Save State Hero
Save State Hero, Book 1
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wish list failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy Now for $55.98
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Stephanie Savannah
-
Written by:
-
William D. Arand
About this listen
Have you ever woken up, rolled over, and thought to yourself, “I’m pretty sure I’m working for a Super Villain.”
If you haven’t, then maybe you’re not the type of person to work for a global corporation.
Edmund, however, is just such an individual.
He works for Legion: a corporation of unimaginable reach that he barely understands, a corporation that seems determined to put itself smack dab in the middle of a brewing civil war between Super Heroes and Super Villains.
That doesn’t even take into account the fact that the governments of the world don’t seem to be taking too keenly to Legion, either.
All of that is mostly irrelevant to Edmund, though. He works for the company and does all he can to make sure they succeed.
From cleaning up after a bad operation and disposing of bodies to providing hush money, getting rid of agents from opposing intelligence communities, or just helping an informant escape from a Super Villain, Edmund has done it all in this line of work.
That doesn’t fill up the entirety of his life, however.
The rest of it is trying to get a date with the woman he likes and looking out for his little sister while hiding the fact he himself has a superpower.
A superpower that lets him save and load the world whenever he likes as if it were a video game and subject to his personal whims.
At least, that’s what he thought in the beginning.
©2023 William D. Arand (P)2023 Podium AudioYou may also enjoy...
-
Super Sales on Super Heroes
- Written by: William D. Arand
- Narrated by: Jeff Hays
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In a world full of super powers, Felix has a pretty crappy one. He has the ability to modify any item he owns. To upgrade anything. Sounds great on paper. Almost like a video game. Except that the amount of power it takes to actually change, modify, or upgrade anything worthwhile is beyond his abilities. With that in mind, Felix settled into a normal life. A normal job. His entire world changes when the city he lives in is taken over by a super villain. Becoming a country of one city. A city state.
-
-
pretty fun with an ending that left me wanting mor
- By Phox on 2017-10-21
Written by: William D. Arand
-
System Overclocked
- System Overclocked, Book 1
- Written by: Randi Darren
- Narrated by: Stephanie Savannah
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Wrench is a Fixer. Someone born to maintain, fix, and correct any and every issue that could go wrong in the habitat he lives in. Someone who makes sure he and his fellow humans can remain on display and entertain their owners as any good human pet would. At least, that’s what he was born to be. He’s taken a different route and joined a resistance faction to help free humanity to become more than just pets to an alien race.
-
-
good
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-05-04
Written by: Randi Darren
-
Wild Wastes
- Written by: Randi Darren
- Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In The Waste, every fantasy creature, fairytale demon, or mythological monster exists. From orcs, to neriads, ogres, trolls, wraiths, elves, harpies, and even beastmen. They all exist, and all despise humankind. In the ruins of the west and east coasts, new governments have arisen. With new jobs. Vince is a Ranger, a profession whose sole job duty is surviving in the waste, and taking missions from the Ranger Guild. Be it courier services, escorts, or simply exploring tombs and cities.
-
-
Uh.... I guess... That makes a lot of sense...
- By chermayn fong on 2018-10-02
Written by: Randi Darren
-
Hell Difficulty Tutorial
- A LitRPG Adventure
- Written by: Cerim
- Narrated by: Henry Kramer
- Length: 18 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Nathaniel's bus ride was supposed to be just another boring commute. Wrong. Now, he, 23 fellow passengers, and a corgi named Biscuit, are stuck in a "Hell Difficulty" Tutorial, battling monsters and leveling up to survive. Easy difficulty, anyone can handle. Normal difficulty, you've got to put up a fight to get by. Hard difficulty is where only the tough ones last. And Hell? That's where you have to be a bit out of your mind! With his terrifying talent for mana manipulation, Nathaniel decides to invest every stat point into mana.
-
-
Bad Writing
- By Chad Murphy on 2024-05-24
Written by: Cerim
-
Saving Supervillains
- Written by: Bruce Sentar
- Narrated by: Lewis Alexander, Rozelyn Rader
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A former villain is living a quiet life, hidden among the masses. Miles has one big secret: He might just be the most powerful super in existence. Those days are behind him. But when a wounded young lady unable to control her superpower needs his help, she shatters his boring life, pulling him into the one place he least expected to be—the Bureau of Superheroes.
