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Bone Deep: Limitless Book One a LITRPG series
Will Cole grew up in Millbrook — a mountain village of three hundred souls where the only education that mattered came from his father's knife and his mother's silence. Colm Cole taught him to butcher an animal down to the bone. Martha taught him that quiet people survive quiet places.
Then Colm disappeared. And Will discovered that his father wasn't a cook — he was something far more dangerous, hiding at the edge of the world.
When the Tower opens, Will enters with a C-grade talent, a hunting knife, and a body hardened by sixteen years of frontier survival. Inside, the rules are simple: climb or die. Every floor breeds creatures that hunt by vital force. Every climber you meet might be the one who slits your throat for your crystals.
Will doesn't join groups. Doesn't trust strangers. Doesn't talk when he can act. He hunts from the shadows, lets others draw the danger, and finishes what they can't. The Tower's early floors think he's a vulture. By the time they realize he's a predator, it's too late.
His edge is compression — a technique his father left behind that lets him condense his cultivation until his stats read weak and his fists crack stone. The lower his numbers, the harder he hits. Every compression is agony. Every breakthrough is a lightning storm. And somewhere on the floors above, the truth about Colm Cole waits to be found.
Then Colm disappeared. And Will discovered that his father wasn't a cook — he was something far more dangerous, hiding at the edge of the world.
When the Tower opens, Will enters with a C-grade talent, a hunting knife, and a body hardened by sixteen years of frontier survival. Inside, the rules are simple: climb or die. Every floor breeds creatures that hunt by vital force. Every climber you meet might be the one who slits your throat for your crystals.
Will doesn't join groups. Doesn't trust strangers. Doesn't talk when he can act. He hunts from the shadows, lets others draw the danger, and finishes what they can't. The Tower's early floors think he's a vulture. By the time they realize he's a predator, it's too late.
His edge is compression — a technique his father left behind that lets him condense his cultivation until his stats read weak and his fists crack stone. The lower his numbers, the harder he hits. Every compression is agony. Every breakthrough is a lightning storm. And somewhere on the floors above, the truth about Colm Cole waits to be found.
1098 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 14, 2026
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May 7, 2026
I can not find the narrative direction with this. The characters have no personality and the MC acts in very different ways with no clear indicator why. If one third of the nuance given to the violence was given to the story , this would be a solid book.
May 31, 2026
Not my usual litrpg, but attention holding.
I'm a bit meh toward the main character. He has some good qualities, but some not so moral. The killings are described ad nauseam (lots of intestines, blood and bowels releasing), but a lot of logistics/daily living is left out. For instance, where is he getting new clothes (as his have been burned, bloodied and ripped to shreds). Does he ever bathe?? Why is he climbing the tower; just to find his father, or another reason? Diving into book #2.
I'm a bit meh toward the main character. He has some good qualities, but some not so moral. The killings are described ad nauseam (lots of intestines, blood and bowels releasing), but a lot of logistics/daily living is left out. For instance, where is he getting new clothes (as his have been burned, bloodied and ripped to shreds). Does he ever bathe?? Why is he climbing the tower; just to find his father, or another reason? Diving into book #2.
June 6, 2026
AI slop. Confusing introduction where the protagonist attacks a bull, but it’s not a bull it’s a man. But he’s called the bull for some reason. Not a name or title like The Bull. Just the bull. So that was confusing from the very first page.
Another part of the book the mom talks about some rider that delivered a message as if he used to be an old friend of the family. But they didn’t know him, he was just a stranger delivering a message. The kid asked who the messenger was and the mom got emotional saying, “he doesn’t matter anymore. “. I think the AI writer confused the messenger for the person the messages from. Otherwise the mom was getting upset over some random dude that was hired to deliver a message.
And the final bit of AI slop that I couldn’t get past — they were hunting a deer and the protagonist shot a crossbow at it and missed. The deer ran away and he immediately started tracking it by the blood drops, presumably from the crossbow bolt that missed. I think that was page 20 or so.
DNF. AI slop.
Another part of the book the mom talks about some rider that delivered a message as if he used to be an old friend of the family. But they didn’t know him, he was just a stranger delivering a message. The kid asked who the messenger was and the mom got emotional saying, “he doesn’t matter anymore. “. I think the AI writer confused the messenger for the person the messages from. Otherwise the mom was getting upset over some random dude that was hired to deliver a message.
And the final bit of AI slop that I couldn’t get past — they were hunting a deer and the protagonist shot a crossbow at it and missed. The deer ran away and he immediately started tracking it by the blood drops, presumably from the crossbow bolt that missed. I think that was page 20 or so.
DNF. AI slop.
May 18, 2026
An interesting read
I liked the story, the writing style was different to what in used to but not bad. I found the leveling and power system very under explained, you pick up more of an understanding towards the end of the book but there's still no clear explanation. Also a weird obsession with stuff voiding it's bowels on death. We get it, creatures and people lose control when they die, we don't need to know about it might group fight or every time.
I liked the story, the writing style was different to what in used to but not bad. I found the leveling and power system very under explained, you pick up more of an understanding towards the end of the book but there's still no clear explanation. Also a weird obsession with stuff voiding it's bowels on death. We get it, creatures and people lose control when they die, we don't need to know about it might group fight or every time.
May 11, 2026
Solid solo progression.
Not for those looking for teams or clans or crafting or even side characters and relationships. This is a pure solo tower climb and it’s decent at what it does.
Not for those looking for teams or clans or crafting or even side characters and relationships. This is a pure solo tower climb and it’s decent at what it does.
May 27, 2026
Probably AI, but still good.
Good story but has the repeating cadence of AI. Also quite a few errors where the same information changes to something different each time told. If you don’t mind that the story holds
Good story but has the repeating cadence of AI. Also quite a few errors where the same information changes to something different each time told. If you don’t mind that the story holds
May 10, 2026
Highly recommended
First book of a new series. And what a first book. Highly evolved writing with depth. A must read for all aficionados of the genre.
First book of a new series. And what a first book. Highly evolved writing with depth. A must read for all aficionados of the genre.
May 15, 2026
Started good
I mostly enjoyed this. While the character always advances it gets repetitious. Reaching the end was a struggle. We did have an epilogue.
I mostly enjoyed this. While the character always advances it gets repetitious. Reaching the end was a struggle. We did have an epilogue.
June 13, 2026
At least half of the sentences are fragments. Weird.
May 23, 2026
Interesting ideas overshadowed by an insufferable MC. I almost reached the end but I couldn't quite manage it!
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