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The Bee-ginning: A Dungeon-Core LitRPG

The Bee Dungeon, Book 1

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The Bee-ginning: A Dungeon-Core LitRPG

By: Icalos
Narrated by: Savy Des-Etages
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From the author of the Terminate the Other World! series comes a thrilling dungeon-core fantasy adventure sure to generate a lot of buzz . . .

Belissar has always lived a peaceful life, if not a particularly easy one. Though he lost his parents, he was taken in by a kindly villager who taught him his life's calling: beekeeping. But one day the local lord's ruthless son, Ruckanos, comes to their humble village to claim his own tower, slaughtering everyone.

Luckily for Belissar, as he lies dying with an arrow in his back, a tiny worker bee decides to interfere, and he wakes up not only alive but a whole new bee-ing. Turns out his little savior is in actuality a core, and together they've swiped the tower out from under the murderous Ruckanos.

Now Belissar is king of his own beehive/dungeon. But with power comes more trouble than he could've imagined. In addition to building and protecting his own monstrous apiary with the help of his fellow bees, he must confront the encroaching doom known as the Hunger that haunts the world and consumes everything in its path, leaving only death.

A stronger, smarter, more confident, and far less peaceable Belissar is about to show his enemies that when you mess with a hive, you'd better be ready to get stung.

The first volume of the hit LitRPG fantasy series—with more than four million views on Royal Road—now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!

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Very good and would recommend to anyone. Fun and light most of time but have some deep moments with the characters that help sucks you in. I like when it swaps to the Bee’s pov.

Anyone looking for a good series ,I would recommend this one and hope to see many more on this series!❤️❤️😂

Amazing would highly recommend

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I love the story with all the points of view it has. the first time you hear how the bees view thier history and purpose is serious and epic, while our protagonist loves them so much it hurts him to see a single bee go. it's wonderful story full of wonderful characters. I would recommend this for anyone who enjoys a good dungeon core story or summoner hero story. liking bee puns helps also.

Great story

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This was a surprising but welcomed find. If you like (monster) bees then this is the book for you!
I don't normally go for dungeon stories but the premise of this book intrigued me so I gave it shot, I am glad I did. The story is well written if a bit slow to start, it picks up the further the story develops. The world building (dungeon building) is good, as is the narration (narrator is excellent even, using different voices for the characters).

I am looking forward to the next book!

A Great Start

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