Черные флаги Архипелага

Fayroll #6

by Andrey Vasilyev, Андрей Васильев

Игрок предполагает, а разработчик располагает. Причуда создателей игры «Файролл» забрасывает журналиста Никифорова, известного в игровом сообществе как Хейген из Тронье, на неизведанные просторы Тигалийского архипелага, куда игрокам вход пока заказан. Впереди плеск волн, пиратские корабли, загадочные острова, встречи с корсарскими капитанами и морскими чудищами, сабельные бои и шутки богов. Да и в реальной жизни надо держать ухо востро — уж очень тесно завязывается узел событий вокруг шеи главного героя, того и гляди, в петельку совьется…

Genres: Litrpg, Fantasy, Russia

410 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

At times, I feel I was meant to be an innkeeper someplace on the outskirts of Bree in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. However, in real life, I am a much-celebrated Moscow-based author, as well as one of the originators of the relatively new, yet insanely popular, LitRPG genre that blends cyberpunk, classic sci-fi, and fantasy.

I started writing in my late 30’s and only “because there was nothing handy to read,” but after my first two books gained nearly instant acclaim, I had to give serious thought to changing my current banking career to that of a professional writer. Fortunately for my readers, who had voted his debut novel More Than a Game (link) the “Best Book of the Year 2014,” I never looked back after that.

Over the next few years, I continued work on the now-bestselling Fayroll series, maintained a blog, and participated in various multiple-author projects. I am also the author of The Raven’s Flock and The Arch series, which will soon be available in English.

Reviews

[Karl Ben-Shachar]

Well, I'm disappointed.

First off, I'll start by saying that I really enjoyed fayroll in general. But this book doesn't have the charm of the other five books. I found myself skimming most of the chapters, and noticing that I actually didn't miss anything important. It seems the author is cycling too many plot points at once. While leaving some of the interesting plot points (The burning legion, the Thunderbird clan rivalry, The Hounds of death sailing off, the global update) are not even really mentioned. The main NPC, Captain Daisy, is a very unlikeable character. This book was basically 'filler' and was better off as a side story.

[Johnny]

Book six

I only want to give this book a 3.5.
When you start hinting that the game is a battlefield between heaven and hell I tend to start losing interest, luckily their are only hints and they are blown off as silly.
Personally I think heaven and hell fighting for souls in a fantasy game is silly and lazy writing.
Come up with a better idea.
Now as a red-herring it is an excellent idea, as it throws both the reader and the MC off track.
I'm off to find book 7.

[Danae]

For me the worst of the series so far.
The inGame Action couldn't get my interest. Minimal progress in the big overall arcs. New characters that will most probably pay no role later on, no clan interactions ... What is the point in soloing in an MMORPG?
On the real world side we have some unbelievable mystic background and our MC is a spineless creature in his relations with Vika and his work crew.
I really hope the series gets back to its strength with the next episode. Not sure if I would read on if that is like this one.

[Lubos Elexa]

Ďalšia vata/filler v sérii. Kopa postáv, dlhé diskusie o geografii pirátskych morí, ktorá nikomu na nič nie je. To sme rovno mohli čítať o presune z bodu A do bodu B. Vzhľadom k tomu, že ma zaujíma uzavretie príbehu, tieto epizódne knihy mi prídu ako naťahovanie série. Už dve knihy sa vlastne neudialo nič podstatné. Pomaly aby sa "civilný dej" mimo hernú linku stal obohacujúcim mainstreamom.

[Victoria]

I was really excited about the pirate setting in this book! It makes a cool and interesting spin to a series I already love. The plot is really engaging, it seems like it's constantly full of action and something new is happening. I can't wait for the next book!

[Alison]

Wonderful

Sail the seas... complete quests... make friends in the most unlikely places... I’m loving the series... definitely should read in order... how much is the pod messing with your brain, is it a good vs evil in the real world... who are the “spies” working for...

[Bruce]

Great addition

This is a great book, in a great series. The Characters are bexoming more and more real every book. This may be my favorite so far.

[Suprio]

3.5

[Davidl Campbell'Sr]

Lot's Better

Well I rather spend more time in the fantasy world than that crazy realtime drama the series is very interesting I'm just not ready for love time aliens???

[Alexander Lototsky]

Как и локация, так и повествование выпало из серии. Единственное, что подогревало интерес — события в реальности ГГ.

[Reinis]

Sliktāka nekā citas daļas sērijā.
Galvenais iemesls, tas, ka nebija sadarbības ar citiem spēlētājiem.

[GiGi]

Nice change of pace, in a way, but in a way it also felt like filler

[Topher]

I was about halfway through this book when I started to think that I would probably give up on the series after this. It was feeling a bit too Russian, with the amount of power that corporations seem to have in the world (who knew that "capitalism run amuck" would end up synonymous with Russian?!?).

But, then, there was the meeting with the opposition. And, wow, that was a bit batshit. So now I'm interested to see which side is telling the truth - the completely nutso theory or something else entirely? And if the nutso theory, who are the third party people?

So, end result, at least one more book... if not all of them.

PS - made it 14% of the way through the next book (June 2021), really wasn't into it. Figured out that it seemed unlikely for the continuation of the series beyond book 11 to get translated, so this will be the last full book of the series I've read.