Let me start by saying that for those unfamiliar with Harmon Cooper you are in for a massive treat. He’s an incredible writer and has crafted many series, most of which are at least partially connected in some way, much like almost all of Stephen King’s books partially connected.
Now on to The Last Warrior of Unigaea. This is an awesome 3 book LitRPG series, which makes this boxset one heck of a bargain. As mentioned this is a LitRPG series and it takes place on the world of Unigaea within the Proxima universe, which is the virtual universe that many of Harmon’s series take place in. At the start of the first book we meet Oric Rune and his companion, a giant wolf named….well Wolf, lol. Oric is a player killer, a despised class of character within the world of Unigaea, but he’s chosen that class for a reason. It’s the only way he can carry out his personal mission of revenge, a mission you’ll come to appreciate as you learn more about Oric. But as the series goes on his mission grows well beyond simple revenge, morphing into a mission to save the world…or at least to save as much of it as he can, and you’ll see he is not a simple player killer, Oric is a true hero. Throughout the journey he’s joined by an awesome and diverse collection of characters. Not only does the series tell a great story with tons of fast paced action and great RPG elements, but it has true heart as well. You will come to love and care about these characters. I love Sam Raid!
Now as for the narration, Jeff Hays is one of the most incredible narrators I’ve ever listened to. He’s one of my all time favorite narrators and I’ve listened to dozens of books performed by him. Not only does he always give each character their own unique voice but he gives each of them their own speech patterns. Listening to one of his books you’d think you were listening to dozens of different people, not one person doing dozens of different voices. Now in this series Jeff is joined by the incredibly talented Annie Ellicott and she does a spectacular job. If you see either of these two or Soundbooth Theater in general attached to any book then you are pretty much guaranteed to be in for an incredible listening experience.
As I started at the start of this review, The Last Warrior of Unigaea is an incredible series and getting the entire boxset for only 1 credit is an unbelievable deal. And once you finish this series you’ll be looking for more. The great news is that Harmon has plenty more readily available.
I received a copy of this audio title in exchange for an unbiased review