Title: WebMage
Author: Kelly McCullough

Thoughts: I randomly picked out this book at Barnes and Nobles earlier this year because it looked interesting and I was not mistaken. It was a fun read, especially with the tie in with the world of Greek mythology. After all, our main character, Ravirn, is a descendant of Lachesis, the middle sister of the three Greek Fates. I also like the fact that it’s more than just a fantasy book — it’s also a sci-fi book because it combines magic with computer technology. This synthesis is shown as an upgrade to the older systems of magic throughout the book. However, despite this “upgrade” of magic, the older ways can still be used as backdoors to access things without using the “mweb” as things like ley lines are still connected to the magical “network” and one can still transport themselves to other worlds via paintings and fairy circles.

Ravirn thankfully does have knowledge of these older ways despite how much clueless he can be in other areas of his life, such as his love life and family life. Apparently he angered his Great Aunt Atropos (the Fate responsible for the cutting of the thread of life) by refusing to help her debug a “program” that would take away free will and it leads to quite unfortunate consequences for Ravirn.

The “character” I liked the most was Eris, the goddess of Discord and she actually has a kind of fun personality in this book. I imagine the Discordians would like her a lot. Oh yeah, Eris also uses Macs, appropriate as she has used a golden apple to cause chaos and discord amongst people and so it is associated with her. The Trojan war was started by that apple after all.

I found myself liking this book so much and since I wanted to know what would happen next, I bought the book that follows soon after finishing WebMage. The third book in the series is also already on my amazon wishlist. Yeah, I think that’s pretty much a sign that I liked the book a lot.