What happens when the haggling is done and the shops are closed? When the quest has been given, the steeds saddled, and the adventurers are off to their next encounter? They keep the world running, the food cooked, and the horses shoed, yet what adventurer has ever spared a thought or concern for the Non-Player Characters?
In the town of Maplebark, four such NPCs settle in for a night of … of actively ignoring the adventurers drinking in the tavern when things go quickly and fatally awry. Once the dust settles, these four find themselves faced with an impossible choice: pretend to be adventurers undertaking a task of near-certain death or see their town and loved ones destroyed. Armed only with salvaged equipment, second-hand knowledge, and a secret that could get them killed, it will take all manner of miracles if they hope to pull off their charade.
And even if they succeed, the deadliest part of their journey may well be what awaits them at its end.
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The book was enjoyable. I’m not a gamer and was initially interested because our son is somewhat. I wanted to share the book with him, but I won’t because of the language. There isn’t a lot, but more than I want him exposed to.
I [sniffle] had to pack [sniffle] all my paper books to prepare for our upcoming move. So I’m down to ebooks. I am rereading this book so I can read the sequel. I strongly recommend it for any gamers out there.
When the RPG player characters are killed early in the game (because the GM decided to make things more “realistic”), the NPCs …
An unexpected surprise
1) If you are not a tabletop player, I wouldn’t recommend this book. It’s targeted at people who have rolled dices 🙂
2) this is quite a nice read. good story well told. I enjoyed it a lot and up to the last chapters would have said I wouldn’t have listened to book 2. But then everything comes together in the end and I …
Now, this is very new to me! This storyline is refreshing! We have a group of guys playing a tabletop role-playing game that encounter an event that results in the death of all four. However, the story continues with what happens to the non-player characters when these guys die! Coming to realize that dead characters were off to join a …
I enjoy Drew Hayes’ books. His writes great stories with great characters. He uses language well for the most part without using too many big words.
There is violence in this story, but I didn’t fin it too gory.
I wouldn’t recommend it for young children, but for teenagers or adults who enjoy fantasy I do recommend this story.
The one note I …
Really enjoyable read. Characters worth caring about.