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Dungeon Core Gambit #1
Conquest
When 31-year-old Markos Turloch is murdered in a heinous manner by his boss, Bobbi Nox, as revenge for whistleblowing on his employer, he loses his humanity and is reincarnated as a diamond-like dungeon core in another world. After discovering and exploiting a dungeon-breaking cheat, Markos maxes out his dungeon level and begins to explore the world above his dungeon.
When his dungeon helper, Jessica, comes across a dying young man being sexually tormented by a female ogre, Markos' decision to save his life becomes the turning point in Markos' new existence. Upon learning the truth of this new world as one where females dominate in both numbers and social status, Markos settles on a new goal: to conquer the land of Enwald and reassert male dominance as its king!
Markos' first target of conquest is the Kingdom of Vessar, where his dungeon is located. Borrowing the body of Sibalt, the young man he saved, Markos journeys across the kingdom in search of information, allies, and companions to help achieve his goal to conquer the kingdom.
WARNING: This 93,000 words book contains profanities and numerous mature situations involving sex and violence. In particular, the opening chapter depicts the violent murder of the main character. Furthermore, there are numerous explicit sex scenes as well as the enslavement of the MC's enemies. Reader discretion is advised.
294 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 3, 2018
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July 8, 2018
An interesting read
This Is more gamelit than litrpg ot has levels for the dungeon but no real limits the mc gets over powered way to fast and the leveling doesn't make much sense. Then there's the gender disparity it's one thing for the humanoids to be 4 to 1 but to have the animals as well would make it so there aren't many of them. Idk too many inconsistencies for me to bother picking up book 2 if it comes out. And dont get me started on the grammar and punctuation it's like the author just uploaded a rough draft.
This Is more gamelit than litrpg ot has levels for the dungeon but no real limits the mc gets over powered way to fast and the leveling doesn't make much sense. Then there's the gender disparity it's one thing for the humanoids to be 4 to 1 but to have the animals as well would make it so there aren't many of them. Idk too many inconsistencies for me to bother picking up book 2 if it comes out. And dont get me started on the grammar and punctuation it's like the author just uploaded a rough draft.
January 10, 2019
Well, it's no Dungeon Born, that's for sure.
There are a lot of issues with this book, starting immediately with a real world prologue that has next to no barring on the rest of the story and just raises unnecessary questions that are never touched upon again.
Next is the fact that the 'leveling' mechanic and story line is completely broken, Markos reaches the max level cap extreamly early in the story, as well as gaining a source of near infinite mana before even running into a single antagonist. The result is an uninteresting stomp on anything he runs into right from the beginning.
Having every character explain to every other character that they are/work for Markos Turloch a reincarnated dungeon core. It's so GD repetitive and by the stories own logic Markos should be far more secretive than he is.
The distracting and out of place fet ish stuff. It's rare that a book handles this stuff well and this one isn't even close.
Extraordinarily bland characters. Everyone has roughly the same personality and the interpersonal conflict is almost non existent.
Women having a far higher birth rate than men would not cause an under population crisis. I'm not sure if Chow knows how these things work, but the higher your female to male ratio is the faster your population is likely to increase. It's strange, but this along with some other story elements makes it feel like he wrote out the whole story, then swapped all the genders..
Amazingly boring dungeon. We eventually get to see Markos' dungeon in action aaaaaand it's F***ing boring as F***. The thing is 99% simple traps that force the adventurers to move through it at a snails pace and the only lute they get is gold.
Give this one a pass. Even The Slime Dungeon is better.
There are a lot of issues with this book, starting immediately with a real world prologue that has next to no barring on the rest of the story and just raises unnecessary questions that are never touched upon again.
Next is the fact that the 'leveling' mechanic and story line is completely broken, Markos reaches the max level cap extreamly early in the story, as well as gaining a source of near infinite mana before even running into a single antagonist. The result is an uninteresting stomp on anything he runs into right from the beginning.
Having every character explain to every other character that they are/work for Markos Turloch a reincarnated dungeon core. It's so GD repetitive and by the stories own logic Markos should be far more secretive than he is.
