Radioactive Evolution
A Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic Adventure
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Radioactive Evolution
Narrated by:
Armen Taylor, Anneliese Rennie
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Armen Taylor
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Anneliese Rennie
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Richard Hummel
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How far would you go to change humanity's fate?
Jared Cartwright grew up in a loving, caring community, completely isolated from the horrors of the outside world. When tragedy leaves him alone and untethered, Jared sets out to explore the unknown: a world where twisted, scarred creatures roam an earth ravaged by nuclear war while the rich fled to the skies on floating utopias, escaping destruction and leaving the rest of humanity to die.
To face his new reality, Jared must learn to survive in a cold, harsh world. A twist of fate changes Jared's destiny when he discovers dragons are real. The dragon unlocks a hidden technology within his body, giving him powers he never imagined existed.
With deadly adversaries above and below, he must evolve beyond mere human limitations to defeat the powerful rulers of the cities and the rabid beasts lurking in the shadows.
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Critic reviews
"A worthy series kickoff with riveting characters and a world that readers will want to explore." (Kirkus Reviews)
Five stars: "I was hooked. I just couldn't put it down." (Kim Anisi, Readers' Favorite)
Excellent story, compelling telling!
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The .main protagonist, Jared, wandering alone in search of salvage, unwiting!y bonds himself to a bossy baby dragon, each vowing to help the other's species. The initial 'getting to know you' part of the book is presented with status screens, as in a LitRPG story, an interesting feature. The bonded companions travel through a gross dystopian world having adventures in their dual quest of revenge against the cites and the return of Scarlet's brothers.
The story is action packed with several near death experiences. The world building is imaginative and vividly executed. The narration is also creative with Armen Taylor theatrically reading the text and most of the encountered players whilst Anneleise Rennie voices Scarlet, giving good contrast and increasing the feeling of double bonding. Together, they work very effectively..
Unfortunately, however, this reader could feel little empathy for Jared and also has an aversion to dragons, so found the whole adventure overly long, especially since there is frequent recalling of earlier information. But this is a personal idiosyncracy which would probably not affect other fantasy fans. The book has all of the elements necessary for a solid story: the evolution of the main protagonist from man to hero, the struggle to stay alive in an hostile environment, not one but two quests to fight injustices, the rescue of innocents, the evil enemy, lots of action: it's all there, and more.
My thanks to the rights holder of Radioactive Evolution, who, at my request, freely gifted me with a complimentary copy via Audiobook Boom. It was not exactly what I had expected from the brief synopsis given and, although I personally found it difficult to enjoy, I would still recommend it to fans of the fantasy genre.
Some humans are evil.
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Radioactive Evolution
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In the midst of this Jared steals a dragon's egg and becomes bonded with the hatchling. At this point their adventures begin. It is filled with Jared making way too many mistakes and Scarlet having to save him. The narration is mostly excellent except for some of the outburst that are not really needed. While this was not a LitRPG it did exhibit many of the same basic features.
This book was provided free of charge with expectation of an honest review.
Entertaining
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Radioactive Evolution
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Mr. Hummel have done an excellent job of crafting the world and the story.
The MC quickly become somewhat OP along with his companion, so their struggles rarely seems like they will fail, but the story remains compelling, which is a testament to Mr. Hummels skill.
Armen tailor does a great job voicing the MC and the male cast, however it is Anneliese Rennie that elevates this story to something more than a reading of the book, turning it into an experience.
very addictive
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My first game lit, but not my last.....
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Outside feeling like it went too fast, I have no bad things to say about this and only ask hurry up with the next audio
Interesting new series
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I really enjoy post-apocalyptic stories, and I also enjoy LitRPG stories. This book combines both. While starting off firmly in the post-apocalyptic genre, it quickly moves to the LitRPG genre with the nanites providing the mechanism to level up. I did find the nanites stuff a little confusing, a little clunky. Even after finishing the book, I’m still not sure what the deal is with the nanites. Are they evil, virus-ridden itty bitty robots? Are they humanities last chance at repopulating the Earth? Perhaps both.
In the beginning, Jared was daring and decisive. Even after he meets Scarlet, he’s still the man with the plan. But as the story progresses and he meets more people, he becomes less decisive and really, really polite. In fact, he becomes so considerate of everyone’s feelings that his personality really gets washed out. This aspect really slowed down the story despite the action scenes rippling through the plot. Jared becomes a rather emotional character.
Overall, the strong start was worth my time. I hope Book 2 can recapture that and carry it forward for the rest of the series. Polite emo Jared is a boring Jared. Give me action-craving, decisive Jared! 4/5 stars.
The Narration: Armen Taylor was a joy to listen to. His deep, smooth voice was perfect for Jared. Taylor did a great job of imbuing Jared’s voice with emotions as well. Taylor also did well with distinctive male voices for the other male characters. Anneliese Rennie voiced all the female voices. Her voice for Scarlet was spot on and she also did a good job with Scarlet’s emotions. She voiced 4 other females (another explorer, an older dragon, a romantic interest, and a teen girl). For the most part, there was little to no distinction among these voices. However, the story’s context was almost always good enough to easily tell who was talking. Taylor narrated the bulk of this story and I think I would have preferred him to do all the voices. However, it wasn’t bad this way. On the technical front, Scarlet’s voice (Rennie narrating) is seamlessly incorporated into the recording. The other female voices were sometimes not as well incorporated. Other than that, there were no tech issues with the recording. 4/5 stars.
I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Richard Hummel. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.
More LitRPG than PostApoc
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This had similarly with "The Dragon Riders of Pern" series of books by Anne McCaffrey. A human bonds with a dragon and their lives are intertwined thereafter. That's where the similarities end. This setting is a radioactive, post-dystopian earth, where the Earth's elete have abandoned the rest of humanity.
The narration was very good and in no way hinders the progression of the story. I have no problem recommending this book.
Everything about this book was great.
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