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The World #3
You're Going Down
Jason only has a handful of days left to complete his Nightmare quest. While running recon on his people’s ancestral home, he discovers that failing his Nightmare quests means more than just losing his NPCs; it means the fall of the entire region. To stop the wave of destruction and complete his quest, Jason will have to find a way to take on a horde of goblins numbering in the thousands.
If that wasn’t challenging enough, Jason’s longtime nemeses are making their move to take over the server.
Warning: This story contains adult situations, foul language, MMORPG-style violence and other fun things. Read at your own risk.
If that wasn’t challenging enough, Jason’s longtime nemeses are making their move to take over the server.
Warning: This story contains adult situations, foul language, MMORPG-style violence and other fun things. Read at your own risk.
327 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 3, 2018
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About the author
Jason A. Cheek
25 books278 followersJason A. Cheek, author of The World and The Last Paladin Series, lives in Germany due to his current job assignment. He lives with his wife and daughter, along with their two dogs Monte and Melow. Originally from West Palm Beach, Jason was born in Florida.
Interested in martial arts, swords, archery, Dungeon & Dragons, the SCA (Society of Creative Anachronisms), reading Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Jason became a computer gamer after leaving the Army. Paying his own way through college while working as a waiter, he studied to become an Occupational Therapist Assistant.
Teaching himself computers and networking on his own time. Jason changed career paths, becoming a Regional Systems Administrator several years later. During this time, he played many hours of first person shooters and strategy games at LAN parties around the United States or logged into Anarchy Online and World of Warcraft leading his guilds.
Excelling in his career as an Information Technology Specialist, Jason became a Microsoft Certified Systems Security Engineer and VMware Certified Professional, furthering his knowledge by learning new technology whenever possible.
Expanding his horizons, Jason became interested in extreme sports and traveling. Finding a job that allowed him to travel around the world while working on computers, he taught himself German and Polish and met his wife Anja.
Always interested in writing, Jason began his first novel called Flight, Book One of The Last Paladin Series, in 2013 and self-published the next year in 2014. He went on to continue writing, releasing the popular series The World in 2018.
Interested in martial arts, swords, archery, Dungeon & Dragons, the SCA (Society of Creative Anachronisms), reading Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Jason became a computer gamer after leaving the Army. Paying his own way through college while working as a waiter, he studied to become an Occupational Therapist Assistant.
Teaching himself computers and networking on his own time. Jason changed career paths, becoming a Regional Systems Administrator several years later. During this time, he played many hours of first person shooters and strategy games at LAN parties around the United States or logged into Anarchy Online and World of Warcraft leading his guilds.
Excelling in his career as an Information Technology Specialist, Jason became a Microsoft Certified Systems Security Engineer and VMware Certified Professional, furthering his knowledge by learning new technology whenever possible.
Expanding his horizons, Jason became interested in extreme sports and traveling. Finding a job that allowed him to travel around the world while working on computers, he taught himself German and Polish and met his wife Anja.
Always interested in writing, Jason began his first novel called Flight, Book One of The Last Paladin Series, in 2013 and self-published the next year in 2014. He went on to continue writing, releasing the popular series The World in 2018.
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October 5, 2018
Book three
Mistakes: again to many to count
Characters: the MC is at times a bit of a pervy creep which doesn't fit his overall character.
Plot: oh my god, so so many problems with this. First the MC is perving out to naked females in an area that is basically described as a slaughterhouse. Then he takes time to have sex with an npc that he has known for less than 48 hours, while supposedly being in a rush to beat an enemy army through a mountain pass.
The number of times he is supposed to be out of food or health potions only to pull more out of thin air to give to npcs, I again lost count of. His harem slash bodyguards also doesn't come off as believable.
Again the overall story is all that saves the book from getting one star as it is rather good.
If the mistakes are cleaned up and the MC's actions changed to fit the situation instead of being all horny teen this would easily be one of the best series out there. As it is, an honest review gets this book a 4/10 score.
