Life in the North, Tao Wong
Life in the North, Tao Wong
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Life in the North
An Apocalyptic LitRPG

Author: Tao Wong

Narrator: Nick Podehl

Unabridged: 9 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/27/2024

Synopsis

John wanted a vacation. He got an apocalypse.

When John sets out for a weekend camping trip in the Yukon, he never could have imagined the world would be plunged into chaos by the System–a mystical energy wave that destroys electronics and grants game-like powers to humanity. Suddenly, animals are evolving, monsters are spawning, and John finds himself equipped with a character sheet and incredible, physics-defying skills.

But surviving in this new reality won't be easy. John will have to get back to civilization through hordes of slavering monsters. And that's just the beginning - because with the arrival of the System, John will need to help rebuild society from the ruins up… and stop humanity from destroying itself along the way.

Life in the North is the first book in The System Apocalypse, an Apocalyptic LitRPGseries that combines modern day life, science fiction and fantasy elements along with game mechanics. This series contains elements of games like level ups, experience, enchanted materials, a sarcastic spirit, mecha, a beguiling dark elf, monsters, minotaurs, a fiery red head and a semi-realistic view on violence and its effects.

About Tao Wong

Tao Wong is a Canadian author based in Toronto, who is best known for his System Apocalypse post-apocalyptic LitRPG series and A Thousand Li, a Chinese xianxia fantasy series. His work has been released in audio, paperback, hardcover, and eBook formats and translated into German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and other languages. He was shortlisted for the UK Kindle Storyteller award in 2021 for his work, A Thousand Li: The Second Sect.

When he's not writing and working, he's practicing martial arts, reading, and dreaming up new worlds.

Tao became a full-time author in 2019 and is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), and Novelists International.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gavin on August 07, 2020

This was a fairly poor LitRPG that was further hindered by the fact that it indulged in a lot of the very worst tropes and flaws of the genre. This story was a mindless monster squashing action fantasy set in a run of the mill post-apocalypse style LitRPG world. The story was a bit crappy right from......more

Goodreads review by Shaft on February 17, 2018

I continue my LitRPG tour with this novel. First impressions are that this is an excellent new litrpg adventure. Unfortunately that changed as I delved deeper into the story. This seems to be 50% story 50% mental health examination which starts to become tedious after awhile. John is a real asshole......more

Goodreads review by Laura on September 30, 2020

Pretty ordinary. The only thing that differentiates this from any other sub-par LitRPG is the fact the protag is LGBT and POC. The same misogyny, flat characters, rote mechanics, facile storyline, and protag with the emotional depth of a wet rag that plagues the genre as a whole.......more

Goodreads review by Jacob on February 03, 2023

Greetings citizen. As a peaceful and organised immersion into the Galactic Council has been declined (extensively and painfully we might add), your world has been declared a Dungeon World. Thank you. We were getting bored with the 12 that we had previously. ... As a new Dungeon World, your planet h......more

Goodreads review by Steve on August 16, 2020

Rating 3.5 stars This book is very similar to the Shadow Sun series by Dave Willmarth. Since that book came after this one I guess I have that backwards. This is a story where the world ends. The earth has been changed to a dungeon planet and brought into the system. This means the rules of physics......more

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