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'A great read for RuneScape lore fans and for those interested in beginning the game.' --Massively
'Betrayal at Falador gives readers the RuneScape adventure they need.' --Geek Native
'A fast-paced monster bashing epic with good use of military strategy and an easy to follow multithreaded plot with enough twists to keep the interest level high.' --Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books
'I was up until 2am because I wanted to know how it all ended...I would definitely recommend this book to fans of the fantasy genre.' --The Sixth Axis
'Layered and exciting and chock full of magic and monsters. With exciting action sequences but also carefully introduced character development, the book is enjoyable from start to finish.'--Geeks.co.uk
'Betrayal at Falador is a fun, easy, and enthralling book to read from start to finish and it will get me looking for more from T.S. Church.' --Shakefire
'[T.S. Church's] battle writing prowess augurs well for future tales.' --Fantasy Book Review
'T.S. Church has done a very good job of making both the book and the world of RuneScape almost universally available. His characters are well-rounded, the dialogue is believable, and the tensions in his story are real and palpable.' --MMORPG.com
'Layered and exciting and chock full of magic and monsters. With exciting action sequences but also carefully introduced character development, the book is enjoyable from start to finish.' --Geeks.co.uk
'I was up until 2am because I wanted to know how it all ended...I would definitely recommend this book to fans of the fantasy genre.' --The Sixth Axis
'Betrayal at Falador gives readers the RuneScape adventure they need.' --Geek Native
'A fast-paced monster bashing epic with good use of military strategy and an easy to follow multithreaded plot with enough twists to keep the interest level high.' --Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books
'I was up until 2am because I wanted to know how it all ended...I would definitely recommend this book to fans of the fantasy genre.' --The Sixth Axis
'Layered and exciting and chock full of magic and monsters. With exciting action sequences but also carefully introduced character development, the book is enjoyable from start to finish.'--Geeks.co.uk
'Betrayal at Falador is a fun, easy, and enthralling book to read from start to finish and it will get me looking for more from T.S. Church.' --Shakefire
'[T.S. Church's] battle writing prowess augurs well for future tales.' --Fantasy Book Review
'T.S. Church has done a very good job of making both the book and the world of RuneScape almost universally available. His characters are well-rounded, the dialogue is believable, and the tensions in his story are real and palpable.' --MMORPG.com
'Layered and exciting and chock full of magic and monsters. With exciting action sequences but also carefully introduced character development, the book is enjoyable from start to finish.' --Geeks.co.uk
'I was up until 2am because I wanted to know how it all ended...I would definitely recommend this book to fans of the fantasy genre.' --The Sixth Axis
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With over 100 million active accounts, RuneScape is widely recognised as the world s most popular MMORPG. Betrayal at Falador is the first ever tie-in novel to RuneScape. In the kingdom of Asgarnia, though the Knights of Falador defend the land and protect the people, they face threats that clamor from all sides and from within. Enemies mass at the borders, and a killer stalks the night, killing innocents and slipping away unseen. When a young woman appears in the teeth of the storm, her sudden arrival launches a chain of events that endangers the very fabric of magic. And unless the knights can solve the riddle of Kara-Meir, everything they hold close may be lost. Their one hope may lie in the hands, not of a knight, but of an untested squire named Theodore.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I LOVED THIS BOOK!
