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By Larissa IrankundaApr 9th, 2021, 2:25 pm The second installment of Max Brooks’ Minecraft novel series feels very much like entering the new level of a video game. In his first book, Minecraft: The Island, Brooks cleverly brought the popular video game series to life through an immersive plot that followed an amnesiac explorer who finds himself stranded on an island with no clue how to move forward except to master the island—otherwise, it’s a doomed situation. It makes sense that each of Brooks’ Minecraft books have been masterfully written—as the author of the blockbuster hit...

The World War Z author talks about surviving zombies, bigfoot and Ender Dragons.

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Minecraft: The Mountain (out March 2) the protagonist from the writer's 2017 book Minecraft: The Island continues to try and survive in the world of the titular video game, this time in the company of a new friend. "Our character from The Island lands on a new continent and he meets another castaway," the World War Z author tells EW. "While the first book is about learning to live with yourself, the second book is about learning to live with someone else." The audiobook edition of Minecraft: The Mountain is read by Lord of the Rings star Sean Astin, with whom Brooks has a couple of perso...

Minecraft: The Mountain is Brooks’ second Minecraft novel for Del Rey, which has a whole handful of Minecraft novels by intriguingly chosen authors (including Mur Lafferty, Catherynne M. Valente, and Nicky Drayden). Here’s the synopsis: In the new official Minecraft novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Minecraft: The Island, a stranded hero stumbles upon another castaway—and discovers that teamwork might just be the secret to survival. Wandering a vast, icy tundra, the explorer has never felt more alone. Is there anything out here? Did I do the right thing by leaving t...