Mistakes: again to many to count
Characters: the MC is at times a bit of a pervy creep which doesn't fit his overall character.
Plot: oh my god, so so many problems with this. First the MC is perving out to naked females in an area that is basically described as a slaughterhouse. Then he takes time to have sex with an npc that he has known for less than 48 hours, while supposedly being in a rush to beat an enemy army through a mountain pass.
The number of times he is supposed to be out of food or health potions only to pull more out of thin air to give to npcs, I again lost count of. His harem slash bodyguards also doesn't come off as believable.
Again the overall story is all that saves the book from getting one star as it is rather good.
If the mistakes are cleaned up and the MC's actions changed to fit the situation instead of being all horny teen this would easily be one of the best series out there. As it is, an honest review gets this book a 4/10 score.
September 2, 2020
4 Save Them Not Kill Them Stars
You’re Going Down is the third novel in the LitRPG/GameLit series The World by Jason Cheek.
Okay so.... zombies. Fast as crack zombies, rotting and biting and generally being creepy and frightening beyond measure. While kicking some goblin behind left and right, of course.
How Star keeps getting into these crazy ‘secret’ quests and companion after companion after companion mount is beyond me. He has a ridiculous amount of luck it would seem.
Given that the mention of the Syndicate takes up prevalence for at least half of the synopsis for the book I was expecting them to stage an all out attack on Star or something. However, they stupidly start attacking DelonShire and then fall to the Northern Invasion Force for their stupidity. Which all happens in what, the last 25%? They are truly only an annoying and imbecilic force of bullies. If they had been even vaguely attempting to truly play the game they would be having a more enjoyable game play themselves. But nah dumb assess pit themselves against everyone in the DelonShire region? Wow.
I’m excited to actually get to be a part of the other original guild members Nightmare quests. At least in Dominic’s case, in the next book. I wonder how Star will fare against the Syndicate force native to that region?
Also, what is up with Star’s NPC harem? Like for real? I mean it doesn’t seem like he’s actively trying to collect them. But is the guy dumb enough not to see where this is going?
Biggest cons in this book, for me involve the increasing amount of basic grammar or spelling errors. Or fact errors. Like immediately following Nesya leveling to 23, Star starts explaining his distributing points for her reaching level 27? Or after he’s spent half his saved attribute points, he miraculously has the same amount 30 minutes later to allocate without even leveling? Or (honestly the more frustrating for me) when a form of ‘exhaustion’ is used three times in the same four sentence paragraph. Please for the love of all that is holy, use some synonyms. Also, a ridiculous amount of repetition occurred. Actual word for word, verbatim diatribes within a page of each other. Please. Stop.
And again some/most of the NPC or players being annoyingly antagonistic at the most redonculus times. Like in the middle of sneak attacks, through an enemy stronghold, that could easily overpower your small group of four. You get pissy because another members attack gets you covered in zombie blood? Dumb. Or while spying on an enemies stronghold you start asking stupid questions for some vague curiosity, even though being distracted could get your whole party killed? There are loads more and they are all equally frustrating.
You’re Going Down is the third novel in the LitRPG/GameLit series The World by Jason Cheek.
Okay so.... zombies. Fast as crack zombies, rotting and biting and generally being creepy and frightening beyond measure. While kicking some goblin behind left and right, of course.
How Star keeps getting into these crazy ‘secret’ quests and companion after companion after companion mount is beyond me. He has a ridiculous amount of luck it would seem.
Given that the mention of the Syndicate takes up prevalence for at least half of the synopsis for the book I was expecting them to stage an all out attack on Star or something. However, they stupidly start attacking DelonShire and then fall to the Northern Invasion Force for their stupidity. Which all happens in what, the last 25%? They are truly only an annoying and imbecilic force of bullies. If they had been even vaguely attempting to truly play the game they would be having a more enjoyable game play themselves. But nah dumb assess pit themselves against everyone in the DelonShire region? Wow.
