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  • A Science Fiction Fantasy LitRPG Series
  • By: Michael Chatfield
  • Narrated by: Tristan Morris
  • Length: 18 hrs and 19 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (166 ratings)

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The Trapped Mind Project

By: Michael Chatfield
Narrated by: Tristan Morris
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As he looked at life...

...surrounded by the trappings of success...

Austin wondered, is there anything else? 

He made it to the top. As CEO of an asteroid mining company, Austin has accomplished everything he ever wanted in business. Now, he needs more. To get away he turns to a fantasy video game. 

Is virtual reality the answer? 

Should he pick, elf, gnome, caster, or swordsman? 

He just wants peace and quiet, play as a dwarf, build a house, do some smithing and character building. His idea of the perfect fantasy game. Then he learns their secret. 

Deceit hides in the shadows. 

And the truth is all around. 

Austin will need to level up. 

If he gets caught, it means death. He’ll need help along the way. How can he convince anyone they’re slaves in a bigger game and stay under the radar? If Earth was a simulation and the game was real...

Who can he trust? 

You’ll get hooked on this first book (of 11) in the Emerilia LitRPG series, because the characters grow and advance in the most believable of ways and the plot twists are fantastic. Any sufficiently advanced virtual reality makes it indistinguishable from reality.

Get it now. 

©2017 Michael Chatfield (P)2017 Michael Chatfield

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Better than it looked ! !

Sounded interesting in the synopsis but its not until you get into it that you start to get addicted. little bit of double voice over repeating the same line a couple of time other than that will be listening to it again after finishing the series in the future. On to the next book.

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pretty good

quite the interesting story, reminds me of Log horizon the anime...definitely going to get started on book 2

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A bit complicated for Audio

I really enjoyed this book and was using the audio between sections of reading. The quality of the performance was great, I just find this genre does not lend itself well to audio and I found it much easier to read.

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Loved it

I had passed over this series leaving it on my Wishlist for a long time before actually spending a credit on it and after giving it a chance I ended up going from book 1 all the way to book 11 I absolutely loved this series the story was amazing and the narrator did an amazing job with each and every character
I don’t want to spoil anything so ima gonna stop here but I really do recommend giving this series a chance if you are unsure

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Fantastic

Great story, excellent narrative and enjoyable storyline and characters too follow. Looking forward to the next book in the series.

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Some thing new

A new take on a somewhat over done premises looking forward to the next book.

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gamers delight

believable. fun for gamers and fun for adventure and fantasy buffs. So try it now

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I not a junkie I swear but I need more

Amazing and Great book love it all .. Dave is the boss
Looking forward to book 2 :)

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It's just quite dull

I enjoyed the book initially.

It was a little bit cliched and a little bit expository to start. Unfortunately, the exposition intensified, which was a shame because i just couldn't keep going 10 hours in.

The plot is ok but written so amateurishly. The author just needs a few writing classes to learn to show, rather than tell. The book could even be made better with a good edit -- entire plot points are repeated, abandon, or go on hiatus for hours of boring exposition.

It was just a little too dull because there's just too much in it that doesn't need to be.

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Eye roller

I tried to enjoy this book as I had seen a majority of popular reviews. I was sadly unable to understand how it was viewed in such a favourable light.

The main character was the first disappointment. A man who is handed everything from magic affinities, training by the creators of the world he is in, to the plot devices themselves. Really interesting stuff…

The side characters are so under explored it’s nearly criminal that they even get screen time. The other human players all behave in the stereotypical extreme of idiot gamers. Even “professional” players are blind to the game they play. All of them seem to be a tool to make the protagonist more special and unique.

I had never physically eye-rolled while listening to a book before this one. Had to stop listening several times in disbelief of how the story was progressing.

On a plus side, the premise is interesting enough. Has potential I suppose to turn into something enjoyable. However it was not for me. I do not enjoy listening to near perfect protagonists.

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