series going forward if it is not addressed.
Overall, this was an enjoyable book and worth reading if you have enjoyed the series to this point.
May 4, 2025
Rating 4.0 stars
I am on the fence with this one. There were parts that I really liked. I liked the emotional component of people rallying around Nick to save each other the civilians. It shows the best of humanity in the worst situations. I thought there was too much fighting in this one though. The fight at the end when they are combating the dungeon outbreaks makes sense but all the fighting before that seemed kind of pointless. That's probably not the best way to describe it. The final battle had important stakes involved so it all made it worth it. The previous fights in the book didn't really have those same stakes. It was more a training sequence or the fight for the Heir position. If the training sequence fights showed more improvement in skills, then it would be worth it but that wasn't the case. Not really. With the Heir battle, the outcome was never in doubt, so it also lost some of the meaning.
Part of the thing that still really bothers me is that I don't know what the average level of adventurers are supposed to be in this world. Nick and his group are just out of high school and should be pretty low level. Why are they the only ones that seem to be fighting these outbreaks? What are all the instructors and other high-level adventurers doing?
Overall, I have the same issues I had in the previous 2 books. I still like the series, but it didn't live up to the promise of the first book. Instead of focusing on the future knowledge aspect and building on that, there is just a bunch of fighting now. I do like how the author keeps me emotionally connected to the story despite the other issues and I will continue the series. I might take a break before I start the next book though.
I am on the fence with this one. There were parts that I really liked. I liked the emotional component of people rallying around Nick to save each other the civilians. It shows the best of humanity in the worst situations. I thought there was too much fighting in this one though. The fight at the end when they are combating the dungeon outbreaks makes sense but all the fighting before that seemed kind of pointless. That's probably not the best way to describe it. The final battle had important stakes involved so it all made it worth it. The previous fights in the book didn't really have those same stakes. It was more a training sequence or the fight for the Heir position. If the training sequence fights showed more improvement in skills, then it would be worth it but that wasn't the case. Not really. With the Heir battle, the outcome was never in doubt, so it also lost some of the meaning.
Part of the thing that still really bothers me is that I don't know what the average level of adventurers are supposed to be in this world. Nick and his group are just out of high school and should be pretty low level. Why are they the only ones that seem to be fighting these outbreaks? What are all the instructors and other high-level adventurers doing?
Overall, I have the same issues I had in the previous 2 books. I still like the series, but it didn't live up to the promise of the first book. Instead of focusing on the future knowledge aspect and building on that, there is just a bunch of fighting now. I do like how the author keeps me emotionally connected to the story despite the other issues and I will continue the series. I might take a break before I start the next book though.
July 2, 2024
Wonderful book 4
These books come out pretty slowly and so when a new one drops, you have to make time to catch up from what happened in the last book. I strongly recommend re-reading the last half of book 3 before jumping into book 4. It is a great step forward. I like how the authors have nerf-ed Nick’s character without actually NERFing him. Following the trajectory from book 1 - you would think that after the curse gets lifted he’d be a force of nature but he’s invested heavily in others and so by choice has been a leader who raises others rather than goes solo. That’s reinforced in one of the first scenes in the book. It is a very humble view of leadership that I really love seeing in a book.
These books come out pretty slowly and so when a new one drops, you have to make time to catch up from what happened in the last book. I strongly recommend re-reading the last half of book 3 before jumping into book 4. It is a great step forward. I like how the authors have nerf-ed Nick’s character without actually NERFing him. Following the trajectory from book 1 - you would think that after the curse gets lifted he’d be a force of nature but he’s invested heavily in others and so by choice has been a leader who raises others rather than goes solo. That’s reinforced in one of the first scenes in the book. It is a very humble view of leadership that I really love seeing in a book.
April 6, 2024
Enjoying the series
Pretty good series but I would like to more covered in each book. This is the 4th book and year hasn’t even been covered yet. On the bright side, the story so far is interesting and engaging, and although; it’s known storyline in the litrg genre it’s not so bogged down with stats tables and the authors actually account for increase in stats in this series.
Pretty good series but I would like to more covered in each book. This is the 4th book and year hasn’t even been covered yet. On the bright side, the story so far is interesting and engaging, and although; it’s known storyline in the litrg genre it’s not so bogged down with stats tables and the authors actually account for increase in stats in this series.
April 7, 2024
LOVE LOVE LOVED IT!
The training, team work and progression of the Daedalus Guild. The family drama and backstabbing... literally. Nick finally trusting more and more of the people around him. His chosen family and his friends... and even more they pick up along the way as they prevent The Red Death from overwhelming a city. I can't decide which parts are my favourite because I could not put the book down at all. I really did love it haha.
The training, team work and progression of the Daedalus Guild. The family drama and backstabbing... literally. Nick finally trusting more and more of the people around him. His chosen family and his friends... and even more they pick up along the way as they prevent The Red Death from overwhelming a city. I can't decide which parts are my favourite because I could not put the book down at all. I really did love it haha.
June 4, 2024
Still going strong, family drama, more dungeons
The MC does a reveal for some of his team. Meanwhile, a deal is struck with a family member regarding the heir trials. It works out in their favor, but gramps is not happy. He tries to be a spoilsport and then realizes that he's made an error. Yet he's still a mob boss, burying his mistakes.
Looking forward to a 5th installment. Perhaps explaining why all the high level people died in the original timeline.