The distracting and out of place fet ish stuff. It's rare that a book handles this stuff well and this one isn't even close.
Extraordinarily bland characters. Everyone has roughly the same personality and the interpersonal conflict is almost non existent.
Women having a far higher birth rate than men would not cause an under population crisis. I'm not sure if Chow knows how these things work, but the higher your female to male ratio is the faster your population is likely to increase. It's strange, but this along with some other story elements makes it feel like he wrote out the whole story, then swapped all the genders..
Amazingly boring dungeon. We eventually get to see Markos' dungeon in action aaaaaand it's F***ing boring as F***. The thing is 99% simple traps that force the adventurers to move through it at a snails pace and the only lute they get is gold.
Give this one a pass. Even The Slime Dungeon is better.
September 2, 2018
It's like two separate books
Edit 9/2/18 - Cleaned up my voice-to-text mistakes.
My main problem with this book is that the first half felt completely different from the second half. The writing was different, the editing was far worse, and to be honest I didn't care for the second half of the story. The pacing felt off and it felt almost like a different writing style from the first half.
Another thing I noticed, and it definitely caused the book to lose some stars, were the numerous grammatical mistakes throughout. One of the biggest offenders was different tenses within the same sentence such as referring to something in the past tense as well as the present tense in a single line. Something I only saw in the second half of the book were some of the characters names being spelled wrong. I found more grammatical and spelling mistakes in the second half of the book than the first which again makes me feel like they were two separate books.
And again, the first half of the book was good and the second half didn't really do it for me. I forced myself through the second half so I could finish this and see how it ended up. I'm not disappointed with the story per se, I'm more disappointed with the writing style. The first half of the book felt like an intelligent adult with the writing knowledge of a middle schooler was writing the story. It was a little off, but it wasn't totally bad. The second half of the story really compounded the feeling that it was written by an intelligent adult but rather than a late middle school early High School writing style this was pure Middle School. It's almost like the writing style devolved once we get to the second half of the book.
Even if the grammatical and spelling mistakes were cleaned up, due to the writing style I could never give this 5 Stars. If there were no spelling mistakes I could possibly give it a 4, but again, the writing style in general kind of threw me off.
Edit 9/2/18 - Cleaned up my voice-to-text mistakes.
My main problem with this book is that the first half felt completely different from the second half. The writing was different, the editing was far worse, and to be honest I didn't care for the second half of the story. The pacing felt off and it felt almost like a different writing style from the first half.
Another thing I noticed, and it definitely caused the book to lose some stars, were the numerous grammatical mistakes throughout. One of the biggest offenders was different tenses within the same sentence such as referring to something in the past tense as well as the present tense in a single line. Something I only saw in the second half of the book were some of the characters names being spelled wrong. I found more grammatical and spelling mistakes in the second half of the book than the first which again makes me feel like they were two separate books.
And again, the first half of the book was good and the second half didn't really do it for me. I forced myself through the second half so I could finish this and see how it ended up. I'm not disappointed with the story per se, I'm more disappointed with the writing style. The first half of the book felt like an intelligent adult with the writing knowledge of a middle schooler was writing the story. It was a little off, but it wasn't totally bad. The second half of the story really compounded the feeling that it was written by an intelligent adult but rather than a late middle school early High School writing style this was pure Middle School. It's almost like the writing style devolved once we get to the second half of the book.
Even if the grammatical and spelling mistakes were cleaned up, due to the writing style I could never give this 5 Stars. If there were no spelling mistakes I could possibly give it a 4, but again, the writing style in general kind of threw me off.
January 15, 2019
For what it's worth, Camille DuBois has a very sweet voice, great for books for children or childish/cute character. I can't wait till she narrates more books. And the fairy has a very cute personality, like making silly mistakes and hitting herself on the head.
Unfortunately, there's only so much a sweet cute voice can go... Some things are not salvageable.
Unfortunately, there's only so much a sweet cute voice can go... Some things are not salvageable.
