Move

by Conor Kostick

Everything comes with a price …

What if you could live in a universe where you were always the winner?

Pushed to his limits by a horrific accident, Liam discovers he has an amazing he can ‘move’ to parallel universes where things always turn out just the way he wants. But every time he moves the fabric of the metaverse begins to tear. And something evil begins to find its

way in ...

A gripping fantasy adventure story of the battle between a teenage boy and a terrible demon.

It is also the deeper tale of how Liam changes, emerging from the final crisis a much wiser person than the boy for whom the ability to swap universes made the world his toy.

A thrilling roller-coaster ride from an award-winning author.

Genres: Fantasy

223 pages, Paperback

First published September 19, 2008

About the author

Conor Kostick was a designer for the world's first live action role-playing game, Treasure Trap. He is the author of many historical, political and cultural articles. Epic was his first novel and was awarded a place on the International Board on Books for Young People Honours list for 2006 and on the Booklist Best Fantasy Books for Youth list for 2007. Set in a fantasy MMORPG, Epic can be considered an early example of LitRPG. The sequel to Epic, titled Saga, was first published in Ireland in 2006. Conor received a Special Merit Award from the Reading Association of Ireland in 2009.

In 2018, Conor joined Level Up as commissioning editor to publish LitRPG books.

https://www.levelup.pub/what-is-litrpg

Reviews

[Hallie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Didn't find this book as well done as Epic> or Saga - though it did have a lot of good stuff in it too. My favourite part was the trudge through a Hell-of-his-own-making (literally) near the end, but it was very allegorical indeed, and I think might seem pretty message-heavy to a lot. Not that I disagreed with the message, mind! I'll be interested to see how others react.

[Farah Mendlesohn · Rating 3 out of 5]

It reminded me strongly of William Sleator's The Last Universe but it's not as challenging. Essentially, it's a book about internal growth as a boy discovers that dodging out of trouble is undermining his personality.

I'm not keen on the girl-saviour narrative--girls are asked to save boys from themselves more than enough in society--and I wish that the hero of the book didn't remind me so much of Musk. Here fantasy power buys what in our world is bought with money or athleticism (see Steven Van Velde, the child rapist who is allowed to compete at International Level) or other stardom.

[Megan · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book had potential. There were moments of really cool multiverse sci-fi exploration that I really enjoyed. But, ultimately this felt too much like How to Become Buddhist 101 and not enough... I dunno, space dimension battles. Or whatever.
I also found the characters either completely unlikable (Liam) or one-dimensional (everyone else). You've got the heroic love interest, the mentor, the zany best friend, and the evil-because-they're-evil antagonist.
The villian and it's reveal is okay, but the ending is just soo Dante's Inferno-esque. If that's the way the book had pitched itself, maybe I wouldn't have minded.
I would not suggest reading this unless you have read Conor Kostick's Avatar Chronicles, which is one of my favorite series of all time.Go read Epic

[Januzrocket · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is daring. Kostick writes with so much flair and attitude. Engaging and fun read!