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Revenant: City of Artem : A gritty LitRPG

Name: Revenant: City of Artem : A gritty LitRPG
Rating: 4.50 (211 reviews)
Author: Jez Cajiao

Jez Cajiao

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Synopsis

Blood, chrome and betrayal.

Sergeant Harry Kabutt has seen better days. He’s been shot down, blown up, and then tossed to the wayside by the corporations, left to rot in a ratty apartment in gang territory.

His own limbs? Shredded, cut away, and left to rot on a mountainside. The replacement mods? Likely to fall apart or leave him to die in sepsis.

No longer an operator of the feared APS mecha, Kabutt has hit rock bottom. But he’s on foot, he’s armed, and he’s in serious pain…

…so, now it’s time to take that pain and spread it around the mega-city of Artem, see who flinches first.

Revenge never goes out of fashion

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