Silvergates: Navigator (Book 2 complete)

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Description

Five years ago, the first Silvergate was found. At first, they called it a hoax. But since then, more and more people have entered the alternate dimension called Northworld, received their Interface, and going on to real adventures. As it gained momentum, they called it a problem. Now, they call it a crime. But for nearly half a million people, it's now their real home.

Yearning. Escape. Duty. The reasons to go are many. Despite the criminalization of Silvergating, people still seek out their ticket to Northworld.

But for new Gaters Jasper Hill, Erika Haglund, and Henry Esteban, Northworld has surprises in store. Not every rumor is false, not every conspiracy theory is stupid. When the veil lifts for them, showing truths about Northworld that no one suspected, they may have difficulty making themselves heard.

And being trusted may mean the difference between life or exile forever.

Northworld is a litrpg story where people enter an actual world, submit to an RPG-type Interface, and discover an alternate reality. You could describe it as a reversible Isekai since people alternate between Earth and Northworld.

The characters are usually casual about it, which means informal talk and infrequent profanity. Four-letter words dropped in conversation (or internal monologue).

Warning: one potentially horrible theme and one implied sex scene.

Book 1 and 2 are complete, as the title says. Book 3 is scheduled for a fall start.

Information

Status
Hiatus
Year
2019
Author
Vincent Archer

Tags

LITRPGADVENTURESLICE OF LIFEMULTIPLE LEAD CHARACTERSCONTEMPORARYFIRST CONTACT

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Rating
4.5/ 5.0
Followers
656
Views
289,250

