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LitRPG Podcast 213 - Tales of a Northblood, World of the Changed Book #2, Death's Mantle 2

Feb. 15th, 2020

Hello everyone, welcome to episode 213 of the LitRPG podcast.

I’m Ramon Mejia. I’m here to bring you the latest LitRPG news, reviews, and author interviews. We have 3 new reviews just for you.

For the full show notes visit us at:

New Releases and Reviews:

Tales of a Northblood: Winter's Breath: A LitRPG Saga

Minor Town building, but good survivalism and series setup

Score: 7.6 out of 10

https://amzn.to/30r25tA

Pearl of the South (World of the Changed Book #2): LitRPG Series

Dark real world LitRPG with loads of action

Score: 7.8 out of 10

https://amzn.to/380aeYu

Ian’s Picks Of the Week

Death's Mantle 2

My girlfriend's an angel and she keeps shooting me.

Score: 8.0 out of 10

https://amzn.to/2SssS6J

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LitRPG News

Big news! The audiobook for the Fourth Realm will be available on February 27! It will be on lots of platforms, but might take a bit longer for Audible to approve it.

Also, The Two Week Curse ebook will be available for 99 cents this weekend: https://amzn.to/31MVZVa

Out Now!

Skull and Thrones: A LitRPG/GameLit Adventure (The Bad Guys Book 3)

https://amzn.to/36mJwt2

Dark Academy [Transformation. Book IV] LitRPG series https://amzn.to/2uyp22g

An Equation with One Unknown (Invasion Book #2): LitRPG Series

https://amzn.to/2NpeFDL

MAGE [Web of Worlds: Empire] A D&D LitRPG Series

https://amzn.to/2GDJstl

The Art of Deception (World of Karik Book 2 Part 2): LitRPG Series

https://amzn.to/35EIcQV

The Second Betrayal: A Fantasy LitRPG Adventure (Divine Apostasy Book 2)

https://amzn.to/2Fvnybk

Dungeon Core Academy: Book 3 (A Dungeon Crafting series)

https://amzn.to/2Sol8SX

Legacy of the Bloodreaver: Crematoria Online Book Two (Feb. 15th, 2020)

https://amzn.to/2OMq81F

Castle of the Noobs: Noobtown Book Three

https://amzn.to/2uOVAp1

Nomad Core (Core Control Book 2)

https://amzn.to/3bG2Mo7

Resurrection (The Stork Tower Book 7)

https://amzn.to/2UWg3my

New LitRPG Audiobooks

Defenders of the Realm: The Greystone Chronicles, Book 4

https://amzn.to/3byIqgw

Shadow Sun Expansion

https://amzn.to/2UM4WN3

A Jump into the Unknown: Reality Benders Series, Book 5

https://amzn.to/39we6RP

The Culling of Man - A LitRPG Apocalypse (Peril's Prodigy, Book 1)

https://amzn.to/2vz4yXq

House Rules (A LitRPG Novel) - Metagamer Chronicles

https://amzn.to/2tTYGaU

Upcoming LitRPG:

Axestorm: (Sky Realms Online Book 3): A LitRPG Series (Feb. 18th, 2020)

https://amzn.to/2Rmopln

Player Reached the Top. LitRPG Series. Book II (Feb. 19th, 2020)

https://amzn.to/31ODIqA

Inheritance: A LitRPG Space Adventure (The Last Enclave Book 1) (Feb. 25th, 2020)

https://amzn.to/39rk72a

Temper: An Apocalyptic LitRPG Series (Red Mage Book 2) (Feb. 28th, 2020)

https://amzn.to/2OSSQho

Gods of Ash and Amber: A Gamelit Novel (Seeds of Chaos Book 4) (Feb. 29th, 2020)

https://amzn.to/2CqekeF

Path of Soul: BlackFlame Online Litrpg/Gamelit Universe (Glory of Formation Emperor Book 3) (Feb. 29th, 2020)

https://amzn.to/303uu8W

The Last Time Loop: Max of the Rebellion (Volume 2): A Time Travel LitRPG Series (March. 2nd, 2020)

https://amzn.to/2QH5WzF

Neon Dark: A LitRPG Adventure (Zero.Hero Book 1) (March 3rd, 2020)

https://amzn.to/2RqgJ1z

Journey Never Ends: A Dystopian GameLit Adventure (Project Chrysalis Book 5) (March 3rd, 2020)

https://amzn.to/38tM0GI

The Incarnator (Project Stellar Book 1): LitRPG Series (March 9th, 2020)

https://amzn.to/2qhDQAw

Viridian Gate Online: Insurrection (The Alchemic Weaponeer Book 3) (March 10th, 2020)

https://amzn.to/2tDrpAS

The Hive [LitRPG series:The Beetle] Book 2 (March 17th, 2020)

https://amzn.to/2tUQuHs

The Dark Continent (Underdog Book #3): LitRPG Series (March 20th, 2020)

https://amzn.to/34SKoE6

Quest for Freedom: A LitRPG Saga (Hero Online Book 5) (March 30th, 2020)

https://amzn.to/2EMZ4dg

Sentenced to Troll 3 (April 1st, 2020)

