Review The action is nonstop, and the story flows seamlessly...A surefire winner. ùBooklist, starred reviewA captivating page-turner. ùSchool Library Journal, starred review Read more About the Author Conor Kostick was a designer for the world’s first live fantasy role-playing game, based in Peckforton Castle, Cheshire. He is the author of the Epic Trilogy -- Epic, Saga, and Edda (all available from Firebird). He lives in Dublin where, having completed a Ph.D on the subject of the crusades, he now teaches medieval history at Trinity College Dublin. He has published widely on history, culture, and politics, including coauthoring The Easter Rising: A Guide to Dublin in 1916, and co-editing Irish Writers Against War, an anthology of writings by Irish authors in response to the war in Iraq. He has twice been elected chairperson of the Irish Writers’ Union. Read more
A**K
Must have for fans of the genre of video game sci fi
Nothing stops this author from creating a smashing good book tying together past Armageddon, present humanity and corruption, and hope for the future, all tied together by the game. A fascinating story of multiple personalities, character, wonder, and purity of emotion and engagement. One of my favorite books. - Alex
B**F
An excellent sci-fi thriller
This was a great book that explores the fantasies of everyone who's ever played video games seriously. Kids, teens, and adults of all ages will enjoy. My only gripe with the book is that several times it cuts away from anticipated action sequences (such as the graduation tournament) and merely tells us what happened in a throw away line later. However this is not enough to detract from the fun of the whole book. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys fantasy/sci-fi, or video games.
S**K
Book is great.
Book was in great shape. Bought for my SIL for Christmas. He loved it.
M**S
A book for gamers
Being a lifelong gamer and someone who spent close to 2 1/2 years immersed in Final Fantasy online, I loved this book. You must enjoy RPG games to enjoy this book I feel. It's quite the different twist on the world being "destroyed" and a new form of government. In Epic the government is run by Central Allocations and everything takes place inside the game. People still live outside the game, but that's really only to get by. It's kind of scary to have it in writing how an online game can take over your life or the life of a world. What did throw me, was how the game came alive. I'll say no more to avoid spoiling it. I highly recommend this book to all sci-fi and game loving folks. Young and old.
J**N
Thumbs up
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Having a world governed by an online role playing game is a novel idea, at least to me. Very well written, and good clean fun.
C**S
I am going to find more, virtual world books. I enjoyed it
I really like "ready player one". If you liked that one, you should like this...not that this one was As great as. RPO
K**R
Excellent novel
Amazing story, with an awesome idea behind it. Well worth the read without spoiling imagine the world's economy is ran by wow just amazing for young and old.
D**N
Interesting world building, feels like a game of Dungeons and Dragons haha. This one seems amateurishly written compared to the latter two books.
Interesting world building, feels like a game of Dungeons and Dragons haha. This one seems amateurishly written compared to the latter two books.
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