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Lost Civilization #5
Behemoth
Previous published cover of ASIN B0051MFVN8
Desiring an invincible beast for his host, Gog sends his offspring Dagon to the Sea of Nur. Dagon has one goal: tame the fabled Behemoth and return it to Shamgar. But the mightiest beast of all lives in the shadow of a lost celestial power and in the primitive lands of the Rovian. The journey will surely tax even those of the blood.
Seeking their defeat is Lod, a white-bearded swordsman with burning blue eyes, his frame a twisted mass of muscle from twenty long years as an oar-slave. Lod is driven by his visions, and this is to be the battle of his life.
BEHEMOTH is the tale of man versus monster and iron versus sorcery. It occurs in the days before the oceans overran the Pre-Cataclysmic World.
Desiring an invincible beast for his host, Gog sends his offspring Dagon to the Sea of Nur. Dagon has one goal: tame the fabled Behemoth and return it to Shamgar. But the mightiest beast of all lives in the shadow of a lost celestial power and in the primitive lands of the Rovian. The journey will surely tax even those of the blood.
Seeking their defeat is Lod, a white-bearded swordsman with burning blue eyes, his frame a twisted mass of muscle from twenty long years as an oar-slave. Lod is driven by his visions, and this is to be the battle of his life.
BEHEMOTH is the tale of man versus monster and iron versus sorcery. It occurs in the days before the oceans overran the Pre-Cataclysmic World.
- GenresFantasy
219 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 18, 2011
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Vaughn Heppner
146 books569 followersYou can visit Vaughn at www.vaughnheppner.com
I was born in Canada and remember as a small boy crawling in my snow-fort. I closed my eyes, and when I tried to open them, they were frozen shut. I didn't panic, but wiped away the ice crystals, unglued my eyes and kept on building my tunnel. Those were great days! I moved to Central California before seventh grade and couldn't believe I lived in a land where oranges grew on trees and you could pick grapes from the vine.
I used to wonder what I wanted to do with my life, what kind of work specifically. I was miserable not knowing and bordering on desperate. Then one day a friend gave me his typewriter. I began working on a novel. A different person told me it was much easier on a computer, so I bought one and began getting up at 4:30 A.M. each morning before work, writing for three hours. My eyes were unglued once again as the pang of misery left my gut. I knew exactly what I wanted to do: write. So now that's what I do, I write, and write, and write, and I love it.
I was born in Canada and remember as a small boy crawling in my snow-fort. I closed my eyes, and when I tried to open them, they were frozen shut. I didn't panic, but wiped away the ice crystals, unglued my eyes and kept on building my tunnel. Those were great days! I moved to Central California before seventh grade and couldn't believe I lived in a land where oranges grew on trees and you could pick grapes from the vine.
I used to wonder what I wanted to do with my life, what kind of work specifically. I was miserable not knowing and bordering on desperate. Then one day a friend gave me his typewriter. I began working on a novel. A different person told me it was much easier on a computer, so I bought one and began getting up at 4:30 A.M. each morning before work, writing for three hours. My eyes were unglued once again as the pang of misery left my gut. I knew exactly what I wanted to do: write. So now that's what I do, I write, and write, and write, and I love it.
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December 17, 2020
The ending was somewhat contrived, leaving a number of subplots unresolved. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the book. The plot definitely grabbed my imagination through the last 5 books of this series.
April 26, 2015
Great ending...
Lod's story is riveting. Now I have to download the next book in this series... it is more of his background and I hope it will be just as interesting as the first five books.
Lod's story is riveting. Now I have to download the next book in this series... it is more of his background and I hope it will be just as interesting as the first five books.
May 27, 2019
Loved this book, highly recommend
I am hooked on this series. I will be so disappointed when I read the last book in the series.
I am hooked on this series. I will be so disappointed when I read the last book in the series.
April 30, 2012
It just doesn't stop! Heppner keeps writing one excellent novel after another in the Lost Civilizations series. Yet again, Mr. Heppner gives us a thumping good read of the first order. This is book five and it returns to the tale directly where we left off in book four. Lod did not kill Gog, instead blinded his single eye. While Gog can still retain his oracular visions, his loss of physical sight has driven him insane causing him to turn on those closest to him. Gog has sent his son Dagon, his grandson Chemosh, his great grandson Ut, and Nylah the Knife, who is an assassin to the isle of the behemoth. They must capture Elohim's behemoth and control it so they can use it to war on the human world. You see, Chemosh, Ut, and others with them are beastmasters with Nephilim blood. Chemosh is also a necromancer. Ut is a cannibal leper. Nylah has a drug Gog gave her to control the behemoth if all else fails.
Of course there's more to this story, out on the isle is a Heavenly artifact left behind by a bene elohim named Baal before he was defeated by the Shining Ones and sent down to Tartarus. Dagon wants the artifact because it will make him a God on Earth - bigger than his father Gog. Lod, Keros and Kemar must stop them, but Kemar is Dagon's prisoner. Dagon and Nylah have been ordered by Gog to capture Lod and bring him back to Shamgar alive for his punishment. Now the story really gets rocking. There is much violence, necromancy, soul possession, excavation, ancient ruins, mind control, and a last raging battle. Who will control the behemoth if any? Who will find the Heavenly artifact and become a God on Earth?
Again Heppner's characters jump off the pages in full 3D detail. We get to see the cunning and uncertainty of Dagon, the arrogance of Ut, the down-to-earth, common sense and self protective instincts of Nylah, the power grubbing arrogance of Chemosh. Even secondary characters such as the Rovian warrior band that helps Lod at first is represented as individuals such as Eber who is their war leader - an honorable and brave man who will put the cause of right over personal danger. The pacing on this book was just as swift as the others but on this one, the ending was a bit rushed. Hmmm! Don't know what to say about that, but the rest of the book is stellar.
