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    Awaken His Eyes: The Awakened Book One
    Awaken His Eyes: The Awakened Book One
    Awaken His Eyes: The Awakened Book One
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    Awaken His Eyes: The Awakened Book One

    By Jason Tesar

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    The physical dimension is fractured. What remain now are numerous fragmented worlds moving simultaneously through time, sharing a common history, connected only by a guarded portal. On a parallel earth, in the city of Bastul, Colonel Adair Lorus disappears while investigating the death of an informant, triggering a series of events which will tear his family apart and set in motion the resolution of an ancient struggle. Kael, sentenced to death after rising up against the cruel leadership of his new step-father, is rescued from prison and trained in the arts of war by a mystical order of clerics. Excelling in every aspect of his training, Kael inwardly struggles to give himself fully to the methods of his new family, or the god they worship. Maeryn, bitter over the disappearance of her husband and supposed execution of her son, fears for her life at the hands of her newly appointed husband. Finding comfort and purpose in her unborn child, she determines to undermine his authority by reaching out to an underground social movement known as the Resistance. After being forced from his home, Kael’s former mentor, Saba, uncovers a clue to Adair’s disappearance. Sensing a connection to his own forgotten past, Saba begins an investigation which leads to the discovery of a secret military organization operating within the Orudan Empire.

    In book one of his bestselling debut series, Jason Tesar launches an epic saga that will journey from earth’s mythological past to its post-apocalyptic future, blending the genres of fantasy, sci-fi, and military/political suspense.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJason Tesar
    Release dateApr 9, 2011
    ISBN9781452440217
    Awaken His Eyes: The Awakened Book One
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    Jason Tesar

    The third of four children and an introvert from the start, Jason Tesar grew up as an imaginative "middle child" who enjoyed the make-believe world as much as the real one, possibly more. From adolescence to adulthood, his imagination fed itself on a diet of books, movies, and art, all the while growing and maturing--waiting for its opportunity. In late 1998, Jason made his first attempt at writing, managing to complete a whole scene before returning once again to reality. A year and a half later, a spontaneous night-time conversation with his wife encouraged him to take his writing seriously and to keep on dreaming. Over the next seven years, Jason carved time out of the real world to live in an imaginary one of epic fantasy, science-fiction, and military/political conflict. The fruits of this labor would later become the first three books of the bestselling AWAKENED series. Due to the incredible support from readers around the world, Jason continued his trajectory into make-believe, jumping from stable employment in the micro-electronics industry into the mysterious abyss of fiction writing. Living in Colorado with his beautiful wife and two children, Jason now spends the majority of his time fusing the best parts of his favorite genres into stories of internal struggle and triumph, friendship, betrayal, political alliances, and military conflict. His fast-paced stories span ancient and future worlds, weaving together threads of stirring drama and intense action that provoke reader comments such as, "I couldn't put it down," and "I'll read anything he writes." If you'd like to follow along on Jason's journey or get behind the scenes info on his fiction, sign up for his email list (http://eepurl.com/-PPGX). You can also find him on Facebook (jasontesar.com), Twitter (@jasontesar), Google+ (Jason Tesar), Goodreads (Jason Tesar), on his blog (www.jasontesar.com), or send him an email at jasontesar@yahoo.com.

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    • 3/5
      This book started out well, and it was a very interesting premise, but the author lost me at a few critical points. The first was that time jumps happened frequently, and with no announcement except in the next paragraph. I don't like books that leave me jumping around trying to guess what it is I'm reading, and when it takes place. The storyline was a unique one, and I found myself becoming personally invested in especially the story of Kael and Maeryn, but the other characters weren't so memorable for me. Too many things were left unanswered, leaving more questions than anything.
    • 4/5
      I really liked Awaken His Eyes. I will get the second book to the series. There was a lot of action, mystery, & betrayal. Sometimes events had a tendency to drag on for too long, that is why I gave a 4 instead of 5 star review.
    • 2/5
      I just got a Kindle Fire and wanted to try it out, so I ordered a free book online. I was in a hurry, so I picked out this book for no other reason than the artwork on the cover. The book was interesting in the beginning, became boring in the middle, and just when I thought it was getting better....it ended. Very abruptly, ended. I couldn't tell in which time period this book was written as it had characters with sandals and tunics as well as some futuristic qualities. The author must like the word, "crunch". Throughout the book, this word was used to describe footsteps, whether they were walking on gravel, grass, or sand. I don't recommend this book unless you just want to pass the time. Next time, I won't be so persuaded by the cover.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed this book as I thought it was a good start to a story but I think I’ll need to read the other two books for it to make total sense, and for me to get a sense of closure of the characters, and the incomplete story lines. I originally choose the book as the blurb appealed to me, and as a free download, I had nothing to lose. There were some elements of the story that were better than others, but I did like the maps at the back of the book which helped me make sense of the places that the author was describing. Overall the book left me wanting to know what was going to happen to the characters and I did buy the second book straight away so that I could continue reading. As I’ve said, this book doesn’t work as a standalone novel, because it isn’t. The second and third parts of the book are fairly cheap so think of it as a free introduction, that you can give up on if it doesn’t appeal. Would I recommend this book? Well, if you like a bit of fantasy, and if it is still free on Amazon, (or your book seller of choice) then yes. Would I have paid for this book? Actually, yes I would. It was a good debut novel.
    • 4/5
      The Awakened:Book One (Awaken His Eyes) By Jason Tesar

      I Liked this book I liked the style of writing And I found the story engaging.

