Solo by Vasily Mahanenko
Book 1 in the Solo series
Narrated by Christopher P. Brown
Genre: progression fantasy
Format: ebook & audiobook
Book 1 in the Solo series
Narrated by Christopher P. Brown
Genre: progression fantasy
Format: ebook & audiobook
About Solo:
I was the greatest mage of chaos of my time, spending sixty years defending the world from rift creatures. If there was a mission — I completed it. If there was an enemy — I destroyed them. I was loyal to the Empire to my bone, until it decided to wipe out the Chaos clan and every last one of its members.
But life has a way of surprising you, and I got a second chance to walk the entire path again. Except the rules were different this time around. Now chaos is the weakest of the six elements, and its mages are considered bottom-feeders.
Well, time to show this world just how dead wrong it is. Chaos is mighty, and so is its true warrior!
Source: Info in the "About Solo" was taken from amazon on 26/08/2026.
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My Thoughts:
First chunk of a bigger book with a cliffhanger ending.
The theme of a lone avenger whose clan was betrayed and wiped out years before has been around for a while. It is the exact same theme that The Dark Healer by Alex Toxic and Nadya Lee utilized. So it is not exactly original. Howeever, original or not, the author still managed to make the book ineresting, and that is skill!
This is my first Vasily Mahanenko read and I would read other books by him again.
This is my first Christopher P. Brown audiobook, so, I am kinda familiar with the way he narrates. This narrator has always been professional in his work that I have encountered so far and this audiobook is no different. He did a great job of bringing this book to life!
Quantitative Evaluation:
Story telling quality = 4.5
Character development = 4
Story itself = 4
Writing Style = 4
Ending = 3.5
World building = 5
Cover art = 3.5
Pace = (8 hours and 54 minutes listening time)
Plot = 3
Narration = 5
Character development = 4
Story itself = 4
Writing Style = 4
Ending = 3.5
World building = 5
Cover art = 3.5
Pace = (8 hours and 54 minutes listening time)
Plot = 3
Narration = 5
Books In The Solo Series:
Meet The Author
About Vasily Mahanenko:
Vasily Mahanenko is a fantasy and sci fi author and one of the original founding fathers of the new genre of LitRPG - the MMO-based fantasy and sci fi. His debut novel The Way of the Shaman series took literature by storm in 2012.
Vasily dipped into his college-days insider knowledge as a hardcore gamer in order to create a believable world of the virtual-reality MMO game. His bestselling series combines fiction and video games, telling the story of Shaman and his friends stuck in the ruthless reality of Barliona. He used his more than ten years' experience as an ERP implementation project manager to approach his writing in a well-organized manner, working to a strict schedule, a set of deadlines and even a budget. The entire body of Vasily's works to date is available on Amazon now, with new books adding as he comes up with new fantasy worlds and stories.
The Narrator
About Christopher P. Brown:
Christopher P. Brown is an audiobook narrator whose passion is using his scripted theater and improvisation training and experience to bring stories and characters to life. He holds graduate degrees (MA and PhD) in literature, linguistics, and leadership studies. Chris is also bilingual, with professional proficiency in both Spanish and English, and can tackle narration projects in either language, or both of them. Chris grew up in western Michigan, and has lived in St. Louis, Missouri, and the Washington DC area, and now resides in San Diego, California.
FTC Disclosure:
The print book/ebook and/or audiobook were purchased with private funds.
No money received for this review.
The print book/ebook and/or audiobook were purchased with private funds.
No money received for this review.
