Awaken His Eyes: The Awakened Book One

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He will have to do a lot of self examination while trying to discern the truth of the things that are happening around him. This novel seems to be mostly about Kael's journey interwoven with the parallel tales of the lives of those people who are alive and most important to him. This is a good tale of mystery and betrayal and self discovery that starts at chapter 7. What comes before that may have much to do with later novels and my only objection to them is that they don't really add much to this story and I would guess that they would fit nicely into whichever place might continue their stories and since the author seems to dwell a lot on the mysteries interwoven into this tale I think their absence here would just be a part of the intriguing mystery that could be woven in later when he finishes telling those two stories.

But that is just my opinion. Apparently a lot of people like this novel the way it is. Although I didn't find it all that helpful to have them only say so in a single line or paragraph. Some more full description of how and why they liked it would really go a long way. I also found the forward and history and prophecy to be just a bit unnecessary to this story along with the maps and links to maps.

Some people like those things though and I'm sure they had some bearing in helping the author's world building. I found the story of Kael to be complete enough as it is in this book despite the cliffhanger-ish ending. Unfortunately when you take the incomplete nature of the first chapter's story which perhaps takes place in some alternate future. Add to that the incomplete story of Kael's father, which unfortunately had nothing that I felt greatly impacted the tone of the rest of the story it leaves the reader with three cliffhanger-ish things to deal with which may not be necessary.

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I'm assuming Kael's is a past history of an alternate universe though from the Forward it could be a dystopic future and that element again adds to confusion. The prophecy and history seemed also superfluous to this story though again I am sure for the whole series they have some value. I have not yet read the next two books but perhaps if they had been drawn into one book this novel might make more sense.

I'll be a better judge of that when I read those. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves fantasy and a bit of revisionist history or dystopia as it may be. I don't see much in the science fiction draw here because the bulk of the better part of this story reads like some far eastern monastic battle monk training and spiritual philosophy and it could take place in a wide range of historic settings almost up to the present time.

I originally choose the book as the blurb appealed to me, and as a free download, I had nothing to lose. There were some elements of the story that were better than others, but I did like the maps at the back of the book which helped me make sense of the places that the author was describing. Overall the book left me wanting to know what was going to happen to the characters and I did buy the second book straight away so that I could continue reading. Would I recommend this book? Well, if you like a bit of fantasy, and if it is still free on Amazon, or your book seller of choice then yes.

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Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. This first book of the Awakened series I'm not sure if it is 3, 6, or 9 books has at least five major story lines. That is to be expected in a story series structured as a grand saga of a fantasy world. However, one would think that the plot lines would touch each at least a little. The pace of these plot lines tends to be slower than I would prefer, and seem to hover over small things far too long. A major problem I had with it, though, was that by the end of the first book, we barely have two major character lines touching each other at all.

The bulk of the first book is taken up by the training of one major character in a hidden monastery over the course of about years, and the gradual undermining of a tyrant by an unlikely person, again about seven years in the making. One major character, the one that I suspect will eventually be the crux of the whole tale, spends unknown years in jail, never even able to see the sky. I found that the book tended to go into minute detail about things happening in some plot lines, such as the monastery training, far beyond what would be useful to carry the story forward.

Then other lines, such as Saba, his belated study of what Adair had requested him to study, his run-in with a mysterious person who obviously doesn't like him, and his long-term jailing is barely delved into. All this being said, I can see that the basics of a well-planned fantasy saga are present in this book. I just feel that a lot of spurious information could have been excised from the tale without much loss. Also the end of the book being as open-ended as it is, with plot lines dangling in mid-air, so to speak, annoys me more than teases me to read into the next book.

A series, even one as grand as this, can have at least some semblance of tying up the loose ends a bit. Character development is uneven, with some being dealt with in depth, while others, though seemingly central to the tale, are barely dealt with. I suspect some of that may be handled in a future volume, though by now, one would think that all the main players should be better known than they are. All is not well in the town of Bantul. It is well written and has a very engaging story. I find myself intrigued with Saba and Keal.

The trials they go through on their path to where they are going has truly drawn me in. That being said, I do have a few specific comments. First off, this is not a Novel. This is a page Episodic Novella. There is no completion to the active storyline in any meaningful way. There are huge amounts of loose ends with no closure. In all honestly I don't think there is a s First off, I enjoyed this book.