      There are some few annoying elements that have more to do with editing decisions and this it the way Jason decided to put things together so there is no changing that.

      This novel contains One good solid story if you ignore the other two unfinished ones.

      Personally I found the first chapter to be more equivalent to a prologue.

      I found the next five chapter belonging to perhaps a preface.

      Or maybe those two go the other way. Anyway there is a reason I say this and in part it is because the first 6 chapters of this book did not add anything to the book for me. In fact they were a distraction because I expected to get back to either one of these stories all the way through the last two thirds of the novel.

      For me the real story began at chapter 7 and it's not a bad story. There are rough elements that honestly were not as rough as some recent novels I have read. Yes there is a rape yes there are slaves. I'm not sure what people want but when you tell a story these things do happen. I think it might be more objectionable when the child? in prison resort to eating raw flesh like savages and one even eventually bites another prisoner.

      But, back to the story, or in this case the three threads that run for the last two thirds of the novel.

      Maeryn is left without her husband,Adair, who has for all intent and purposes vanished. The readers knows a little bit about this but really not enough to help this part of the story. She is interrogated about his disappearance and since he is the governor of Bastul it should be a big deal though we are led to believe its not so big a deal and that he is easily replace and that his replacement is on its way and that Maeryn and her family will become the new governor's family. In this culture this is the common practice and it helps that Maeryn is considered attractive. Beautiful enough that her beauty seems to be one of the deciding factors in the replacements decision to take this position.

      To me the first pages of the seventh chapter read well enough to be the beginning of this novel. This book has a lot of mystery and the mystery of her husbands disappearance works well without the five chapters about him and it was annoying to have him just vanish from the story.

      Lemus,the socially acceptable replacement husband, is a tall thin imposing and very cruel man. He beats his slaves and eventually rapes his new wife. It is the beating of Maeryn's son, Kael's, friend Ajani -a child slave- that sets the wheels of this story into motion. Kael responds by defending his friend Ajani and attacks Lemus with a pitchfork. Lemus responds by placing the child (Kael) under arrest to be executed. Orudan Empire law forbids any attack on it soldiers, an offense punishable by death. All of this occurs in front of Maeryn who is powerless to intercede.

      Maeryn become pregnant with child and since this is after the rape she passes it off as Lemus lest she lose another child to her new cruel husband.(She assumes that Kael is dead.)

      Along with sending Kael to his death, Lemus removes Kael's long time tutor, Saba, from the household and threatens him with death if he or his soldiers ever see Saba again.(As far as I know he also assumes that his student Kael is dead.)

      This starts the three threads of the story which follow the lives of Maeryn, Kael, and Saba.

      In her desperation Maeryn becomes a spy for the Empire's enemies as she tries to secretly thwart Lemus.

      Saba goes on a journey to discover his own past. ( He seems to have amnesia pertaining to his life before coming to Bastul.)

      Kael- the primary figure here endures some hardship to later be pressed into service with some monks to become a religious warrior. He will have to do a lot of self examination while trying to discern the truth of the things that are happening around him. This novel seems to be mostly about Kael's journey interwoven with the parallel tales of the lives of those people who are alive and most important to him.

      This is a good tale of mystery and betrayal and self discovery that starts at chapter 7.

      What comes before that may have much to do with later novels and my only objection to them is that they don't really add much to this story and I would guess that they would fit nicely into whichever place might continue their stories and since the author seems to dwell a lot on the mysteries interwoven into this tale I think their absence here would just be a part of the intriguing mystery that could be woven in later when he finishes telling those two stories.

      But that is just my opinion. Apparently a lot of people like this novel the way it is.

      Although I didn't find it all that helpful to have them only say so in a single line or paragraph.
      Some more full description of how and why they liked it would really go a long way.

      I also found the forward and history and prophecy to be just a bit unnecessary to this story along with the maps and links to maps. Some people like those things though and I'm sure they had some bearing in helping the author's world building.

      I found the story of Kael to be complete enough as it is in this book despite the cliffhanger-ish ending. Unfortunately when you take the incomplete nature of the first chapter's story which perhaps takes place in some alternate future. Add to that the incomplete story of Kael's father, which unfortunately had nothing that I felt greatly impacted the tone of the rest of the story it leaves the reader with three cliffhanger-ish things to deal with which may not be necessary. I'm assuming Kael's is a past history of an alternate universe though from the Forward it could be a dystopic future and that element again adds to confusion.

      The prophecy and history seemed also superfluous to this story though again I am sure for the whole series they have some value.

      I have not yet read the next two books but perhaps if they had been drawn into one book this novel might make more sense. I'll be a better judge of that when I read those.

      I would recommend this book to anyone who loves fantasy and a bit of revisionist history or dystopia as it may be. I don't see much in the science fiction draw here because the bulk of the better part of this story reads like some far eastern monastic battle monk training and spiritual philosophy and it could take place in a wide range of historic settings almost up to the present time.

      J.L. Dobias

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