Rise of the Grandmaster, Bradford Bates
Rise of the Grandmaster, Bradford Bates
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Rise of the Grandmaster

Author: Bradford Bates, Michael Anderle

Narrator: Sean William Doyle

Unabridged: 20 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/21/2020

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Some people just knew how to go out in style. Tim had never been one of those guys.

Tim was always a planner. The plan was to get into college, graduate, and find a well-paying job.

That plan was coming together nicely until he saw a presentation to get paid to play The Etheric Coast. At his graduation ceremony.

After watching the company's employee recruitment video, Big Richie's words had a whole new meaning. He could spend his life going from a cubicle at work to a one-bedroom apartment and back again . . . Or he could take a leap of faith by entering a virtual world of unlimited possibilities. And get paid.

Now he just has to figure out how to get the job of his dreams, help his parents financially, and catch the attention of the girl of his dreams.

It was time for him to catch his wave. Tim sure hoped it didn't kill him first.

About Bradford Bates

Bradford Bates is a full-time author, husband to an incredible wife, and father to four furry rescue dogs. He lives in sunny Phoenix, Arizona, trying not to melt in the oppressive heat of the summer. When he isn't busy writing the next book, you can find him playing video games and watching scary movies.


Reviews

Everything in this book is either a lecture or a reference to pop culture and after a while I really started to hate it to the point where I rolled by eyes and mentally yelled "I GET IT." Everybody including Tim is the exact same person. All of the conversations consist of snark, sarcasm, and referen......more

Goodreads review by Logan

Stupid amount of what should be anachronisms in this book. If they have full immersion pods, it makes no sense that it is set today. Yet, things like 'fit bits' are still referenced. They are still a thing in 50 to 100 years? We have not advanced? Certainly not for pop culture references. Nobody ever......more

Goodreads review by Nick

Solid story, but desperately needs an editor Please little authors, please stop skimping on the editing. Even the most solid idea can lose fans when the wrong words are used, spells never get used, or magic items to missing. References to daggers stuck in a shield but it was never thrown. Little thin......more

Goodreads review by Mahesh

DNF at 30% Crybaby whiny shite Alert!!!!!......more

Goodreads review by Jason

Not sold yet Honestly I was very excited by this collaboration and the plot of the story. Unfortunately I think it was a bit of a miss in book 1. I feel like the story started out great with world building and character development and once they got "in game" it fell apart a little. For example the n......more