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The Mongoliad: Book One by Greg Bear, Mark Teppo, Erik Bear
5.0

At times I was riveted, glued to my seat, needing to find out what would happen to a certain character. At other times, I had the ipad pulled out, looking up historic maps and reading back stories on referenced historical figures. All in all, a very fun book that has clued me in to a rather significant European experience I new absolutely nothing about. Ie, after Genghis Khan conquered much of Asia, his son's generals pushed the boundaries of the Mongolian empire even further and waid laste to much of eastern Europe.

After finishing this book, I googled the author and learned that the Mongoliad was initially published through a unique online collaboration of authors that produced text and graphic chapters in a serial format, supplemented by fan fiction contributions. Whatever they did worked, because I really enjoyed the first book and will definitely seek out the second.