I would highly recommend all five of these books to anyone who likes epic fantasy, angels, mythology, or just a thumping good read. I am on to book six.
Of course there's more to this story, out on the isle is a Heavenly artifact left behind by a bene elohim named Baal before he was defeated by the Shining Ones and sent down to Tartarus. Dagon wants the artifact because it will make him a God on Earth - bigger than his father Gog. Lod, Keros and Kemar must stop them, but Kemar is Dagon's prisoner. Dagon and Nylah have been ordered by Gog to capture Lod and bring him back to Shamgar alive for his punishment. Now the story really gets rocking. There is much violence, necromancy, soul possession, excavation, ancient ruins, mind control, and a last raging battle. Who will control the behemoth if any? Who will find the Heavenly artifact and become a God on Earth?
Again Heppner's characters jump off the pages in full 3D detail. We get to see the cunning and uncertainty of Dagon, the arrogance of Ut, the down-to-earth, common sense and self protective instincts of Nylah, the power grubbing arrogance of Chemosh. Even secondary characters such as the Rovian warrior band that helps Lod at first is represented as individuals such as Eber who is their war leader - an honorable and brave man who will put the cause of right over personal danger. The pacing on this book was just as swift as the others but on this one, the ending was a bit rushed. Hmmm! Don't know what to say about that, but the rest of the book is stellar.
I would highly recommend all five of these books to anyone who likes epic fantasy, angels, mythology, or just a thumping good read. I am on to book six.
January 3, 2017
4.5 Stars
Behemoth by Vaughn Heppner is the fifth book in the Lost Civilization series. I was so engrossed with the story, the writing, and the characters from the first four books that I immediately went on to this one without stopping between. The Lost Civilization series is a fantasy that will appeal to a wide audience. These books would be appropriate for the older young adult crowd.
I love the subject and the plot that Vaughn Heppner has created. It is such a wonderful world where God's children, the Fallen, Man, and Beast all walk the Earth and compete for life ever after. I absolutely loved the depth of the world building and the religious undertones. I wanted more and more. LOD is the center and the star of Behemoth as he was in the last book Gog.
As I have said previously, this is fantasy made for page turning. This is not the next A Game of Thrones weighed down by political machinations. It is however a fun, imaginative, and action based high fantasy that will keep your attention from start to finish. The writing made the great world even better.
Behemoth, like all the books in the Lost Civilization series is filled with Gods, Giants, and Nephilim and monsters. This was a fast page turner that was just not quite as good as the first two books in the series. I love the writing and the characters and wanted more from them. I guess I will immediately go on to the next one.
Finally, I have to repeat that I absolutely enjoyed this book and can't wait to see where it goes. A great read.
May 16, 2014
Vaughn Heppner continues his story of sword and sorcery hero Lod in his fifth in the Lost Civilizations series, "Behemoth." The story picks up with Lod and companions sorely outmatched by the legions of Gog. Gog, a first born abomination, has seen a premonition that involves harnessing a behemoth on an island last lived on by the fallen celestials bene elohim. Very steeped in lore and evil. Lod has with him a former rat hunter and her boyfriend a former leper. Their association with Lod has made them stronger. But he's also dangerous. Being around Lod usually gets people killed. He goes straight into danger, usually with no plan. But for him it works. And that's what makes this awesome adventure. Heppner lets his imagination loose with this series. It's some of his best work, although I continue to be impressed with whatever he picks up and chooses to write about. Lod is the guy you want on your side. Just be sure to be armed and prepared for danger and potential certain death.
February 20, 2016
Back to Scriptural basis--Good!
This series is a fascinating what-if, what if the Bible included the time before the great flood, and documented the lives of Adam and Eves progeny. It also deals with the mysterious Nephilim and the "Sons of God", here, bene elohim, the fallen angels who rebelled against God (Elohim, in Hebrew). Vaughn gives us a mystical world where these creatures inflict their nefarious acts upon mankind, and where Elohim empowers his Seraphs among mankind to oppose these evil creatures. This was another installment along this path involving heroic Lod and his similarly Elohim-inspired confederates.
With this book, Vaughn returns to Biblical quotations to introduce chapters.
Thanks again for a great read, Vaughn!
This series is a fascinating what-if, what if the Bible included the time before the great flood, and documented the lives of Adam and Eves progeny. It also deals with the mysterious Nephilim and the "Sons of God", here, bene elohim, the fallen angels who rebelled against God (Elohim, in Hebrew). Vaughn gives us a mystical world where these creatures inflict their nefarious acts upon mankind, and where Elohim empowers his Seraphs among mankind to oppose these evil creatures. This was another installment along this path involving heroic Lod and his similarly Elohim-inspired confederates.
With this book, Vaughn returns to Biblical quotations to introduce chapters.
Thanks again for a great read, Vaughn!
March 29, 2016
Lod (Conan the barbarian) now assumes the leading role against the Nephilins. He is not smart as Keros nor is he likeable as Joash.
This book has its focus in Lod's fights. There is much less wonders in the world than the previous books. excluding the behemoth there is nothing new
I was thinking in giving this book a 3 stars, but the last chapters were really good. Keept me interested until the end
This book has its focus in Lod's fights. There is much less wonders in the world than the previous books. excluding the behemoth there is nothing new
I was thinking in giving this book a 3 stars, but the last chapters were really good. Keept me interested until the end
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