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Second Chance Swordsman

A LitRPG Adventure, Book 1

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Second Chance Swordsman

By: Jakob Tanner
Narrated by: Steve Campbell
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One warrior. One mission. A second chance at stopping the apocalypse.

Sam watches the demonic forces of darkness as they engulf and destroy the land of Westria.

The final battle is over.

Or so Sam thinks.

In the last moments before the world’s end, Sam is given a second shot to save everything he holds dear.

He’ll be sent back in time.

Reincarnated into his younger self and armed with knowledge of the future, Sam will have the power to undo past mistakes and give the people of Westria a fighting chance against the impending apocalypse.

Can one swordsman change history for the better?

Lord of the Rings meets Back to the Future in Second Chance Swordsman, a new reincarnation LitRPG/progression fantasy series from Jakob Tanner, best-selling author of Arcane Kingdom Online and Tower Climber. This book features time-travel reincarnation, awesome battles, and ranks as a form of power progression.

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©2022 Jakob Tanner (P)2022 Jakob Tanner
Fiction Genre Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Science Fiction Steampunk Time Travel Progression Fantasy
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this was great love a good back in time litrpg. i like that it was easy to understand some litrpg can be to complicated i found this a good balance hope the second book is just as good

loved it cannot wait for the second one

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Just perfect. If anything, it was way too short. I hope a book 2 releases soon

Perfect litRPG adventure

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It's a simple, well-written story with solid characters, a solid MC and an overall fairly straightforward plot.
Its well narrated and does not drag.

Good but not earth-shattering

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At my request I received a copy of this audiobook in order to give a fair and unbiased review

Genre: LitRPG fantasy
LitRPG system: Class and stat based. Classes have special abilities that rank up independent from stats.
Explicit/adult material: None.

Summary:
The world is ending. Sam watches it end powerless to save it, when he is suddenly sent back in town to remake his choices to help save his world from its terrible fate.
He is now once again an orphan at the bottom of society, but blessed with his memories and his class already unlocked (though once again level 1), he must figure out a way to leverage his knowledge to make the difference and save everyone.

Narrator
Voice diversity: Good, but dual narration would have allowed for even better diversity. Especially female voices become a bit similar.
Pacing and intonation: Extremely good. The atmosphere of the scenes are masterfully conveyed.
Overall: 4.5 / 5 stars.

The book’s strengths.
- Great narration
- The way the book deals with MC defeating enemies beyond his own power level works really well and doesn't feel forced.
- I like the way the story is told from changing perspectives.


The book’s weaknesses.
- Two characters, Toby and Alice are both quite annoying and play important roles. I hope and think that they both will grow into likeable and important characters. But the bad starting point feels too bad.

Overall: 4/5 stars
A good start to a new series and definitely also a book that can stand on its own.

Can you save the world that burned?

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I won a code, but have since also bought the book on kindle, yep I enjoyed it that much.
The story is that good, keeps you listening and wanting to hear more.
The narrator is clear and has no annoying lilts, my only Cristian, like most single narrators range of voices can blur, that said it was only noticeable once or twice.
Spoilers!
Sam dies, but with her dieing energy the goddess sends him back in time to his younger self, with his knowledge of future events he must change the past so that there is a future. To do that he must get stronger. He saves friends, foils evil plots, saves the princess, all the while desperate to change history so all is not lost.

There is no future, all is lost! Then again..

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