The Kartoss Gambit
Vasily Mahanenko
Apr 2016 · Way of the Shaman Book 2 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Jonathan Yen
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A product of the latest technologies, Barliona is a virtual world brimming with fun and entertainment. The government has become the guarantor for the in-game currency, allowing its free circulation. As a result, the population floods Barliona in pursuit of easy money.
It doesn't take long for the game developers to discover a source of free labor: real-world prison convicts. While their bodies are locked in special auto-maintenance virtual capsules, the prisoners' minds are released into Barliona's vitual mines.
Dmitry Mahan has been through it all. Sentenced to eight years hard labor, he now struggles with an unpopular class—the Shaman—and an equally unpopular profession of a Jeweler. His fight for survival becomes anything but virtual.
It doesn't take long for the game developers to discover a source of free labor: real-world prison convicts. While their bodies are locked in special auto-maintenance virtual capsules, the prisoners' minds are released into Barliona's vitual mines.
Dmitry Mahan has been through it all. Sentenced to eight years hard labor, he now struggles with an unpopular class—the Shaman—and an equally unpopular profession of a Jeweler. His fight for survival becomes anything but virtual.
A product of the latest technologies, Barliona is a virtual world brimming with fun and entertainment. The government has become the guarantor for the in-game currency, allowing its free circulation. As a result, the population floods Barliona in pursuit of easy money.
It doesn't take long for...
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Reginald Williams
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January 19, 2026
This is a great book.
About the author
Vasily Mahanenko is the author of several works of science fiction and fantasy, including the Way of the Shaman series. He graduated from Belgorod State University in Russia and currently works as a project manager.
Jonathan Yen was inspired by the Golden Age of Radio, and while the gold was gone by the time he got there, he's carried that inspiration through to commercial work, voice acting, and stage productions. From vintage Howard Fast science fiction to naturalist Paul Rosolie's true adventures in the Amazon, Jonathan loves to tell a good story.
Vasily Mahanenko is the author of several works of science fiction and fantasy, including the Way of the Shaman series. He graduated from Belgorod State University in Russia and currently works as a project manager.
Jonathan Yen was inspired by the Golden Age of Radio, and while the gold was gone...
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