What happens to them? Why are they sucked into this game like this? Finally someone passes the game on to him and he tries it out. Nick is at first one of those who don’t play the game. Those who don’t, either want to be part of what feels almost like a secret society, or they openly hate the game. Those who play it are not allowed to talk about it. So what’s it about? At a school in London, students exchange a computer game. Only that I think it would appeal to anyone, whether you like more fantastic stories, or only read realistic novels. Is it realistic? Is it fantasy? Science-fiction? I don’t want to say too much. Unfortunately for this review, part of the appeal is that we don’t really know what’s going on. It might be the thriller of the year for me. Imagine my surprise when I detected that Erebos wasn’t only well-written but so gripping and believable, I couldn’t put it down.
Some recent German thrillers that have made it into translation were anything but well written. Maybe because I wasn’t sure whether it was some sort of fantasy or a realistic thriller? And because I was worried about the writing. I must honestly say, when Lizzy suggested Erebos as her readalong title, I wasn’t thrilled.
Exciting, suspenseful and totally unputdownable. But what is virtual and what is reality? How far will Nick go to achieve his goal? And what does Erebos really want?Įnter Erebos at your own risk. As Nick loses friends and all sense of right and wrong in the real world, he gains power and advances further towards his online goal – to become one of the Inner Circle of Erebos. The game is highly addictive but asks its players to carry out actions in the real world in order to keep playing online, actions which become more and more terrifyingly manipulative. Nick is given a sinister but brilliant computer game called Erebos. Are you playing the game – or is the game playing you? A highly addictive thriller about power, manipulation and revenge.
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