Primal Rage: The Avatars [Paperback]

John Vornholt (Author)

Book Description

Series: Primal rage | Publication Date: March 1, 1997

In 1994, "Primal Rage" was named Video Arcade Game of the Year. In 1997, Boulevard's "Primal Rage" novel hits stores as the game's "sequel"--involving characters introduced in the book--hits home video.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (March 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572972300
• ISBN-13: 978-1572972308
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,121,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book for Primal Rage fans!, September 18, 2001

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Mete Tanyeri (Somewhere, New Hampshire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Primal Rage: The Avatars (Paperback)

Primal Rage, for those who don't know, was a popular videogame that brought a lot of gamers's attention, thanks in part to the storyline, gameplay system, and much more. Sure, it was a fighting game that cloned several other games, like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter II, but it's a great game in it's own merits. Thanks to John Vornholt, a book has been released long ago and it stills entertains Primal Rage fans in the years to come.

The story is simple and uncomplicated. While the dino-gods are fighting for world domination, Necrosan, a new god, enters their world and banishes them using a spell called the "Bonds Of Forbidding." However, their shamans are left to fight their new adversary and haven't given up yet. Meanwhile, one of the dino-gods has a plan - using their powers, they can allow their shamans to transform into them for one hour. However, as the shamans gain this new power, some are power-hungry with this new-found gift, while others are sticking to the real goal: freeing the gods and defeating Necrosan once and for all.

This is a great book, not because of it's story, but a lot of action is implemented. Those who tend to like action will love what Primal Rage: The Avatars has to offer. It's sad to note that this book also dwells on the storyline for Primal Rage 2, which was, unfortunately, never released, and would give gamers an idea of what the game would played and sound liked. Finally, the book includes another devastating flaw - it does not include more backgrounds of all the dino-gods, save for Blizzard.

Other than that, it's highly recommanded that players give Primal Rage - The Avatars a second chance to read. It's a great, although short, book and it's worth anyone's time and patience!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Primal Rage - Good, clean, violent, lusty, entertaining fun!, April 29, 2006

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Matt Frank (Tejas) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Primal Rage: The Avatars (Paperback)

I've recently had a resurgence in interest with this short-lived but unique franchise of the late 90's, based off of a wild arcade game featuring a gaggle of monstrous gods who fight bloody battles to conquer Earth, or "Urth."
I received this book on Friday, and finished it Saturday afternoon. And I'll be damned if this wasn't a pleasantly surprising read!
Reading other reviews, I gathered that there was very little, if anything to the story, and it would be extremely short and shallow, but I was thankfully proven wrong. PR: The Avatars isn't a masterful piece of fiction, or an exercise in psychological drama, but it's just good ol' fashioned entertainment. I would akin the story to a well-written Saturday-morning cartoon, with fun characters, amusing dialogue, great action, an epic feel, and a decidedly mature twist to it ;)
The characters are numerous, but as a result, only a few get any real development, but almost all of them are at least touched upon and given personalities, beast god and human avatar alike (especially the main characters of Blizzard and his samurai, Kaze).
The editing of the book is somewhat flawed, however, there being numerous typos, and characters sometimes even getting mixed up in fights and other sequences, but the latter flaw is few and far between, and really shouldn't detract from enjoying the book.
The story uses classic themes of love, honor, bravery, deception, lust, coming-of-age, and even animalistic values of power and battle.
Overall, I highly recommend this book to anyone who's not only a die-hard Primal Rage fan, but as well to anyone looking for a fun read. Be warned, though, this book's got some rather risky themes and characters, with plenty of gore and a healthy dose of erotic tension (though that's what makes it all the more fun).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Primal Rage Forever!, May 20, 2000

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Diablo (The Inferno, Urth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Primal Rage: The Avatars (Paperback)

I recently read Primal Rage: The Avatars, and I read it in only 2 days because it was so cool! I couldnt stop reading! The storyline was great, and the Avatar deal was a pretty cool idea. I wish PR2 came out, but not everything we want happens. I wish they had a little more info on the Gods (especially Sauron!), but it was a great book anyway. Sauron is the best Primal Rage God!