The Gods Awaken [Import] [Paperback]

Allan Cole (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 453 pages
• Publisher: New English Library; New Ed edition (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340681969
• ISBN-13: 978-0340681961
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,855,505 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

ALLAN COLE is a best-selling author, screenwriter and former prize-winning newsman. The son of a CIA operative, Cole was raised in Europe and the Far East. For details see Allan's website at www.acole.com. Here's what critics have said about Cole's work: The Sten Series: Landmark science fiction -Publishers Weekly; When The Gods Slept: Page turner of the year - Locus; The Far Kingdoms Series: Glorious... Swashbuckling - Locus; A Reckoning For Kings: Classic war novel - SF Chronicle; Lucky In Cyprus - A haunting, enlightening experience - BookLoons.com; A Cop's Life: Must read by anyone with a badge - Philadelphia Fraternal Order Of Police.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging adventure from a grand storyteller, September 2, 1999

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J. Mitchell (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gods Awaken: Book III of TALES OF THE TIMURAS (Mass Market Paperback)

Safar Timura, a character modeled on Omar Khayyam, continues his desperate journey in this next volume of the Tales of the Timuras. In attempting to lead his uprooted people to a haven safe from the vengeance-mad Protarus, Safar finds himself rushing towards the volcanic destruction and personal doom he has anticipated in vision. Several excellent new characters are introduced in this volume, including a wonderfully conniving evil queen and her brutal ruler son, who provide even more complications as the hero tries to save not only his people, but ultimately the world. An unexpected ally also joins the group in the quest to stop the rapidly spiralling destruction and bring to consciousness the gods that have abandoned the world. A rousing tale of courage against odds, of desire versus duty, of ambition and corruption - adventure on a grand scale, along with the wonderful characters and interactions we have come to expect from Cole. Adrenalin-rousing episodes lead towards the awe-ful finale at Hadinland, where Safar plays out the final confrontation with fiery forces of evil and a resolution with Protarus. As an aside, I would recommend the British version of this book, which has additional scenes that do not appear in the slightly shorter American edition. An exciting, recommended series.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I hope it is not the last one!, January 5, 2000

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Michel Radosevic - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gods Awaken: Book III of TALES OF THE TIMURAS (Mass Market Paperback)

The 3 tome of the Tales of the Timuras are very good. And each of them show an other aspect of all the actors in this adventure, making this saga attractive enough to make me wait for a 4th book!

Only bad point would be the difference of book cover between the book 1-2 and the book 3 (Did the writer change his editing company! ) Same format I do agree but I like some order in my bookshell.

Buy them!

5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't Put It Down, June 23, 2011

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Ima Kindler - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Gods Awaken (The Timura Trilogy) (Kindle Edition)

"When the Gods Awaken" the third and final chapter of the "The Timura Trilogy." As with the first two books can also be read as a stand-alone.

The world is dying while kings and warlord battle for supermacy. Grand Wizard, Lord Safar Timura is trapped in the doomed world of Hadin yet it isn't Hadin. He is condemned to suffer and die, over and over again.

At the same time Safar is suffering this torture, his half-demon half-human son, Prince Palimak, believes he is dead and builds a great army out of the refugees of Kyrania, now living on Syrapis. Palimak investigates Asper's tomb and kills a truly evil creatures. When he looks in the tomb after surviving the battle, he discovers Safar has replaced Asper's mummy.

There are many enemies, barbarian kings, monsters of the underworld--and, lording over all, the Demon Moon, which looms in silent, bloody challenge. Safar travels to Hadin with Palimak, Leiria, his a warrior lover, friends and allies, and a surprising ally, Iraj. They must destroy the doomspell and confront the sinister Demon Moon. Only then will the gods be awakened and the world saved.

While the trilogy has ended, I can only hope that there is one more book in the series. Oh, have you guessed yet that I will and am reading anything and everything that author Allan Cole writes. Having read his book "Lucky in Cyprus..." I was well prepared for this adventure. If you haven't read Cole before, do so. You'll be in for a real treat.