I’m excited to actually get to be a part of the other original guild members Nightmare quests. At least in Dominic’s case, in the next book. I wonder how Star will fare against the Syndicate force native to that region?
Also, what is up with Star’s NPC harem? Like for real? I mean it doesn’t seem like he’s actively trying to collect them. But is the guy dumb enough not to see where this is going?
Biggest cons in this book, for me involve the increasing amount of basic grammar or spelling errors. Or fact errors. Like immediately following Nesya leveling to 23, Star starts explaining his distributing points for her reaching level 27? Or after he’s spent half his saved attribute points, he miraculously has the same amount 30 minutes later to allocate without even leveling? Or (honestly the more frustrating for me) when a form of ‘exhaustion’ is used three times in the same four sentence paragraph. Please for the love of all that is holy, use some synonyms. Also, a ridiculous amount of repetition occurred. Actual word for word, verbatim diatribes within a page of each other. Please. Stop.
And again some/most of the NPC or players being annoyingly antagonistic at the most redonculus times. Like in the middle of sneak attacks, through an enemy stronghold, that could easily overpower your small group of four. You get pissy because another members attack gets you covered in zombie blood? Dumb. Or while spying on an enemies stronghold you start asking stupid questions for some vague curiosity, even though being distracted could get your whole party killed? There are loads more and they are all equally frustrating.
October 8, 2018
Awesome Nerdy Geeky litrpg Gamelit Series
This was a very entertaining fast paced action pack story of a professional gamer/guild master first week of his nightmare start in The World mmorpg.
I loved most of this story. I disagree with some other reviewers on tits. Guys are always fascinated with them, even 90 year old ones... Heck even on mummies.
The sex in this story seamed forced, though it was understandable. I hope this series isn't going harem.
This was a very entertaining fast paced action pack story of a professional gamer/guild master first week of his nightmare start in The World mmorpg.
I loved most of this story. I disagree with some other reviewers on tits. Guys are always fascinated with them, even 90 year old ones... Heck even on mummies.
The sex in this story seamed forced, though it was understandable. I hope this series isn't going harem.
December 13, 2018
Can’t wait for the next book.
Things really seem to be ramping up. Lots of action going on. (Surprisingly there wasn’t as much crafting as I was expecting to be happening.) Still it was entertaining nonetheless. It’s interesting for me trying to figure out the MC’s thought processes. He’s definitely a pretty unique person. I’m a very analytical person by nature, so I lean towards understanding that portion of his thinking going along. I appreciate the internal thoughts that we get to “hear”. It feels like the story time taken up was a bit longer than “actual” time described what had passed. But at the same time the, (probably just because I never want stories to end), the book itself felt a bit short. Actually it feels like I just watched an episode of an hr long tv show wanting more. Can’t wait until the next one.
Things really seem to be ramping up. Lots of action going on. (Surprisingly there wasn’t as much crafting as I was expecting to be happening.) Still it was entertaining nonetheless. It’s interesting for me trying to figure out the MC’s thought processes. He’s definitely a pretty unique person. I’m a very analytical person by nature, so I lean towards understanding that portion of his thinking going along. I appreciate the internal thoughts that we get to “hear”. It feels like the story time taken up was a bit longer than “actual” time described what had passed. But at the same time the, (probably just because I never want stories to end), the book itself felt a bit short. Actually it feels like I just watched an episode of an hr long tv show wanting more. Can’t wait until the next one.
January 28, 2019
An awesome book, I READ it and book 2 in a day and a half. So you READ the book!?,You say.. I never read, I am an aubible listener.. With my A.D.D. it is almost impossible to read more than a paragraph with out having to reread it 3x . So you know the books held my interest... I would and have recommended it to my LitRPG friends... Really its that good.. Thank you Jason Cheek... Now I have to wait for book 4... its already killing me.. And you being an indi writer makes it that much better!!!
Tim V
Tim V
October 16, 2018
An excellent conclusion!
