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First Line of Defense
- First Line of Defense, Book 1
- Narrated by: Travis Baldree
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
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Summary
Earth was invaded. Earth was conquered. And humanity was summarily subjugated, as 400,000,000 people were culled.
The terrifying part was this only took the Peacekeepers a second. There wasn't even a chance for us to fight back. In the blink of an eye, questions like whether or not we're alone in the universe or at the top of the food chain were answered. We were not. Not by a long shot.
Despite the mass murder, the Peacekeepers promise they're benevolent. They don't want to rule Earth. They don't want to control humanity. They just want us to stop playing around with AI and genetics.
Willing or unwilling, Morgan and the rest of humanity are now members of the Collective. And like every species in the Collective, they have to learn to play the Game.
What do you do when an AI offers you the opportunity to play the greatest tower defense game the universe has ever created? You accept, of course.
Learning the rules and finding a way to survive can come later. Morgan certainly thinks so.
When aliens are attacking your station and giant six-eyed rats are eating your robotic face, you start to have your doubts. Accidentally starting a war doesn't help, either. But what are you going to do? You're the first line of defense—and you've got a job to do.
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- SystemState
- 18-10-23
Desperate for the next book
Benjamin Kerei has a tendency to deliver entertaining, amusing and damn fun stories and this is no different.
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- Mimmi
- 22-10-23
Another smash hit
Benjamin is the standard for LitRPG and this one is a masterpiece. Funny, good pace and really fun systems. Can't wait for the next one!
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- Dan94
- 05-10-23
Best Litrpg scifi book I've ever read
Well that was well worth an all-nighter ! This book is awesome, so much humor, banter, wit and action 😁
Benjamin Kerei is a gifted writer who in my opinion turns everything he writes into top quality best sellers.
I'm now looking forward to book 2 of First Line of Defense and all his other series, they are just that great 🤩
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- Good
- 07-12-23
Love it!
So far I love it! Not finished it yet but I love how the story is about defence/attack with strategy involved. This has very good potential to be a massive hit in my opinion. The MC is easy to like and understand and fun to watch grow.
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- George L
- 11-10-23
Absolutely amazing. Do not skip!
Honestly, I'm blown away. It was like 3 books into one. I wish there was more. I completely loved every second of it!!!
I wasn't a fan of the sci-fi-esque description, but I loved everything by the author so I decided I have to give it a shot. It was gorgeous. I was not able to put it down. The system is a bit complicated, but everything makes sense! I wish we were reminded more frequently of the value of certain currencies, as there were a lot of things going on. For example, I have no idea what the hell "class points" are for.
Considering this, I'd pre-order the next 10 books in this series if it was possible. No questions asked.
Congrats to everybody involved in the project! AMAZING. A masterpiece.
To the author: Please, no matter what, keep writing. I've listened to every audiobook you've written and this is top tier writing and storytelling. New series, continue the existing ones, it doesn't matter to me. We need more! Holy frick, you have that good stuff. I love the fact that you keep working with Mr. Baldree, it's a very good synergy. Congrats!
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- Uko
- 09-10-23
Wow…. Just Wow
An amazing read. It skims the line of serious consequences and contagious humour. As a mobile game addict myself, I really connected with the MC’s joy when he was just playing the game. I would definitely recommend.
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- ryan burnside
- 04-10-23
Another knockout series
Yet another fantastic series by Kerei, brilliantly funny and absolutely excellent. Baldree again puts forward and absolutely excellent performance. Looking forward to not only the next in the series but any of Kerei's future work, definitely will be pre ordering whatever Kerei put out next.
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- Audible Fan
- 06-10-23
A fun listen
I really liked this it was entertaining with lots of nice details and room for growth for the station. The main character is likeable and there are lots of fun moments. The humour made me laugh. Galactic diplomacy was always an adventure.
The game is so very interesting.
I appreciate the lack of angst as humanity conquered tends to be traumatic.
The story is fast paced and I was never bored.
The narrator did a great job as always.
I look forward to the next in the series. The author deserves thanks.
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- Jonathon Green
- 05-10-23
Intelligent and fun
Unpretentious and enjoyable, with a smart and logical plot/characters rather than relying on dissapointing contrivances. Perhaps not yet the deepest or most complicated LitRPG (which for a book 1 really helps makes its more unique concepts to the LitRPG space more approachable), but the writing and story is sharpened to a very high degree.
Everything is where it needs to be to make the story meaningful and this audiobook the one I needed to listen to to brighten my world for the length of its run time.
Travis Baldree does Travis Baldree things.
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- kharnynb
- 06-10-23
great part 1 of a new series
love the style and narration, lots of humour. hopefully book 2 comes soon and it's longer
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