I recently found an email in my inbox from Skull Island Expeditions, the publishing wing of Privateer Press. This is not in and of itself unusual. I get their emails. This email caught my attention, because it was offering The Butcher of Khadov novella for only 99 cents. Apparently, this piece of fiction has also been nominated for a Hugo Award. I was more intrigued than usual.
I have been mildly curious about the offerings of Skull Island Expeditions, but was wary. I am not a fluff bunny, and so don’t gravitate towards all things fluffy about the games I play. I play the games because the games are good, not because the story is good. I have also had less than stellar experiences with game based literature (if you can call it that) in the past. My wariness of fluff based writing comes mostly from Black Library offerings. I read several of their books because I figured they had to get better. Unfortunately, they are complete tripe. They are pumped out at an alarming rate by second rate authors using the most basic of formulas over and over. But I digress. The bottom line is, while I may have been interested in looking into what Skull Island Expeditions was offering, I very hesitant to spend money on it.
Enter the 99 cent novella. I decided to buy it because if it is shit, then I have only lost a negligible amount of money. If the book is good, then I have an ever growing library of books to access for some pretty reasonable prices.
By the time this is posted, I hope to have started the book. I’ll give my thoughts on it when I’m done. I sincerely hope I have a glowing review.
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