The third book, Jason slogs through it all!
I followed the author and will read his other books. Again still reeling from nightmare mode Jason continues fight after fight. Reminds me how much I enjoyed WOW, when it first came out!
The third book, Jason slogs through it all!
I followed the author and will read his other books. Again still reeling from nightmare mode Jason continues fight after fight. Reminds me how much I enjoyed WOW, when it first came out!
October 19, 2018
Amazing!
I thought all the battle and game description would be boring, instead it was like going on a roller coaster ride! Way fun so much so that I had to read the series straight thru. I hope a bunch more is being written!
I thought all the battle and game description would be boring, instead it was like going on a roller coaster ride! Way fun so much so that I had to read the series straight thru. I hope a bunch more is being written!
November 6, 2018
Hurry up with book 4
Amazing. Simply amazing. I read all 3 books in 2 work days. I simply could not put them down.
I was worried the frantic pace would overwhelm me, but it was just right.
Amazing. Simply amazing. I read all 3 books in 2 work days. I simply could not put them down.
I was worried the frantic pace would overwhelm me, but it was just right.
November 8, 2018
Excellent
As the genre has percolated and grown, I've read quite alot of litrpg lately. Some are good, some are not. This one is excellent. Jason Cheek, everything you are doing... keep doing it.
Hoping this series goes for many books to come.
As the genre has percolated and grown, I've read quite alot of litrpg lately. Some are good, some are not. This one is excellent. Jason Cheek, everything you are doing... keep doing it.
Hoping this series goes for many books to come.
December 8, 2018
More of what was great about the first two.
Challenge and reward. Great relationships with well fleshed-out characters. Good world building with elements of rpg, strategy, and starting into base building. INCONCEIVABLE! I love it all. The a$# kicking is pretty ok too, lol. Jason tells a good story, I can't wait for it to continue.
Challenge and reward. Great relationships with well fleshed-out characters. Good world building with elements of rpg, strategy, and starting into base building. INCONCEIVABLE! I love it all. The a$# kicking is pretty ok too, lol. Jason tells a good story, I can't wait for it to continue.
August 27, 2020
It just gets better.....
Okay for someone with an anxiety disorder like me this one got intense...no really...I literally took a pill and a 10 min break (meds works that fast) mid battle cause the sh*t got THAT crazy! I was a bit over stimulated freaking out at the insanity. So yeah I just power read the first 3 books with no sleep and barely any brakes much like Jason is doing in The World. Id only ment to read a little bit but it's now 111:21am and I'm still awake from yesterday I could not stop reading. Now I'm Gonna catch a few zzz's and start right back in with book 4!
I know I am not really reviewing here but I don't want to do spoilers yet it deserves 5 stars so I hope your loving the series too.
Okay for someone with an anxiety disorder like me this one got intense...no really...I literally took a pill and a 10 min break (meds works that fast) mid battle cause the sh*t got THAT crazy! I was a bit over stimulated freaking out at the insanity. So yeah I just power read the first 3 books with no sleep and barely any brakes much like Jason is doing in The World. Id only ment to read a little bit but it's now 111:21am and I'm still awake from yesterday I could not stop reading. Now I'm Gonna catch a few zzz's and start right back in with book 4!
I know I am not really reviewing here but I don't want to do spoilers yet it deserves 5 stars so I hope your loving the series too.
October 5, 2018
Need sleep
Finished the second book last night. Had to see how book three started, but now it's dawn. Great book sleep now
Finished the second book last night. Had to see how book three started, but now it's dawn. Great book sleep now
November 7, 2018
Total action.
No down time in this one. All the sort has been set up and this book is just all action. Very enjoyable.
No down time in this one. All the sort has been set up and this book is just all action. Very enjoyable.
November 10, 2018
Holy shiz!!!!
These books just keep getting better and better. The imagery is spectacular, like im in the book. If they actually come out with FIVR technology, Cheek needs to be a part of writing the game.
