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Battle in the Dawn: The Complete Hok the Mighty

Manly Wade Wellman,

David Drake (Introduction)

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Jan 11, 2012 Robin rated it liked it

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The premise of the Hok the Mighty stories is simple, yet compelling. Hok is a Cro-Magnon, the strongest and cleverest of his kind. Possessed of a more daring nature than his clan-mates, he ranges further than anyone, coming into contact with a variety of interesting peoples (frequently hostile Neanderthals, but also rival tribes and even Atlanteans) and prehistoric monsters.

Hok is repeatedly referred to as "humanity's first hero", and the fact that everything he does is a first (building the fir ...more

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Feb 10, 2025 Charles rated it really liked it

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Tales in the collection are: Battle in the Dawn, Hok Goes to Atlantis, Hok and the Gift of Heaven, Hok Visits the Land of Legends, and The Love of Oloana (An unpublished piece about Hok’s wife). There’s a final story called The Day of the Conquerors, which features a character much like Hok and introduces us to a Martian invasion that is defeated by the human savages. There’s also an untitled fragment featuring Hok. Wellman espouses the fairly common idea that modern legends and myths have their ...more

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