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Dragon Seed

Written by: James Osiris Baldwin
Narrated by: Justin Thomas James,Jeff Hays,Laurie Catherine Winkel
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What would you give to be a dragon rider?

Before being conscripted to fight in the Total War, Private Hector Park had a shattered family, a collection of old video games, and a promising career as a motorcycle stuntman. Now, he is dying from a virus threatening humankind with extinction. He has three days to live.

When Hector’s brother contacts him after years of hostile silence, Hector goes to try and make peace. But his brother has an offer even more unbelievable than reconciliation: the chance to cheat death by joining him in Archemi, a full-immersion fantasy VR-RPG video game. 

Determined to forge a life worth living, Hector undergoes the experimental upload process and chooses the difficult path of the Dragon Knight. To achieve his dream, he must prove himself worthy of imprinting a dragon, a being with whom he will share a telepathic bond more intimate than any human relationship.

But at what cost?

Join Hector on his first steps toward mastering the skies in Dragon Seed, the first audiobook in the Archemi Online LitRPG series!  

The Soundbooth Theater team for this production:  

  • Justin Thomas James - narration, music, sound design 
  • Jeff Hays - Steve, Skyr Arnaud, and other supporting characters 
  • Laurie Cateherine Winkel - Rutha, Sergeant Blackman, and all other female characters 
  • Griffin Malnar - proofing, editing, and mastering
©2018 James Baldwin (P)2018 James Baldwin

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A good read

I enjoyed how the mc actually got a ingame personal history, it was a nice change that you don't see to often in litrpgs of this style.

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Also, I've noticed some comments talk about how the book is contradictory, and in a few points maybe a little, but in one of the main points brought up where he left the army just to join another right after.... actually read the circumstances.. though he did not join the army by choice, he later says that he had fought regardless. For two tours. And when he did leave, it was because as a quarantined soldier it was the only way to see his family before he died. And when he did go to join ingame it wasn't because he suddenly felt a calling to be a soldier again, it was for the sole reason of getting a dragon mount.

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full of contradictions

The MC is pretty weak willed, right from the start he says he wants his freedom and to be on his own, even going so far as to choose a race who take penalties for joining others. first thing he does is join into another army and party. said he hated the army but joins one again. stupid book did not even bother finishing.

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awesome narration

this is what happens when you combine skyrim the witcher and avatar together great book going to binge for sure

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wow

I really enjoyed this book can't wait to get book 2 or more on this series

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This series has been a great surprise!

The LITRPG genre is for the large part, a hit and miss sub segment of the sci-fi/fantasy genre. On many occasions you pick up a LITRPG audio book that has a mediocre writing and a just plain horrible MC.

The Dragon Rider series or Archemi Online Chronicles has been a lot of fun and deeper than I would have thought. The MC builds well fleshed out relationships with conflict points and resolutions. The game elements are really a secondary concern as the story takes center stage.

The performance by Justin, Jeff and Laurie are great and the whole audio side of the book is fantastic.

I honestly can't wait to get the latest book on Audible when it comes out.

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great

was a great book cant wait to start the second one who ever reviewed it as a bad book doesn't know what they are talking about.

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