
Bio Dungeon: Symbiote
The Body's Dungeon, Book 1
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Miles Meili
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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.
©2020 Jonathan Brooks (P)2020 Jonathan BrooksFantastically Detailed
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love this book would read more when they come out
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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.
Great concept, interesting execution.
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genious writer
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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.
Something a little different anybody?
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Excellent new series
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Different take on Dungeons and love it
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Dungeon core inside the body
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Didn’t like it.
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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
Mixed Feelings
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