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A [[Gamebook]] by Dave Morris, the creator of ''[[The Fabled Lands]]'', '''''Heart of Ice''''' is set in a [[After the End|post-apocalyptic 2300]] where the world has been ruined by climate change caused by the [[AI Is a Crapshoot|insane supercomputer network]] GAIA. The player is a slightly extraordinary survivor in this world who receives a mysterious message from Gaia, revealing the existence of the Heart of Volent, [[Mineral MacGuffin|a meteorite]] that can grant the user [[A God Am I|ultimate power over their surroundings]]. A part of the now out of print ''[[Virtual Reality]]'' gamebook series, it has since been re-released. Also available for free at Dave's blog [http://fabledlands.blogspot.com/2010/02/free-e-gamebook.html here].

== Tropes appearing in this gamebook ==

* [[Affably Evil]]: {{spoiler|Kyle Boche.}}

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* [[~~AFGNCAAP~~]]: You choose your background and skills, but otherwise this is applied as usual in a gamebook.

* [[After the End]]: The world looks like this by now, though in keeping with its themes, the world's been slowly dying but hasn't had a single big event that blew it apart.

** [[Just Before the End]]: Humanity really isn't expected to last another century, so the rich are spending their lives in revelry while the poor huddle in the slums, and everyone's waiting for the lights to go out. {{spoiler|If someone gets the Heart, it really will be the end.}} Some of the lines that the player can give, however, indicate a hope for the future and the salvation of mankind.

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* [[Disability Superpower]]: The Baron is legless, and he's also the most powerful psionic on the planet.

* [[Divided States of America]]: Inverted; the United States is the ''only'' government (that's mentioned in the book) to remain above the city-state level.

* {{spoiler|[[End of the World Special]]}}

* [[Enemy Mine]]: At Du-En, everyone's going for the Heart and everyone knows that [[There Can Be Only One]]. Vajra Singh forces everyone to cooperate to a limited extent until they reach the Heart, at which point it's implicit that [[Blast Out|all bets are off]].

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* [[Featureless Protagonist]]: You choose your background and skills, but otherwise this is applied as usual in a gamebook.

* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]: Barysal guns, a kind of plasma pistol, are the weapon du jour of this world. There's also a laser pistol and a [[Lost Technology]] [[Wave Motion Gun]] to be found.

* [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]]: You can get superpowers from genetic-enhancement retrovirii.

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