Cover of An Unwelcome QuestB
FinishedMarch 31, 2018
GradeB
GenreFantasy
PublisherMagic 2.0, 2015
★ Review · March 31, 2018

An Unwelcome Quest

by Scott Meyer


This is the third book in the Magic 2.0 series imagining if life were a computer program and people can become magicians by finding the source code. This was decent enough that I think I'll read the 4th book.

Publisher Description

Ever since Martin Banks and his fellow computer geeks discovered that reality is just a computer program to be happily hacked, they've been jaunting back and forth through time, posing as medieval wizards and having the epic adventures that other nerds can only dream of having. But even in their wildest fantasies, they never expected to end up at the mercy of the former apprentice whom they sent to prison for gross misuse of magic and all-around evil behavior. Who knew that the vengeful Todd would escape, then conjure a computer game packed with wolves, wenches, wastelands, and assorted harrowing hazards--and trap his hapless former friends inside it? Stripped of their magic powers, the would-be wizards must brave terrifying dangers, technical glitches, and one another's company if they want to see Medieval England--and their favorite sci-fi movies on VHS--ever again. Can our heroes survive this magical mystery torture? Or will it only lead them and their pointy hats into more peril?

Where this fits · 2018 reading log
Book 10 of 2018 · the 5th Fantasy read of the year.