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The Ripple System
by Kyle Kirrin · Books: Portal Books · Audiobooks: Portal Books
Kyle Kirrin's VRMMO LitRPG about Ned Altimer and a talking axe named Frank in the game Earthblood Online, published by Portal Books, with every audiobook read by Travis Baldree.
- Books
- 6
- Status
- Ongoing
- Audio
- 116 h 2 m
- Narrator
- Travis Baldree
- Pages
- 4,296
- Checked
Six books out. Portal Books lists Ripple System #7 as "Expected Early 2027" with no day (October 22, 2026; it said "Expected 2026" on October 11); Amazon had no book 7 listing on October 11 and Audible none on October 22, 2026.
Audio gap: across 6 books the audiobook usually came out the same day as the ebook (median), from 1 day earlier to 9 days later. Compare every series
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Every The Ripple System book in order
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| Read | # | Title | Kindle | Pages | Audible release | Audible length | Audible (Oct 11, 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shadeslinger | Jan 18, 2021 | 646 | Jan 27, 2021 | 21 h 32 m | 4.73 from 8,439 | |
| 2 | Black Sand Baron | Sep 23, 2021 | 636 | Sep 22, 2021 | 20 h 1 m | 4.88 from 6,890 | |
| 3 | Gilded Ghost | Aug 8, 2022 | 862 | Aug 8, 2022 | 21 h 28 m | 4.86 from 5,029 | |
| 4 | Shattersoul | Jun 2, 2023 | 877 | Jun 2, 2023 | 20 h 15 m | 4.85 from 1,920 | |
| 5 | Emperor's End | Jun 4, 2024 | 725 | Jun 4, 2024 | 16 h 18 m | 4.91 from 2,292 | |
| 6 | Lunatic's Landing | Nov 14, 2025 | 550 | Nov 14, 2025 | 16 h 28 m | 4.82 from 1,203 |
- Audible dates the book 2 audiobook September 22, 2021, one day before the Kindle edition (September 23, 2021).
- Portal Books' series page says "7 Books" because it already counts the unreleased book 7.
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Reading order
Ripple System Books in Order: Shadeslinger to Book 7
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Every date, page count, length and rating above comes from the source table behind our The Ripple System guide, read on the official pages below on . Totals are our own sums of the main books. Ratings are the Audible averages on that date, not our scores. No plot details.