The Crystal Kingdom
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Average rating4.6
Based on the blockbuster podcast where the McElroy brothers and their dad play a tabletop RPG and illustrated by cartooning powerhouse Carey Pietsch, The Adventure Zone: The Crystal Kingdom takes this #1 New York Times bestselling series to haunting new heights.
A desperate call for help interrupts holiday celebrations at the Bureau of Balance, and sends Taako, Magnus and Merle on a high-stakes mission to find and Reclaim a fourth deadly relic: a powerful transmutation stone, hidden somewhere in the depths of a floating arcane laboratory that’s home to the Doctors Maureen and Lucas Miller. An unknown menace has seized control of the stone, and is using it to transform the lab into a virulent pink crystal that spreads to everything it touches.
It’s only a matter of time before this sparkling disaster crash-lands, but in order to find the stone and save the whole planet from being King Midased, our heroes will have to fight their way through a gauntlet of rowdy robots and crystal golems, decide whether they can trust the evasive Lucas Miller, and solve the mystery of what—or who—has put them all in peril, before there’s no world left to save.
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6 primary books#4 in The Adventure Zone
The Adventure Zone is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 2018 with contributions by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, and Justin McElroy.
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Anyone that knows me knows I am a huge fan of the McElroy's podcasts, especially MBMBAM and The Adventure Zone. The Adventure Zone is what got me interested in DnD, and has made me 2 great friends along the way! So my excitement for this new installation in their graphic novel adaptations of the Balance arc was huge. And now I've read it! I think they did a great job condensing this arc down. As one of the longer arcs in Balance, I felt it dragged a few times in the podcast. But this graphic novel did a great job of keeping the pace up. There was mystery, romance, fighting, humor, and beautifully heartfelt moments. I teared up at the end. I cannot wait for the next one to come out. The further along we get in the story, the more excited I get for each additional installment. Anyone that hasn't listened to this podcast, you should. But if it's not something you can commit to, then you should at least read these graphic novels. They're incredible.
TW: death, amputation, violence
Fitting that the book that really started picking up the story for me is where the pod really started steaming along. Loved the afterword by Pietsch about the design, planning, production, etc.
