Overlord: The Undead King

Kugane Maruyama

May 2016 · Overlord Vol 1 · Sold by Yen Press LLC

About this ebook

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...

Ratings and reviews

Honestly i read this a while ago all the way to volume 14 but i loved it, mc is strong and smart but at the same time cautious its dark at times but i kinda prefer that i strongly recommend giving it a try tho you can read it for free in multiple places im not going to say where since it would mess with sells and i want this novel to keep getting more volumes i plan on buying all volumes with the next 3 months or so. GL on reading and have fun

Unfortunately for this story idea (which I loved) I really dislike the seesaw, overstated dialogue that accompanies the 3rd grade thought processes in manga. Maybe if it was suitable for children, all of the hyperactive internal thought-swirling would work, but the themes are too old. Not sure who this is written for, but it wasn't for me.

When my friend told me to read this I was a little bit skeptical. I didn't think it'll be much more to the story than what the anime had already brought out but after reading the book I do realize that there is so much more to this and so much I enjoy about it. I look forward to reading the volumes coming after this and I hope that those of you who are reading this take the time to at least read the prologue because after you read that I'm pretty sure you'll be hooked enough to just want to read the whole book.

About the author

Kugane Maruyama is the author behind the Overlord novel series.
so-bin is the artist behind the Overlord novel series.