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Lightning Disciple
The Old World is dead. It doesn’t rest in peace.
Humanity struggles to survive in the ruins that their ancestors made of the Earth. War, famine, pollution and apathy have poisoned the soil and the sea and the spirits of those left behind.
Alan scrapes together a living farming dead soil with his father, barely making it through each winter. Crops fail, fish disappear from the rivers and bandits race through the countryside, turning every day into a battle for survival.
But when an Old World plague called Heirloom Online settles on his village, making puppets of the villagers, survival is no longer enough. A falling star hints at a possible cure - if Alan and his friends can capture it.
In order to live long enough to try, Alan will have to unravel the mysteries of Heirloom Online and the Lightning Disciple class. The world is full of monsters; large and small, old and new, unfamiliar and all-too-human.
Lightning Disciple is a fast-paced LitRPG novel, blending fantasy and post-apocalyptic settings. It is the first book in the Heirloom Earth series.
Humanity struggles to survive in the ruins that their ancestors made of the Earth. War, famine, pollution and apathy have poisoned the soil and the sea and the spirits of those left behind.
Alan scrapes together a living farming dead soil with his father, barely making it through each winter. Crops fail, fish disappear from the rivers and bandits race through the countryside, turning every day into a battle for survival.
But when an Old World plague called Heirloom Online settles on his village, making puppets of the villagers, survival is no longer enough. A falling star hints at a possible cure - if Alan and his friends can capture it.
In order to live long enough to try, Alan will have to unravel the mysteries of Heirloom Online and the Lightning Disciple class. The world is full of monsters; large and small, old and new, unfamiliar and all-too-human.
Lightning Disciple is a fast-paced LitRPG novel, blending fantasy and post-apocalyptic settings. It is the first book in the Heirloom Earth series.
234 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 5, 2020
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January 8, 2021
Decent book.
The story was decent with a kind of fun premise but to me it was totally lacking in real RPG elements. Overall it was ok but nothing spectacular.
The story was decent with a kind of fun premise but to me it was totally lacking in real RPG elements. Overall it was ok but nothing spectacular.
May 26, 2020
Boring
Very simplistic and basic, while that can be an enjoyable style, the story was boring and the characters very shallow.
Very simplistic and basic, while that can be an enjoyable style, the story was boring and the characters very shallow.
June 11, 2020
In a post apocalyptic Earth, an Old World machine tries to revive the planet. Unfortunately, all info of the pre-apocalypse world has been deleted so it uses a MMORPG world as a blueprint: world turns into fantasy game. Those that accept the change are turned into players, those that don't are turned into NPCs that are controlled by the system to play their part every day.
Players in one village are trying to survive without any knowledge of RPGs or even terminology and return their family from mind slavery, while keeping the beasts and bandits away.
Players in one village are trying to survive without any knowledge of RPGs or even terminology and return their family from mind slavery, while keeping the beasts and bandits away.
May 12, 2020
Fun
I changed my star rating several times between 4 and 5 but settled on 5. The book was light, fun and has an interesting twist on the genre. I can’t say it was a “couldn’t put it down” but I’ll definitely get book 2.
I changed my star rating several times between 4 and 5 but settled on 5. The book was light, fun and has an interesting twist on the genre. I can’t say it was a “couldn’t put it down” but I’ll definitely get book 2.
June 19, 2020
Not a bad story. I suspect the second book in the series will be better, since all the groundwork is laid now, and we're beginning to see some of it's origins. But, even so, this story wasn't a bad entry into the LitRPG genre, I liked it.
May 21, 2020
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A good start to a series. Different enough to be fun and fun enough to make the wait for the next book frustrating. I’m sure I will endure but not too long please.
A good start to a series. Different enough to be fun and fun enough to make the wait for the next book frustrating. I’m sure I will endure but not too long please.
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June 18, 2024Great book
Stellar work from Elliot Hendry! Lots of action and adventure, magic and monsters. Looking forward to reading the next one!
Stellar work from Elliot Hendry! Lots of action and adventure, magic and monsters. Looking forward to reading the next one!
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