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3.61 of 5 stars
They called themselves the Black Foxes, a group of adventure gamers who had proved the big winners in the virtual reality tournaments. In the "real... read full description

reviews

Mar 24, 2009
Emeyin rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Pretty good book. Alternating between a fantasy world in a virtual reality and the modern world. It starts off slow but then there came a point in the book where I could not set the book down. A little different from what I'm used to but I enjoyed it.
Jul 25, 2010
Paul rated it: 4 of 5 stars
This book is a stand-alone story. You don't have to invest your time into a long drawn-out series; one book, one story. Because I appreciated that it earned a fourth star. It's not McKiernan's best work but it held my interest and I enjoyed it. Creative combination of sci-fi and fantasy.
Jan 23, 2008
Boognish3 rated it: 4 of 5 stars
I almost always thoroughly enjoy McKiernan's books. I loved his Mithgar series and really loved his book Dragondoom. This is another book that I read years ago and decided to re-read. It is a good book, with solid elements of sci-fi and fantasy. Sometimes I get a bit bored during the philosophical discussions, but it isn't necessarily so much that they are poorly written as that I want to skip forward to the action--bad me. If you like fantasy and haven't checked out any of Dennis McKiernan's bo More...
Nov 05, 2010
Amberle rated it: 3 of 5 stars
kinda long and hard to get into but a very good book once you get into it you don't want to put it down
Jun 26, 2007
Willow rated it: 5 of 5 stars
This is one of my favorite sci-fi books of all time! It is appropriate for all ages and offers many thought-worthy topics about AI and fantasy.
Oct 08, 2008
Sara rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Loved this book
Feb 09, 2012
Sadwyrn rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Feb 08, 2012
Nicki rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Feb 04, 2012
Scott rated it: 2 of 5 stars
Feb 02, 2012
David rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Feb 01, 2012
Soo rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Jan 31, 2012
Melissa rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Jan 26, 2012
Charles rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Jan 23, 2012
Brian marked it as to-read
Jan 22, 2012
Stephanie rated it: 2 of 5 stars
Jan 20, 2012
Mel marked it as to-read
Jan 18, 2012
Sallie rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Jan 17, 2012
Teri marked it as to-read
Jan 15, 2012
Steve rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Jan 10, 2012
Sa marked it as to-read
Jan 08, 2012
Kender rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Jan 07, 2012
Frank rated it: 2 of 5 stars
Jan 07, 2012
Neil rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Dec 26, 2011
Matt added it
Dec 15, 2011
Christopher rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Dec 12, 2011
Jeff rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Dec 06, 2011
Susan rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Dec 06, 2011
Jason rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Dec 06, 2011
Carol rated it: 1 of 5 stars
Dec 01, 2011
Val rated it: 2 of 5 stars