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Fate & Freedom Online #1
Tooth & Paw
Stuck—check...
Survive—pending...
Level up into a World Boss?—Let's do it!
Warren loves his job. As a Game Master for Fate and Freedom Online, he gets to do everything from piloting World Bosses to helping players stuck in geometry.
When he overhears two coworkers plotting to hack the game and endanger players, things go downhill fast. Not wanting to leave a witness, Warren finds himself stuck in the game as a gnoll!
He’s level 1, aggroing to every player, and unable to call for help or even log out of the game. How could things possibly get any worse?
Warren’s only hope is to become a World Boss and get back some semblance of regular game UI. Unfortunately, standing between him and escape is a Boss Monster that isn’t too keen on letting him level up.
With some new friends and a little luck, will Warren escape his digital prison, or will he be stuck as a gnoll forever?
Survive—pending...
Level up into a World Boss?—Let's do it!
Warren loves his job. As a Game Master for Fate and Freedom Online, he gets to do everything from piloting World Bosses to helping players stuck in geometry.
When he overhears two coworkers plotting to hack the game and endanger players, things go downhill fast. Not wanting to leave a witness, Warren finds himself stuck in the game as a gnoll!
He’s level 1, aggroing to every player, and unable to call for help or even log out of the game. How could things possibly get any worse?
Warren’s only hope is to become a World Boss and get back some semblance of regular game UI. Unfortunately, standing between him and escape is a Boss Monster that isn’t too keen on letting him level up.
With some new friends and a little luck, will Warren escape his digital prison, or will he be stuck as a gnoll forever?
- GenresFantasy
376 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 2, 2022
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April 13, 2023
If I could give zero stars, I would...
This book makes no sense AT ALL...MC is a GM, finds out a evil plot and instead of yelling to a friend who literally is walking down a hall, goes all silent scared and gets kidnapped. Okay fine..
Wakes up the game trapped. So for all he knows he had 3 days before he dies since without water you can only live 72 hours.
His plan...Become a WorldBoss and get the commands to contact the GMs. That make sense not like he can walk up to a level 1 noob and talk to them. He's a monster...WRONG. He speaks the same language.
Literally that is all is required to make this book make sense but no, he can literally talk to players..
He tries this ONCE..once does he go up to low level and talk to them and never again. People in real life might die due to the plot he found out that got him kidnapped and he only tries ONCE. He's master plan is to become level 100 in 3 days as a Monster rather than just ....go try to talk to players
Literally he can resurrect, so instead of running to a place, yelling about it..dying, doing it again and again and again.....until it works. He comes up with the Boss Monster Plan...
Oh and he has his GM commands still. So he could just go around triggering world events until a GM notices the hundreds of 105 level events, screw up the world. Doesn't try that either..
Instead he starts freaking out and not wanting to hurt his AI buddies, because that's more important than stopping a plot that can cause the death of people in real life. He even wants to make a deal to not tell anyone if they let him out and let people die to save himself...
THIS MC IS THE WORST...HE is stupid, selfish, and quite honestly mentally unbalanced.
I do not suggest reading this book, for any reason. It starts out fine but the character starts making worse and worse choices. AT one point he even has some players listening to him and ready to contact GMs but he's throwing a fit his AI buddies are upset at him, so he instead uses his kill command to kill them. OH NO my AI buddies are mad at me, well better get rid of the one shot to save REAL people lives.
Just no. no. This author needs to start a new series and think before he writes or at least get one person to beta read for him. Because this plot makes no sense to anyone with half a brain.
This book makes no sense AT ALL...MC is a GM, finds out a evil plot and instead of yelling to a friend who literally is walking down a hall, goes all silent scared and gets kidnapped. Okay fine..
Wakes up the game trapped. So for all he knows he had 3 days before he dies since without water you can only live 72 hours.
His plan...Become a WorldBoss and get the commands to contact the GMs. That make sense not like he can walk up to a level 1 noob and talk to them. He's a monster...WRONG. He speaks the same language.
Literally that is all is required to make this book make sense but no, he can literally talk to players..
He tries this ONCE..once does he go up to low level and talk to them and never again. People in real life might die due to the plot he found out that got him kidnapped and he only tries ONCE. He's master plan is to become level 100 in 3 days as a Monster rather than just ....go try to talk to players
Literally he can resurrect, so instead of running to a place, yelling about it..dying, doing it again and again and again.....until it works. He comes up with the Boss Monster Plan...
Oh and he has his GM commands still. So he could just go around triggering world events until a GM notices the hundreds of 105 level events, screw up the world. Doesn't try that either..
Instead he starts freaking out and not wanting to hurt his AI buddies, because that's more important than stopping a plot that can cause the death of people in real life. He even wants to make a deal to not tell anyone if they let him out and let people die to save himself...
THIS MC IS THE WORST...HE is stupid, selfish, and quite honestly mentally unbalanced.
I do not suggest reading this book, for any reason. It starts out fine but the character starts making worse and worse choices. AT one point he even has some players listening to him and ready to contact GMs but he's throwing a fit his AI buddies are upset at him, so he instead uses his kill command to kill them. OH NO my AI buddies are mad at me, well better get rid of the one shot to save REAL people lives.
Just no. no. This author needs to start a new series and think before he writes or at least get one person to beta read for him. Because this plot makes no sense to anyone with half a brain.
January 5, 2023
3 Stars is Generous
If you remove the last half of the first chapter, and all of the protagonist reactions in chapter 2, all of chapter 20, and most of 21…It would be a passable book.
