"shaman"

2012 · Vasily Mahanenko · 428 pages · LitRPG

The Way of the Shaman is one of the books that helped define LitRPG as a genre, and its strengths remain clear even as the field has grown around it. The prison-based premise gives the game world actual stakes, the shaman class offers a refreshing departure from standard warrior fantasies, and the progression is satisfying in the way that all good LitRPG should be. Translation roughness and a confined setting limit the first book's range, but readers who click with the premise will find a series that rewards investment.