Labyrinth of Fright

Written by Alexey Osadchuk

Narrated by Derek Shoales

After wiping out the drak nest, Eric finds himself now also in a trap. In order to avoid dying in a cave-in, he activates the manuscript he received for defeating the Lady of the Anomaly. A portal then whisks Eric away to the lookout point atop the mysterious Citadel of Chaos.

The entrance to the Citadel is guarded by the Gatekeeper, a huge troll encased head to toe in a suit of plate armor. Thanks to his Friend of the Trolls amulet, Eric manages to avoid fighting him and passes the Gatekeeper's first test and can enter the Citadel of Chaos to partake in its mysteries.

Eric isn't interested in its mysteries though and he tells the troll as much directly. He even goes so far as to say he would rather just go on his merry way and leave the Citadel. But the Gatekeeper informs Eric that he will not be able to leave quite so easily because now that he has activated the manuscript, he must undergo a test known as Unity with Chaos!

What if Eric is able to pass the test? Will Chaos grant him power?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Translator: Andrew Douglas Schmitt
• Release date: May 25, 2021
• ISBN: 9781666102383

Reviews for Labyrinth of Fright

[Stefan · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Still going strong. Keep up the great work. Hope to listen to the next one soon.

[Madhav Deshpande · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

First, my review: “This was a fun book. I am glad that I read it. You should try it too.”

Second, I am not a bot...at least I don’t think I am. Yes this is copy pasta (just learned that term, so fun!) simply because I feel like any book I read deserves acknowledgement but at the same time my feelings on reviews conflict with the normal review process.

I enjoyed this book, so my goal is to promote it and help the author. If you are a potential reader, just stop reading now and take the above as all you need to know. I am not going to share my reasoning, thoughts on the book, or any opinions that would influence your decision to read it. It is my opinion that Art needs to be experienced at an individual level. You are the only one that can determine what you like and don’t like. Don’t let others make that decision for you. You should definitely read the book and completely ignore all of the reviews. Or not if you don’t think this book is for you. That choice is all yours and the beauty of art appreciation. You are a much better judge of what you will like than anyone here.

If this stupid and frankly creepy "chuckle" is so greatly overused again in the next novel I'll never buy anything from this author again. He copied the ineptitude of some Asian authors to have their characters do anything but "chuckle".
The book ends without any information about what was gained in the final battle, which must have been a lot. For the rest, my standards for this genre are not very high, I only read this when I want something extremely light anyway, and this book is not much worse than the previous ones and still pretty good compared to others in the same genre. Still, after a few Xianxia cultivation novels I've had enough of creepy "chuckling" MCs. What about a simple *smile*? Or just let the character make a normal statement like what actual people do >90% of the time.