Published Date: May 1, 2019
Publishing Co.: 47North
Pages: 201
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
A group of D&D playing friends in the 80s struggle with their friend’s deadly illness, life drama and a stranger from the future who needs them to steal something from a tech company.
It’s incredibly hard to review a 201 page book without revealing too much about the plot and any surprises.
I found the characters to be enjoyable, relatable and fully able to carry the story to the places it went. The story itself was fast paced, only slowing down when our MC was dealing with his chemotherapy. Here, I thought Lawrence excelled at how it must feel to be battling a deadly disease. My one is issue is the ease with which they break into a tech company, their only real obstacle something completely unrelated to their mission.
This would work well as a stand alone so I’m not entirely sure where Lawrence will head with books 2 & 3.
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I’m going to binge read this series at some point, I’m just so curious!
You should! I think you could easily do it in one day, the whole series.
I was under the impression it WAS a standalone until I saw arcs all over the place for book 2. Maybe it was successful enough that he kept on writing even though he didn’t initially intend to?
I knew it wasn’t only because I follow the author’s blog and he announced all three at the same time.
Glad you found this one enjoyable and hope you like book 2 🙂 Great review!
Thank you. 🙂 Book two does sound interesting.
I’ve been meaning to pick this up since I adored his Book of the Ancestor trilogy. Glad to hear another positive review for this! 😀
I need to continue the Ancestor trilogy, I’ve sorely neglected it!