Heir Apparent (novel)

Heir Apparent is a science fiction/fantasy novel by young adult fiction author Vivian Vande Velde, about a girl who becomes trapped inside a looping virtual reality role-playing game called Heir Apparent.

Heir Apparent
AuthorVivian Vande Velde
Cover artistCliff Nielsen
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's, science fiction, fantasy novel
PublisherHarcourt
Publication date
2002
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN0-15-204560-0
OCLC49225237
LC ClassPZ7.V2773 He 2002

The same girl appeared as a secondary character in User Unfriendly, Vande Velde's earlier book about a game from the same fictional company, Rasmussem, Inc. She later wrote a third book about this company, Deadly Pink. She does not consider the second or third book sequels, despite their taking place in the same universe as the first one, and she says the three books can be read in any order.

Vande Velde says, "Heir Apparent was a lot of fun to write because it's about a girl caught in a virtual-reality-type game. Even though Giannine finds herself in a vaguely medieval world, I didn't have to worry about historical accuracy. I also was able to keep throwing all sorts of things at her -- a dragon, an army of ghosts, and a poetry-loving/head-chopping statue."

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