Arkham Horror Novella: Ire of The Void

Norman Withers was once a highly respected professor of Astronomy at Arkham's Miskatonic University but a startling discovery in the skies changed his whole world. Now referred to as an eccentric by those with a modicum of pity, and as a crackpot by those not so compassionate, Withers faces a future without respect...and the wife who was driven away by his mania. But now, a visit by an esteemed physicist seems to point toward the path to redemption...until that same physicist is ripped away from existence. And in Arkham, horror lurks just around the corner...or in this case, IN the corner...and the only one with a chance to rescue the lost is considered lost himself.Fantasy Flight Games has developed the exciting ARKHAM HORROR collectable card game and joyfully, for those fans of all things horror and authors such as Lovecraft and Derleth, they have chosen to turn out some wonderful novellas that act as background to the game...as well as including collectable cards in the book for those more interested in the game itself.In this case, the story telling chores have been turned over to the prolific Richard Lee Byers who has produced some of the best stories in the fantasy and horror genres in the past 20 years. In these brief 110 pages, Byers spins a tale that is reminiscent of some of the best of the past masters, dredging up horrors and terrors from the past and twisting them inside out to create a wonderfully spine tingling journey into alternate worlds of the monsters who walk through the shadows only waiting for the moment to rip the unsuspecting out of their lives.This is the second book in this set of novellas that I have read by Byers and both have been worth every penny and more.

I feel like most people are buying these mostly for the cards. Norman Withers although a seeker seems more like a mystic based on his deck building options (His high willpower also reinforces this). I have not played him but I can see his ability and deck building capable of producing a pretty strong deck. He can act like a mystic while discovering clues pretty easily. He does not gain access to strong seeker cards so don't plan on using him like a Daisy Walker. Split the Angle seems pretty nice and his weakness is pretty tame compared to some of the others. His non-replacement cards are not currently out so I have nothing to compare for reference.The story was actually one of the better ones of the 5 books. I I liked how the character responded to the stresses of the unknown from the first time they experienced it to the final moments of the story. He felt more accessible than the characters from the previous two books. It's hard to discuss too much without revealing some of the spoilers from the story.Overall I'm happy with this purchase. Unlike the previous 2 books, I did not already own Norman Withers. He seems a little more interesting than standard investigators. The story was also good enough where it didn't feel like I was paying $15 for 4 cards.

Got this as a gift for my boyfriend on his birthday and he absolutely loved it, especially the book, which I was shocked to find him reading since he isn't much of a reader in the first place. He really really enjoyed it and I will be sure to buy more of these in the future.

Out of all of the new novellas, this one is my favorite. Really gives a sense of location in the arkham horror lovecraftian universe. This one and to fight the black wind are must reads.

Nice more pulpy horror adventure driven story with some decent character development of the main protagonist.

Good story, but the bonus cards are the main thing here.

Loved the storytelling!

Good book to read, but. No promo cards in the one I got.

Si bien es cierto que en el texto no lo indica, las fotos que acompañan al anuncio hacen pensar que lleva las cartas promocionales de Arkham Horror LCG. Mi copia no las traía por lo que se fue de vuelta a Amazon. El libro era correcto a pesar de estar al doble de su precio por ser importación.