July 16, 2018
It wasn't as bad as I feared, but it was a bit amateurish for my tastes. I'm not sure what was up with the main character, but if you don't like books where the main character has it out for all members of a particular sex, you might want to avoid this one. It isn't exactly extreme hatred, but it sure borders on the manic at times. Definitely not recommended for those who who take offense easily or even semi-easily. The main character sure is able to put aside his driving revenge when it suits his purposes, but at all other times, his single minded determination to make all females pay for his misfortune comes through bordering on the insane. It could be a bit disconcerting for some. Still, if you can ignore the subtext, it's a fairly decent story, not quite deserving of 3 stars, since it is a bit childish at times, but it's close enough that I have no issues letting it pass.
January 20, 2019
I liked it, but the main issue I had with the story was that the MC never explains how he knows about certain things, like Adventurers, Dark Elves or Waifus. Seriously, when bringing up new terms, all the MC would need to do is include a sentence saying how he knew about that term, but we get nothing.
The sex was well done, and by that I didn't feel like I had to skip it just to get back to the story (hell if I know why, just giving my personal reaction).
Also, despite this being listed as a dungeon core book, the major part of the book was not REALLY a dungeon core type of book. This doesn't annoy me personally too much but... eh.
The sex was well done, and by that I didn't feel like I had to skip it just to get back to the story (hell if I know why, just giving my personal reaction).
Also, despite this being listed as a dungeon core book, the major part of the book was not REALLY a dungeon core type of book. This doesn't annoy me personally too much but... eh.
July 6, 2018
Not bad
There are some large plot holes in it, and the writing isn't very sophisticated. There are some explicit scenes as a fair warning.
I think it is cool that he wants to take over a kingsom, however it is way too easy to meet a ten thousand year old warrior who just says, ok I'll just follow you and do what you say.
Overall, only 3 stars because I did enjoy it some, but the writing and plot was simply elementary.
There are some large plot holes in it, and the writing isn't very sophisticated. There are some explicit scenes as a fair warning.
I think it is cool that he wants to take over a kingsom, however it is way too easy to meet a ten thousand year old warrior who just says, ok I'll just follow you and do what you say.
Overall, only 3 stars because I did enjoy it some, but the writing and plot was simply elementary.
August 15, 2018
Wonderful
An extremely interesting and fun read. The book did not go overboard with the intimate scenes and had an interesting world and story. I look forward to other titles by this author. The mc was extremely over powered but it went well with the story and I enjoy it when it is done well
An extremely interesting and fun read. The book did not go overboard with the intimate scenes and had an interesting world and story. I look forward to other titles by this author. The mc was extremely over powered but it went well with the story and I enjoy it when it is done well
November 1, 2020
Note: I listened to an audio version not currently listed on goodreads.com so I am placing my review here.
It has been a while since I listened to this book so this review will be lacking anything resembling a detail. What I remember about this book is that I enjoyed it and it was a good, straight-forward tale of a man from our world becoming a dungeon core.
It has been a while since I listened to this book so this review will be lacking anything resembling a detail. What I remember about this book is that I enjoyed it and it was a good, straight-forward tale of a man from our world becoming a dungeon core.
March 26, 2021
Nothing here to really recommend.
This is a short but of fluff that has no real basis. The actions of everyone do not make sense, the world state is flimsy. The dungeon mechanics are ludicrous. The only thing keeping this from being one star is that it is a very quick read that has moments of entertainment. But this is no story.
This is a short but of fluff that has no real basis. The actions of everyone do not make sense, the world state is flimsy. The dungeon mechanics are ludicrous. The only thing keeping this from being one star is that it is a very quick read that has moments of entertainment. But this is no story.
September 27, 2021
Even for a power fantasy this is a bit much
There isn't really much of a story... Guy gets wronged by a woman, then lives out a misogynist power fantasy with zero opposition. No conflict, no character or world building... Just a few dungeon core stats thrown in arbitrarily. Even the smut parts are poorly done and unimaginative.
There isn't really much of a story... Guy gets wronged by a woman, then lives out a misogynist power fantasy with zero opposition. No conflict, no character or world building... Just a few dungeon core stats thrown in arbitrarily. Even the smut parts are poorly done and unimaginative.
