Armored Souls: The Complete Collection: Books 1-3

By: Xavier P. Hunter

Narrated by: Mikael Naramore

Length: 29 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

100 tons of walking steel. One human heart.

Sgt. Reggie King wakes up from a battlefield injury to find himself physically intact. But the hospital staff insist he’s not fit to return to duty. As part of his psychological recovery, they introduce him to a game.

Armored Souls is a tank game on steroids. Giant walking mechs called juggernauts engage in interplanetary wars as noble houses and mercenary factions wage endless battles for supremacy. For the pilots of these juggernauts, the rewards are glory, cash, and XP.

What follows is an epic struggle against the forces arrayed against him, from rival gamers to entire factions looking, to crush Reggie underfoot. To survive will take all his military leadership, perseverance, and maybe a little help from some new friends.

The Armored Souls series is perfect for listeners looking for a combination of The Matrix and Battletech. If you enjoy giant robots blasting at each other and swinging 20-ton swords, you’ll love these books.

Log out of your life and into Armored Souls.

©2017 Xavier P. Hunter (P)2022 Xavier P. Hunter

A solid and fun tactical LitRPG series.

As a fan of Battletech, Armored Core, etc., I enjoyed this series. The dynamic was interesting, the characters were fun, and each book’s central theme kept me engaged through to the end.

There are a LOT of battles. And some really don’t matter or contribute much to the story progressing. But overall I enjoyed feeling a sense of being on the ground, in the mech with King. The story outside of Armored Souls is pretty solid too, if a bit nonsensical sometimes.

Some minor gripes include the main characters not switching their mechs out almost at all over the series, and a lot of number fluff to pad pages. I could have done with less “Chance to hit”, “Eliminate Enemy Juggernauts: X/XX”, countdowns, and so on. I know it’s a LitRPG, but I would have preferred the UI talk be toned down as series went on. Otherwise, it was a fun read.

Fun, exciting and overall enjoyable

I enjoyed the story, the characters and the concepts. And the final 5 minutes of the third book left me wanting more!!

Not for someone who’s easily offended by a little adult language and serious topics along the way.

I liked it.

Bought Armored Souls, on a whim, It was on sale. Excellent voice work. Good storyline. It made me think.

Great LitGame

Awesome mecha, was surprised they put in a PTSD element but glad it wasn’t the focus. Was half expecting the tournament arc and faction arc to be switched. Totally could’ve took this series into a more moral dilemma in corporate ethics. The narrator kept mispronouncing the Japanese words. But overall enjoyed this series.

excellent tale of how AI might develpp

I enjoyed the storyline, characters and the plot line. However, to me the most compelling parts of the entire series are the discussions sprinkled throughput the narrative about AI and how it could get used. I simply loved the ending, the last 7 or 8 minutes make this quite a human tale of AI and how we should think to interact with it eventually

Great story’s are forged.

I’m happy that these titles were sold as one credit. I would have paid three just to finish. Great story, interesting characters, and a narrator just plain killin it. The story is no revelation… just plain fun. Please make more.

A decent ending

A solid armored souls book, but I wish there had been at least two more books if not five more books in between book 2, and book 3. In the last chapter there is at least an opening for a potential spin off into a new series

Interesting to fun

The story is interesting and thought out. The writing doesn’t get the blood pumping as the stakes fail to feel endangered. But the real gems of the story are the characters. Each is unique and bring the story to life. This in turn keeps you coming back to see what happens to them.

Great story for Mech fans.

Mech combat with an interesting story line. A few recognizable mechs from the old popular mech series. Deals a fair amount with squad tactics. Story develops decently, narration is remarkable. Definitely worth one credit for the 3 audiobook set. If battletech were just a video game that you could “live” in.

Life After Death

The end gave me goosebumps. Just realizing that something like this could actually happen in the near future. Just an amazing Book series.