Questland

By: Carrie Vaughn

Narrated by: Erin Bennett

""Questland is a thrill ride . . . Richly imagined, action-packed, maximum fun."" — Charles Yu, New York Times bestselling author of Interior Chinatown

YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A MAZE FULL OF TWISTY PASSAGES . . .

Literature professor Dr. Addie Cox is living a happy, if sheltered, life in her ivory tower when Harris Lang, the famously eccentric billionaire tech genius, offers her an unusual job. He wants her to guide a mercenary strike team sent to infiltrate his island retreat off the northwest coast of the United States. Addie is puzzled by her role on the mission until she understands what Lang has built: Insula Mirabilis, an isolated resort where tourists will one day pay big bucks for a convincing, high-tech-powered fantasy-world experience, complete with dragons, unicorns, and, yes, magic.

Unfortunately, one of the island's employees has gone rogue and activated an invisible force shield that has cut off all outside communication. A Coast Guard cutter attempting to pass through the shield has been destroyed. Suspicion rests on Dominic Brand, the project’s head designer—and Addie Cox's ex-boyfriend. Lang has tasked Addie and the mercenary team with taking back control of the island at any cost.

But Addie is wrestling demons of her own—and not the fantastical kind. Now, she must navigate the deadly traps of Insula Mirabilis as well as her own past trauma. And no d20, however lucky, can help Addie make this saving throw.

“Gamers rejoice! Carrie Vaughn has conjured up a fun and fast-paced story filled with elves, d20s, and Monty Python riffs.” — Monte Cook, ENnie Award-winning creator of the Numenera roleplaying game

Phenomenal! On point for Many Genres!

An amazing blend of tabletop game, fantasy literature, and video game references make this book already fun plotline full of little easter eggs that will have you nodding and smiling across so many fandoms!

Excellently crafted with a good mixture of description and action, this was a very fun read!

Such an exciting story

Carrie Vaughn's voice is so great. She's combined adventure, excitement, magic, danger and romance in a fairytale dreamscape. What could possibly go wrong? What indeed! Oh my!

Not Her Best

It's a fast, fun read, but not one of Carrie's best. She again has a weak/damaged protagonist, which always takes me a few deep breaths to deal with, and I just didn't have enough invested in her and the characters by the end of the book to care that much.

Good Read

Maybe a 4 star is a little harsh, because it was a good read, however I am not a seasoned reviewer. Enjoyed the story having so many allusions to other pieces of literature in the same genre, brought the story to life as a relatable story that could actually happen.

Quick, easy and fun

at first I felt like this book wouldn't be enough for me, my fantasy I usually love is described and explored to its fullest extent. I feel like this is a fantasy/ action book for those with ADHD. enough action to keep you excited, enough delving into various fantasy aspects for the fantasy reader, some slight tensions here and there as all books have. so 100%. I recommend this to anyone who loves a little gaming, tabletop gaming, fantasy movies, '80s and '90s nostalgia. it's all there.