Having never heard of the Game, this title meant absolutely nothing to me, but I was captured by the imaginative artwork, easy-on-the-eye print and short chapters. (I just hate long Chapters - apart from anything else, short chapters make convenient breaks and one does not feel 'overwhelmed' by a thicker than usual novel)
Hooked by the very first paragraph; 'atmosphere' is by far the key word that strongly comes to mind to describe this; it simply 'oozes' with the stuff and rises from the pages like smoke! Lots of 'night' and Woods, Forests and fantasy characters; Goblins, Witches, Dwarfs etc. I got worried shortly after starting the book, and having read other Reviews all over the Internet where people had put emphasis on the 'full of action' bit, and plenty of battle scenes, as these are not really up my street if there are too many of them, as the stories that surround many of them tend to lack substance and interesting narrative, however; the first hundred or so pages - none of this is at all apparent, and so I was suitably 'hooked'! But there is plenty of mystery and excitement throughout. This is also such a lovely time of year to read these kinds of books - November/December, and long dark nights. The best time to read this is during the dead of night and in bed with a bedside lamp - in the daytime, the marvellous atmosphere created in the this wonderful narrative would almost certainly be lost... I was SO thrilled to stumble upon this gem, as anyone will see from my last few Reviews that I have unfortunately come upon several books in succession which have not been good and made poor reads, and it now seems for the first time in such a long time I managed to start a really good book, and haven't yearned constantly for the end so that I could start something more interesting. Another pleasant surprise here were the easy and very pronounceable names. All too often in this genre, one is apt to be faced with countless long and clumsy inventions for words that make for difficult reading - particularly for the names of people and places.
This has to be the most exciting and greatest book I have ever read! It's indeed a credit to the author who can write a book based upon a game someone has never played or heard of, yet is able to so enjoy! I kept dreading the battle scenes in case this spoilt things and made me lose interest - but even those were good! I thoroughly enjoyed the battle between the Lady Kara and 'Marius' - talk about a page turner! Okay; so the last hundred or so pages were basically nothing but un-diluted fighting, but the author has to consider those that love that type of thing. I tolerated it, and it was still very well-written. There were a few twists and surprises that made for good finales and all worthwhile
I cannot recommend this book too highly - it will be a long time before I read another so atmospheric!
Simply magic!
Having never heard of the Game, this title meant absolutely nothing to me, but I was captured by the imaginative artwork, easy-on-the-eye print and short chapters. (I just hate long Chapters - apart from anything else, short chapters make convenient breaks and one does not feel 'overwhelmed' by a thicker than usual novel)
Hooked by the very first paragraph; 'atmosphere' is by far the key word that strongly comes to mind to describe this; it simply 'oozes' with the stuff and rises from the pages like smoke! Lots of 'night' and Woods, Forests and fantasy characters; Goblins, Witches, Dwarfs etc. I got worried shortly after starting the book, and having read other Reviews all over the Internet where people had put emphasis on the 'full of action' bit, and plenty of battle scenes, as these are not really up my street if there are too many of them, as the stories that surround many of them tend to lack substance and interesting narrative, however; the first hundred or so pages - none of this is at all apparent, and so I was suitably 'hooked'! But there is plenty of mystery and excitement throughout. This is also such a lovely time of year to read these kinds of books - November/December, and long dark nights. The best time to read this is during the dead of night and in bed with a bedside lamp - in the daytime, the marvellous atmosphere created in the this wonderful narrative would almost certainly be lost... I was SO thrilled to stumble upon this gem, as anyone will see from my last few Reviews that I have unfortunately come upon several books in succession which have not been good and made poor reads, and it now seems for the first time in such a long time I managed to start a really good book, and haven't yearned constantly for the end so that I could start something more interesting. Another pleasant surprise here were the easy and very pronounceable names. All too often in this genre, one is apt to be faced with countless long and clumsy inventions for words that make for difficult reading - particularly for the names of people and places.
This has to be the most exciting and greatest book I have ever read! It's indeed a credit to the author who can write a book based upon a game someone has never played or heard of, yet is able to so enjoy! I kept dreading the battle scenes in case this spoilt things and made me lose interest - but even those were good! I thoroughly enjoyed the battle between the Lady Kara and 'Marius' - talk about a page turner! Okay; so the last hundred or so pages were basically nothing but un-diluted fighting, but the author has to consider those that love that type of thing. I tolerated it, and it was still very well-written. There were a few twists and surprises that made for good finales and all worthwhile
I cannot recommend this book too highly - it will be a long time before I read another so atmospheric!
