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I know you've already done the book sale, OP, but I'd be remiss if I didn't still reply. And you're gonna laugh. The Infinity Blade novella is actually really awesome. It's short and gives a cool backstory to the weird fiction of the iOS game. It's written by Brandon Sanderson, whom I'd never heard of before this, but he's an amazing fantasy-styIe author. If I hadn't read the Infinity Blade story, I never would've read The Way of Kings by Sanderson, which is easily the most original and creative book I've ever read.

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Brandon Sanderson actually took over the Wheel of Time series after Robert Jordan died. Check out Sanderson's Mistborn series if you haven't already. Highly entertaining and easily one of the most original fantasy worlds out there.

To the OP, a lot of video game inspired novels are pretty substandard with respect to non-game related books that share their genre. I'm guessing that's largely because they're being published in some cases by game publishers and not book publishers. The Guild Wars books are a great example of ths. I love the GW games (note my avatar) and I think the lore is top notch, but the books are terrible and, in the case of Edge of Destiny, laughable attempts. That being said, the Mass Effect books and the Dead Space book were actually some of the better ones I've read. Those were decent and entertaining enough. The Dead Space book actually has a better story than either of the games.