The Excisionists: Book 1

by Rebecca Jensen

Not all games are created equal and not everyone fits into a society where decisions are made by the few. Those who refuse to adhere to societies ideals have been given a choice to either enter the game or be implanted with a device to ensure compliance with the rules. As a group of players band together to fight against the system, they uncover the disturbing truth about who’s really in charge and what the game is doing to the players. Can they find their way out of the game before it’s too late, and what will they become if they can’t? The Excisionists is a powerful exploration of the imagination that puts a magnifying glass on the effects of technological advances and how our world could change when video games are used for more than a distraction.

316 pages, Paperback

Published November 10, 2018

Reviews

[Travis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok, I have to say, this was a pretty book, the story was odd, but interesting, and I would willingly read more in the series, as long as they don't get bogged down in the details, as most of the fun of the gamelit books is the progression, and there's precious little of that here. Add to that the fact that this book seriously needs another round or two of proofreading, what with the numerous places of was used instead of off, and the phrase pass off was used so many times in such different circumstances, I never did figure out what it was supposed to mean, and of course, the ever present though instead of through, and you get a rather typical Gamelit entry. The good thing about this story though is the fact that it's grammar errors weren't so bad that it broke you out of the reader trance, thus making the story tough to read. If you're a scifi fan, and you like the gamelit genre, then this book is one you should take a look at, because it might interest you. If however, you aren't the kind of person who can handle a book just up and stopping for no apparent reason, you might want to give this one a pass, because where this one ends makes no sense, and it leaves almost everything unexplained, and doesn't even complete the current scene that was occurring when it quit. I realize these are tropes to get readers to pick up the next book in the series, but the least an author can do is to actually end the book someplace that makes sense, just cutting it off in the middle of what basically boils down to an info dump is just piss poor design in my opinion.