
The Man from Nag Hamadi: A Cyberpunk LitRPG
Slumrat Rising, Book 2
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Narrated by:
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Todd Haberkorn
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Warby Picus
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A spellbinding adventure of biblical proportions awaits a young man coming into his powers in the epic second installment of this urban fantasy series.
Truth Medici has three questions: Can he rescue his siblings from the clutches of the evil Starbrite Corporation? What will it require of him? And where does he need to go next to make it happen? When he meets Justinian Merkovah—a strangely ageless spellcaster, teacher of religious law, and nomadic exorcist—he's one step closer to discovering the answers . . .
With his experience providing security to the rich and terrible, Truth accepts a gig as Merkovah's bodyguard. What better way for Truth to grow as a mage? And what better body to guard than one that can help rid him of the demonic System trapped inside his own?
Truth and Merkovah are soon joined by two of the latter's enigmatic students on a journey through an ancient land where both devils and angels lash out with fire, fury, and Old Testament devastation. Finally, Truth sees the world, previously kept hidden by Starbrite, as it really is. And he learns that magic—real magic—is far more powerful and strange than he ever imagined.
But one thing Truth has always known is that power comes at a price. And the price for Merkovah's help may be more than Truth is willing to pay. Unfortunately, he doesn't have much of a choice. Crops are failing; wars are heating up; even God has looked away in disgust. What can one slumrat hope to do in the face of all that? Except rise—and fight.
The second volume of the hit cyberpunk fantasy series—with more than one million views on Royal Road—now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Audible!
©2024 Warby Picus (P)2024 Podium AudioIf you are looking for heavy action, this isn't it but if you a looking for something different, fresh not genre defined, this might be it. The books are absolutely fantastic. they excel in describing psychological trauma and the impact they have on personality.
Also this second book has heavy religious themes. There is so much effort put in the writing, making the character grow and change his way of thinking, while still maintaining the trauma. Same with the other characters. None of them feel flat.
What really keeps this book series interesting how everything is wrapped up in a very gritty world.
Very different theme than the previous book
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Perhaps the above sounds heady, but this is an immensely enjoyable romp, with characters that break and defy, conventions and expectations in delightful ways. The “wise old teacher“ is revealed to have layers, and is allowed to be confused and surprised and annoyed, avoiding boring narrative clichés in numerous ways.
Where the first book perhaps felt like a third person action adventure, this feels like a… a sandbox RPG. I applaud the author and will happily keep reading.
Different, but still amazing and stunning
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getting annoyed at his trauma
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Honestly, there are chapters and chapters where nothing happens and it's just an endless debate. I think somewhere around chapter 10 the next point of the story is decided, and the rest of this book until chapter 65 (ish) is just fluff. Meaning, nothing really happens, and the same stuff gets repeated over and over again. Debates on the nature of god. Debates on the nature of self-worth. Debates of the nature of man. I'm like 90% sure not even the author knew what they were saying at points, and that's why it kept getting repeated over and over, thinking it made more sense the more it was repeated- It really feels like the author played Final Fantasy 10 and liked the idea of the main character being a dream and decided the entire world shall be a dream. Haaa. It was exhausting- And chapter over chapter about his crippling self deprecation- This, I at least thought was going to serve a purpose, and it does I guess, but no, it goes too far to quickly to be development. It's more of this needs to happen so the character has something to care about. The speed at which he lets down his walls, granted not entirely, is too fast for the slumrat described in book one. This kid needs YEARS of therapy to ever get close to this point. I could maybe accept it if it was such a large part of the book...
Won't be getting book three, and this is just a shame. A real damn shame. Book one was so good.
Well.
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