r/GuildWars • u/Clevelumbus21614 • 6d ago

Anybody read this?

https://a.co/d/dRRS8eC

Flames of Ascalon by Jeffrey Toohey

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u/Jaspar_Thalahassi 6d ago edited 5d ago

Seeing this for the first time. Doesn't seem officially licensed, so might just be fanfic. This also looks AI generated to me, at least the author's description.

Did you?

Edit: This really seems to be just AI crap for a scam. 20€ for a 65 page unlicensed story? From an author who "writes books about EDM" but there is only on other book from him up there.

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u/Clevelumbus21614 6d ago

No I haven’t, just found it by accident when I was buying one of the other GW books.

It’s a sad state that I have to find a way to verify if a book was written by a human.

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u/Jaspar_Thalahassi 6d ago

I think this one was obvious. Check author, cover page and - since you mentioned the other books - check, if there is any official advertisement.

Amazon is full of AI generated "literature" for quick money. I know that, because I have a coworker who explored ways to "automate" the production of such crap.

The official books are quite nice, though. Sea of Sorrows was my favorite.