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Shade's First Rule: A Fantasy LitRPG Adventure

Divine Apostasy, Book 1

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Shade's First Rule: A Fantasy LitRPG Adventure

By: A. F. Kay
Narrated by: Travis Baldree
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A new LitRPG world has arrived!

It's Ruwen’s Ascension Day, and he finally dies for the first time. His newly revived body can learn spells and abilities for the class given him by the Goddess Uru, and dying is no longer permanent.

Ruwen’s high intelligence makes becoming a Mage inevitable. With his new powers, he will locate his parents and clear their family name. But nothing goes as Ruwen imagined, and when a rival God tries to kill Ruwen shortly after his disastrous Ascension, his focus turns from his future to just surviving.

His choices place him in the middle of an ancient war, and he must overcome the limitations of his unexpected class to reach level five. Only then will he have the tools needed to survive. But dying now comes with a terrible penalty, and failing Uru might not only cost him his life and loved ones but his entire world.

It turns out dying on your Ascension Day is the easy part.

*****

Hey, LitRPG readers! I've created an FAQ for Shade's First Rule to answer some of the common questions and to help you decide if this book is for you. It can be found at: afkauthor.com/faq.

©2019 A. F. Kay (P)2020 A. F. Kay Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Survival LitRPG Fantasy Adventure

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I love this series. I think this is my 3rd time listening to them all again. if anybody likes fantasy/cultivation books that are very well written and have both funny and brilliant plot then I encourage you to start listening right now.

Amazing Series

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Honestly this was just a book that looked a little interesting, it seemed like it had a good story and Travis is an amazing narrator so I thought it would be a good time waster.
Little did I know that this book was just mind blowing, I love the story, characters, character development, magic *systemS* and the whole 'this is all a game for the gods'. Absolutely worth the time, only disappointment is that the next book isn't out yet.

I need the next book like now please.

NOWWWWWW!!!

WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW

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took a little while to drag me in but all in all very good. only thing that got me sighing was the repeater of the stars more often than we needed. onto book 2

liitrpg goodness

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I believe this is the most underrated litrpg I’ve listen to. I don’t understand why it has so few ratings compare to others.
The magic and world building systems along with his characters help you dive right into the story. The overall storyline keeps getting better with the more you uncover from book to book. I just hope the newest book eventually becomes an audiobook.

Better as it goes on

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mc's starting weakness and difficulty makes the story that much more compelling, he has a bunch of flaws to overcome but is very likeable, some really creative ideas over use of magic and monsters. some real woah moments, interesting relationships developing and exploration of different cultures, was already gonna read the next book but the ending really hit me and now I am desperate to do so.

creative ideas, immersive, real characters

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