Chapters(94 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

  • chakforRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    I started reading and my curiousity was piqued. Next thing I knew I was 15 chapters in and my dinner was cold.
    Very well-written thusfar. Grammar is spot on. Characters aren't single dimension. System is well designed.
    If you're on the fence about trying it, don't be. Give it a whirl. Eat your dinner first, though.
  • Mikhail ArkashRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    This is a very good book. Like in book, like in proper literature. Good structure, it builds up, it feels very accomplished. The idea is original, but how it's done is the most important thing. It changes from the usual litRPG because it's not only a pure grinding stats thing, the story, the characters, the overall artistic impression are very good. This is real writing, applied to litRPG. Good work!
  • SansvoidRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Forgive my ADHD, but I was interested in the beginning, felt strange when you changed the mc. Kept reading, interested again. Got bored when he was in town. Felt kinda like an interim thingy. Interested again after the epic battle very exciting. Enjoyed character development of main man from operation swordfish, keeps it slightly tense. Thrown for a loop with the whole conspiracy turn around. Great stuff. I want more. Thanks.
  • Signspace13Royal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    This is one of the good ones boys! This is a very unique and different style of LitRpg (at least to me), as someone who usually avoids virtual reality like stories like the plague, this one brings all of the upsides of that genre with none of it's downsides.
    The world is offered a mysterious knew form of entertainment and self improvement, risk your life in this new world and gain power, or just dip your toes in, a system that allows people to individualy choose their amount of investment. It is a fantasticly well thought out system.
    STYLE
    The only area where I feel the need to dock a star, the early chapter are heaped with exposition, and it is delivered bin a rather dry manner, and almost turned me away at the get go, but once past that it speeds up and let's us get what we need as the characters themselves discover it.
    STORY
    I feel like the true conflict of the series is only just beginning (ch.24), and its great, there is ample tension on both a character side with our mains and on a plot side with the forces moving out of their reach, I'm super interested to see where thing go and that's a great sign!
    GRAMMAR
    Well executed and edited, this is one of the very few times I have seen 3rd person omniscient executed well on RR. The flow between characters and the diverse main cast give it a great edge that I really like.
    CHARACTER
    The most important aspect of most stories in my opinion and this one does it well, with diverse characters with clear motivations and conflicts, going into any real detail would be spoilers, but they are great!
    MECHANICS 4 stars
    I didn't think I'd see a system more complicated than Randidly's, but you pulled it off, while I find the character sheets to be kind of cluttered, I think you have done a great job at making something unique, not something which most try these days.
    In conclusion I think you should definitely give this a shot if you like LitRpg's, and maybe even if you don't!
  • Maria ZelarRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    This story has an interesting premise and the MC seems to be a reasonable person.
    The current chapters seem like they are meant to introduce the reader to the world and set up the cast and are imo well done in that regard.
    I would recommend giving it a try.
  • GraveltonRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    It's a portal story with a lot of good adventuring, exploring the world, etc.  I've been enjoying the chapters for book one, and am really looking forward to the author developing the world more in book two.  Lots of potential here.
  • th30dorRoyal Road
    ★★★ 3.0
    The author knows how to write, and it shows. The prose flows well, and grammar is top notch. There is a good litrpg system in place, with sane mechanics and awesome posibilities. You want to see the next skill the main characters will get. How they interact.
    Where the story stumbles is the plot. And because of that, the characters suffer too.
    The main storyline in the book is very poorly thoght through. The main event, the one triggering the conflict is fine. But the way the characters react to it, and the resulting actions are mind boggling. We continue with various scenes where our daring heroes make it through via the magical powers of plot armor, to an almost non-existent and extremely unsatisfying conclusion.
    While the story focuses on the 3 main characters, which are almost always together, the author does not do a very good job of differentiating between them, and making them stand on their own. Especially for the Northworld chapters (the majority of the book), they feel more like 1 main character, split into 3 people. Of special note here is Birka. She can easily be removed from the novel, and very few things would change.
    All in all a frustrating read, where the good parts were always sabotaged by some plot inconsistency or some inconsistent decision.
  • RarylithRoyal Road
    ★★★ 3.0
    The premise is interesting but
    Spoiler: Spoiler
    I don't like how you portrayed the FBI
    They shouldn't be involved in this matter, it should be the CIA or another relevant agency.
    They don't look like they have any clue about what they're doing and kind of believe everything is a big illusion when their member come back with sword and whatnot after an experience in this world.
    Henry isn't even briefed about whatever information the other agent had found out in prior mission, they should be prepared and given equipment prior to be sent out there, like weapon. (all the character are nearly unarmed... how is that possible when they know what'll happen in there..)
    They would have hunted down Henry instead of playing it cool.
    Another point is that the over reaction of the guild is unreasonably stupid, inquisition really?
    Last is the ending of the serie which i kind of dislike, i imagined that there would be a struggle before reaching the earthen guild but it ended so casually that i feel i've been lied to about all the tense situation they were in.
  • l611Royal Road
    ★★★ 3.0
    I won't go into details of why I liked the story. I just want to mention one big flaw thats irritating the hell out of me.
    There are sometimes sudden and abrupt and short pov changes and it takes a couple of lines for me to recognise that. Plus the dialogues are hard to follow as the characters don't have an obvious speech pattern. So it becomes really difficult to know exactly who is saying which line.
  • F.L. RileyRoyal Road
    ★★★ 3.0
    A very interesting premise.  Silver orbs allow those who discover or get one to enter a new world that has a mix of LitRPG game mechanics and Randidly skill sets.
    No one knows why or how the world exists.  If it is real or virtual, but items found there and stat gains made are able to transition to the real world.
    The world has the infrastructure for civilization, but no people.  One of the prevailing theories is that humans 'discovered' the orbs and entered the new world before construction was completed.
    Grammar is spot on.  I binge-read the first 19 chapters, and honestly, I can't remember coming across one error.
    Style pretty consistently follows the MC, but there are POV changes that occur.  At least the author handles this well and there is no confusion when POV does happen.
    The story is interesting, unique, and just mysterious enough to mean this has made it into my favorites list.
    So far the MC and the spy have the best fleshed out motivation and character development, but I can see that possible love interest growing.
    5 Stars.  Give it a chance.  I think you'll enjoy it.