Frantic, Manic, Science Fiction Goodness
Gunsight shows off the humorous side of Borderlands John Shirley’s latest novel Borderlands: Gunsight is a romance of rivals and a comedy of errors, all told by a tale within a tale technique. The center of the action is the tumultuous romantic relationship between Mordecai (a player character in Borderlands 1) and Daphne, a deadly interstellar […]
A Seaworthy Tale
Guild Wars: Sea of Sorrows is a fantastic story that not only stays true to the MMO, but offers its own nautical flavor that’s the equal to any pirate tale.
A Machiavellian Masterpiece
Halo: The Thursday War is the second book in the Kilo-Five Trilogy. It takes us into the shocking world of special operators, where good heroes do very bad things.
Another Hit For Agent 47
Author Raymond Benson skillfully humanizes Agent 47 in the Hitman: Damnation book, giving him personal dilemmas and a love interest beyond the game.
Following Dragon Age’s Freedom Fighters
Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne takes us into the world of Loghain Mac Tir when he was a freedom fighter and not a traitor to the realm.
Further Pushing The Borders
Borderlands #2: Unconquered tells us the story of another would-be conquer of Pandora, the psychopathic Gynella who drives men to ruin with her pleasure projector.
Gears Story Goes From Prison To War
The Gears of War: The Slab novel fleshes out Marcus Fenix from the game, and takes us from his horrible time in prison all the way to becoming a hero on the frontlines.
Head: Four Horsemen And Humor Make A Good Read
Darksiders: The Abomination Vault is based on the Darksiders game, and contains much of the same end of the world atmosphere, but with a bit of humor and plenty of action.
A Ghostly Halo
The second book of the Forerunner Saga by author Greg Bear, Halo: Primordium offers some great surprises for our favorite game world in this haunting, high-tech ghost story.
Gearing Up For War
The world of Gears of War 3 is a bit of a political and social wasteland, and in the Gears of War: Coalition’s End novel, we learn how things fell apart to set the stage for the game.