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Classic World of Darkness Fiction
Predator & Prey: Judge
Life is no longer what it seems for Douglas Sands. If he is to believe his eyes, creatures of childhood nightmares are real. Beasts lusting for blood stalk his family. A haunting apparition points toward the sins of his past. Is Sands mad or does the madness lie in the world around him. Who is fit to judge?This second book of the Predator & Prey series is also the first White Wolf novel about hunters, the newly empowered mortals who stand against the evil that lurks in the World of Darkness "RM".
288 pages, Paperback
First published December 26, 2001
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March 27, 2009
Not a well received book, I'm sure, but a very good glimpse into the imbuing of a Hunter.
December 18, 2023
I've been a fan of Hunter: The Reckoning (Hunter: The Reckoning) since I first played the game in 2007. For those of you who are unfamiliar with H:tR, it's a tabletop roleplaying game and is part of the Classic World of Darkness universe, along with Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Mage: The Ascension, and others. Predator & Prey: Judge is the second book in a six book series and a number of the character's backstories are set up in the first book, Predator & Prey: Vampire.
For fans of Hunter: The Reckoning, this book does an exceptional job of narrating the horrific ways being imbued changes a Hunter's life, the various ways hunters respond to the World of Darkness to which they are unceremoniously awakened, and how fragile human life is (even for a Hunter). It also does a great job of sprinkling in various "Edges" (supernatural powers given to Hunters upon their imbuing) and other game mechanics. It also does a great job of showing how mind-blowingly confusing the whole imbuing experience is for Hunters and provides lots of ideas for anyone interested in running their own Hunter: The Reckoning campaign.
The book begins with our protagonist, Douglas Sands, a middle-aged corporate manager who has yet to be awoken to the World of Darkness. The story builds slowly as we learn more about his past and present life, until the unnamed Messengers begin sending him warnings to alert him to the Monster in his immediate vicinity. After his "imbuing" (a game-term specific to H:tR where a mortal human suddenly becomes awoken of the Monsters of the World of Darkness), the author does a great job of detailing Douglas' response to this newfound monster, a response which is very befitting of a character in the "Judge" Creed (Creeds are the H:tR equivalent of D&D classes). A common theme within the H:tR game setting is the feelings of self-doubt many Hunters experience upon first being imbued ("Did I really see a monster?" "Why is nobody else responding to that monster?" "Have I lost my mind?"), as well as the constant push-and-pull between a Hunter's "real-life" responsibilities (e.g. career, partner, mortgage, kids etc) and their new responsibilities of addressing the monsters that walk among us, all of which Predator & Prey: Judge covers very well.
I concur with the other reviewer that Douglas doesn't begin as a sympathetic hero, but I loved every minute of his story and my sympathy grew for him as the book went on. I haven't read the next four books in the series yet so I'm not sure where his character arc will take him, but I can't wait to find out.
For fans of Hunter: The Reckoning, this book does an exceptional job of narrating the horrific ways being imbued changes a Hunter's life, the various ways hunters respond to the World of Darkness to which they are unceremoniously awakened, and how fragile human life is (even for a Hunter). It also does a great job of sprinkling in various "Edges" (supernatural powers given to Hunters upon their imbuing) and other game mechanics. It also does a great job of showing how mind-blowingly confusing the whole imbuing experience is for Hunters and provides lots of ideas for anyone interested in running their own Hunter: The Reckoning campaign.
The book begins with our protagonist, Douglas Sands, a middle-aged corporate manager who has yet to be awoken to the World of Darkness. The story builds slowly as we learn more about his past and present life, until the unnamed Messengers begin sending him warnings to alert him to the Monster in his immediate vicinity. After his "imbuing" (a game-term specific to H:tR where a mortal human suddenly becomes awoken of the Monsters of the World of Darkness), the author does a great job of detailing Douglas' response to this newfound monster, a response which is very befitting of a character in the "Judge" Creed (Creeds are the H:tR equivalent of D&D classes). A common theme within the H:tR game setting is the feelings of self-doubt many Hunters experience upon first being imbued ("Did I really see a monster?" "Why is nobody else responding to that monster?" "Have I lost my mind?"), as well as the constant push-and-pull between a Hunter's "real-life" responsibilities (e.g. career, partner, mortgage, kids etc) and their new responsibilities of addressing the monsters that walk among us, all of which Predator & Prey: Judge covers very well.
I concur with the other reviewer that Douglas doesn't begin as a sympathetic hero, but I loved every minute of his story and my sympathy grew for him as the book went on. I haven't read the next four books in the series yet so I'm not sure where his character arc will take him, but I can't wait to find out.
May 5, 2018
Så, denne her bog samler nogle af de løse tråde fra første bind op. Grunden til, at der ingen Hunters er i bind 1, er, at de dukker op her - som venner og familie til ofrene fra bind 1. Ja, nemlig, ja.
Sands, vores hovedperson, er et røvhul, som kun er på sig selv. Han opdager et monster, som holder øje med den pige, han er sin kone utro med. Og derfra tager plottet så fat - er han tosset, eller kan han rent faktisk noget sejt?
Jeg glæder mig til bind 3!
Sands, vores hovedperson, er et røvhul, som kun er på sig selv. Han opdager et monster, som holder øje med den pige, han er sin kone utro med. Og derfra tager plottet så fat - er han tosset, eller kan han rent faktisk noget sejt?
Jeg glæder mig til bind 3!
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