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Barrow King: An Epic LitRPG/GameLit Adventure

The Realms, Book 1

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Barrow King: An Epic LitRPG/GameLit Adventure

By: C.M. Carney
Narrated by: Armen Taylor
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Book 1 of the best-selling epic LitRPG series The Realms.

A betrayed spy turned noob hero.

Betrayed by those closest to him, Finn Caldwell thought he’d escaped his life of violence and deception. But when a frantic message from his estranged sister draws him into The Realms, the world’s most advanced holographic reality game, Finn is forced to embrace his deadly skills once more.

Armed with a mysterious artifact known as a Godhead, Finn becomes the warrior-mage Gryph. Yet, things are not as they seem and to save his sister, he must escape a sentient dungeon by defeating its master, the Barrow King.

The Realms will take you back to the days when Advanced Dungeons & Dragons and The Elder Scrolls were new. Feel the nostalgia!

WARNING: Welcome to your new favorite genre.

LitRPG/GameLit is genre that incorporates gaming elements from tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder with epic RPG video games like The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim and MMO’s like World of Warcraft and sets them in a fantasy or science fiction setting. It generally has leveling, stat tables, character sheets and skill progressions.

If you’re new to LitRPG or GameLit, then The Realms is the perfect place to start.

Prepare to lose sleep. You have been warned.

The Realms - an epic LitRPG/GameLit fantasy series. Suggested listening order:

  • Barrow King
  • The Lost City
  • Killing Time
  • Dead Must Die (a side quest)
  • Scourge of Souls
  • The Forsaken God
  • Chaos Rising
  • Ravaged Land (coming soon)
©2018 C.M. Carney (P)2018 C.M. Carney
Action & Adventure Cyberpunk Dark Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Superhero Sword & Sorcery Adventure LitRPG Game

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This was the first CM Carney audiobook that I’d listened to. The story was enjoyable, and I could visualize the storyline easily (it even reminded me of WoW at times). We see Finn go off in search of his sister, Brynn and he enters the Realms.

Brynn had become trusted by some powerful people and had discovered something that was going to cost her, and she hoped that Finn would enter the game to help free her mind, and had rigged it to help him, by sending allies who would be there to help him. It doesn’t go to plan and Finn ends up in the Barrows with no help and his entrance has awoken something old.

The Barrows is a dungeon that doesn’t normally allow people to succeed and leave, as the many rotting corpses in the tunnels prove.

The skill descriptions were in-depth, and there was a good level of detail with the ‘in-game pop-ups’ which helped Finn, sometimes this felt a little bit much, but it helped understand the quests and Finn’s dilemma’s during his dungeon run.

It’s certainly made me want to read more of the Realms and to find out more about the characters.

The story was overall enjoyable, and I will be checking out the next book in the series.

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C.M. Carney started the storey in a more spy, action thriller sort
but then things take a turn for the interesting.
experimental vr? check
obscure leveling system that makes sense? check.
power mad villains that you don't secretly want to turn good... by the bucket load.

everything I wanted and even some things I didn't know I wanted in a litrpg story!

not the normal start to a LitRPG.

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what a great start to the series, though focused on one area and less exploring but still dud a wonderful job of keeping me entertained and a lot more to expect with the next installment.
The characters where unique and likable in there own ways with a lot to still learn about them yet.
definitely recommend 👌

AMAZING!!!

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if the narrator didn't scream so much it it will make a a better book, but decent plotline a bit overboard with self godifing himself but mahh in all.

nice book

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loved this book and looking forward to further volumes. great lit RPG with a touch of realworld action too. highly recommend it to anyone that likes fantasy or litrpg books.

fantastic read

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