Narrated by Christopher Ragland.
Released by Audible on 18th March 2021.
From the cover:
Oh, 100%. And not just a love of video games, but a love of competitive video games. There’s something magical in throwing yourself into competition. I wrote Rise to Glory to be a love letter to competitive gaming.
What are your current favourite fantasy reads?
Well, I’m currently loving Joe Abercrombie’s The Trouble with Peace and every single moment of
Jonathan Stroud’s Lockwood and Co. series. Really good stuff! They’re the kind of authors whose work is so good it gives you imposter syndrome.
Did any films, tv series, video games, or novels influence your writing process for Rise to Glory?
I think the biggest inspirations were Blizzard’s hit team-based shooter, Overwatch. I cherish my Tuesday night gaming sessions where my friends and I make time to hammer out a few games. I wanted Rise to Glory to capture that team-focused, collaborative energy, and combine it with an open world MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game) like World of Warcraft.
What are you writing next?
I’m currently signed to a five-book series where I’m co-writing with LitRPG titan Luke Chmilenko. We’re creating a wild, post-apocalyptic world full of randomly spawning hell gates, savage monsters, and ambitious heroes that rise to meet them (and maybe, begin to understand them). As well, I am finishing up Nightfall, a gothic-themed LitRPG with my publisher, Portal Books, and would love to get to work on the sequel to my recent fantasy thriller, The Far Wild.
Thanks so much for having me! It was a pleasure to stop by.
Y’all stay sane and safe out there!
Alex Knight grew up a sun-baked, outdoorsy Floridian and has lived in several places around the world. As an author of LitRPG and Fantasy his work includes the Nova Online Trilogy. In the past Alex has worked as everything from a dish washer at Busch Gardens to the Communications Coordinator at the Florida Attractions Association.
Released by Audible on 18th March 2021.
From the cover:
Rise to Glory is LitRPG meets Hunger Games and CBS’s Survivor, featuring powerful classes and in-depth game mechanics in a brutal, survival-based fantasy world.
Welcome to The Glory - the world’s biggest VR tournament.
In front of millions of viewers, teams compete in a battle royale where they clear dungeons, complete quests and slay other players in a race to score the most points.
The winners are instant celebrities, and it's time Bash the Berserker joined their ranks. One win away from going pro, his dreams of fame, fortune and that iced coffee sponsorship are finally coming true...until he’s kicked off his team mere hours before registrations close.
With everything on the line, Bash manages to cobble together a new rag-tag team. A washed-up semi-pro who hates his guts, a talented analyst who’s never actually competed and a streamer whose ego is only surpassed by her love of throwing swords.
Oh, and if they want to earn their glory, Bash will have to trade in his war hammer and play as a three-foot-tall, tree-hugging elf....
Welcome to The Glory - the world’s biggest VR tournament.
In front of millions of viewers, teams compete in a battle royale where they clear dungeons, complete quests and slay other players in a race to score the most points.
The winners are instant celebrities, and it's time Bash the Berserker joined their ranks. One win away from going pro, his dreams of fame, fortune and that iced coffee sponsorship are finally coming true...until he’s kicked off his team mere hours before registrations close.
With everything on the line, Bash manages to cobble together a new rag-tag team. A washed-up semi-pro who hates his guts, a talented analyst who’s never actually competed and a streamer whose ego is only surpassed by her love of throwing swords.
Oh, and if they want to earn their glory, Bash will have to trade in his war hammer and play as a three-foot-tall, tree-hugging elf....
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To mark the release of the fabulous Rise To Glory, I am delighted to bring you a Q and A with the main man himself Alex Knight!
How different is LitRPG compared to writing straight fantasy or science fiction?
Honestly, not that different. LitRPG stories are still human stories. They might take place in video games, but those game worlds need not be so different from a fantasy world. And in fact, as fantasy is one of the biggest gaming genres, most of LitRPG is set in a fantasy video game world. So really, the main difference comes from “The Rules.” Instead of physics, these game worlds are governed by the rules of their specific games. And really, even those aren’t that different from fantasy. Take for instance a fantasy series with a hard magic system – Brandon Sanderson’s work comes to mind. In it, there are rules that govern how the magic works. LitRPG’s game worlds, spells, and abilities work exactly the same. On a basic level, you really could call LitRPG just fantasy with a hard magic system.
Did a love of video games inspire Rise to Glory?
Did a love of video games inspire Rise to Glory?
Oh, 100%. And not just a love of video games, but a love of competitive video games. There’s something magical in throwing yourself into competition. I wrote Rise to Glory to be a love letter to competitive gaming.
What are your current favourite fantasy reads?
Well, I’m currently loving Joe Abercrombie’s The Trouble with Peace and every single moment of
Jonathan Stroud’s Lockwood and Co. series. Really good stuff! They’re the kind of authors whose work is so good it gives you imposter syndrome.
Did any films, tv series, video games, or novels influence your writing process for Rise to Glory?
I think the biggest inspirations were Blizzard’s hit team-based shooter, Overwatch. I cherish my Tuesday night gaming sessions where my friends and I make time to hammer out a few games. I wanted Rise to Glory to capture that team-focused, collaborative energy, and combine it with an open world MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game) like World of Warcraft.
What are you writing next?
I’m currently signed to a five-book series where I’m co-writing with LitRPG titan Luke Chmilenko. We’re creating a wild, post-apocalyptic world full of randomly spawning hell gates, savage monsters, and ambitious heroes that rise to meet them (and maybe, begin to understand them). As well, I am finishing up Nightfall, a gothic-themed LitRPG with my publisher, Portal Books, and would love to get to work on the sequel to my recent fantasy thriller, The Far Wild.
Thanks so much for having me! It was a pleasure to stop by.
Y’all stay sane and safe out there!
Many thanks Alex! Rise To Glory is available to buy now from Audible HERE.
Thank you to Amber Choudhary at Midas PR for inviting me to be part of this blog tour.
About Alex Knight:
After deciding he didn’t like stability or predictable pay checks he made the jump to being a freelance writer. Soon that turned into ghost-writing romance novellas, then ghost-writing full-blown science fiction novels, and finally, writing his own books.
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