In all honestly I don't think there is a single completed plotline in the entire book. Just introductions to tons of new plotlines. If you aren't interested in having to puchase multiple books just to finish the story you are reading, you should keep this in mind when looking at this book. Secondly, view spoiler [ I dislike that there is this huge hook in the very beginning. It leads into Keal's father Adair being pulled somewhere else entirely.

You are really drawn into the situation only to never have it even touched upon in any way again in the book. However I'm not sure if I'll be able to bring myself to buy anymore of the books. I am not a fan of episodic novellas or really novellas in general. They often are missing large components of their storyline in some way or another.

At least with episodic novellas there a is a chance to have the wholes filled. But you end up spending anywhere from twice to ten times as much money on the books as you would a novel for the same story. Jul 25, MarsianMan rated it liked it. This novel mostly rotates around a separated family.

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The father gets kidnapped while on an investigation and is declared a deserter since he is missing in action. His replacement legally inherits his wife and son. Unknown to his mother, he is not executed but instead exiled into a far off prison and then taken from the prison by religious clerics. The clerics the This novel mostly rotates around a separated family. The clerics then raise him as a warrior for their mysterious god who is "coming back". The mother is "married" to the step-father not that she was given a choice.

She decides he is stupid especially after executing her son and decides to be clever by subtly undermine him. My biggest problem with this book is that there is very little tying the different stories together. Once the family is separated the stories are all pretty much independent. Not to mention I am not sure where this story is going in the slightest even by the end of the novel. I assume the family will try and get back together but will they also take down the government? Settle new lives instead? Other than that, the book plot was pretty engaging and I was interested through most of it.

I would probably read the rest of the series, but wouldn't recommend it based on this book. I liked it, but I think people would think "it was okay". Mar 22, astaliegurec rated it did not like it. But, suddenly, just at the crux of the story, where it looked like things were going to take off, everything changed.

I'm sorry to say that after a few score pages of that horror, I gave up. If the author had just stuck with the main character and story instead of flying off with what appears to be irrelevant garbage, this might have been an OK book. But, since the book was making me physically ill as well as going nowhere , I had to quit. I rate it at a Horrible 1 star out of 5. Sep 17, Sil rated it it was ok. The beginning and the end were interesting but there's just a long portion in the middle that's spent mostly on world building and it was really boring with nothing significant happening that I found myself skipping about whole chapters.

I also don't like the fact that there was no sense of any resolution at the end of Part I. Adair's story was left hanging in one of the earlier chapters and was just left there with no further mention of his fate on the rest of the book.

I do want to see wha The beginning and the end were interesting but there's just a long portion in the middle that's spent mostly on world building and it was really boring with nothing significant happening that I found myself skipping about whole chapters. I do want to see what happens to Maeryn and Kael and to find out who Saba really is but I'm reluctant to buy the next book only to have to skim through what is pertinent to the storyline. Feb 28, Min rated it did not like it Shelves: Dec 05, Christie Hagerman rated it it was amazing. I really, REALLY liked this book, enough so that I bought the other two books as a very inexpensive 3-ebook set within minutes of finishing the first one.

These book is along the lines of Ted Dekker's Circle Trilogy, with parallel worlds, a battle over the future of humanity, and a prophecy that could turn an unlikely hero into one world's savior.

I stayed a little confused I like that with the plot, not knowing which direction this would play out. I really enjoyed getting to know the charac I really, REALLY liked this book, enough so that I bought the other two books as a very inexpensive 3-ebook set within minutes of finishing the first one. I really enjoyed getting to know the characters, and felt the author did a great job of developing them for their epic journey. A few open story lines make for more books to come, I hope. Aug 19, Evgeny rated it liked it Shelves: There are two reasons I did not give this book 4 stars.

First, it ends in a real cliffhanger, no resolution by the end of the book; it is still not clear what purpose was for the prolog and the first chapter. Second, the further direction of the series is not clear. Other than that, this is a very solid entertaining book. A very general outline of the plot: This is as much as I can say without giving major spoilers.

Overall, a good book. Nov 23, Liquid Frost rated it really liked it Shelves: Kindle freebie that sat around for a bit. When I finally got around to it, I read 20 pages or so, then read a few other books. I went back to this book and didn't put it down. Immediately upon finishing it, I downloaded the second and third in the series and read everything back to back. I enjoyed the story, the style, and the characters.

I'm not sold on the yet-to-be-written four book series prequel yet, but would like to see Kael's story continue. Nov 04, Wanda Hartzenberg rated it it was ok. This is NOT a bad book! I however am not a fan of too much detail unless said detail becomes invaluable later. I do understand that fantasy is often synonymous with detail, however it usually becomes necessary later in the series!

