- Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (Aug 1 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0786916362
- ISBN-13: 978-0786916368
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.4 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,630,096 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
It's all true.
It's not a nightmare.
It's all possible.
It's not a nightmare.
It's all possible.
An unspeakable evil stirs beneath the nation's capital, the gateway to a world of terror few have seen. The Hoffman Institute may be our only defense . . . but is it part of the solution or part of the problem?
Reality and paranoia collide when dark forces converge on a world that seems normal. This is In Hollow Houses, the first novel in a new line of dark, contemporary fantasy fiction.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Writing Draws You Through An Incomplete Story,
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This review is from: In Hollow Houses (Mass Market Paperback)
Compelling narrative keeps you turning the pages. Plot point management makes you wish you had picked up a different book. If you understand that the book is an introduction to Wizards Of The Coasts new game setting, you can forgive a certain amount loose ends, unanswered questions, stock dialogue, and "X-Files Lite" feel. As game setting intro novels go, this story is better than most in that regard. But the book needed to be about twice as long to satisfyingly cover the science and philosophical implications that it raises. Instead, such issues are brought up, gushed over in a way that interrupts the story as you try to wrap your head around the verbiage, then dropped. I will say that the last chapter was touching enough that I decided to give the second book in the series ('If Whispers Call' by another author) a spin and see if things get any better.Read this book if you want a few thrills with no emotional commitment to the story or its characters. If you want something deeper, read an X-Files novel.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pick this up, WotC has never had a better series,
By "netrunner27" (Grand Rapids MI) - See all my reviews
This review is from: In Hollow Houses (Mass Market Paperback)
This book was flat out excellent. It lost a star for having some pointlessness toward the middle, but the ending and characters can make up for everything. The actual storyline uses the campaign steeting that far exceeded the actual game's quality for a base. The Dark Matter setting is one of strict paranoia and rampant paranormal activity, and this lives up to the standard. Plus, this is the precursor to one of the most entertaining books I've ever read, If Whispers Call. Think a less overly mysterious X-files mixed with NYPD Blue. Quality.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Review 4,
This review is from: In Hollow Houses (Mass Market Paperback)
Damn good book. I've played the RPG it's based on, which is in itself an excellent game, and the book lives up to and surpasses it's inspiration. Dark, gritty, and suspensful only begin to describe it. It's only flaw was that the metaphysical musings were overly drawn out. The book also manages to stay true to the game setting, without requiring the reader to know a single thing about the game beforehand (or ever, for that matter). Reminds me a little bit of the X-files, but much, much darker and more suspensful, with cooler main characters and more colorful and developed supporting characters.
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