These books just keep getting better and better. The imagery is spectacular, like im in the book. If they actually come out with FIVR technology, Cheek needs to be a part of writing the game.
December 14, 2018
Great series
This has been a great start to a great series I can not wait until the next book is out
This has been a great start to a great series I can not wait until the next book is out
February 11, 2019
Good read
Good read kept me up late some nights but the constant action I can get into easy. Though I could have done without the constant reiterating of the characters equipment stats etc. maybe just changes would be good after saying at the beginning.
Good read kept me up late some nights but the constant action I can get into easy. Though I could have done without the constant reiterating of the characters equipment stats etc. maybe just changes would be good after saying at the beginning.
August 18, 2021
feels like D.rus books.
October 14, 2018
Entertaining
Overall this is a very good Series with a lot of fighting scenes with the main character but still have too much filler junk thinking??
Overall this is a very good Series with a lot of fighting scenes with the main character but still have too much filler junk thinking??
January 10, 2019
Loved this series
This is a great series and I flew through them. It is fast passed and keeps me interested the entire time. The only 2 reasons for 4 stars is because this book had several typos that made things confusing. The use of the word sex instead of the body part he was speacking about. When useing so much profanity during the story and then not saying vagina, cock, labia, clit, or the names of the body parts is just a let down.
This is a great series and I flew through them. It is fast passed and keeps me interested the entire time. The only 2 reasons for 4 stars is because this book had several typos that made things confusing. The use of the word sex instead of the body part he was speacking about. When useing so much profanity during the story and then not saying vagina, cock, labia, clit, or the names of the body parts is just a let down.
December 21, 2018
Great book and series
Love the whole series and can't wait to see what happens next. The characters are well thought out and grow on you as the story unfolds. It's a must read for anyone that likes gaming books.
Love the whole series and can't wait to see what happens next. The characters are well thought out and grow on you as the story unfolds. It's a must read for anyone that likes gaming books.
January 23, 2019
Great read!
Awesome series so far (the world 1-3) this third book the adventure really comes into its own with the first dungeon down our intrepid adventure beginning to complete his nightmare start. The whole series really kicks it into high gear with great adventure, crunchy loot, and some epic battles in both skirmish form and all out war!
Can’t wait for the next!
Awesome series so far (the world 1-3) this third book the adventure really comes into its own with the first dungeon down our intrepid adventure beginning to complete his nightmare start. The whole series really kicks it into high gear with great adventure, crunchy loot, and some epic battles in both skirmish form and all out war!
Can’t wait for the next!
November 29, 2018
Better than book 2
Ok I thought that the book was much better than the last one cause it moved the series along. The MC started to move the quest along and develop the story.
Ok I thought that the book was much better than the last one cause it moved the series along. The MC started to move the quest along and develop the story.
October 26, 2018
Fantastic!
Just finished this series....so far.... in a day and a half. Kept me hooked the entire time. I cannot wait for future books which I hope will be very very soon! Read this series. It's totally worth it.
Just finished this series....so far.... in a day and a half. Kept me hooked the entire time. I cannot wait for future books which I hope will be very very soon! Read this series. It's totally worth it.
January 8, 2019
Great book
The pacing was great, the fighting was good, the characters are likeable, the syndicate are dicks, the book is great!
The pacing was great, the fighting was good, the characters are likeable, the syndicate are dicks, the book is great!
August 27, 2020
Gimme more 😁
Loving it. Great litrpg. I need sixteen more words now I need six. I’m tired pardon the vague review, if you liked “the land” you’ll like this too
Loving it. Great litrpg. I need sixteen more words now I need six. I’m tired pardon the vague review, if you liked “the land” you’ll like this too
November 12, 2018
Love it.
Book three is great.
I would start in nightmare.
When can I read the next ten books.
Thank you Jason
Book three is great.
I would start in nightmare.
When can I read the next ten books.
