Welcome to the Apocalypse Pandora Book 1 eBook DL Richardson
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Over 100 players enter a virtual world to play a game – survive 24 hours of their chosen apocalypse. Instead of game over at the end, they’re plunged straight into another game, and then another.
They have no communication with the outside operators. Their simulation pods are designed to only last 3 days. The artificial intelligence is tapping into their minds and creating ‘death dreams’. And they’re trapped in a dangerous world with strangers they can’t trust.
It’s clear something is keeping them inside the game, but who or what? Everyone dreams of escaping reality but this game has far greater risks than they could have imagined…
Read the complete the series
Welcome to the Apocalypse - Pandora (Book 1)
Welcome to the Apocalypse - CyberNexis (Book 2)
Welcome to the Apocalypse - Primal Scream (Book 3)
Please note book one of this series has a cliffhanger ending and leads straight into book two.
Welcome to the Apocalypse Pandora Book 1 eBook DL Richardson
The blurb gives away a lot of the plot, which I never think is a good idea. But I won't spoil any more of it for you.The main thing that irritated me is that this is set in a virtual reality world, but one of the main characters is so anti-violence that she hates the thought of even killing vampires or zombies. I think this alone will make a lot of people stop reading this book as it's quite grating. It's not just the one character though. It's quite a strong theme through the book and it's quite grating; it's almost like the author has a personal issue with killing in a virtual reality world.
The execution of the story was alright, but I think it feel well below its potential., given the general idea of the story.
I'd give it a 3 or 3.5 star rating; it wasn't bad, and I'll likely get book two, but I really feel that it could have been so much better.
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Welcome to the Apocalypse Pandora Book 1 eBook DL Richardson Reviews
Welcome to the Apocalypse is a fast-paced, sci-fi/fantasy adventure that pulls you in from the opening and refuses to let you out until the very last chapter with the author craftily leaving you only partially satisfied and craving more.
One hundred players enter a total immersion virtual reality game designed to award each player a realistic glimpse of not just one apocalyptic future, but many. From Vampires to Zombies, and from Bio-toxins to an alien invasion, DL Richardson has taken the apocalyptic sci-fi sub-genre to another level. A high-octane, energy charged one with some really neat twists.
The action is constant, the creativity laudable and the characters are thoroughly believable making this a very enjoyable read.
My only criticism, one that was washed away after a second reading, was based on a personal interest. As a writer and avid reader of Sci-Fi, I’m always looking for buried meanings, philosophical statements, subtle metaphors, and thoughtful warnings. Especially in this genre of fiction.
I didn’t find one the first time through but did on my second. To avoid dropping a spoiler here in my review, I’ll just include what I feel to be a very significant, well-written, extract.
“I thought the premise of the game was ‘kill or be killed’,” he said. “But it’s not. You can’t pick and choose which rules you obey and which ones you ignore. When it all goes to hell, the thing that gets you through the chaos is order.”
‘Welcome to the Apocalypse’ is an imaginative wild ride and I will definitely be looking forward to the next instalment in this series.
T. E. Mark
It took me a while to get into this book, but once I did, I was hooked. I almost gave up, but I'm glad I didn't.
Everyone knows the story of Pandora She opens a box and unleashes all the evils of mankind into the world. She thinks she's finished, but there's a knock from the box. Doing the knocking is Hope, which helps people to overcome and triumph over evil.
The story is about a new virtual reality game The Apocalypse Games. Probably everyone that reads post-apocalyptic fictions wonders if he/she would be able to survive. This game gives people the opportunity to find out.
For $5,000, each player is connected to a pod that connects to a virtual reality simulation of an apocalypse. The players have one day to survive or be killed and then the game is over. Along with 100 players connected to the games, there are numerous NPCs--Non-Player Combatants--that are computer-generated. The players may or may not be able to determine who is real and who is not.
The story centers on three of the players Jack and Kelly, brother and sister, and one of their good friends, Reis. All three of them go into the game for different reasons and all three have secrets they have never revealed to other people. None of them realize what the game has in store for them.
The three players enter their chosen scenario--vampires--and live out their day; however, instead of waking up, they are taken to another apocalypse. They don't know why this happens and this soon becomes the central mystery of the book. Instead of waking up in their pods, they are taken from one apocalypse to another, and they have no idea why.
When players are killed in the game, they experience "death dreams". The strongest emotional moments of the book happen in the death dreams, as each person is confronted with their fears, regrets, missed opportunities, and other emotional baggage they are carrying inside them. These are the most intense scenes of the book. Reading them left me exhausted from the impact.
The players start to wonder if they'll ever get out. They also worry about their bodies trapped in the virtual reality pods because they know each day they are in the simulation is one more day their bodies will deteriorate. At times, the line is blurred between apocalypse and the buried secrets of the players. That is confusing to both the players and to the readers and adds to the feeling of being trapped, either in the game or in a bad situation in life that can seem like an apocalypse.
Sometimes the players want to give up, but they know that to give up means death in the game and they no longer know if death in the game is as innocent as they were led to believe. Of course, at these moments, hope rears its head, and they continue on.
The ending is ambiguous. It has to be. Are they able to get out of the game? Did the game malfunction because of an actual apocalypse or disaster? What world will they face when they wake up the next time--real or simulation--and will they be able to tell the difference?
I was intrigued and moved by the book, and I recommend it to fans of post-apocalyptic fiction and mysteries/thrillers. The book has plenty of both.
I was provided with a complimentary copy of this book, through Reading Deals, so I could give an honest review.
I got a little over 10% into the story and quit. Out of three potential MCs, two guys and a gal, the author chose to use the gal as the MC, which would not have been bad in a VR game setting but, she's all depressed and still in mourning over the death of her spouse and to top it all is NOT a gamer! So the two guys, who are gamers, waste a lot of time trying to keep the chick safe. For me, this really took a lot of the fun out of the story, and I can't recommend it.
Love reading books about the apocalypse
Complete trash. So much deus ex machina and suspension of belief, mixed with the endless monotony of bouncing aimlessly from one apocalypse to another all the while having the plot be pushed by the death of the main characters husband. Possibly one of the most regret able purchases I've made from kindle.
Welcome to the Apocalypse (Pandora, #1) by D L Richardson keep me reading right to the end.
In The Apocalypse Games players are trapped in a virtual reality game that introduces a range of potential human extinction events and a sentient AI, Pandora. The apocalypses keep up the suspense, but it is the emotional and personal challenges that Kelly (a grieving widow), Jack, Kelly's concerned brother and his business partner, Reis, face as they interact with the challenges of the game and the NPCs that makes this a gripping read.
Though the ending was a bit sudden I really enjoyed the read and look forward to reading then next in the series.
The blurb gives away a lot of the plot, which I never think is a good idea. But I won't spoil any more of it for you.
The main thing that irritated me is that this is set in a virtual reality world, but one of the main characters is so anti-violence that she hates the thought of even killing vampires or zombies. I think this alone will make a lot of people stop reading this book as it's quite grating. It's not just the one character though. It's quite a strong theme through the book and it's quite grating; it's almost like the author has a personal issue with killing in a virtual reality world.
The execution of the story was alright, but I think it feel well below its potential., given the general idea of the story.
I'd give it a 3 or 3.5 star rating; it wasn't bad, and I'll likely get book two, but I really feel that it could have been so much better.
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