Spoilers ———-
He gets “kidnapped“ by 2 IT nerds in a busy office building and no one hears him? Then, in the closet they are holding him in, one of the nerds just rustles up some chloroform and still the protagonist can’t be heard? Brutal…
Then, after spending half of the first chapter talking about how realistic it is being in the game, and getting kidnapped after hearing of the nefarious plot… He wakes up as a Gnoll… and his reaction is to scream out loud (ridiculous) and question where he is?
Also, some weird discrepancies. One character literally can’t count 200, Making up numbers as he “counts”, and even asks what a minute is, but in the next chapter when asked how long the protagonist was sleeping, that same character notes that it’s been an hour and a half? So now he can tell time…
Chapter 20… No. The reaction when explaining the whole situation to the players? Just ridiculous. And 21? He’s crying because it’s three new NPC friends quote “forgive” him? Isn’t this an adult?
Lastly, the GM Consol exploit… He knows how to spawn items, but doesn’t for fear of the AI mechanism. What gamer wouldn’t at least try to spawn a low level item 1st? You’re already killing level 100 players and spawning world events.
All that being said, I actually liked some of the book. Aside from the aforementioned, with edits, it could be a decent gamelit entry.
I realize there’s already a sequel. Don’t think I’ll bother.
If you remove the last half of the first chapter, and all of the protagonist reactions in chapter 2, all of chapter 20, and most of 21…It would be a passable book.
Spoilers ———-
He gets “kidnapped“ by 2 IT nerds in a busy office building and no one hears him? Then, in the closet they are holding him in, one of the nerds just rustles up some chloroform and still the protagonist can’t be heard? Brutal…
Then, after spending half of the first chapter talking about how realistic it is being in the game, and getting kidnapped after hearing of the nefarious plot… He wakes up as a Gnoll… and his reaction is to scream out loud (ridiculous) and question where he is?
Also, some weird discrepancies. One character literally can’t count 200, Making up numbers as he “counts”, and even asks what a minute is, but in the next chapter when asked how long the protagonist was sleeping, that same character notes that it’s been an hour and a half? So now he can tell time…
Chapter 20… No. The reaction when explaining the whole situation to the players? Just ridiculous. And 21? He’s crying because it’s three new NPC friends quote “forgive” him? Isn’t this an adult?
Lastly, the GM Consol exploit… He knows how to spawn items, but doesn’t for fear of the AI mechanism. What gamer wouldn’t at least try to spawn a low level item 1st? You’re already killing level 100 players and spawning world events.
All that being said, I actually liked some of the book. Aside from the aforementioned, with edits, it could be a decent gamelit entry.
I realize there’s already a sequel. Don’t think I’ll bother.
August 5, 2022
I enjoyed the story but the audio version was not so hot... Up 'til now I haven't been able to determine whether it's the narrator or the author for all the awkward sounding sentences... but since I've seemingly noticed this in every one of audiobooks I've listened to, that Jack Meloche has narrated, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that it's the narrator fault. Because really every author cannot make the same mistakes with their writing and dialog... The only common denominator has been the narrator and Jack's somewhat stiff delivery! You really wouldn't notice this, in the quick snippet Audible provides, as Jack's voice is pleasant. But believe me I've had to listen to 5 books before I could pin the problem down...
So go ahead and grab the ebook if you want to appreciate this gamelit book...
So go ahead and grab the ebook if you want to appreciate this gamelit book...
September 17, 2025
not many novels out there with gnolls let alone novels with a gnoll as a protagonist. the author in my opinion gives the reader a very good understanding of what it must be like to be one as we see our protagonist having to adjust to being one. While how the protagonist got into the situation in the first place is hard to justify overall the novel was an enjoyable read which kept me wanting to read more.
August 10, 2022
What would you do if you were trapped in an online game? Well buckle up we are about to find out! It's an entertaining look at what could happen if you tried to get help in an online game while in a Gnoll avatar.
It was a fun read and was pretty enjoyable. I took a chance on an author I hadn't read before and was pleasantly surprised. I'm looking forward to the next one in the series.
It was a fun read and was pretty enjoyable. I took a chance on an author I hadn't read before and was pleasantly surprised. I'm looking forward to the next one in the series.
August 7, 2022
Fun gaming adventure
After you suspend your disbelief about the plot Macguffin, it flows along quite nicely. There’s fighting, levels and magic, with believable characters and world building. No complaints about grammar or style. Solid 4/5. I’ll definitely give the sequel a go.
After you suspend your disbelief about the plot Macguffin, it flows along quite nicely. There’s fighting, levels and magic, with believable characters and world building. No complaints about grammar or style. Solid 4/5. I’ll definitely give the sequel a go.
August 8, 2022
Decent litrpg
Not bad, not great.
For the love of Pete stop complaining about not being a mage!
The plot to kick things off seems weak, but once in the game it's enjoyable, and thankfully never reverts to the outside world till the epilogue.
Not bad, not great.
For the love of Pete stop complaining about not being a mage!
The plot to kick things off seems weak, but once in the game it's enjoyable, and thankfully never reverts to the outside world till the epilogue.
September 6, 2024
Loved every second of it. Great job both to the author and narrator. Really did a good job when it came to yell when you needed to. Reminds me of when SAO came out. So glad to find it. Once again wonderful job!! Can’t wait to buy the next book next month!
January 13, 2023
Fairly decent story. It's a subject that's been covered before, but it's fairly well done, and follows logically. I liked this one, and intend to read the next book in the series.
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