![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elise_rashaHere is what I'm currently reading:
The Age of Shiva by James Lovegrove
The Age of Zeus by James Lovegrove
I Bring the Fire, Part 1: Wolves (A Loki Series) by C. Gockel
Norther Magic: Rune Mysteries and Shamanism by Edred Thorsson
Recently Finished:
The Age of Zeus by James Lovegrove
Cut for spoilers
For starters, I want to say I love what Lovegrove has done with his Pantheon series. I know his books have been out for a while, but they're new to me so, hence, me reviewing them.
First of all, The Age of Zeus separates itself from The Age of Odin in two very fundamental ways. One - the protagonist is female. Two - he writes the story in limited 3rd person, whereas The Age of Odin is strictly first person.
The Age of Zeus centers on the arrival of the Greek pantheon fourteen years prior to the book's events and creating all kinds of havoc in order to some semblance of world peace to the human race. This has come at a great cost for humanity - Hong Kong is annihlated, military action against the Pantheon results in thousands of deaths, including those of innocents, and even peaceful protests are not spared from the savagery of the Greeks.
This has led to a resistance of sorts. A wealthy businessman, a former weapons dealer a man by the name of Regis Landesman, brings together twelve people in an effort to stand against the Olympians and to take revenge upon the Pantheon. Among the twelve is Sam Akehurst, and she's the first one to piece together what they all have in common - aside from tragedy at the hands of the Olympians, they're all either former military or they're former police. One person opts out almost immediately and gets a handsome payout for keeping his silence. The rest of them are led deeper into the installation and shown exactly the means by which they'll start extracting their revenge on the Olympians.
Training takes time and effort. When it's deemed that they're ready, the Titans, as Landesman calls them, set out by taking down monsters - the Cyclops, the Hydra, the Lamia, Sphinx, Chimera, and Griffin, the Gorgons and the Sirens. Basically any monster that isn't being kept in check by the Olympians and that is doing more harm than good.
I won't spoil the ending of the book. What I've said is more than sufficient to hopefully hook people into reading the book, if they haven't done so already. Part of the story's charm is how the Olympian Gods are the bad guys in all of this. They think themselves above reproach and deserving of love and respect and admiration from the humans, but all they've managed to do is garner fear. It's sad that they don't realize that, but then that's the nature of the story. The Olympians are incapable of learning, and how Zeus finally comes about his demise . . . Yeah, I definitely don't want to spoil that for those who haven't read it, but I give major props to Lovegrove for writing the final interactions between Landesman (who takes up the callsign of Cronos) and Zeus the way that he did. Wow.Sers.
The Age of Zeus is definitely worth reading. If you haven't picked it up yet, do so. Lovegrove captures the essense of humanity in this piece and what it means to be a person who has loved and lost.
And that's it for today. I know I could have given a little more in-depth review on The Age of Zeus. Truthfully, there were things he did with the pantheon that I didn't agree with (which shouldn't be unusual), but he captured them in a near classical way. The Olympian Gods were known for asking those who petitioned them for near impossible tasks. It brings to the forefront the stark contrasts between the Olympians and the Asgardians.
I give this story four and a half stars . . . if I were revewing on Amazon.
Have a good Tuesday, my friends!
The Age of Shiva by James Lovegrove
I Bring the Fire, Part 1: Wolves (A Loki Series) by C. Gockel
Norther Magic: Rune Mysteries and Shamanism by Edred Thorsson
Recently Finished:
The Age of Zeus by James Lovegrove
Cut for spoilers
For starters, I want to say I love what Lovegrove has done with his Pantheon series. I know his books have been out for a while, but they're new to me so, hence, me reviewing them.
First of all, The Age of Zeus separates itself from The Age of Odin in two very fundamental ways. One - the protagonist is female. Two - he writes the story in limited 3rd person, whereas The Age of Odin is strictly first person.
The Age of Zeus centers on the arrival of the Greek pantheon fourteen years prior to the book's events and creating all kinds of havoc in order to some semblance of world peace to the human race. This has come at a great cost for humanity - Hong Kong is annihlated, military action against the Pantheon results in thousands of deaths, including those of innocents, and even peaceful protests are not spared from the savagery of the Greeks.
This has led to a resistance of sorts. A wealthy businessman, a former weapons dealer a man by the name of Regis Landesman, brings together twelve people in an effort to stand against the Olympians and to take revenge upon the Pantheon. Among the twelve is Sam Akehurst, and she's the first one to piece together what they all have in common - aside from tragedy at the hands of the Olympians, they're all either former military or they're former police. One person opts out almost immediately and gets a handsome payout for keeping his silence. The rest of them are led deeper into the installation and shown exactly the means by which they'll start extracting their revenge on the Olympians.
Training takes time and effort. When it's deemed that they're ready, the Titans, as Landesman calls them, set out by taking down monsters - the Cyclops, the Hydra, the Lamia, Sphinx, Chimera, and Griffin, the Gorgons and the Sirens. Basically any monster that isn't being kept in check by the Olympians and that is doing more harm than good.
I won't spoil the ending of the book. What I've said is more than sufficient to hopefully hook people into reading the book, if they haven't done so already. Part of the story's charm is how the Olympian Gods are the bad guys in all of this. They think themselves above reproach and deserving of love and respect and admiration from the humans, but all they've managed to do is garner fear. It's sad that they don't realize that, but then that's the nature of the story. The Olympians are incapable of learning, and how Zeus finally comes about his demise . . . Yeah, I definitely don't want to spoil that for those who haven't read it, but I give major props to Lovegrove for writing the final interactions between Landesman (who takes up the callsign of Cronos) and Zeus the way that he did. Wow.Sers.
The Age of Zeus is definitely worth reading. If you haven't picked it up yet, do so. Lovegrove captures the essense of humanity in this piece and what it means to be a person who has loved and lost.
And that's it for today. I know I could have given a little more in-depth review on The Age of Zeus. Truthfully, there were things he did with the pantheon that I didn't agree with (which shouldn't be unusual), but he captured them in a near classical way. The Olympian Gods were known for asking those who petitioned them for near impossible tasks. It brings to the forefront the stark contrasts between the Olympians and the Asgardians.
I give this story four and a half stars . . . if I were revewing on Amazon.
Have a good Tuesday, my friends!
