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Top-notch fantasy. With excellent use of language in a well-told story...a masterclass writer. SFFWorld Scenes unfold with the intimacy of live theatre, dialogue resonates as if heard ... The ending has the impact of a sledgehammer - the sort of conclusion you remember for years and keep revisiting in your imagination. Glenda Larke Miller's debut is a blockbuster story crafted with a strong sense of wonder ... Fans of Fiona McIntosh will devour this book Nexus
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"The evil foretold has risen ... and we are all that stands between it and the end."
Asher has come a long way for a fisherman's son. Together with his friend Prince Gar, he has defended their kingdom against its bitterest enemy, but at great cost.
Now, the evil mage Morg is preparing for his most deadly assault. Desperate, trapped in a broken body, Morg has little time and fewer scruples. And he has a plan.
As Gar and Asher unwittingly fall into a dangerous deception, Morg gets ever closer to his goal. And this victory would be particularly sweet?for who better to destroy the kingdom than the two who would give anything to save it?
Asher has come a long way for a fisherman's son. Together with his friend Prince Gar, he has defended their kingdom against its bitterest enemy, but at great cost.
Now, the evil mage Morg is preparing for his most deadly assault. Desperate, trapped in a broken body, Morg has little time and fewer scruples. And he has a plan.
As Gar and Asher unwittingly fall into a dangerous deception, Morg gets ever closer to his goal. And this victory would be particularly sweet?for who better to destroy the kingdom than the two who would give anything to save it?
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best book of the year!,
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This review is from: The Awakened Mage (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the sequel to The Innocent Mage. Absolutely the best read I have ever had. I would recommend this series to anybody, fantasy lover or not. It kept me on my toes and eager to get to the next page. I fell in love with the characters, laughed out loud at the funny parts and cried at the sad parts.Read it, you won't be disappointed!
4.0 out of 5 stars
A serie worth reading,
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This review is from: The Awakened Mage (Mass Market Paperback)
Awesome book. Though the ending kinda killed the fun, I totally fell in love with this series. I know this book won't go to waste on some bookshelf. I'll reread it often. Was glad to find it somewhere, since most bookstore don't have this edition anymore...
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3.2 out of 5 stars (42 customer reviews) 38 of 44 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
The mage may be awakened, but I'm still prone to sleep,
By Kenneth Higginbotham - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Awakened Mage (Mass Market Paperback)
So being the good little reader I am, I read and reviewed the Innocent Mage (Book 1) first. I was a bit disappointed there with very little going-ons occurring. In here, book 2, I really felt that punch to the face which Prince Gar receives. At least... I may have preferred it over this.Harsh? A bit, I'm sure. I don't mean to be. But still, and again, there's -nothing- happening in these books. We have entire chapters devoted to how worried one character is about this, or where these other characters want their location of conspiracy to be (and yet not actually show any conspiring occur), and so forth and so on. I found myself growing anxious as I neared the end of the book, wondering when something large and grandiose would happen. Will Barl's Wall fall? Will the Final Days consume the lands and kill thousands? Will the big nasty bad guy go on a rampage? In the last twenty pages of this 712 page book, yes. The author seems to prefer set-up over result. She spends a large majority letting us know what action will happen, then skips over the action we crave and summarizes what took place after the fact. And she does it all with characters that never really seem to... change. I waited until this book to pass judgment, and so I have. Many of the characters remain stuck in the cookie-cutter shape the author presented them. The villian was always snarling, racist, and vindictive. (It would have helped to add a little backstory to him.) The "sea slug" character remained a sea slug -- snobby and pretentious. The leading lady, though I could see the author tried with her, failed in convincing me she was anything but conniving and angsty despite her efforts to pass off as harsh and strong. The only character I found making me believe they were actually human was Darran, the pretentious-turned-caring servant to the prince. All in all, this was a major disappointment. I really didn't want it to be. I wanted to like these books. I wanted to say, "Good job, Karen," but I honestly don't know if I can. At times, I didn't know if I was reading polished, published material or fanfiction. It takes a great effort to write 1300+ pages of a story, and for that I -do- give the author credit. Other than that, I can't say much else. 38 of 47 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Desperately Wanting,
By Dana Remian "Haphazard Joy" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Awakened Mage (Mass Market Paperback)
A fantasy story extremely light on the fantasy, a political piece extremely light on the politics, an adventure extremely light on adventure.Karen Miller offers us a story more or less devoid of an original setting, decidedly sparse in character detail, and deviously unimpressive in wording. Everything is more or less stock fantasy, you've visited better versions of this world already, and with better characters to inhabit them. It's a fun bedside/beach book at best, and I've managed to finish the duology without too much discomfort, but no part of this story strikes me as inspiring or original. Rather than draw us through a sequence of events that teach us about the true nature of her characters and this created world, Miller seems content to spell it out for us... bluntly and repeatedly over the course of over a thousand pages. We're given a cast of characters whose intentions are painfully clear to the reader, or, if they are dishonest, excruciatingly elaborated upon to hammer in the fact that they are as such. It's political fantasy without the cleverness and credibility, combined with the pop fantasy aspect, only without the charm and voice. George R. R. Martin meets Terry Brooks, minus the positive aspects of either author. My rating was based upon the story, but if I were to be entirely honest, this duology would be demoted to a single star for the multitude of typographical errors commited in the final print by Orbit. Among other things, Orbit seems to have a severe issue with its staff understanding the difference between apostrophes and quotations, and in these books they frequently abuse both devices. 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
How did this woman get this published?,
By Jenny Johnson "Jen" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Awakened Mage (Mass Market Paperback)
I grabbed the Innocent Mage and Awakened Mage from a local thrift store for a dollar a piece (thank God) and thought I would give them a chance. I suffered through the first thinking it was just a sort of building book and read this one expecting SOMETHING TO FINALLY HAPPEN. I was sorely disapointed. I couldn't even read it, I just had to skim it because it was so freaking boring! The magic system absolutely sucks! We have no idea how the magic works and what anyone is capable of until they do it. There doesn't seem to be limits or rules to it. Also, one of the best parts of reading fantasy is getting lost in a whole new world... she has absolutely no idea how to develop a character let alone a world for them to reside in. I wouldn't even classify this as fantasy lite... it's a disgrace to the genre and all in all just a very poorly written book. Seriously, don't waste your time.
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