-
-
Trash... but addictive trash.
- By Heather on 2023-08-10
Written by: Bruce Sentar
-
Cultivating Chaos
- VeilVerse: Cultivating Chaos, Book 1
- Written by: William D. Arand
- Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ash led a very normal life by his own standards. Right up until he was literally pulled into a portal that spat him out into another world. One that was full of martial arts. And martial artists who could use magic. Three years of living his life as one of the citizens, those without power, and Ash has figured out how to survive with his adoptive family and a lot of persistence. His goals in life have become to give back to those who gave to him. And he’d do whatever he had to to do that. Except Ash is about to get his life turned around again.
-
-
writing seems very juvenile at times
- By Alva on 2018-12-23
Written by: William D. Arand
-
Super Sales on Super Heroes
- Written by: William D. Arand
- Narrated by: Jeff Hays
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In a world full of super powers, Felix has a pretty crappy one. He has the ability to modify any item he owns. To upgrade anything. Sounds great on paper. Almost like a video game. Except that the amount of power it takes to actually change, modify, or upgrade anything worthwhile is beyond his abilities. With that in mind, Felix settled into a normal life. A normal job. His entire world changes when the city he lives in is taken over by a super villain. Becoming a country of one city. A city state.
-
-
pretty fun with an ending that left me wanting mor
- By Phox on 2017-10-21
Written by: William D. Arand
-
System Overclocked
- System Overclocked, Book 1
- Written by: Randi Darren
- Narrated by: Stephanie Savannah
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Wrench is a Fixer. Someone born to maintain, fix, and correct any and every issue that could go wrong in the habitat he lives in. Someone who makes sure he and his fellow humans can remain on display and entertain their owners as any good human pet would. At least, that’s what he was born to be. He’s taken a different route and joined a resistance faction to help free humanity to become more than just pets to an alien race.
-
-
good
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-05-04
Written by: Randi Darren
-
Wild Wastes
- Written by: Randi Darren
- Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In The Waste, every fantasy creature, fairytale demon, or mythological monster exists. From orcs, to neriads, ogres, trolls, wraiths, elves, harpies, and even beastmen. They all exist, and all despise humankind. In the ruins of the west and east coasts, new governments have arisen. With new jobs. Vince is a Ranger, a profession whose sole job duty is surviving in the waste, and taking missions from the Ranger Guild. Be it courier services, escorts, or simply exploring tombs and cities.
-
-
Uh.... I guess... That makes a lot of sense...
- By chermayn fong on 2018-10-02
Written by: Randi Darren
-
Hell Difficulty Tutorial
- A LitRPG Adventure
- Written by: Cerim
- Narrated by: Henry Kramer
- Length: 18 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Nathaniel's bus ride was supposed to be just another boring commute. Wrong. Now, he, 23 fellow passengers, and a corgi named Biscuit, are stuck in a "Hell Difficulty" Tutorial, battling monsters and leveling up to survive. Easy difficulty, anyone can handle. Normal difficulty, you've got to put up a fight to get by. Hard difficulty is where only the tough ones last. And Hell? That's where you have to be a bit out of your mind! With his terrifying talent for mana manipulation, Nathaniel decides to invest every stat point into mana.
-
-
Bad Writing
- By Chad Murphy on 2024-05-24
Written by: Cerim
-
Saving Supervillains
- Written by: Bruce Sentar
- Narrated by: Lewis Alexander, Rozelyn Rader
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A former villain is living a quiet life, hidden among the masses. Miles has one big secret: He might just be the most powerful super in existence. Those days are behind him. But when a wounded young lady unable to control her superpower needs his help, she shatters his boring life, pulling him into the one place he least expected to be—the Bureau of Superheroes.
-
-
Trash... but addictive trash.
