Sins of the Fathers: A Gabriel Knight Novel

This book was far better than the game and went deeper into details. Especially if you've played Gabriel Knight II: The Beast Within, you can actually picture everything in your head as the characters from the game. I finished this book in 3 days. Whenever I had free time, it would be in my hands. Just cant beat it if your a true GK fan.

Gabriel Knight is an owner of rare books store in New Orleans and his life is quite normal, quiet and with no exciting or even dangerous events. But everything changes when he decides to take his chance on a field of horror novel writers and starts to gather information about mysterious Voodoo murders which begin to appear in the city. With a help of his pal, inspector Mosely of New Orleans police, Gabriel finds out more and more details about the murders and Voodoo religion but he also starts to feel strange about horrible dreams he faces every night and memories of his ancestors. When he finally unleashes the whole truth about the relation of him and the old Voodoo curse, it is too late to return back and Gabriel will have to prepare to fight even worse evilness he could ever imagine.I strongly recommend to play the game first and then read the book, your impression will be much stronger and you will be pleased how the game and the book can precisely lead you to the mystery in its particular way. But even if you do not want to play the game, the book is definitely worth reading.

This book was an absolute best-seller. I had played and beaten the game before I read the book, so I knew what was going on, but the way it was written still kept me in suspense and on the edge of my seat. One part, near the end, is about 6 or so pages of a journal entry. This part is not in the game, so it allowed pretty much a full movie sequence in my head. This was one of the best parts of the book. This is an excellently written book, and I highly reccomend it.

This is the best book I ever read! If you have played the game but haven't read this you don't know what you're missing! Never have I read a book before that I loved from the very first page! This book is more than a mystery or horror novel, it has everything: comedy, tragedy, you name it! No library should be without it!

Jane Jensen speaks intimately into her reader's ear, and lets us into the character of her main character, Gabriel Knight. The more we learn about him, the more interested we become. He seems to be a "bum" at first, but we learn in snippets about his haunted past, and frightening legacy-- to be a force against evil, whether it be ancient evilness such as voodoo powers, or modern "psychics". Graphic details make the scenes come alive, and involve all the senses--even the sixth! The fact that GK was first an adventure game does not make this an automated read. The author simply kept the plot of the computer mystery in mind and wrote a good book. Clues are not as obvious as in some mysteries. Sorry, readers--you'll have to THINK! And delightfully, in the midst of all the terror and pressure Jensen injects a bit of humor to jog you into realizing that you were taking this all too seriously. Novel readers of the world-- here is a book written by someone who loves to read. Way to go, Jane! Watch for her next novel-- How do Germam werewolves strike you?