{"id":1617,"date":"2025-01-15T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T10:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=1617"},"modified":"2025-01-15T10:33:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T10:33:00","slug":"starred-book-review-amok-the-powerful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=1617","title":{"rendered":"STARRED Book Review: Amok the Powerful"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amok the Powerful<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

by Alan Draven<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> Fantasy \/ Sword & Sorcery<\/p>\n

ISBN: <\/strong>9798344902234<\/p>\n

Print Length:<\/strong> 304 pages<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Reviewed by Alexandria Ducksworth<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Move over, Conan<\/em>\u2014Amok has arrived. Draven might be next in line as literary successor to Robert E. Howard.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A simple mission to find a sword transforms into an epic quest into the lands of legendary Atlantia in Alan Draven\u2019s Amok the Powerfu<\/em>l.<\/p>\n

Amok, the red-haired warrior who does what needs to be done, is no man\u2019s servant. But when he meets a man in a bar who needs to find his family sword, Amok gladly takes his offer to fetch it for some coin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He\u2019s soon to discover that there\u2019s more to the weapon than he was told. He joins forces with his best friend and sorceress Goyiir and even some new companions along the way. They\u2019ll need to travel far and defeat deadly monsters in order to retrieve the sword. The closer Amok gets to Atlantia, where the Harbinger of Doom dwells, the more he uncovers traces of his own mysterious past.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you like Conan the Barbarian<\/em>, Draven is the contemporary author you\u2019ll want to be reading. Amok the Powerful<\/em> is just the sword and sorcery fantasy I was hoping for: a\u00a0tapestry of exciting action and jaw-dropping twists but with creative, lovable characters.<\/p>\n

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Amok will bring out your inner adventure-seeker too. He\u2019s always out doing something, whether fighting in a bar or wrestling a dragon. Amok is an awesome escapist fantasy figure. He\u2019s brave, strong, and can defeat almost anything\u2014a recipe for an adventure fantasy reader\u2019s delight. And not only that, Draven leaves clues of Amok\u2019s past sprinkled throughout the story\u2014he\u2019s a powerful, multidimensional character.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Goyirr is more than Amok\u2019s magical friend too. She\u2019s pretty much his soul sister. They are both supremely confident and are strong in their abilities. It\u2019s refreshing to see another strong fantasy female heroine in these pages.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Draven has created a vast, colorful world, and I loved every minute of it. Every village Amok and his crew visits is unique in its own way and come with their own set of problems. One town: missing children; another, giant spiders. There\u2019s always something going on. It\u2019s the little things that make this imagined world more appealing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s dark too! Events can get intense and scary, as they should in sword and sorcery books. Creepy cultists, human sacrifices, necromancy, evil spirits! This novel dishes out the chills with darkness.<\/p>\n

Amok the Powerful<\/em> is a fantastic journey. It\u2019s dark. It\u2019s classic yet new and comes with high-end adventure and powerful characters. This is a grand story.<\/p>\n

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