ORIGINAL POST Readers with short attention spans may skip to the end for the abridged review. I can confirm that the book is available in the U.S. through Amazon.co.uk . So I read EVE: The Empyrean Age by Tony Gonzales, now a published author who is also the Lead Writer for EVE Online at Crowd Control Productions. Before the novel, he was known for his two novellas set in the game universe, Theodicy and Ruthless . This latest work details the events approaching Zero Hour, the momentous battles that kicked off the war between the four empires of New Eden. As stated in the previous post, I normally make it a point to avoid books based on entertainment franchises. God knows the world would not miss the dozens of Warcraft and Star Wars novels which occupy metres of shelf space in otherwise reputable bookstores. "Oh no! The Burning Legion threatens to destroy Azeroth!" "Oh no! A heretofore unknown Sith lord threatens the love child of Yoda and a heretofore unknown but beautiful mysterious rogue female internally conflicted jedi!" Even worse are the thousand-odd extended synopses of Star Trek episodes that clog the racks of used book stores everywhere. I digresss. The focus of the book is on major characters, rather than events as such, which is refreshing given that nearly all of the backstory for EVE Online's latest expansion pack has come in the form of news bulletins. The war is accepted as inevitable, but outside of the novel, the reader ...
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ORIGINAL POST Readers with short attention spans may skip to the end for the abridged review. I can confirm that the book is available in the U.S. through Amazon.co.uk . So I read EVE: The Empyrean Age by Tony Gonzales, now a published author who is also the Lead Writer for EVE Online at Crowd Control Productions. Before the novel, he was known for his two novellas set in the game universe, Theodicy and Ruthless . This latest work details the events approaching Zero Hour, the momentous battles that kicked off the war between the four empires of New Eden. As stated in the previous post, I normally make it a point to avoid books based on entertainment franchises. God knows the world would not miss the dozens of Warcraft and Star Wars novels which occupy metres of shelf space in otherwise reputable bookstores. "Oh no! The Burning Legion threatens to destroy Azeroth!" "Oh no! A heretofore unknown Sith lord threatens the love child of Yoda and a heretofore unknown but beautiful mysterious rogue female internally conflicted jedi!" Even worse are the thousand-odd extended synopses of Star Trek episodes that clog the racks of used book stores everywhere. I digresss. The focus of the book is on major characters, rather than events as such, which is refreshing given that nearly all of the backstory for EVE Online's latest expansion pack has come in the form of news bulletins. The war is accepted as inevitable, but outside of the novel, the reader ...