https://amzn.to/2FUwxmw

Noa in the Flesh (World of the Changed Book #3): LitRPG Series (April 2nd, 2020)

https://amzn.to/38ohw96

Eastbound and Town: A LitRPG/Gamelit Adventure (The Good Guys Book 8) (April 2nd, 2020)

https://amzn.to/2PRJzHb

Dragon Heart: Sea of Sorrow. LitRPG wuxia series: Book 5 (April 15th, 2020)

https://amzn.to/39cwT5u

Warsinger: A LitRPG Dragonrider Adventure (The Archemi Online Chronicles Book 4) (May 1st, 2020)

https://amzn.to/39RC7Ut

Aberrant Quest: The Blood Crown Book 2 (A LitRPG Adventure) (May 5th, 2020)

https://amzn.to/38lNwL4

Path of Alchemy: BlackFlame Online Litrpg/Gamelit Universe (Glory of Formation Emperor Book 4) (May 31st, 2020)

https://amzn.to/2Hm7Dgm

Onto New Releases and Reviews

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New Releases and Reviews

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The blood of the north flows through his veins...

From bestselling LitRPG author Carrie Summers comes a new saga about survival on a wind-swept coast.

Jace, a backcountry ranger assigned to patrol the wilderness of North America, was hiking when abruptly he was somewhere...else. Wind battered his thinly-clothed body, and the salt air from crashing waves immediately soaked him to the skin. Nothing looked familiar. And then the strange game messages started appearing in his vision.

With no explanation for how he arrived here, Jace must nonetheless learn to survive in a merciless environment, crafting everything with his own hands. He must learn the art of combat and how to control the powerful abilities that surface in his body. Northblood, they'll call him. A blessing and a curse.

On the bright side, he's totally buff. And there's this hot redheaded game tester who was pulled from her old life and shoved into his.

Things could definitely be worse.

Tales of a Northblood: Winter's Breath starts a brand new adventure. Scroll up and grab it now to read today!

My Opinion: 270 pages, $4.99, Available On Kindle Unlimited

The first 65% is primarily an introduction to the RPG fantasy world and the four main characters. There story revolves around learning about the RPG mechanics, each person figuring out their roles, and surviving the beasts, weather, and monsters through crafting basic necessities and shelter. After the 65% mark this shifts as the group finds locals and learns more about the world and why there's been an increase in Starborn like them showing up. The last quarter has more action as the group completes a quest.

On the game mechanic side of things there are loads of details and snarky notifications. There's XP, magic, stat increases through actions, and each person seems to have a different skill set they can specialize in. There's a little bit of base and town building but it feels like it's something that will be developed in future books. There's a good depth to the survival aspects for most of the book.

Overall, I enjoyed the story though there is little combat for most of it. It feels like a good bit of setup for the series, but it's entertaining.

Score: 7.6 out of 10

Tales of a Northblood: Winter's Breath: A LitRPG Saga

https://amzn.to/30r25tA

Earth was never the same after World of the Changed. Humanity was reduced to two camps: monsters thirsting to kill, and players doing everything they could to survive. The squabbles people had spent their time on before? Gone. If you wanted to live to see another sunrise, you had to work with everyone you could, from other players to game functions.

Mark Derwin, the most advanced player through the initial period of the game, knew all too well that his level was no advantage. Far from it—the game owner didn’t tolerate anyone who got too far ahead. The only thing the owner wanted was for Earthlings to disappear without a trace, giving up their resources to be extracted. But not everyone was willing to bend the knee before alien intelligence. In fact, some had begun to fight back against the game.

My Opinion: 389 pages, $6.99, Not Available On Kindle Unlimited

The 2nd book in the series continues the dark survival action adventure that the first book started. Vasily Mahaneko continues his story of a lone player stuck surviving an RPG world where all the monsters, and crazed over powered aliens are out to kill him. The story keeps pushing the main character (MC) into ever more action filled situations with good story twists that keep things interesting and the MC from feeling too OP.

A new addition to the game mechanics are the ‘trials’ where the MC can undergo torturous tests to improve his physical and mental stats. It’s a change I liked since it exacts a real cost for his RPG improvement.

Overall, another really good read from the author.

Score: 7.8 out of 10

Pearl of the South (World of the Changed Book #2): LitRPG Series

https://amzn.to/380aeYu

Ian’s (Eye-Ann) Picks of the Week

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New Segment from Ian Mitchell a long time LitRPG community member who reads and reviews as much as me. He was nice enough to agree to join the LitRPG Podcast family as a new reviewer.

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Death's Mantle 2

My girl friend's an angel and she keeps shooting me.

Book 2 of a strange series. This Death is a gamer. He can't interact with the material world. But, he can make cool toys to fight with other supernatural beings. At least he isn't boring. Part of the series includes him trying to save his family members from some sort of spiritual parasite. An interesting read and quite imaginative. I finished book 2 feeling like I still don't know what is happening or why. I enjoyed the fights. They were fun and over the top.

This is my thousandth book review at Amazon. Yay!

Score: 8.0 out of 10

Death's Mantle 2

https://amzn.to/2SssS6J

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