While there is a huge number of game players, there are few good books to help you play. This is better than the original edition. It includes many of the changes made by the game creators since the earlier release.
Pros - This is the best book published for starting players of Everquest II. (Unfortunately, perhaps because of copyright laws, it is pretty much the only definitive book on Everquest II.)
Cons - mentioned by other reviewers. In an attempt to be artistic, the authors of the book created colorful maps. Unfortunately, the map colors make it more difficult to find anything on them because of the low contrast between the type and the graphics. (This is even worst in the Prima Official Atlas.) Don't these people know many players play by the light of their monitors?