General Information

Title:                  EDGE Force Book 1 - Bleeding Edge
Author:                 Matthew J. Barbeler
Read By:                Heath Miller
Copyright:              (c)2021 Matthew J. Barbeler (P)2022 Podium Audio
Audible.com Release:    September 27th, 2022
Original Publication:   2021
Genre:                  Urban Fantasy LitRPG
Format:                 MPEG-4 (M4B)
Publisher:              Podium Audio
Duration:               8 hours, 39 minutes, 32 seconds
Chapters:               45
Unabridged:             Yes

Media Information

Source Format:          Audible AAXC
Source Sample Rate:     44100 Hz
Source Channels:        2
Source Bitrate:         126 kbits

Lossless Encode:        Yes
Encoded Codec:          AAC / M4B
Encoded Sample Rate:    44100 Hz
Encoded Channels:       2
Encoded Bitrate:        126 kbits

Chapter Rename:         Libation.8.4.5.1
Ripper:                 Libation.8.4.5.1''True Decrypt''-KAZIN
ID Tagging:             iTunes 12.7.3.46 -KAZIN

Book Description

EDGE Force: A clandestine organisation that leverages the best and brightest humanity has to offer to defend against the threats that can't be fought by normal means.

JD Rideout is a washed-up writer with the best years of his career behind him. Nursing the wounds of a marriage breakdown, his kids are the only thing keeping him going.

When JD wakes up on a tropical island in the middle of the Whitsundays on Queensland's Central Coast, chained to the ceiling, he knows something is very wrong. He feels like a character in one of his novels.

Those who fight for EDGE Force unlock the ability to level up and gain powerful skills to help them fight against threats to our reality.

JD is given a pistol and an axe, along with a new callsign: Hatchet. Uprooted from his life and forced to fight for the fate of the world, Hatchet may just be planet Earth's last line of defence.

As Hatchet, he's tasked with fighting back against a shadowy cult that has reappeared after 15 years in hibernation.

But fighting the cult isn't the only thing that drives Hatchet. These cultists are using the essence of an ancient entity to reshape reality into whatever their twisted imaginations can bring forth. This entity is reaching out to Hatchet too, propelling him towards an epic showdown with the forces of the Fellowship of Cosmic Truth.

During the course of his mission, Hatchet encounters an unexpected ally-a German Shepherd dog named Kaiser-who might just be smarter than Hatchet. Kaiser has his own reasons for fighting the cult and the two form an unlikely alliance.

Bleeding Edge contains LitRPG elements including levelling up, skill increases, new abilities, and a deep crafting system. The book is written using Australian English, and contains Aussie slang.