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Pawn

By: J. C. Ahern
Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso, Sean Patrick Hopkins
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Summary

Seventeen-year-old Rogue has always classified herself as socially awkward, preferring video games over a trip to the mall. When she wakes up in a forest, she finds that life as she knew it has changed forever, and she cannot remember how. In fact, she can't remember the last six months at all. As she navigates this new world she soon discovers a talent for combat and survival she'd never had before. A handy ability in a world where humans compete in a game governed by rules she can't remember.

Ronin, a talented 19-year-old, was wrenched from his Midwest home and forced to compete with a Skaki set. Despite the set's repeated losses, Ronin has proven himself a powerful player, his sights set on surviving each match - no matter the cost. When a new pawn is added to his set to replace one they lost, Ronin begins to break out of the shell he built around himself and reexamines what he and the other humans have become.

©2015 J.C. Ahern (P)2016 J.C. Ahern
Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Interesting story a new direction

I received this book as part of a promotion and was pleasantly surprised.

Initially I felt the story was a little slow to start as I wanted more detail and character backstory, which is my only complaint, but I would add that looking back it played really well with the theme and in reality was quick to draw me in.

The theme seems quite simple at first and is a variation on the "memory loss and how am I in a game" mechanic. I suspect this was why I was slow to get into the story as you don't get the whole background for quite a long time. But when it starts to unfold it keeps unfolding with more and more depth.

I enjoyed the characterisation and found the differences in most characters believable and well written. Whilst some of the plot is down to chance the MC is able to do well without the usual trope of being able to excel with no discernable reason.

Overall I really enjoyed the book and will buy the next one to see how the players develop.

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