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A review by netslummer
Ire of the Void by Richard Lee Byers
4.0
If you said to me "Hey, Nick, I know your favorite board game is Eldritch Horror. Pick an investigator and we'll give you a book with them as the main character!", Norman Withers would be very far down on the list. Give me an Ashcan Pete or a Skids O'Toole.
However this book was actually super fun. I know they're all a bit camp and lame if you're not super into the characters from the Arkham Horror media based on Lovecraft, but I'm a big fan of it and that probably skews my opinion of the books I've read so far.
In this Norman meets a pupil of Einstein named Claus Schmidt giving a guest lecture at Miskatonic University. Schmidt is interested in "discontinuities" within space-time (gates into other worlds, basically) in Arkham where people in the past have disappeared without a trace. Obviously things go awry as the pair are investigating one of these anomalies and Norman must research these historic past events and try to piece together how to rescue his new friend.
It's a fun read. If you're already invested in the characters via the board game or other Arkham media like I am, I fully recommend checking this out.
However this book was actually super fun. I know they're all a bit camp and lame if you're not super into the characters from the Arkham Horror media based on Lovecraft, but I'm a big fan of it and that probably skews my opinion of the books I've read so far.
In this Norman meets a pupil of Einstein named Claus Schmidt giving a guest lecture at Miskatonic University. Schmidt is interested in "discontinuities" within space-time (gates into other worlds, basically) in Arkham where people in the past have disappeared without a trace. Obviously things go awry as the pair are investigating one of these anomalies and Norman must research these historic past events and try to piece together how to rescue his new friend.
It's a fun read. If you're already invested in the characters via the board game or other Arkham media like I am, I fully recommend checking this out.