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  • A LitRPG Adventure (Tower of Somnus, Book 1)
  • Written by: Cale Plamann
  • Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
  • Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (10 ratings)

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Foundations

Written by: Cale Plamann
Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
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First contact gone wrong. Humanity judged and found wanting. Unlimited power up for grab.

The Galactic Consensus arrived on ships as large as skyscrapers, crafted from glittering alloys that no human scientist could even begin to understand. They followed the trail of century-old television transmissions to welcome us into the galactic community...only to recoil in horror at what they found.

They concluded that humans were unfit to be trusted with the advanced technologies that member-states of the Consensus freely traded with each other, installing a relay to warn other ships that we were under embargo, but more importantly, allowing humans entrance into the Tower of Somnus, a multiplayer game of sorts that could be played in one’s sleep. The hope was that humanity would learn proper behavior from playing the game with our more civilized neighbors.

Katherine "Kat" Debs, a hereditary employee of one of the megacorporations that ruled the world, eked out a meager existence in a massive arcology of glittering glass and chrome. She dreamt of one day earning enough money to buy her freedom and was more than willing to break a law here or there in the process. When she is offered an opportunity to enter the Tower of Somnus free of corporate control, she jumps at the chance. After all, the "game" was more than just a status symbol; players retained the fantastic powers they earned in the game in the waking world as well.

A perfect opportunity to take control of her destiny or die trying.

©2022 Cale Plamann (P)2022 Mountaindale Press

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Interesting take of adding an RPG experience and weaving it a literary experience.

Overall, I really enjoyed the story and the narration. It’s easy to read, and takes interesting twist syndrome throughout the story. Parts were predictable other parts weren’t, so that made this literary piece entertaining.

I enjoyed it to listen to it twice in a row and I’m sure I’ll listen to it again.

This is my first novel that I read by Cale Plamann it was excellent. I look forward to finishing the series and looking at his two other series.

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wow just wow

this book was amazing. of all the fantasy I have ever read this one probably has the evilest version of future humanity I have ever seen. A soulless corporate apocalypse taken to its logical extreme. yet even coming from a vile hopless pit people are still people. I can't wait for the next one.

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It was ok

The story is fine. I liked the dystopic corporate setting. Maybe it was too much, but it's the author's world. Still, there was very few descriptions. I don't know what the environment looks like. Only some characters and creatures have basic descriptions.

Then there's the naration. Andrea Parsneau have nice voice and is talented. However I did forget how annoying it can be when she uses agressive voices. All her "noble" characters always have the same strange accent and the way she reads characters sheets is so annoying! At least there were no "ding" in this book and the skills list is short. Please keep to your own voice or at least don't force so much tone of voice changes. It is not necessary.

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Juvenile

Found it very annoying how juvenile the characters are. They say 18 but, got elementary school drama vibes. Had a good start but I gave up after chapter 5. The time skips and leaves you confused. Barley average at best.

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