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Titan #1
Lord of the Crooked Paths
A fast, gripping, and sometimes funny tale of adventure, love, and intrigue among the elder gods and goddesses of Greek mythology. This volume reprints the complete text of two paperbacks originally published by Ace Books, which has been corrected and amended by the author.
224 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1987
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October 12, 2023
Very Good Read
The book has 42 reviews and a general rating of 3.5 stars, but I am not surprised to see agenda and marketing driven, echochamber, disguised and self-professed as "readers", on an apartheid website, missing out on a genuinely good book.
The book has very good prose, but not overtly verbose. The dialouges and interactions between the characters has richness and realism. It makes the characters engaging, and knowing them is fulfilling. In short this book has some really good writing. It is grand and eloquent even when detailing more base things, and thus it does justice to a story essentially of Gods and Titans. It is satsifying to know that as a reader, I am immersed in the work of an author, who understands the nuance of the scope of the work undertaken by him or her.
It is absolutely devoid of political leanings, or moral policing and as such in a decade where the authors have picked the mantle to tell lesser mortals, creatures like me the "right way to live and think", this is strangely a book which tells a story, and just asks you to immerse and lose yourself in a World very beautifully created, crafter and communicated through it.
The only complaint I had was that the names were confusing to me and sometime I would end up confusing one for another, and in the haste of making this a trilogy, the author has perhaps stretched the story a bit and slowed things a tad bit towards the end.
But in a World of books riddled with toxic and comical masculinity and feminism, this has been a welcome and refreshing read.
The book has 42 reviews and a general rating of 3.5 stars, but I am not surprised to see agenda and marketing driven, echochamber, disguised and self-professed as "readers", on an apartheid website, missing out on a genuinely good book.
The book has very good prose, but not overtly verbose. The dialouges and interactions between the characters has richness and realism. It makes the characters engaging, and knowing them is fulfilling. In short this book has some really good writing. It is grand and eloquent even when detailing more base things, and thus it does justice to a story essentially of Gods and Titans. It is satsifying to know that as a reader, I am immersed in the work of an author, who understands the nuance of the scope of the work undertaken by him or her.
It is absolutely devoid of political leanings, or moral policing and as such in a decade where the authors have picked the mantle to tell lesser mortals, creatures like me the "right way to live and think", this is strangely a book which tells a story, and just asks you to immerse and lose yourself in a World very beautifully created, crafter and communicated through it.
The only complaint I had was that the names were confusing to me and sometime I would end up confusing one for another, and in the haste of making this a trilogy, the author has perhaps stretched the story a bit and slowed things a tad bit towards the end.
But in a World of books riddled with toxic and comical masculinity and feminism, this has been a welcome and refreshing read.
January 14, 2020
Story based on Greek mythology
Separated Leigh’s books out
Suspect this is Leigh’s - thought I’d read it before I ask him to remove
Quite good - other 2 in series not on kindle
Book 2 available paperback
Book 3 £14 paperback! (Sons of the titans)
Might get 2 and see...
Separated Leigh’s books out
Suspect this is Leigh’s - thought I’d read it before I ask him to remove
Quite good - other 2 in series not on kindle
Book 2 available paperback
Book 3 £14 paperback! (Sons of the titans)
Might get 2 and see...
February 26, 2024
Court intrigue but with ancient Greek Gods and Titans instead of humans, and I'm rather amused by it.
July 1, 2016
I liked this book a lot. It didn't get a 4 star rating because parts of it towards the end really started to drag; when I was more than ready to be done with the book. Still ... it is well written, and with a story about the Greek Gods, you know it's going to be entertaining - which this was for the most part. The characters were interesting and those that were supposed to be likable were, and those that were supposed to be villianous were. And while I am not well versed in Greek mythology, what I read seemed to tie into what I do know, and what I didn't know made sense (in a mythological kind of way). I would not let a young teen read this, but maybe an older one, especially if they are a fan of Greek mythology.
July 12, 2021
An unusual fantasy that uses Greek mythology and the Age of Titans for the background. Kronos, Lord of the Titans, believes that his brothers conspire against him. He has constructed a plot to overthrow his brother and chief rival, Okeanos. Thanatos, the God of Death, conducts grim experiments at the behest of Kronos to determine how a god can be killed. Suspecting a plot, Okeanos sends his son, the shape changer Proteus, to Olympus to locate a missing god and uncover Kronos' schemes. Definitely a novel of court intrigue rather than heroic fantasy, Adkins keeps this novel moving at a brisk pace through the characterizations of the various gods. The novel ends rather abruptly just as the situation is about to explode. Moving on to the sequel, Master of the Fearful Depths.
August 16, 2012
Great book. My interest in the gods of Olympus paired with the intrigue ad mystery of a fantasy world. Loved it, happily moving onto book 2
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