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Small Town Hero

A LitRPG Adventure (Butcher of Gadobhra, Book 1)

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Small Town Hero

By: Walrus King
Narrated by: Garrett Michael Brown
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Conquer Dungeons. Slay Monsters. Become a Hero.

When Ozzy signs a five-year contract to work as an "NPC" Serf in Gadobhra, a new fantasy world intended to be a playground for the incredibly wealthy, he was just after a paycheck. He's given boring choices like working as a blacksmith, barkeep, or shepherd for all those years.... Or, He can find ways to take advantage of the System. He can break out and carve out a section of the world for himself as an adventurer. Compete to be the first to locate hidden dungeons, kill the biggest monsters, and gain renown across Gadobhra. Yeah, that sounds like way more fun.

Don't miss the start of this isekai LitRPG adventure by Walrus King, the bestselling author of Tunnel Rat. Crammed with stats, power progression, a fully-developed cast of characters, deep worldbuilding, and a healthy blend of action and humor, it's perfect for fans of Dakota Krout, Michael Chatfield, and RinoZ.

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brilliant story well read, have read it before on royal road and the audio book was a brilliant way to re read , the narater is excellent and managed to do the voices just as I read them. if you like seeing bad bosses get punished you will love this. of you love numbers and stats you will love this and if you like the lit RPG genre why haven't you already read this

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OK but I have issues when a book spends the whole narrative building up to somthing that it leaves to the next book

building to next book

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This is a super solid litRPG, establishes a great set of MC's, all of whom progress in interesting ways. Hugely likeable, kinda cozy vibe which is funny given how dark it is a lot of the time. Think harvest moon crossed with hyper capitalism and vast quantities of slaughter.


The issue I'm having with this and the sequel is the author is doing so much set up. It seems like it's going to be an eight book series that's should have been four or five. The central plot is intriguing, but it's royal road heritage is showing a bit.

Still, it's overall charming, well written and not into DOTF territory or anything.

The narrator absolutely smashes it, so glad to find someone of this quality who's not Travis or Geoff.

Rich world, compelling story, worth your time and credit - but a bit of a set up novel.

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Great narration, laugh out loud system commentary, generally very funny and fun, with dark dystopian under tones. In a some what similar vein to betware of chicken, heretical fishing and expeditionary force if Skippy was the system. Honestly I really enjoy this. there's some room for the authors development but they seem to be on the right tracks with this one. Good value, slightly odd ending point, just crack on with book two!

worth it and at times very funny, dark yet light hearted humour with a solid main cast of characters

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