- By Heather on 2023-08-10
Written by: Bruce Sentar
-
Cultivating Chaos
- VeilVerse: Cultivating Chaos, Book 1
- Written by: William D. Arand
- Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ash led a very normal life by his own standards. Right up until he was literally pulled into a portal that spat him out into another world. One that was full of martial arts. And martial artists who could use magic. Three years of living his life as one of the citizens, those without power, and Ash has figured out how to survive with his adoptive family and a lot of persistence. His goals in life have become to give back to those who gave to him. And he’d do whatever he had to to do that. Except Ash is about to get his life turned around again.
-
-
writing seems very juvenile at times
- By Alva on 2018-12-23
Written by: William D. Arand
-
Monster's Mercy: Book 2
- Written by: William D. Arand
- Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
An existence spent being forced to kill others to satiate a monster. Where the only thing to look forward to was the blessed, if brief, period of time between paying that bribe. Except that very same monster is and isn’t Rene. It just happened to live inside his own mind and force him to do what it wanted.
-
-
good as expected
- By Kevan Walter on 2022-01-04
Written by: William D. Arand
-
Coven King 1
- Written by: Virgil Knightley, Edgar Riggs
- Narrated by: Jonathan Waters, Aurora Bliss
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Logan Morrison always fought for everything he had, but it never was much. Growing up truly alone did that to you. One day, when taking on an extra tutoring gig to help out a cute chick with a quirky name, she ends up bringing him back to her place. Cool, right? Well, the next morning, Logan wakes up in chains and comes to learn that Cherry Cola is one beautiful and unhinged monster girl member out of three in a small Fresco City witch coven. Their plans for him? Servitude.
-
-
the story
- By Anonymous User on 2024-07-23
Written by: Virgil Knightley, and others
-
The Order of Architects
- Order of Architects, Book 1
- Written by: Oleg Sapphire, Yuri Vinokuroff, Christopher Michael Jarrett - translator
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
I used to be the greatest Earth Mage in my world. The head of the entire Order of Architects. But the older you get, the more you come to realize that at some point, you need to retire, so that you can have the chance to enjoy a peaceful life and to cede your place to the young, some of whom have already turned two thousand years old . . .So that's what I did. But I failed to account for one thing: during the course of my long life, I'd accumulated too many enemies, and they had decided to spoil my retirement. So they died along with me. And I hope their deaths were final. But mine was not!
Written by: Oleg Sapphire, and others
-
Morrigan's Bidding
- Binding Words, Book 1
- Written by: Daniel Schinhofen
- Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Sean was just waiting for his best friend to show up at the bar so they could play some pool. It came as a shock when the tall blonde man accosted Sean and demanded that he change seats. His refusal would change his life. When the fight ended, Sean found himself in the strangest meeting of his life. Odin, Archangel Michael, Lucifer, and Morrigan all vied for his soul, each offering different deals. Sean had to choose, so he chose to go with the goddess of Fate, Death, and Battle.
-
-
If Gamers wrote books, this would be the result
- By Gillian on 2021-01-18
Written by: Daniel Schinhofen
-
Otherlife Awakenings
- The Selfless Hero Trilogy
- Written by: William D. Arand
- Narrated by: Jeff Hays
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Runner and his team managed to bring peace to Tirtius, successfully log the crew out, and have begun settling in to make a home on the isle of Vix. Fate isn't going to let them go that easily though. She clearly hasn't decided on what to do with him. Plots are in motion. Threats local, divine, and abroad scheme to exterminate Runner and the threat he represents. The possibility of what he could become.
-
-
leaves you wanting more.
- By NickOuellette on 2021-08-16
Written by: William D. Arand
-
Aether's Blessing
- Aether's Revival, Book 1
- Written by: Daniel Schinhofen
- Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
- Length: 17 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Every year, the empire administers the rite of passage into adulthood. That rite serves to identify those blessed by Aether to become magi. The new magi are shipped to the academy to learn the arts of magic. The academy is a dangerous place; the tournaments held twice each year can cripple or kill the students, and the clans of the empire will go to great lengths to recruit the students they want. Gregory had one dream: to become a magi like the legends of old. Though he was ridiculed by the residents of the village and his unsupportive father, he never wavered from his dream.
