Brilliant and imaginative best describe "The Simoqin Prophecies" - the first book of the Gameworld Trilogy.
Samit Basu has managed to create his fictional world with panache and precision. An intensely clever style of writing, the book does take about 50 pages of random events and people before the pieces start to make sense. The story then evolves at a pace and in a manner which makes the book unputdownable.
What’s real fun are the characters, which have been picked up across mythology and fiction. The names have been cleverly jumbled at times which upon unravelling makes one grin, almost ruefully at the context it has in our version of reality.
The humour in the book is not slapstick and even casual statements have an underlying hint of sarcasm and pun, though in all fairness this might be a turn off for some people.
The book does give the "Harry Potter Wizards" and the "Lord of the Ring Elves" a run for their money. Read the book with an open mind and I am sure you will be happy to get lost in this world of fantasy.
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