A prose retelling of the first game. Kratos has served the Olympians for ten years, and Athena sends him to kill Ares, who is besieging Athens. The means to do it lies in Pandora's Box, in a temple on the back of the Titan Cronos. Alongside Kratos's quest, the novel spends time with Athena on Olympus, where the game never goes.
What this adds if you've played the games
It follows the first game closely, so you're mostly getting the same story in prose: the siege of Athens, the Desert of Lost Souls, Pandora's Temple. What's new is the time with Athena and a little more room for Kratos's past in Sparta. Reader reviews are mixed. Several say it never takes Kratos past what the game already showed, and that he talks more here than he does on screen. Pick it up if you want the first game as a book; otherwise it's easy to skip.
Where it fits
- Adaptation ofGod of War
Retells the first game in prose, with extra scenes of Athena on Olympus. It's the same story, but most people will want to play the game first.
- Comes beforeGod of War II
The second novel carries on from the end of the first, so it gives away how that one finishes. Read them in order.
Editions
Del Rey paperback
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