[06/30/17] Tower of Babel Book 1: SpeedRunner

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  1. Adam Elliott

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    [​IMG] Launch day.

    That was what they called it. The day when over four million people vanished in an instant from the island of Manhattan. The day earthquakes ravaged the east coast. The day a one hundred and one kilometre tall tower rose from the wreckage of the now empty city. The day every screen, newspaper, and smart phone displayed a single message from an unknown source:

    The Great Emperor has issued his challenge.
    From the ruins of the Old World rise the Tower. Its doors will soon open, and the great game will begin.
    A hundred floors and a hundred challenges await the worthy.
    And to the victor? A Wish of Unlimited Power.

    Cayden Caros yearned to play that game. His only problem? The Terms and Conditions. A strict set of rules that, among other things, prevented anyone under the age of sixteen from entering the tower.

    Forced to wait for over two years, Cayden did the only thing he could do to pass the time. He researched, he practiced and he prepared. It would take a lot to catch up to players with such an enormous head start. Lucky for him, he was a special type of gamer.

    A SpeedRunner
     
  2. Paul Bellow

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    Again, good to have you here with us!

    ::PAL::
     
  3. Adam Elliott

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    Thanks!
     
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    just finished it. nice story although the table were a huge pain, especially at the beginning. I also find it too bad that i kinda lost the speedrunning feeling that early on
     
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    It's on my list, a few books down but I will get to it. I wish you luck with the book.
     
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    On my list toooooooooooo. Will read it after Unwritten Rules.
     
  7. Adam Elliott

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    Yeah, I've actually gone back and hired a formatter to fix the damn tables for me. Everything looked hunky dorey on the preview copy I sent to my phone, and on all three amazon copies. Then the final version got all wonkey. Clearly I am not equipped for it. :)

    Speedrunning aspect is going to come and go throughout the story, particularly in book three. Glad you liked it though. :)
     
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  8. Adam Elliott

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    Ditto, though I don't think you need my wishes. :p
     
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  9. Paul Bellow

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    Did you NEED tables or WANT tables? Should be possible to do without them as they mess up on so many devices. I found a cool CSS trick for "tables" but it only works on newer Kindles. :(
     
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    I like tables, but yeah, they tend to be onery to manage on my Kindle Paperwhite, in addition to my personalized settings. It's not like they take away anything from the story for me.
     
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    Finally getting to it and enjoying all the streaming references. : D
     
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    I really liked this book. Read it back in July and just seeing the title brought it back into focus.

    Excellent work on it!
     
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    Looks good! Great blurb and I really like the cover.
     
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    Wow, so good, 5 stars. Thank you.
     




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