Such Pain

Classic World of Darkness Fiction

by Don Bassingthwaite

Assuming control of a giant financial empire, former international playboy Aaron Barry plans to fire all of his father's financial advisers, get acquainted with a sexy young reporter, and return to the home that terrifies him. Original.

Genres: Horror, Fantasy, Fiction, World Of Darkness, Modern

325 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1995

About the author

Don lives with his partner in Toronto, surrounded by gadgets, spice jars, and too many books.

No, I don’t normally refer to myself in the third person. That’s the official author bio from the back of my most recent books. You want some other trivia?

I’m a fan of the serial comma.
I’m a huge fan of breakfast cereal.
I own one (and only one) stuffed animal — a Highland cow from Edinburgh named “Ewan MooGregor.”
I love Edinburgh and London — other large cities visited in the UK include Bath and Plymouth. I’ve also been to Cheddar where I ate a really good cheese sandwich.
I like cheese, especially hard and blue cheeses (Mmmm. Stilton.).
I look terrible in hats with the exception (for unknown reasons) of a few ball caps of particular colour and design.
I look good in rugby shirts, but don’t really own any as I neither play rugby nor follow the sport enough to feel honest buying the shirt of any particular team.
I don’t play or follow soccer either, but that didn’t stop me from choosing a “shirt team” in the last World Cup, wearing their shirt, and cheering for them in pubs. Go Netherlands!
To quote Paul S. Kemp, “Mmm. Beer.”
I have seriously considered buying a kilt. Update March 2008: The kilt has been bought!
Kilt, cow, and fondness for Edinburgh aside, I’m not Scottish.

More to come, I’m sure!

Reviews

[Krzysztof · Rating 3 out of 5]

Książka będzie zrozumiała dla osób zaznajomionych z grą Mag: Wstąpienie. Jeśli ktoś nie zna tego systemu to może mieć w kilku miejscach problemy ze zrozumieniem tego co lub dlaczego się dzieje. Mam też miejscami wrażenie, jakby książka była zapisem jakiejś sesji i są miejsca, w których autor jakby starał się utrzymując konwencję powieści wyjaśnić zasady gry. Jednak nie do końca chyba się to udaje, zwłaszcza że brak w tym konsekwencji skoro raz te wyjaśnienia się pojawiają a raz nie. Sama pozycja nie jest może jakaś zła, ale nie jest to też dzieło jakoś wybitne. Nawet dla kogoś, kto tak jak ja jest fanem tego systemu RPG.

[Max · Rating 2 out of 5]

I bought this book hoping it would be terible in a fun way, but it was pretty competent, if clunky at times. I was disappointed.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting story that serves to help paint of picture of the setting that is Mage - the Awakening. I've been interested in that setting, and this one offers a view of it. Can't say I'm disappointed as the way magic and reality is handled, the portrayal and development of the characters and plot makes this a good read.

[Paul De Senquisse · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not really badly written, but suffers from the usual pitfalls of licensed fiction: way too many words and sentences used to display gaming terms and jargon (sometimes you can almost hear the dice rolling) instead of focusing on the story, which is a shame because even if the ending was kinda predictable, the character development of some of the protagonists, especially Kate, was nicely done.