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Merchant Crab

A LitRPG Adventure

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Merchant Crab

By: H0st
Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
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About this listen

An unlikely protagonist leads this hilarious new LitRPG, perfect for fans of Heretical Fishing, Chrysalis, and Lunadea!

Join this unexpected merchant on his penny-pinching quest for riches and sweetness!

Balthazar was just a random giant crab enjoying his life in a fantasy world full of bothersome human adventurers, but then he had to go and accidentally discover the secret of attributes and levels. And also pie.

With baked goods and coin as his new life goals, he turns to the competitive business of trading the random junk adventurers loot every day.

Follow Balthazar as he does everything to find a baker... except leave his pond, because exploring the dangerous world out there is for suckers. Witness how adventurers just can't seem to stop dying around his home. And cheer for a crab who makes great new friends by simply buying them.

What to expect from this story:

  • Silliness. Lots of it. The story doesn't take itself too seriously, so you shouldn't either.
  • The only kind of OP here is how "overpriced" the crab's deals are.
  • A system simple enough for a crab to use, but still conveniently complex when necessary, for some odd reason.
  • Proper realistic adventurers: they are not very bright, and they make very poor decisions.
  • No harems, not unless they're a harem of gold coins.
  • Did we mention there will be pastries?
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Having not experienced any of the authors other works, I was going into this blind - what drew me to this initially was the excellent cover art.
The story is good and made great with excellent narration.

A satisfying story with an excellent performance

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Great Book, Amazing story, truly a great performance absolutly getting the rest in the series as they drop ❤️

Awsome!!!

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A nice slice of Litrpg, very amusing shenanigans and it being about a grumpy crab merchant is very novel.

Only downside is some audio balancing, some dialogue is so quiet you need to turn the volume up to catch it but then in next sentence there's super loud shouting so you desperately turn the volume down again

Despite that I've finished the book, now read book 2 and most of 3 on royal road and when those come to Audible I'll still buy them in audio form as it's a nice adventure to chill with after work

Fun, silly story

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Very happy with how this book turned out. Enjoyable and funny story and great narrator

Brilliant!

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