Bid the Gods Arise The Wells of the Worlds Volume 1 Robert Mullin James Cline 9780615730783 Books
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Kidnapped from his homeworld and sold into slavery, Maurin despairs of ever seeing his cousin or his home again. When he is ransomed by a mysterious woman and reunited with Aric, he joins an unlikely group committed to the downfall of the slave trade. But it isn't long before he realizes they are being hunted--not only by the blood-lusting head of the slave trade, but by an ancient evil that wants their souls.
Bid the Gods Arise The Wells of the Worlds Volume 1 Robert Mullin James Cline 9780615730783 Books
Mullin's Bid the Gods Arise is a thrilling, captivating piece of fictional machinery. It's high fantasy, sci-fi, and horror at it's best. The characters jump off the page and hit you smack in the middle of your mind. I particularly love the brotherly relationship between Maurin and Aric. It's not often, as far as I know anyway, that cousins are so close in fiction so it was a different type of relationship I enjoyed. Aric and Maurin's temperaments are different and yet you can understand why they get along so well.The story itself is a complicated and fascinating mix. Imagine everything you loved, expected, and knew being ripped away from you by a force outside your will. Your hopes and dreams are torn from you and in its place, you find yourself in the midst of a plot you had no idea existed. Worlds you didn't know existed, gods you hadn't even heard of. Imagine, the strange ability of your cousin being part of something greater than anything you'd ever experience. It's a that is both familiar and unique all at the same time, it made for a great reading experience.
I can't wait for the next book.
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Bid the Gods Arise The Wells of the Worlds Volume 1 Robert Mullin James Cline 9780615730783 Books Reviews
Bid the Gods Arise is well-written for the most part, and competently for all of it. There were two reasons why I knocked a book I mostly enjoyed down to three stars 1. I hate it when God is a character in a book and chats with the other characters. Most people aren't bothered by that, but this is my review, and the practice bugs the snot out of me. 2. I have no problem with fallen-to-primitive-levels cultures, but here we have cultures that use space ships, and they fight with swords???? I suppose Star Wars started it all with light sabers, but grumble, grumble, even the people who weren't Jedi used guns. Japan had guns and then was able to ban them for two hundred years so that fighters would only use samurai swords, until Commodore Perry sailed in with really big guns, and believe you me the Japanese grabbed trains and boats and guns as fast as they could so that would never happen to them again. I could not suspend my disbelief on that issue. Another thing that was not high enough to make a separate bullet point on the list of irritations was the inconsistency of the actions by the bad guys. That inconsistency brought to mind the words of Alan Dean Foster who said about movies A good visual will always trump science.
On the other hand, there was some lovely metaphysical discussion that brought to mind the eldil in Out Of The Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis. I especially liked the finger in the fishbowl metaphor. And there are lovely other kinds of teaching in the book as well. I should warn you that if you are the type of person who finds that anybody anywhere believing in God makes you miserable or angry, this book is not for you.
Another thing I did like was the invention of some of the animals on the worlds. I'm a sucker for such things, and Mullin made me happy there, until we reached the flying monkeys. For some reason I would not accept that. Just, no. And I can't even tell you why. The Greylands bothered me until we were given an absolutely wonderful explanation for the phenomenon. Over all, a plus for his inventiveness as well as for interesting good characters, and understandable weak characters. The evil characters, well, this is space opera
I was dismayed at the end by the loose strings untied until I realized there is another book, which I would have known if I had been paying even a particle of attention, so that's all my fault.
All in all, if you like space opera and don't mind a few buckets of blood, you should really like this book.
"Bid the God's Arise" is a very unique book. It's sci-fi mixed with fantasy set place on a Romanesque world of gladiators, slave traders, corrupt politicians, flying cars, creatures from many worlds and of course the demons that pull the strings.
The writing is good, the storyline is in-depth and in some ways complex, the characters are diverse and rich, and the stress the story causes makes it a real page-turner. This is book one of a series (of how many books I do not know) but it has enough closure in it that you do not have to read the next volume unless you want to. My guess is, you'll want to.
I became aware of this book through a couple of Christian websites but none of the reviews said it was Christian fiction. Neither did any of the reviews. Well in case you are curious I'll answer the question. It's yes and no. If you are not a Christian then you can rest easy, you'll probably not see a Biblical worldview. Believers however are going to see some aspects of their faith expressed in the storyline. Nothing life-changing but at least motivating. The novel contains lots of violence, sex, debauchery, rape, slavery and torture etc, but the author writes with enough intelligence and class that none of it is gratuitous and yet none of it is softened. No foul language either. For this I thank the author.
If you are looking for an exciting book with lots of edge yet still entertaining then I suggest picking yourself up a copy. My plan is to read the rest of the series. If the author reads this review I'd like him to reply and let me know how many books he plans on writing for this series. Lots of good books to read and so little time.
1 Star = Pathetic
2 Stars = Fair
3 Stars = Good
4 Stars = Excellent
5 Stars = Life changing
For those who give me a negative vote on my review please comment and let me know why. I'd like to improve my reviews so they can be helpful to those who read them. Please understand I choose not to give a synopsis of the book because it's already given at the top of the home page. I find in doing so too many reviewers give away too much of the plot. Thank you.
Mullin's Bid the Gods Arise is a thrilling, captivating piece of fictional machinery. It's high fantasy, sci-fi, and horror at it's best. The characters jump off the page and hit you smack in the middle of your mind. I particularly love the brotherly relationship between Maurin and Aric. It's not often, as far as I know anyway, that cousins are so close in fiction so it was a different type of relationship I enjoyed. Aric and Maurin's temperaments are different and yet you can understand why they get along so well.
The story itself is a complicated and fascinating mix. Imagine everything you loved, expected, and knew being ripped away from you by a force outside your will. Your hopes and dreams are torn from you and in its place, you find yourself in the midst of a plot you had no idea existed. Worlds you didn't know existed, gods you hadn't even heard of. Imagine, the strange ability of your cousin being part of something greater than anything you'd ever experience. It's a that is both familiar and unique all at the same time, it made for a great reading experience.
I can't wait for the next book.
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