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Fucking time capsules. By the time I got through reading Scavenger, I had heard enough about time capsules. The antagonist in this book was obsessed with them. Which is nerdy, I suppose. Anyway, let's look at the book, shall we?
Scavenger starts off strange. Well, not really "strange". But, it's as if we are thrown right into the middle of something without having been given much background knowledge. Just struck me as a little strange but I guess Morrell used it as a literary device. It's not that I didn't like it…
We start with out two main characters: Frank and Amanda. After the two attend a lecture about time capsules, Frank passes out and awakens to Amanda being gone. Turns out, she's been kidnapped and thrown into a twisted scavenger hunt game and, with a small team of others, must solve the riddle in 40 hours. The game master deftly points out that it takes the average gamer (video games, folks) about 40 hours to finish a well-done game. (Fuck that, I can do it in 26…amateurs).
So, Amanda and her small group of partners are out in the western wilderness looking for clues, following breadcrumbs, and trying to look for the all important Crypt of Civilization. There is infighting, adventure, exploration, and death.
Meanwhile, Frank is following his own set of breadcrumbs trying to track down Amanda and bring her to safety. I actually thought that the Frank plot line (before it converges with Amanda's) was actually really boring. It's blasphemy, I know. Frank is the protagonist, right? We always root for the protagonist, right?
Nah. Frank's kind of a bitch.
There is a happy ending. But, before the reuniting of the two lovers there is the reveal of who is the shadowy figure of the Game Master. Page after page, the Game Master is always behind the scenes, pulling strings, like a sadistic puppet master. But, when Frank "takes care of him" we see just how sad and pathetic the fucker really is.
That was cool, Morrell. I dug that Game Master reveal.
Overall, Scavenger was pretty good. I have certainly spent more time and money on lesser books.
Check out David Morrell's site at davidmorrell.net
Fucking time capsules. By the time I got through reading Scavenger, I had heard enough about time capsules. The antagonist in this book was obsessed with them. Which is nerdy, I suppose. Anyway, let's look at the book, shall we?
Scavenger starts off strange. Well, not really "strange". But, it's as if we are thrown right into the middle of something without having been given much background knowledge. Just struck me as a little strange but I guess Morrell used it as a literary device. It's not that I didn't like it…
We start with out two main characters: Frank and Amanda. After the two attend a lecture about time capsules, Frank passes out and awakens to Amanda being gone. Turns out, she's been kidnapped and thrown into a twisted scavenger hunt game and, with a small team of others, must solve the riddle in 40 hours. The game master deftly points out that it takes the average gamer (video games, folks) about 40 hours to finish a well-done game. (Fuck that, I can do it in 26…amateurs).
So, Amanda and her small group of partners are out in the western wilderness looking for clues, following breadcrumbs, and trying to look for the all important Crypt of Civilization. There is infighting, adventure, exploration, and death. Meanwhile, Frank is following his own set of breadcrumbs trying to track down Amanda and bring her to safety. I actually thought that the Frank plot line (before it converges with Amanda's) was actually really boring. It's blasphemy, I know. Frank is the protagonist, right? We always root for the protagonist, right?
Nah. Frank's kind of a bitch.
There is a happy ending. But, before the reuniting of the two lovers there is the reveal of who is the shadowy figure of the Game Master. Page after page, the Game Master is always behind the scenes, pulling strings, like a sadistic puppet master. But, when Frank "takes care of him" we see just how sad and pathetic the fucker really is.
That was cool, Morrell. I dug that Game Master reveal.
Overall, Scavenger was pretty good. I have certainly spent more time and money on lesser books.
Check out David Morrell's site at davidmorrell.net
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