Sitzkrieg
2008-02-17, 10:35 PM
About two years ago I read a fantasy book that I really liked, but for the life of me I can't remember the name of it. The plot is heavily influenced by RP games and especially tabletop war-simulation games, so I figured this would be the perfect place for help.
The name had something to do with the word "bounds," I believe.
The main character, a boy in England, stumbles into a strange part of London and finds a building nobody else notices. In the building he briefly finds some mysterious cloaked figures who appear to be playing with dice and discussing the rules of the world. They banish him from Earth and he spends the rest of the book trying to return home.
Instead of normal Earth, he instead finds himself on an alternate reality Earth, sort of a different version of a similar landscape. He survives for a short time, finding that although he can still suffer, he can't die. Soon, he feels an irresistible force compelling him to a certain area of the landscape. As soon as he reaches there, he gets shuffled into an entirely different alternate reality, where the process repeats itself. Each alternate reality, as well as the magical locations that connect them, are known as bounds.
Along the way, he meets two friends: a girl who can morph her arm at will, and a demon hunting former slave boy named Joris (Jarvis?). He also meets the well-known characters of Prometheus and the Flying Dutchman. All of these characters have been similarly banished from any one reality.
That will probably be sufficient for anyone who has read the book. Help is greatly appreciated!
The name had something to do with the word "bounds," I believe.
The main character, a boy in England, stumbles into a strange part of London and finds a building nobody else notices. In the building he briefly finds some mysterious cloaked figures who appear to be playing with dice and discussing the rules of the world. They banish him from Earth and he spends the rest of the book trying to return home.
Instead of normal Earth, he instead finds himself on an alternate reality Earth, sort of a different version of a similar landscape. He survives for a short time, finding that although he can still suffer, he can't die. Soon, he feels an irresistible force compelling him to a certain area of the landscape. As soon as he reaches there, he gets shuffled into an entirely different alternate reality, where the process repeats itself. Each alternate reality, as well as the magical locations that connect them, are known as bounds.
Along the way, he meets two friends: a girl who can morph her arm at will, and a demon hunting former slave boy named Joris (Jarvis?). He also meets the well-known characters of Prometheus and the Flying Dutchman. All of these characters have been similarly banished from any one reality.
That will probably be sufficient for anyone who has read the book. Help is greatly appreciated!