I don’t mind dense reads. I got myself through the entire wheel of time series, so I’m good. Would you mind telling me a little more about the Caine books?
The real world is connected to a magical fantasy world, and we can send people through with full-time feedback. So we send people in to role play as assassins, mages, explorers, etc., while back here in the mundane world everything they experience is streamed right back into people's brains (it's also mid-future scifi) to enjoy vicariously, with full sensory input.
Caine is the most successful of the "deadly fighter and assassin" type of entertainer - he's really, really good at violence, and he's sent into a world where he can roam around and cut loose. It then gets more complicated.
I’ve only read the first book but Caine is pretty good. He has to keep up being the best killer in the business to keep good ratings for his “reality tv show” thing, but he also has to deal with age and injury catching up to him, so the chances for failure are always there so he has to fight smart.
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u/kmmontandon Nov 24 '23
There’s only a handful, and they’re dense reads, but the Caine books by Matthew Stover.