Co-authored with Travis Bach, her husband, FFO is no exception. I have always found Aaron’s books, from Eli Monpress to Heartstrikers to her latest DFZ series, to have that engaging quality which made it hard for me to leave them aside for long. Last Bastion is not a short book by any standards, but I finished it in under 2 days as it was super addictive. Regardless, it is testament to Aaron and Bach’s ability to spin a story that was so engrossing that I was barely able to put it down. Plot-wise, this is a pretty simple and straightforward narrative with an underlying commentary on how violence begets violence in a vicious cycle that will only destroy the people on either side of a conflict. Not exactly their idea of a safe haven from the constant danger and fighting they’ve encountered in the past few days. What greeted the player characters, however, was a city on fire and laden with corpses. A term used by the NPCs who are supposedly real people to describe their entrapment in the game environmen, the Nightmare is so named for the dreadful never-ending cycle ofreliving the quests the players undertake, oftentimes dying a painful death over and over again. Our main characters, James and Tina, arrived at the city of Bastion to seek refuge and find some answers after the world of FFO was suddenly released from the Nightmare. The story picked up immediately from the ending of the first book. Hence, they gave us a heart-pounding, fast-paced, action-packed and dangerously addictive MMORPG-style adventure in the world of Forever Fantasy Online with a great cast of characters. It seemed, however, that Rachel Aaron and Travis Bach decided that safety will be a bit boring for the fictional characters and the readers. Last Bastion by Rachel Aaron and Travis Bach. I received an advanced reading copy from the authors in exchange for an honest review.
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