Windhammer by Joseph Ray James
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

In a tight market full of hardcore fans for various games who rarely cross over and try something new, 2031 proves to be a game changer (pun intended). A new Virtual Reality RPG game, Sorrowsong hits the markets and gamers are excited and lining up to try it out. One of them, Quentin falls in love with the game from the first moment. What he and millions of other players do not know is that the AI that controls the game is in cahoots with one of the NPC’s who does not want to die when the game is over. They hatch a plan to hold the millions of people who are trying the game hostage to get their demands met. Quentin must figure out a way to make friends while leveling up in the game to come together and defeat the AI and the rogue NPC.
Great plot and interesting characters. A fantastic delving into the world of gaming and a realistic view of how gamers interact with each other as well as the world they play in.


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