Book Summary and Reviews of Overlord, Vol. 1 (light novel) by Kugane Maruyama

Overlord, Vol. 1 (light novel) by Kugane Maruyama

Overlord, Vol. 1 (light novel)

by Kugane Maruyama

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  • May 2016, 262 pages
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For twelve years, the virtual world of Yggdrasil has served as the playground and battlefield for the skeletal lord Momonga and his guild of fellow monsters, Ainz Ooal Gown.

But the guild's glory days are over, and the game is shutting down permanently. When Momonga logs in one last time just to be there when the servers go dark, something happens-and suddenly, fantasy is reality. A rogues' gallery of fanatically devoted NPCs is ready to obey his every order, but the world Momonga now inhabits is not the one he remembers. The game may be over, but the epic tale of Ainz Ooal Gown is only beginning...

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Kugane Maruyama

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