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Bio Dungeon: Symbiote
- The Body's Dungeon, Book 1
- Narrated by: Miles Meili
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
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Summary
In the icy north exists a young orphan and a war on a microscopic scale...
Marstin Hardgrove was orphaned at a young age, forced to live on the streets, and needed to turn to thievery to survive. When a special job assigned to him by the Thieves’ Guild went awry, the guild leadership punished him with a beating, compelled him to eat dirt and rocks to soothe his hunger, and left him to die in an abandoned mine. Unbeknownst to the young thief, when he was forced to eat that handful of dirt and rocks…he also ended up swallowing a tiny dungeon crystal.
Thrown into a highly unusual world filled with cells, bacteria, and other dangerous pathogens, the tiny dungeon crystal is, at first, confused by his surroundings. After seeing how the different complex systems of the body work together, the crystal is quickly fascinated; it isn’t long before he decides that, instead of trying to escape, he wants the body for himself. He wants to possess the living being for his own use as a crystal, wholly unlike anything the world has ever seen before.
To get to that point, however, the fledgling dungeon crystal has to learn how to survive against the different enemies trying to destroy him. Not only will he have to defeat the hostile pathogens standing in the way of his complete domination; but also, as a foreign invader to the body, himself, Marstin’s natural immune system sees the crystal as a threat. The only way to survive is to create his own immune cell defenders and place traps to prevent anything from reaching his dungeon crystal. In short: He has to turn the body into a dungeon.
But will his new Bio Dungeon be enough to keep him - and the body he wants to possess - alive?
Contains LitRPG/GameLit elements, such as character progression, statistics, and resource management. Also contains an in-depth, science-based portrayal of how the immune system responds to foreign pathogens via different white blood cells and other microscopic protectors. No harems, sexual content, or foul language.
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- Robert sweeney
- 18-06-20
love this book would read more when they come out
I love stories like this were you can see the grown in the main characters and with some may options that can come form this sort of book cant what for book 2 to come hope you like this book as much as I did
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- Nicholas Hetherington
- 09-07-20
Fantastically Detailed
I was surprised at just how much I enjoyed this audiobook. It was a slow start but became incredibly detailed and very interesting! I've already recommended the audiobook.
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- Wayne Knighton
- 05-07-20
Something a little different anybody?
Well not just any body but a down on his luck theif's body. This story is not just about what happens in the outside world it's about the insides too.
Educational as well as fun book that is telling a story on two fronts, with in depth bodily functions and a story of someone who has spent his life being wronged and forced down the wrong path.
Well written and read too.
I look forward to book two.
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- Sintia
- 02-12-21
Great concept, interesting execution.
I loved the idea, the pacing, and the writing style. You basically get two stories in one.
It was a bit harsh at times, the main protagonist certainly does not have it easy. I greatly enjoyed the development of both sets of stories, and loved to see them converge.
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- Allen Stark
- 10-12-20
genious writer
wow what an amazing idea, really enjoyed it hopefully the first in a long series
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- Anonymous User
- 21-06-20
Excellent new series
This series takes the dungeon core genre to a.whole new level. I loved this book and can't wait for the second.
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- Claudio Silva
- 03-07-20
Different take on Dungeons and love it
Amazing books love the setup. Great characters and ready to read or listen to the other 10 books. Jonathan you Sir Rock!!!! 5🌟
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- Paul
- 12-07-20
Dungeon core inside the body
ok it sounds a strange concept and took me a lil while to get into it but when I was in I was hooked looking forward to book 2 .
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- ThatPerson
- 15-08-20
Didn’t like it.
Seemed a little badly thought out. It was progressed okay but focused more on info dumps than a decent story. That or the massive info dumps just killed it for me. Not sure.
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- MG
- 09-07-20
Mixed Feelings
I'm completely new to the Dungeon Core sub-genre, and only have some experience with LitRPGs (I'm still not quite convinced they are for me).
Bio Dungeon: Symbiote can be best described as a book of 2 parts. One is an oddly satisfying fantasy story with mild LitRPG trappings (they are barely there, and add to the story, rather than cause a distraction). The main character Marstin is downtrodden, and you feel for his plight. You want him to succeed, and his progression in the story is whimsical, but pleasing.
The other part, is (at times) akin to being bludgeoned with a Biology text book. This extract from the Blurb says it all:
"Contains an in-depth, science-based portrayal of how the immune system responds to foreign pathogens via different white blood cells and other microscopic protectors"
It isn't kidding, it does go in-depth, but makes getting consequently through the story a bit of a slog. In comparison to other Dungeon Core books. I can only assume the premise of this one (a dungeon inside.a living body) is fresh and original. In comparison to the more traditional fantasy story however, its just didn't hold my attention as much.
That's not however to say elements of the book aren't enjoyable, they are. I would even possibly try another book in this series. It all depends on how much the Fantasy Story, and the Dungeon Core element, intersect in future novels.
Narration is decent, I cant fault Miles Meili's performance
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