-
-
ehats with all the high reviews
- By Alva on 2020-09-19
Written by: Daniel Schinhofen
-
Mud, Blood, and Magic
- Written by: A. D. Krabis
- Narrated by: Melanie Hastings
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Life doesn't always go according to plan. For ex-CIA Agent Samuel Caulfield, his plans were ripped out from under him after a chance encounter in a firefight. One deal with a dark goddess later, and he's cast into the trenches of a Victorian world, with clashing empires, Elves, Dwarves, Dragons, and more. Surrounded by death, on the front lines of a war without intelligence, he'll have to rely on his wits, his platoon, and a surprise gift from his goddess.
-
-
where's the sequel?
- By Anonymous User on 2024-10-31
Written by: A. D. Krabis
-
Industrial Strength Magic
- Written by: Macronomicon
- Narrated by: Steve Campbell, Jeff Hays, Annie Ellicott, and others
- Length: 24 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Born to a Magical Fantasy Princess and a nine-to-five Supervillain in the most superhero riddled city in the world, Perry's never felt...adequate. He's got no talent for magic, and not a scrap of superpowers to his name. When The System boots and unlocks his powers, it forces him to follow in his father's footsteps, but he'd rather take after his mother... Maybe there's a way he can do both...
-
-
invincible meets sky high
- By Elizabeth B on 2024-09-20
Written by: Macronomicon
-
Suited for Luck
- Luck's Voice, Book 1
- Written by: Daniel Schinhofen
- Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
John Doc Henry had been on the shortest, crappiest end of the stick since the first day of his life; no parents, bad foster parents, and abysmal luck at every turn. The day his life changed started out exactly like he had come to expect. His car died on a rarely traveled road, and he broke his toe shortly after dodging the one other car on the road. When it stopped and backed up to him, the license plate read “LADYLUK”, adding insult to injury.
-
-
Fun with great voice work.
- By David on 2022-01-26
Written by: Daniel Schinhofen
-
Otherlife Nightmares
- The Selfless Hero Trilogy
- Written by: William D. Arand
- Narrated by: Jeff Hays
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Runner and company have safely left the city ahead of the siege. Completing their class promotions with barely any time to spare. Unfortunately Runner hasn't discovered the password he needs to begin the logoff process to save the 400,000 or so crewmates left alive in this game where dying truly means death.
Written by: William D. Arand
-
Villain for Hire Omnibus 1
- Babes and Badguys
- Written by: Jay Aury
- Narrated by: Andrew Pond, Ellory Lane, Edward Black
- Length: 21 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
As a villain for hire I followed those rules, facing down heroes in scripted fights to make them look good for the press and brand deals. Sure, losing every time was a pain, but the money was good. Well, decent. And it kept real heroes off my back. Well, usually.
Written by: Jay Aury
-
Otherlife Dreams
- The Selfless Hero Trilogy
- Written by: William D. Arand
- Narrated by: Jeff Hays
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Runner has a problem. He and 499,000 men and women are trapped in a game. He also just happens to be the only person from IT who could log everyone out safely. And he doesn't remember his password. He, like everyone else in this nightmare, had his memory scrambled or lost in the process of being loaded into the game. A single garbled message is his only clue to how to save everyone. The problem is that whoever loaded them into the game loaded their minds completely.
-
-
Slow start but picked up
- By NickOuellette on 2021-08-11
Written by: William D. Arand
What listeners say about Save State Hero
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Brian McKnight
- 2024-08-10
Good add-on, bad stand-alone.
If you liked Super Sale on Super Heroes, this book is for you.
Think of it like reading Ender's Game, then reading Ender's Shadow. You already read the story, but it's a new point of view.
I however don't see this as a good book to read on it's own. It absolutely rides the coat-tails of Super Sales.
Speaking of Super Sales on Super Heroes. This book has a few spoilers for Book 6 of that series, and it doesn't really answer all the questions you'd think it should. Wait at least for book 2, (or more if it doesn't finish up what happened to Andrea in book 2) BEFORE reading book 6 of SSoSH. Book 6 would spoil what seems to be one of the plots of this series that wasn't finished at the end of this book.
TLDR: Go for SSoSH first, and read this before book 6. You'll enjoy it all.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!