Tower of Jack
He's arrogant. A certified pain in the butt. Maybe just crazy enough to survive.
An Assassin Walks Into a Tower
Jack Atlas, self-proclaimed 'World's Best Assassin', had a simple plan: retire in style and marry the girl of his dreams. Then he gets placed in The Tower—a divine deathtrap where gods pit their creations against each other for the ultimate prize: eternal paradise for you and your friends. The catch? If you lose, well, let's just say your chances of finding a decent bar in oblivion are slim.
Jack, who's never met a hornet's nest he didn't want to kick, soon finds himself on the wrong side of The Black Centipede, a notorious assassin cult with a charming recruitment policy: join or they'll murder everyone he loves.
Instead of sipping Mai Tai's on some beach he can't pronounce; it's slurping down health potions because he got stabbed by a goblin with a particular fondness for stabbing him in the rear. Heroic quests? Conquer The Tower, appease his assassin overlords, reunite with his dream girl? Nope. Jack instead gets sent to 'dungeon timeout' for bad behavior. That's fine by him.
If anyone's crazy enough to not just survive, but win against The Tower, it's Jack.
Start the Climb
Because Reading is Hard
The Tower hits different when someone's narrating Jack's internal monologue out loud. Johnathan McClain brings the sarcasm, the chaos, and the surprisingly emotional bits to life in a way that makes you forget you're driving past your exit.
The Verdict
“I started this at midnight and finished at 4am. My boss hates this book.”
“If Deadpool wrote a LitRPG, this would be it. Jack Atlas is my new favorite disaster.”
“Finally, an assassin character who's actually funny and not just edgy for the sake of it.”
“This is a test!!!”
“The chapter titled 'The Cursed Dungeon of Dick-Bag Skeletons' is exactly the energy I needed in my life.”