Thank you Jason
October 22, 2018
Really good read
Great book really intense, my only thing was the Mc had way to much luck. I know he was good at RTS games and everything but he should have took a L once or twice. But other than that I loved your book.
Great book really intense, my only thing was the Mc had way to much luck. I know he was good at RTS games and everything but he should have took a L once or twice. But other than that I loved your book.
October 23, 2018
Awesome
This story brings back tons of fun memories from when was a hardcore raider. If you want something to make you remember your first mmo triumphs then read this story
This story brings back tons of fun memories from when was a hardcore raider. If you want something to make you remember your first mmo triumphs then read this story
April 29, 2020
A veritable "Spectacular Spectacula"
Kindle Unlimited. Thank you!
Just plain fun. My goodness! This had so much going on that it was grand finale worthy. And it's only Book #3 and 6 days into the game. The strategies play out and guild relationships are solidified. Startum completes his nightmare quest and more. Best of all, the nefarious Syndicate gets an a** whooping in multiple ways. Those liberated lady warriors are going to be so much fun to follow. Evidently, half-elves aren't shy with their affections.😻😼😽. Loved the shtick about just happening to have a perfectly placed castle on hand. The hidden NPC abilities within the game seems like a natural AI evolution. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out. I suspect all the 'Hail Mary' battle endings are due to the extreme nature of the nightmare start. Only exceptional players stand a chance at completing their quests and the wins really go down to the wire?
By the time I read this, the grammar and spelling oops weren't bad at all. It's not an editing issue so much as proofreading? Maybe a few readers that are good at spotting errors will volunteer to help out?
It could just be me, but some of the reviews seem hyper critical and unnecessarily harsh. You can really ruin things for an Indie author with carelessly worded criticism. Plagiarism happens, but I've seen some obvious examples disappear. Let the aggrieved authors deal with it. Plagiarism flags in 1 and 2 star reviews might well be troll fests. Indie dollars, especially KU pool dollars, are zealously contested by some?
Incest? Pedophilia? Come on! There's none of that in this series up to this point. Neither is the MC misogynistic scum. As I've stated previously, the sex is adult level rom-com with a burlesque quality. It's pretty tame compared to what's being written throughout a number of genres.
Kindle Unlimited. Thank you!
Just plain fun. My goodness! This had so much going on that it was grand finale worthy. And it's only Book #3 and 6 days into the game. The strategies play out and guild relationships are solidified. Startum completes his nightmare quest and more. Best of all, the nefarious Syndicate gets an a** whooping in multiple ways. Those liberated lady warriors are going to be so much fun to follow. Evidently, half-elves aren't shy with their affections.😻😼😽. Loved the shtick about just happening to have a perfectly placed castle on hand. The hidden NPC abilities within the game seems like a natural AI evolution. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out. I suspect all the 'Hail Mary' battle endings are due to the extreme nature of the nightmare start. Only exceptional players stand a chance at completing their quests and the wins really go down to the wire?
By the time I read this, the grammar and spelling oops weren't bad at all. It's not an editing issue so much as proofreading? Maybe a few readers that are good at spotting errors will volunteer to help out?
It could just be me, but some of the reviews seem hyper critical and unnecessarily harsh. You can really ruin things for an Indie author with carelessly worded criticism. Plagiarism happens, but I've seen some obvious examples disappear. Let the aggrieved authors deal with it. Plagiarism flags in 1 and 2 star reviews might well be troll fests. Indie dollars, especially KU pool dollars, are zealously contested by some?
Incest? Pedophilia? Come on! There's none of that in this series up to this point. Neither is the MC misogynistic scum. As I've stated previously, the sex is adult level rom-com with a burlesque quality. It's pretty tame compared to what's being written throughout a number of genres.
July 23, 2020
I like this series.
I really like this series, however I can only give four stars, because of all the typos, grammatical errors, and poor word choices. You really need to hire some better proofreaders.
I really like this series, however I can only give four stars, because of all the typos, grammatical errors, and poor word choices. You really need to hire some better proofreaders.
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