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Shyft #2
Stealthcaster
Fighting a single bad guy is one thing. Fighting an entire army is another.
After a brutal death and resetting of his XP, Sol Herrick is dividing his time between (re)leveling, helping out on quests, getting into trouble with important NPCs and trying to decipher the mysterious journal he discovered. As a massive PvE battle looms, new friends and old will learn the value of sacrifice in this digital realm and discover that getting hurt in Shyft is really unpleasant.
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In the industrial wasteland of future America, Solomon Herrick spends his day wandering the streets and getting into trouble. Staying one step ahead of the local PD, his life is mostly spent immersed in history or aimless wandering -- until Shyft comes along.
Whether that's a good thing or not is still up in the air...
Shyft 2.0, an immersive open-world RPG, just entered beta, and though Solomon Herrick wasn't on the list, his friends knew a guy who could get them in. A chase and a gunfight later and Sol is deposited into the world with nothing but a few rags on his back and a nearby stick to defend himself.
With his friends gone, no knowledge of the game world and zero guidance available, Solomon will have to rely on his ability to learn fast if he wants to not only figure out how to play the game, but figure out how to get out - if he even can.
Shyft is a new Gamelit / LitRPG series created by Mike Kraus and Justin Bell, writing under the M Kraus and J Donald pen names. Defenders of Gallowind is the first in a 3-book crunchy LitRPG series in the world, though two more shorts (available for free and exclusively through signing up for the Shyft newsletter at www.shyft.gg) exist and a range of soft and crunchy stories are already planned for this vast, varied and complex universe.
After a brutal death and resetting of his XP, Sol Herrick is dividing his time between (re)leveling, helping out on quests, getting into trouble with important NPCs and trying to decipher the mysterious journal he discovered. As a massive PvE battle looms, new friends and old will learn the value of sacrifice in this digital realm and discover that getting hurt in Shyft is really unpleasant.
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In the industrial wasteland of future America, Solomon Herrick spends his day wandering the streets and getting into trouble. Staying one step ahead of the local PD, his life is mostly spent immersed in history or aimless wandering -- until Shyft comes along.
Whether that's a good thing or not is still up in the air...
Shyft 2.0, an immersive open-world RPG, just entered beta, and though Solomon Herrick wasn't on the list, his friends knew a guy who could get them in. A chase and a gunfight later and Sol is deposited into the world with nothing but a few rags on his back and a nearby stick to defend himself.
With his friends gone, no knowledge of the game world and zero guidance available, Solomon will have to rely on his ability to learn fast if he wants to not only figure out how to play the game, but figure out how to get out - if he even can.
Shyft is a new Gamelit / LitRPG series created by Mike Kraus and Justin Bell, writing under the M Kraus and J Donald pen names. Defenders of Gallowind is the first in a 3-book crunchy LitRPG series in the world, though two more shorts (available for free and exclusively through signing up for the Shyft newsletter at www.shyft.gg) exist and a range of soft and crunchy stories are already planned for this vast, varied and complex universe.
268 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 25, 2019
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July 12, 2019
Very Somber; but enjoyable.
Most of us would see the excitement, of jumping into a VR world of your prefered type. But, what if it wasn't all roses? Would you feel the deaths of the NPC's? What about the aftermath of a war? With all of it's bloodshed. What if it feels more real than anything you've experienced before?
If you want to know. Read on..........
Most of us would see the excitement, of jumping into a VR world of your prefered type. But, what if it wasn't all roses? Would you feel the deaths of the NPC's? What about the aftermath of a war? With all of it's bloodshed. What if it feels more real than anything you've experienced before?
If you want to know. Read on..........
July 21, 2020
For whatever reason, I just kept thinking that the kids in this story came from a real crapsack world, one that I'm glad I'm not from.
I am pleased to have seen more of Sol's story, and to get more from the perspective of his two female friends as well. I think, however, I will probably choose to stop this series here.
I am pleased to have seen more of Sol's story, and to get more from the perspective of his two female friends as well. I think, however, I will probably choose to stop this series here.
August 30, 2021
Book forgets main concept a bit and the side characters Megan and Ella are just obnoxious throughout the book and kind of bring the whole book down, but main character and the side character Lionel are great enough to allow you to finish the book, hopefully the 3rd book is better
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April 1, 2020
Great book
Stellar work once again from this duo! Lots of action and adventure, leveling and skills. Looking forward to the next one!
Stellar work once again from this duo! Lots of action and adventure, leveling and skills. Looking forward to the next one!
March 16, 2021
I enjoyed this book very much
I enjoyed reading this book very much and would recommend it highly to anyone that likes litRPG type of books.
I enjoyed reading this book very much and would recommend it highly to anyone that likes litRPG type of books.
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