July 3, 2018
Interesting twist on the Dungeon genre as the MC is pretty lucky with his location providing plot armor to become OP, there are Gods but zero interference yet, and finally that the "actual" dungeon is tough but fairly weak by design.
July 12, 2018
Good Read.
A dungeon core story. A different kind of story from what I read with other stories. The dungeon has a mobile avatar that travels and does expands his coverage rather quickly. I liked the story and is interested in the next book.
A dungeon core story. A different kind of story from what I read with other stories. The dungeon has a mobile avatar that travels and does expands his coverage rather quickly. I liked the story and is interested in the next book.
July 21, 2018
Dungeon Core goes wild
It was an interesting take on dungeons. Never have I read a dungeon book obsessed with taking over the world before. Well paced, decent length. Could have used a bit more action though.
It was an interesting take on dungeons. Never have I read a dungeon book obsessed with taking over the world before. Well paced, decent length. Could have used a bit more action though.
July 28, 2018
Quick read when bored.
It's a good story but it felt like it was rushed. The characters development weren't properly developed. For a dungeon it's floors were clears too easy even if it was one party that entered. Needs work on making a better system for the level management.
It's a good story but it felt like it was rushed. The characters development weren't properly developed. For a dungeon it's floors were clears too easy even if it was one party that entered. Needs work on making a better system for the level management.
October 11, 2018
Good idea, needs work
Plastc gloves? Yeah, sure? Just a few examples of things that don't fit in this story. The female witch name was spelled at least three different ways. I like the general idea of the story though.
Plastc gloves? Yeah, sure? Just a few examples of things that don't fit in this story. The female witch name was spelled at least three different ways. I like the general idea of the story though.
October 12, 2018
Wow a+
I couldn't stop. I loved the charters details also was easy to visualize th environment and the story was fun.Thanks for a great star looking forward to seeing the next books release.
I couldn't stop. I loved the charters details also was easy to visualize th environment and the story was fun.Thanks for a great star looking forward to seeing the next books release.
July 13, 2018
Not my genre. Not terrible but not very interesting either.
July 15, 2018
Love Dungeons Stories
I Love reading dungeon stories because they are about revenge and conquer? You really get a lot of fighting and other action by lots of characters!
I Love reading dungeon stories because they are about revenge and conquer? You really get a lot of fighting and other action by lots of characters!
July 17, 2018
Enjoyed
Good writing engaging characters lots of action some sex scenes not to heavy on the gaming element. can't wait for the second book.
Good writing engaging characters lots of action some sex scenes not to heavy on the gaming element. can't wait for the second book.
July 17, 2018
Awsome
Great read and the mc is hilarious his antics are outrageously funny also the side characters keep a great tempo to the book can't wait for more
Great read and the mc is hilarious his antics are outrageously funny also the side characters keep a great tempo to the book can't wait for more
August 1, 2018
Fantastic
A great read that put a new spin on the dungeon core theme for me to enjoy. Look forward to next in the series.
A great read that put a new spin on the dungeon core theme for me to enjoy. Look forward to next in the series.
November 26, 2018
Great book can't wait till next one
Great story and good build up main character is likeable and not just sex actually has story line thats pretty good
Great story and good build up main character is likeable and not just sex actually has story line thats pretty good
December 18, 2018
Fun to read
I really enjoyed the characters, world, and challenging situations they encountered in this new world. I definitely look forward to the next one.
I really enjoyed the characters, world, and challenging situations they encountered in this new world. I definitely look forward to the next one.
September 25, 2018
Bad start.
First chapter felt unfinished, full of cliché situations and the transition from dead to reincarnation felt so weird, will try to finish reading the book and update my rewiev.
Update: finished the book, the story was good but felt rushed, needed more details or more encounters, but would consider buying book 2.
First chapter felt unfinished, full of cliché situations and the transition from dead to reincarnation felt so weird, will try to finish reading the book and update my rewiev.
Update: finished the book, the story was good but felt rushed, needed more details or more encounters, but would consider buying book 2.
July 4, 2018
Needs editing to be readable.
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