A clever take on the dungeon crawler genre. A young mimic creature grows in level, ability, and sentience while slaying heros. Story-wise, there are some loose ends, some seemingly random moments that keep the story going, and some character development progression/regression issues, but overall it kept my attention and I kept wondering with interest on how the mimic was going to progress with each level. The narrator, Jeff Hays, took me a couple chapters to adapt to his voice and style, but I really found myself enjoying him. His charactor voices were well done and consistent throughout. Definitely good enough to advance to Book 2.