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Dead Must Die: A Humorous LitRPG/GameLit Adventure
- The Realms: Master of the Dungeon(A Side-Quest of The Realms), Book 1
- Narrated by: Reuben Corbett
- Length: 1 hr and 56 mins
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Publisher's Summary
A side-quest set in the world of the Epic LitRPG Series The Realms.
Simon died once. He'll be damned before he dies twice.
Simon never asked to become the new dungeon master of the Barrow, but a millennia-old teenager stuck in the skull of a dead lich has few life options. After bonding with the Barrow’s dungeon core, he learns they are near death from hunger and only by consuming the life energy and experiences of sentient beings can they survive.
Lucky for Simon a party of murderous adventurers invades the Barrow in search of treasure and glory. They look to be a perfectly tasty meal until one transforms into a mentally unstable fanatic whose specialty is killing the undead in all its forms, especially teenagers stuck in skulls bonded to dungeons.
If Simon can’t master his new powers, defeat invaders bent on plunder and convince the Barrow to take a kinder, gentler approach to feeding, then he will die a second time. And this time it’ll be permanent.
Dead Must Die is a short side quest set in the best-selling The Realms universe. It takes place sometime after Barrow King but before the events of Scourge of Souls.
Buy now and listen to the number one best-selling epic fantasy series.
The Realms - An Epic Fantasy Series. Suggested Listening Order:
Barrow King
The Lost City
Killing Time
Dead Must Die (A Side Quest)
Scourge of Souls
Chaos Rising
Ravaged Land
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- Kindle Customer
- 03-15-20
Fun.
No spoilers, but this is a fun romp through the Realms kingdom. I truly laughed out loud a few times.
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- Josh Noneya
- 03-11-20
I died laughing!
Fun story and good narration!
Simon - a centuries old teenager is the new dudgeon master of the Barrow, was just settling into his new role. Unfortunately for him enemies have fond there way into the Barrow, and now it is a battle for survival.
Reuben Corbett does a great job with the narration.
This story takes place immediately after book 1 of The Realms.
I enjoyed this audiobook.
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- Backlash
- 04-24-19
unknowing hypocrisy
hilarious short that proves you can't judge a dark lord by his cowl. narrator was spot on.
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- Danny Moody
- 04-29-20
Fun Short Story
This book is light hearted and a lot of fun. It helps if you are similar with the ten realms series.
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- pyroarcher2
- 03-22-20
Quick fun listen.
really enjoyed this book, it was a nice continuation to the Barrow king and gave him some closure.
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- DB
- 03-05-20
A fun listen
I found this novella to be a fun addition to the author's other work. For fans of the Burrow King, this is a must listen.
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- Tyler
- 01-26-20
good little intermission
hopefully the next full book will release soon, but until then, this was an amusing side story.
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- Ray Johnson
- 03-12-19
You gotta stay alive!
Full disclosure, I am huge fan of Chris Carney, and I am also a tried and true adorer of short stories. Seeing this it became a no brainer that I would be reviewing it. So, what’s the disclaimer? The novel centers on my least favorite character of the series, the boy Simon who ended up kind of inheriting the mantle of the dungeon that the lich king had been running. The dungeon is all his now, and it wants to merge with him and start munching on adventurers. So, even though it was about my least favorite character I still put on my unbiased earbuds and gave it a listen.
First and foremost I have to say that as much as I like Carney, his attempts at humor fell short with me. I don’t know if it was that the jokes were easy to see coming or if Corbett didn’t translate them from the page to my ears as well as he could have I don’t know. Either way, the humor took it down a little for me the longer the book went on.
On the upside, this almost becomes a dungeon core styled story. Almost, it had some of the elements, but never (most wisely) tried to become that. It stayed in its own little box with Simon mucking around with the dungeon and manipulating its inhabitants, but never became a full on core book.
I did enjoy the story when it wasn’t trying so hard to make me laugh. I really think that a straight story would have worked a lot better; something much more in the vein of the other Realms books that have humor, but not in such a rapid fire unrelenting way, but more spaced out. The book is a nice little gem that adds some flavor to the Realms, and will help feed your need for more stuff in the Realm settings.
The story is fairly fast paced and keeps you interested, and like I said before Simon is a character I could take or leave, and I found myself liking him more as the story went on. I was even glad to see that he had started dating.
I know the narrator, Rueben Corbett from another series that I read a few years back, Dragonia: Rise of the Wyverns. He did a decent job there, and he does the same thing with this tale. The problem that I have is that I’m going to compare him to Armen Taylor no matter what, since Taylor narrates the other Realms books. I have to say that he holds up surprisingly well, too. He does the necessary voices and keeps the story as fun as he can. I had no problems with what he did here and think he was a good fit for the series.
I would happily listen to another short from this series, I just hope the humor isn’t as pervasive next time around. Final score 7.9.
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- Jess H.
- 02-25-20
Interest gaming story
I don't even know how to play dungeons and dragons or any other games like that. With that in mind, I liked this story. Interesting, different than my normal, great narration.
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- Nighteyes
- 05-09-19
the book had me chuckling for most if not all of t
the book had me chuckling for most if not all of the duration...
it has little to do with the rest of the world at this time though I see promise for a big tie in later
Reuben did little for the book, but never got in the way of the story either...
his female voices could use a little work...
a fairly average performance and in all, but him being attached would not stop me from buying a book either
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- Angrenades
- 09-04-19
Go Simon
Dead must die is a short story about a sub-character from the Barrow King. I enjoyed this and it was fun to listen to.
It’s all about Simon who died at the hands of the Barrow King, and now he’s the new dungeon master. He bonds with the dungeon core and learns they are near death as they haven’t consumed the lives of adventurers. He must master his new ‘lich’ powers and defeat those who are hell-bent on looting the barrow, but in a nicer way, and Simon seems a much nicer lich king than Arthas.
I really liked Simon’s story and found it helpful to learn a bit more about him, an easy read/listen.
All I can say to that end is go Simon!
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- Nighteyes
- 07-30-19
the book had me chuckling for most if not all of t
the book had me chuckling for most if not all of the duration...
it has little to do with the rest of the world at this time though I see promise for a big tie in later
Reuben did little for the book, but never got in the way of the story either...
his female voices could use a little work...
a fairly average performance and in all, but him being attached would not stop me from buying a book either
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- Silk
- 08-03-20
A side story of epic proportions.
Simon says read this book.
Simon says enjoy!
I thoroughly enjoyed this performance of Dead Must Die and it was brilliant to delve more into the world of the Realms from other perspectives. it really helps flesh out the world of the Realms.