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<blockquote data-quote="Maniac" data-source="post: 1015067" data-attributes="member: 2863">I read all of the books many years ago.&nbsp;&nbsp; Due to the fact that there are several authors that contributed to the series there is a great variety of style.&nbsp; In a continuing story such as this I found it to be quite jarring at times when starting a new book with a different author.&nbsp; Also, the abilities of the characters varied widly as the different authors took over.&nbsp; I really enjoyed the first few books as it presented an extremly mysterious and fantastic world with a great many mysteries going on.&nbsp; I really love having stories with mysterious overlords pulling the strings.As I recall the 4th book went in some unusuall direction which at first I did not like but it grew on me as I read it. Then I got to the 5th book.&nbsp; I cannot emphasize how much of a dissapointment this was.&nbsp; I was livid out how horrible it turned out.&nbsp;&nbsp; I wanted my money back.&nbsp; I even started to write my own ending for it.The author for this one was the same as the first.&nbsp; He ignored much of the occurances and tension built in the middle 3 books and completed the story as he must have envisioned from HIS start.&nbsp; &nbsp; Many of the characters others had introduced were simply dropped.&nbsp; The protagonist whose character had grown imensly from the 1st book was treated almost as if he had not learned anything from his ordeal and the overall ending was so rediculous that I don't know what to say about it.There were many cool things in the book&nbsp; - Large intelligent spiders, a girl from the future with a cybernetic energy shield, a strange alien creature cloaked in a black rob with tentacle like hands.&nbsp; It is defintely a games world and the group is exaclty like a party of adventurers.&nbsp; You can almost tell when they gain a level.&nbsp; So, there are some cool things in it but you've got to be prepared for the awful last book (I would recommend not even reading it).M.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maniac, post: 1015067, member: 2863"] I read all of the books many years ago. Due to the fact that there are several authors that contributed to the series there is a great variety of style. In a continuing story such as this I found it to be quite jarring at times when starting a new book with a different author. Also, the abilities of the characters varied widly as the different authors took over. I really enjoyed the first few books as it presented an extremly mysterious and fantastic world with a great many mysteries going on. I really love having stories with mysterious overlords pulling the strings. As I recall the 4th book went in some unusuall direction which at first I did not like but it grew on me as I read it. Then I got to the 5th book. I cannot emphasize how much of a dissapointment this was. I was livid out how horrible it turned out. I wanted my money back. I even started to write my own ending for it. The author for this one was the same as the first. He ignored much of the occurances and tension built in the middle 3 books and completed the story as he must have envisioned from HIS start. Many of the characters others had introduced were simply dropped. The protagonist whose character had grown imensly from the 1st book was treated almost as if he had not learned anything from his ordeal and the overall ending was so rediculous that I don't know what to say about it. There were many cool things in the book - Large intelligent spiders, a girl from the future with a cybernetic energy shield, a strange alien creature cloaked in a black rob with tentacle like hands. It is defintely a games world and the group is exaclty like a party of adventurers. You can almost tell when they gain a level. So, there are some cool things in it but you've got to be prepared for the awful last book (I would recommend not even reading it). M. [/QUOTE]

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