Not many refuse heaven. Fewer reject paradise. Certainly rare are those who would find themselves before a being of unknown power and point out the demerits of nirvana.
One man does.
When the aloof fourth son of a business mogul makes the decision to save a life at the cost of his own, he discovers that what awaits him at the end of his mortality is not eternal oblivion.
He cannot help but be disappointed.
When he realizes the world he's been brought to works like the old fantasy games he used to love, he begins to see the merits.
If only he did not start out as the weakest thing in existence, and if only the world he was in was not populated with madness-inducing creatures and fates worse than death.
"Decide for yourself, your fantasies and your Nightmares, your companions and your adversaries, your angels and your demons, your gods and your monsters.
Alamir stretches to you a hand of a thousand possibilities -
You only need take it."
My Opinion: 332 pages, $4.99, Not Available on Kindle Unlimited
The story grabbed my attention from the very first pages and never lost it. While it starts out with a human main character (MC) in our normal world it takes a surprising twist and turns into a multi-narrative Re: Monster story. That’s the kind of story where the MC is somehow either reincarnated or transformed into a monster and the story is about his growth and evolution from something weak, in this case an earthworm. The RPG elements are pretty strong in this story and I enjoyed all the monster powers and ways the MC intelligently exploited the system to become more and more powerful. There are 3-4 other narratives besides the main one with the MC, though some of the POVs ultimately didn't mean much besides doing some world building in this 1st book, I was still entertained and I liked the RPG monster evolution system of the main story.
Overall, a really good Re: Monster story that I was glad I picked up even if it’s not on KU.
Score: 7.7 out of 10
Janus and Oblivion: A LitRPG Saga (The Nightmares of Alamir Book 1)