Fresh Blood (Survival World Book 1)

He was climbing the corporate ladder, now he's climbing the food chain.

Felix used to be a traveling salesman, drifting through the galaxy and hawking his wares. Used to be, that is, until a freak accident in an out of the way system. One rough landing later and Felix finds himself stranded on a wild, alien planet-- front and center in a deadly role he never auditioned for to entertain a secret audience.

The upside? A fellow passenger made it to the escape pod with Felix. With this reptilian stranger at his side, he’s not totally alone.

The downside? They don’t share a language. Worse, there’s not one scrap of survival know-how between them, and an ominous clawing is coming from outside the escape pod.

As if the struggle to avoid becoming lunch and finding some of their own wasn’t enough, an autonomous implant from an unknown source seeks to integrate them into the system.


My Opinion: 271 pages, $2.99, Available on Kindle Unlimited

A survival and crafting story with a few Gamelit elements and some relatively sparse combat. I liked the crafting and gradual development of technology, base building, and resource gathering. There are other game elements like respawns and an inventory system but the big ones are the crafting which was well done. If you’re looking for an action packed story, this isn’t it. There is some action but there are long stretches of story where it’s just survival, some funny dialogue, and resource gathering. 

Score: 7.2 out of 10

Fresh Blood (Survival World Book 1)

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