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Ascendant: A Progression Fantasy

Ascendant, Book 1

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Ascendant: A Progression Fantasy

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Narrated by: Todd Haberkorn
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The world's most powerful ascendant is transformed into his younger self—with no memory of who he truly is—and must harness his forgotten skills to survive.

While celebrating his latest victory, Exarch Niramyn carelessly lets his guard down. Seeing his chance, the mighty Myzalik—Nym's rival of a thousand years—casts a spell that sends him back to adolescence, with no idea who he really is or how he came to be washed up on the beach of Bloodfin Cove. Fortunately, the kindly Ciana comes along and saves him. But she quickly realizes he's no ordinary child. For one thing, he has magical abilities she's never seen in someone so young. And for another, he can fly.

Of course, not everyone welcomes Nym with open arms. When he kills a man who threatens him and Ciana, he's forced to flee into the woods lest anyone should seek vengeance. Winding up in the town of Zoskan, he starts working for Cern the alchemist, and soon his unusual gifts are noted at the local mage's guildhall, his raw power and magical acumen clearly well beyond his years. His training thus begins in earnest, and before he knows it, he's looking for a way to attend the school of magic known as the Academy.

But how to afford the tuition? When a local thief blackmails him into breaking into the home of a wealthy noble family, Nym seizes the opportunity to ally himself with them instead. However, his old crime is sure to catch up with him eventually, and he still hasn't discovered who he really is or why he can do what he can do. Will Nym ever regain his lost talents—or will he be stuck in the form of a mageling forever?

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Great narration, charming characters.

I need significantly more and the next book isn't out yet. Narrator did well, easily worth the credit and I look for to more.

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Pretty Solid Book

When I found this title, it didn’t have any reviews on audible or amazon so I decided to take a chance on it and I’m glad I did, it’s a fun story. What I find the weakest part of this book is the blurb, its kind of a synopsis of the first few hours of the book and not really what to expect from the story.

We follow Nym as he travels across the world, interacting with new and interesting people, monsters, and places while he tries to regain his memories of who he is and where he’s from. This reads more like a traditional coming of age adventure fantasy with some progression in the form of stages of magic and some other tropes of the genre. If you are looking for a magic academy read, this is not that, at least within this book.

Nym’s character is what you'd expect from god-like being who’s been reverted back to a child and lost his memory; ambitious, cocky (almost borderline arrogant) and in some cases petty, but likeable, like that mischievous younger brother who’s always causing trouble for himself, you can’t help but laugh at his antics.

Narration isn’t too bad, sometimes it feels like the pacing is a bit too fast or in some instances a long run on sentence. Male and female voices done well and each character sounds different.

Overall a solid fantasy adventure, look forward to more.

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Excellent

A great audiobook. It was compelling and engaging all the way through. This is one of those rare gems that doesn’t even leave room for constructive criticism.

Spend your credit with confidence.

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First audio book.

I really enjoyed it. Had to get used to the "female" voices, but in the end really got into the story. Can't wait for the second one.

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Wow!

If you want to lose sleep listen to this book! Took a chance and loved it! Story and narration are superb!! Looking forward to the next book!

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I was happy with the whole thing.

NOT a bot review. If your hesitant to spend a credit on an unknown I say to you all this book was surprisingly good. Finished it in one session, which for mediocre books I can never do. The Mc has memory problems and is sometimes stupid but it's pretty understandable given his.. condition. I genuinely enjoyed this book, good narrator as well. Good all around.

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Grade A book

This book is better than I thought it would be. It has room for growth, but definitely a good read. I truly enjoyed it. I just want to say the struggle is real in this book. The guy should be OP, but struggles every step of the way. He is basically finding himself so I won't go into to many details. I love OP MC's, but this guy still struggles for everything. If you like someone who is growing in potential and will definitely be one of the strongest in the end, then this book is for you.
Lets see what happens next. :)

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Really good😁

enjoyed it immensely, can't wait for the next book in the series but until it comes out, I'm going to go get one of his other books. fingers and toes crossed that they are just as good!! Narration was flawless, amazing job on the voice actors part. Thank y'all

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Really like the book

Good book, good development of character, and nice story. I didn’t waste my time hearing it.

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Great book.

This is an amazing story, and fantastic world he has built here. And as always Tood did a great job, on the other hand I (jokingly) waited the whole book for Todd to say " I'm gonna be a starbright man". Anyways give it a go, it is a great book, narrated by a great narrator.

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