Noctem is a dream come true. Dreams don’t last forever. Nightmares might.
The first three books in the Pixel Dust series, over 1,400 pages of fantasy adventure!
Existing within a virtual world shared across millions of users while they sleep, the online game, Carpe Noctem, offers a life of magic and adventure. For a scruffy gunslinger like Max, and a snarky fairy like Kira, it’s home.
Unfortunately, Noctem’s creator, and unhinged genius, has been fired. On his way out, he slapped a doomsday button to bring the system crashing down and send the global economy into ruin.
To save their second home, Max and Kira will need to assemble a party of misfits to conquer a quest of nightmares, and discover the secrets that lurk within the game.
If they fail, they’ll lose more than they can imagine… but winning has its own price.
I picked up this book solely on the recommendation by Travis Baldree. I know a narrator makes a living off of the sales of his his/her books, but there are occasions when Travis makes a little more effort in promoting a book's release, and when he says that this book was one of his favorites to do, I believe him! And boy I'm glad I did as it's one of the best litRPG's that I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing! You'll find that the entire series ARC is tightly written, fun, and it's full of action. And I'm sure you're gonna find plenty to L💖VE! Including Travis Baldree's wonderful voice performance... If interested you'll find my reviews under the individual titles... Party Hard, Pyramid Game, and Auction of Souls!
Imagine a video game that you could play while sleeping, with full immersion powered by a system that leverages your dreams and guides them to follow the game rules as you interact with other players in the game world. It not a fancy full-body VR setup or completely uploading a digital copy of yourself into the game; it's just a headset that you put on as you go to sleep at night. You go about your life as normal in the daytime, and you lose no time while playing. Rather, you get to play in a fantasy world for eight(ish) hours each night while your body sleeps, giving you back a third of your life to enjoy yourself (or just do more work if you're allergic to fun) online.
Probably not something I would recommend trying in real life, but as a premise for a book series, I love it.
This series is amazing! I bought the audiobook, and I can't believe I waited so long to listen to it. I'm glad the author is working on a fourth book, because I can't wait to hear more about these characters' escapades!
I had already enjoyed the Necrotic Apocalypse books by the same author, so I knew a bit about what I was getting into here. However, I was still blown away by the epic adventures that had me coming up with new excuses to keep listening.