And in this lies my conundrum. Some of the detail in this book seems near impossible to come into play later. If I am wrong I apologize. For now however, I must say that this book did not excite me.

Jul 21, L. Fawkes rated it really liked it. This is a real page-turner.

Five thousand years ago, rebels are causing turmoil in the Empire and strange things are happening at sea. Lots going on in this well-written book. Good characters and plenty of mystery. Do yourself a favor and discover Jason Tesar. Aug 13, Lauren Dawes rated it liked it. Overall, I liked it. This was more like a very long prequel novella rather than a stand alone novel. There were a lot of loose ends, which I assume will be taken care of in the next book, but I'm not sure I'll be reading them in a hurry.

Aug 11, Lorri Burgos rated it really liked it. Nov 03, Roger Jackson rated it really liked it. I enjoyed this book. The writing is solid. The story is interesting. The characters are interesting. It does suffer from a lot of POV changes and it covered a period of several years. These two things made it a little difficult to follow at times. I would recommend it to others, but be warned, it is not a page turner. Dec 30, Christian rated it it was ok.

Awaken His Eyes | The Awakened Book One

Alright, I understand this book is a teaser Tesar for the series, but I'm totally bullshit that there were 18 chapters of character development, leading up to 2 chapters of semi-good reading, and then a lame cliffhanger. Not enough to keep me interested to buy the next book. Jan 13, Tara rated it did not like it.

Apr 30, J. Dobias rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Fantasy-dystopia-wierd history parallel world lovers. There are some few annoying elements that have more to do with editing decisions and this it the way Jason decided to put things together so there is no changing that. This novel contains One good solid story if you ignore the other two unfinished ones.

Personally I found the first chapter to be more equivalent to a prologue. I found the next five chapter belonging t The Awakened: I found the next five chapter belonging to perhaps a preface. Or maybe those two go the other way. Anyway there is a reason I say this and in part it is because the first 6 chapters of this book did not add anything to the book for me. In fact they were a distraction because I expected to get back to either one of these stories all the way through the last two thirds of the novel. For me the real story began at chapter 7 and it's not a bad story.

There are rough elements that honestly were not as rough as some recent novels I have read. Yes there is a rape yes there are slaves. I'm not sure what people want but when you tell a story these things do happen. I think it might be more objectionable when the child? But, back to the story, or in this case the three threads that run for the last two thirds of the novel. Maeryn is left without her husband,Adair, who has for all intent and purposes vanished. The readers knows a little bit about this but really not enough to help this part of the story. She is interrogated about his disappearance and since he is the governor of Bastul it should be a big deal though we are led to believe its not so big a deal and that he is easily replace and that his replacement is on its way and that Maeryn and her family will become the new governor's family.

In this culture this is the common practice and it helps that Maeryn is considered attractive. Beautiful enough that her beauty seems to be one of the deciding factors in the replacements decision to take this position. To me the first pages of the seventh chapter read well enough to be the beginning of this novel. This book has a lot of mystery and the mystery of her husbands disappearance works well without the five chapters about him and it was annoying to have him just vanish from the story.

Lemus,the socially acceptable replacement husband, is a tall thin imposing and very cruel man.

Awaken His Eyes: The Awakened Book One

He beats his slaves and eventually rapes his new wife. It is the beating of Maeryn's son, Kael's, friend Ajani -a child slave- that sets the wheels of this story into motion. Kael responds by defending his friend Ajani and attacks Lemus with a pitchfork. Lemus responds by placing the child Kael under arrest to be executed. Orudan Empire law forbids any attack on it soldiers, an offense punishable by death. All of this occurs in front of Maeryn who is powerless to intercede.

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Maeryn become pregnant with child and since this is after the rape she passes it off as Lemus lest she lose another child to her new cruel husband. She assumes that Kael is dead. Along with sending Kael to his death, Lemus removes Kael's long time tutor, Saba, from the household and threatens him with death if he or his soldiers ever see Saba again.

As far as I know he also assumes that his student Kael is dead. This starts the three threads of the story which follow the lives of Maeryn, Kael, and Saba. In her desperation Maeryn becomes a spy for the Empire's enemies as she tries to secretly thwart Lemus. Saba goes on a journey to discover his own past. He seems to have amnesia pertaining to his life before coming to Bastul. Kael- the primary figure here endures some hardship to later be pressed into service with some monks to become a religious warrior.

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