God of War

By: Robert E. Vardeman, Matthew Stover

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

A brutal warrior, Kratos is a slave to the gods of Olympus. Plagued by the nightmares of his past and yearning for freedom, the Ghost of Sparta would do anything to be free of his debt to the gods. He is on the verge of losing all hope when the gods give him one last task to end his servitude. He must destroy Ares, the god of war. But what chance does a mere mortal have against a god?

Armed with the deadly chained Blades of Chaos, guided by the goddess Athena, and driven by his own insatiable thirst for vengeance, Kratos seeks the only relic powerful enough to slay Ares---a quest that will take him deep into the mysterious temple borne by the Titan Cronos! From the black depths of Hades to the war-torn city of Athens to the lost desert beyond, God of War sheds a brutal new light on the best-selling video game and on the legend of Kratos.

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Fantastic story and amazing narration

I have listened to this book multiple times and I have never even played the game! I love the narration by Stephen Hoye and the storyline itself. It is a wonderful light listen while going on about your day. I highly recommend it!!

awesome one of the best books I read

Loved it is a grand book and it was very interesting it had already a

made me go back to play the game

it gives you more lore and better understanding to things that happen in the game

I played the game

Narrator was great. While listening I could see the scenes I participated in while playing the game. Well, well done.

Fantastic story and fantastic reading performance

The video games does not do this novel justice one bit! Also its nice to listening to a book about greek gods that doesn’t involve sex all the time! This story gives you a very raw story of how horrible these gods are. Kratos needs to wipe them all!

great

loved it. if you've played the game of the same title. this book literally doesnt miss a step. every battle is noted and detailed. the story gives a certain justice to Kratos and the other characters. in the game, what seemed like mindless chaos, in the book, is given reason and clarity. my favorite part is how this book (reading) gives Kratos more of a mind other than just being a mindless killer, in ways that players might even seem surprising. the point of view of the reader is 3rd person omniscient, which is amazing and gives us the thoughts and often times the intentions of a character that the character themselves dont make known to other characters. there is more to delve into, but I'll leave it to you.

Can't believe they totally nailed it!!

I was very dubious about this book because the game shines in how awesome it made you feel playing it, it was never about story, it was about action and senseless graphic violence that can only be delivered through a video game, had I been in charge I would have never funded this book.

Kratos in the game has no character, he is just a raging ball of violence tearing through Greece killing everything in its way like a dozen chainsaw's stuck together in a form of a man, my biggest fear was that this book would try to paint an emotional side to Kratos and make him into some kind of a drama character.

But somehow, AMAZINGLY, Vardeman and Stover succeed in delivering the exact same awesome experience from the game series, reading the book I thought I was playing the entire game all over again, they manage to describe exactly how it feels watching Kratos battle through Aries's minions and Minotaurs, at one point in the book I found myself tapping an invisible playstation controller in my pocket playing along a fight scene.

Yes this book is a retelling of the exact story from the first God of War game, it adds only a little bit of extra information but that in my opinion is the exact amount it should, the story of the first game is so awesome that it is definitely worth experiencing all over again.

The ending was greatest

Gets progressively better and you’re hyped for book 2 at the end of 1. “His furry blazes,the God of War”

Great for fans of the game!!

As a fan of the game of the same name this is a deeper look into the story that is God of War. I enjoyed having some more of the back story behind actions in the game as they unfolded and it gives a complete look and feel about what is happening. I think fans of the game and even people that are just love Greek history will find this story interesting.

good but some bad parts

the narrator_was_good but chapter 5 or 7 had alot of Greek mythology talk between_two_gods. overall_its_good_9/10