God of War, Matthew Stover
God of War, Matthew Stover
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God of War

Author: Matthew Stover, Robert E. Vardeman

Narrator: Stephen Hoye

Unabridged: 10 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/16/2010

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic


Synopsis

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 bestselling video game and on the legend of Kratos.

About Matthew Stover

Matthew Stover is the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: The New Jedi Order Traitor, The Blade of Tyshalle, Heroes Die, Iron Dawn, and Jericho Moon. He lives in Chicago with artist and writer Robyn Fielder.


Reviews

Quite entertained!!! A NEW KIND OF GREEK CHAMPION Maybe I am one of the few or maybe the only one who read this novel without having played the video game whose is based this novelization. My good "ol' days" of video gaming ended in Playstation 1, but I like to keep around of video games' world......more

Goodreads review by Bradley

I'm a huge fan of Matthew Woodring Stover and that basically sums up why I took on this book. I mean, I played GoW one and two back in the day and I have very fond memories, but it's not particularly DEEP, you know? Oversexed, overviolent goodies. If you love slaughter, you'll love those games. It do......more

امتیازم به کتاب خدای جنگ ۲.۸ است. از روی علاقه‌ی بسیاری که از نوجوانی به بازی‌های خدای جنگ داشتم و با آگاهی به اینکه رمان این مجموعه هم از روی بازیش ساخته شده شروع به خواندن کتاب کردم و انتظاراتم بسیار بیشتر بود. کتاب خدای جنگ کتابی با داستانی خشن از کریتوس جنگجوی اسپارت است که به دنبال انتقام خودش ا......more

Maybe I need to start a shelf called "based on video games". I've read a few books that were based or inspired by video games. This one left me rather, meah. I suppose it's not that it's a bad book or even that's it's not particularly well written. It's just as I said...meah. In short with any "spoile......more

Goodreads review by Thiago

O livro é claramente voltado para quem jogou God of War e quer relembrar os bons tempos do PS2. Mesmo já sabendo o que esperar, a história é repetitiva -- Kratos, o Fantasma de Esparta, mata tudo o que aparece pelo seu caminho enquanto os deuses se preocupam com as próprias intrigas e procuram um mo......more