The MC does a reveal for some of his team. Meanwhile, a deal is struck with a family member regarding the heir trials. It works out in their favor, but gramps is not happy. He tries to be a spoilsport and then realizes that he's made an error. Yet he's still a mob boss, burying his mistakes.
Looking forward to a 5th installment. Perhaps explaining why all the high level people died in the original timeline.
September 4, 2024
The story has finally reached a point where Nick is going to be clearly the hero which is good but I did enjoy the fact that the main character played a support role when starting the series. We have finally moved past one of the hurdles that he was worried about when he first regressed and that's interesting. I'm not a fan of the girlfriend who gets a lot of character space that could go to more interesting supporting characters.
May 25, 2024
Fantastic end
Fantastic end to this series , albeit I would've liked to.see.a.continuation I can see a separate series going on from here .
Overall loved the entire series , plot and character development was good and the whole trope of change future / knowledge etc having impact was well.written
Highly recommend
Fantastic end to this series , albeit I would've liked to.see.a.continuation I can see a separate series going on from here .
Overall loved the entire series , plot and character development was good and the whole trope of change future / knowledge etc having impact was well.written
Highly recommend
April 10, 2024
nicely done
Lots of information on the Golloway family machveiallian ways / culture, and lots of growth in the intrepid heroes guild, as well as revealing a hidden enemy that he did not know is of.
Lots of information on the Golloway family machveiallian ways / culture, and lots of growth in the intrepid heroes guild, as well as revealing a hidden enemy that he did not know is of.
April 13, 2024
Great book
This is a really great continuation of the series. Like how just being from the he doesn't know everything. There are things that he doesn't know because the future didn't know. That sometimes the future was wrong
This is a really great continuation of the series. Like how just being from the he doesn't know everything. There are things that he doesn't know because the future didn't know. That sometimes the future was wrong
April 21, 2024
Lots of action!
A good story continues with great characters, tough battles, evil enemies and a dysfunctional family! But hope for the future of humanity is introduced as the family and society begins to come around to the truth!
A good story continues with great characters, tough battles, evil enemies and a dysfunctional family! But hope for the future of humanity is introduced as the family and society begins to come around to the truth!
June 7, 2024
Short and simple
This addition to the series was a bit of a let down Not a whole heck of a lot happened there was some good fight scenes but besides that the story doesn't really progress besides the one event that the last few books had been building up to. Not a lot of growth.
This addition to the series was a bit of a let down Not a whole heck of a lot happened there was some good fight scenes but besides that the story doesn't really progress besides the one event that the last few books had been building up to. Not a lot of growth.
June 27, 2024
Great continuation of the series
The stakes keep growing and so does his guild. I enjoyed this one and it seemed longer than the last one. Keep up the great work. If you like litrpg this series is pretty good.
The stakes keep growing and so does his guild. I enjoyed this one and it seemed longer than the last one. Keep up the great work. If you like litrpg this series is pretty good.
February 26, 2025
It's been a while since I read book 3 in this series, but I'm happy to say book 4, although it starts a bit slow, turned out to be an excellent addition to the series. I will definitely be reading more in this series, only with a much smaller gap before I get to the next one.
April 7, 2024
getting good
Finally seeing the people behind the apocalypse. Well written as always. A joy to read, keep it up it’s a great story!
Finally seeing the people behind the apocalypse. Well written as always. A joy to read, keep it up it’s a great story!
April 8, 2024
Great and Amazing Book
Really enjoyed the all 4 books far the growth of the main character and the rest of team. Will continue to read them all.
5 Stars⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Really enjoyed the all 4 books far the growth of the main character and the rest of team. Will continue to read them all.
5 Stars⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
April 9, 2024
love this series
Another great regression story addition. Love the focus on his witch spell and the repercussions that could happen if used wrongly. Foreshadowing perhaps?
Another great regression story addition. Love the focus on his witch spell and the repercussions that could happen if used wrongly. Foreshadowing perhaps?
April 15, 2024
Captivating.
The book has great motivation and puts to light that hard work pays off. Great for those who love an underdog story with great opposition.
The book has great motivation and puts to light that hard work pays off. Great for those who love an underdog story with great opposition.
April 17, 2024
Another great one!
The story moves, the action vrows. If you're on 4 you know what to expect AND it's all here. Read!
The story moves, the action vrows. If you're on 4 you know what to expect AND it's all here. Read!
April 29, 2024
Great one sitting read
I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend this book to anyone who likes LitRPG and progression type of books with apocalypse theme
I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend this book to anyone who likes LitRPG and progression type of books with apocalypse theme
May 12, 2024
Great Adventure!
The characters are great and I love the progression of them and the story. Looking forward to the next book!
The characters are great and I love the progression of them and the story. Looking forward to the next book!
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June 15, 2024Fun read
Can't wait for the next volume to come out. And now I need eleven more words to finish this review.
Can't wait for the next volume to come out. And now I need eleven more words to finish this review.
August 21, 2024
5 stars - maybe the best so far!
January 19, 2025
The plot thickens
February 9, 2025
Fanfreakingtastic!
What an amazing book! I absolutely loved this book and such wonderful characters! I can not wait for the next book to come out!
What an amazing book! I absolutely loved this book and such wonderful characters! I can not wait for the next book to come out!
March 12, 2025
Things are heating up and about to hit the fan!
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