Description
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.
Nemesis Reviews –
Bio Dungeon is a unique take on a dungeon core novel and this book is an amazing start to the series. The MCs body IS the dungeon this time! The story inside and outside of the MCs body, aka dungeon, is well written by Jonathan Brooks and Jeffrey Falcon Logue. Audio Version: Miles Meili always does a fantastic job narrating!
Mel –
~Disclaimer: I received a free audiobook copy of this book.~
Jonathan Brooks is clearly a favorite of mine. Jeffrey “Falcon” Logue isn’t someone I’m familiar with, but I may need to check him out.
This is a fun take on a dungeon. I found the dungeon elements interesting and enjoyable. However, the host’s pov was initially less interesting to me. Heists are really not my thing, but once the story got past that I grew to like him.
This book has a much slower start than a majority of the litrpg I pick up to read.
This book is heavy with medical and biological terms. I can’t really speak to the accuracy because I took one biology course in high school and then moved on to chemistry. So, my knowledge is pretty superficial. However, I see a lot of complaints about people NOT enjoying the medical side of things and thought I should point out that is the premise of the story and that aspect is focused on heavily. Use your best judgment on whether or not you will enjoy that.
Miles Meili continues to be a solid narrator. He creates good characterization with his voices.