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Hidden Realms #1
Quest into Hidden Realms
The game just got serious.
Bricklayer by day, Level 35 Battle-mage by night, Eddie Kilroy lives to play Realm of Battle as Killum, escaping the tedium of his job. Learning of a secret dungeon hidden in a vast swamp, Killum and his friends charge off to challenge it. After a grueling running battle with goblins, orcs, barbarians, and other fell creatures, they win through to the end. Only no treasure awaits the victors. Instead, they find an ordinary altar, but one which asks if they want to enter the Hidden Realms. Duh. Of course they do! Who doesn’t want to level up in the Game?
Big mistake. They can see no way back, no way to log out. Now, trapped in the Game, they face higher and more dreadful consequences – and all that with no certainty that they might ever return.
Bricklayer by day, Level 35 Battle-mage by night, Eddie Kilroy lives to play Realm of Battle as Killum, escaping the tedium of his job. Learning of a secret dungeon hidden in a vast swamp, Killum and his friends charge off to challenge it. After a grueling running battle with goblins, orcs, barbarians, and other fell creatures, they win through to the end. Only no treasure awaits the victors. Instead, they find an ordinary altar, but one which asks if they want to enter the Hidden Realms. Duh. Of course they do! Who doesn’t want to level up in the Game?
Big mistake. They can see no way back, no way to log out. Now, trapped in the Game, they face higher and more dreadful consequences – and all that with no certainty that they might ever return.
- GenresFantasy
261 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 5, 2017
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October 20, 2017
I guess this was an interesting story. There were several things that made it hard to keep reading this story.
I did finish the story and will likely read the next one.
**** Spoiler alert ****
Asha, who is supposed to be an experienced gamer, gets herself trapped into slavery by simply walking into a group of characters.
In the final confrontation, the party intentionally splits itself going in two directions at the same time because Rand is more interested in getting into the pants of either of the females in the group through a quest that is generated from his own rambling mouth.
As if this isn't enough, they take on, and overcome, the Lord of the castle, that is 70+ levels higher than they are. There were no tricks, twists, or creativity that allowed them to win the fight. Instead, Killum was able to overcome the necromancer in a straight up fight.
I did finish the story and will likely read the next one.
**** Spoiler alert ****
Asha, who is supposed to be an experienced gamer, gets herself trapped into slavery by simply walking into a group of characters.
In the final confrontation, the party intentionally splits itself going in two directions at the same time because Rand is more interested in getting into the pants of either of the females in the group through a quest that is generated from his own rambling mouth.
As if this isn't enough, they take on, and overcome, the Lord of the castle, that is 70+ levels higher than they are. There were no tricks, twists, or creativity that allowed them to win the fight. Instead, Killum was able to overcome the necromancer in a straight up fight.
October 15, 2017
Newb mmorpg players
I have zero complaints about the writing, but I do have a huge list of complaints about the RPG. It is like a person writing a book about cooking, who has never seen or cooked a meal in his life. Nothing made sense with the game play. Zero team work, entered a new dungeon without a healer, I think zero mana regen. Levels seemed meaningless and a whole bunch of other stuff as well.
I have zero complaints about the writing, but I do have a huge list of complaints about the RPG. It is like a person writing a book about cooking, who has never seen or cooked a meal in his life. Nothing made sense with the game play. Zero team work, entered a new dungeon without a healer, I think zero mana regen. Levels seemed meaningless and a whole bunch of other stuff as well.
November 2, 2017
Good, solid litRPG
Mr. Gallier's efforts were enjoyable, from beginning to end. I try to balance the books I read, giving time to each in turn, but somehow I kept letting the other ones wait until I read more here. Hard to put down, a pleasure to read. I look forward to more of his work, and I think you should, too.
Mr. Gallier's efforts were enjoyable, from beginning to end. I try to balance the books I read, giving time to each in turn, but somehow I kept letting the other ones wait until I read more here. Hard to put down, a pleasure to read. I look forward to more of his work, and I think you should, too.
October 26, 2017
Oh man!
I want the next book! Standard story of trapped in a VR world but it doesn’t focus on that and that makes it different. Good storyline and tight characters too! Next book please!!
I want the next book! Standard story of trapped in a VR world but it doesn’t focus on that and that makes it different. Good storyline and tight characters too! Next book please!!
November 5, 2017
Simply aweful
I rarely give up on books, even bad reads are finished through some sort of obligation to finish something something went through the trouble of writing .
Don bother starting this .
I rarely give up on books, even bad reads are finished through some sort of obligation to finish something something went through the trouble of writing .
Don bother starting this .
October 26, 2017
Not my kind of book
November 9, 2017
Good story but had a few plot holes.
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