Simply magic!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a hard core player of RuneScape, I have spent many many hours in front of the computer traveling the realm of Geilinor, sword in one hand, fishing rod or cooking pans in the other. I have to say from the very outset I was surprised at the quality of the novel. As a first time author I think Church has to be commended in bringing to life a world a player only ever partially inhabits. For example, he has altered the distances it takes to get from Falador to the Black Knights (or Kinshra) fortress: now it is a few days, in the game of course it is only scant minutes. However, it is this adjustment that adds a realistic aspect to the events and makes it a workable novel - if he had written it without this consideration, direct from the game, then any realism would have been lost in trying to mirror the game too closely.
The plot itself is intriguing and fast-moving. It starts as a riddle. Who is this near-dead girl who is teleported to our castle? What does this mean? Tasked with finding out, we follow the young Squire Theodore on an adventure to see the druids of Taverley, meeting on the adventure Doric (a dwarf), Ebenezer, a scientist/alchemist, the wizard Castimir, and the mysterious Gar'rth. Their journey all roll into one when they are reunited at the barbarian village, and from then on the onslaught of the Kinshra and the war that follows consumes the rest of the tale. The characters themselves are all well-drawn and I particularly liked Kara, the mysterious heroine who was realistically vulnerable under her hard edge. Without that, I think anyway, she would have been very unlikable.
I suppose it is a war story at heart, so I should say that action is part and parcel of the story, and the choices that each of the main characters must make under pressure are quite realistic which brings you closer to them. (I like the part when Theodore first kills someone in a battle and then immediately feels shocked about it - it's a welcome difference from other fantasy books where the heroes wade through ranks of the enemy without a thought or care for their actions). However, I did feel the action was at times too much. I would like to have seen more of the many skills that are available to players in game (although I suppose fishing does get a scene - and a very good one to be honest. Fire making to a less of a degree and magic of course.)
I am very glad I have read this and it has enlivened my sense of adventure when I play the game. Now, a trek that I once took for granted, say from Varrock to Falador, has been made far more interesting, one where my imagination is always at play, wondering, just what is over the horizon?
The plot itself is intriguing and fast-moving. It starts as a riddle. Who is this near-dead girl who is teleported to our castle? What does this mean? Tasked with finding out, we follow the young Squire Theodore on an adventure to see the druids of Taverley, meeting on the adventure Doric (a dwarf), Ebenezer, a scientist/alchemist, the wizard Castimir, and the mysterious Gar'rth. Their journey all roll into one when they are reunited at the barbarian village, and from then on the onslaught of the Kinshra and the war that follows consumes the rest of the tale. The characters themselves are all well-drawn and I particularly liked Kara, the mysterious heroine who was realistically vulnerable under her hard edge. Without that, I think anyway, she would have been very unlikable.
I suppose it is a war story at heart, so I should say that action is part and parcel of the story, and the choices that each of the main characters must make under pressure are quite realistic which brings you closer to them. (I like the part when Theodore first kills someone in a battle and then immediately feels shocked about it - it's a welcome difference from other fantasy books where the heroes wade through ranks of the enemy without a thought or care for their actions). However, I did feel the action was at times too much. I would like to have seen more of the many skills that are available to players in game (although I suppose fishing does get a scene - and a very good one to be honest. Fire making to a less of a degree and magic of course.)
I am very glad I have read this and it has enlivened my sense of adventure when I play the game. Now, a trek that I once took for granted, say from Varrock to Falador, has been made far more interesting, one where my imagination is always at play, wondering, just what is over the horizon?
Format:Paperback
Betrayal at Falador is a great read. It manages to capture the reader's imagination and really imagine what RuneScape would be as if the reader was actually there. Even if a non-RuneScape player was to read this book, they would easily imagine what it would be like to be there. The introduction to the book and characters are brilliant and the ending is good, too.
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