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The Corin Chronicles #2
The Transformation of Adam Higgins
“We never choose our destiny. It chooses us.”
It’s been five thousand years since the gods withdrew from the galaxy, leaving the men of each planet to rule themselves. For millennia, the worlds lived in relative harmony. But once again the order has been shaken.
On Corin, a prince’s courageous quest has released a ruthless demi-god that can bring the disgraced planet back to its former glory—or destroy it.
On Earth, a young man is ripped across a universe he didn’t know existed and inextricably tied to an ancient conflict that he can’t begin to understand.
And all the while, the immortal Siroco pursues his own mysterious ends.
Who are the true heroes? Who is the Chosen One?
Battles rage and families crumble in this second installment of Marvin Amazon’s mythic fantasy series, where once again the lines of right and wrong blur around the individual experience, and even the best of intentions cannot control a galaxy on the brink of destruction.
It’s been five thousand years since the gods withdrew from the galaxy, leaving the men of each planet to rule themselves. For millennia, the worlds lived in relative harmony. But once again the order has been shaken.
On Corin, a prince’s courageous quest has released a ruthless demi-god that can bring the disgraced planet back to its former glory—or destroy it.
On Earth, a young man is ripped across a universe he didn’t know existed and inextricably tied to an ancient conflict that he can’t begin to understand.
And all the while, the immortal Siroco pursues his own mysterious ends.
Who are the true heroes? Who is the Chosen One?
Battles rage and families crumble in this second installment of Marvin Amazon’s mythic fantasy series, where once again the lines of right and wrong blur around the individual experience, and even the best of intentions cannot control a galaxy on the brink of destruction.
400 pages, Paperback
First published May 31, 2013
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Marvin Amazon
4 books52 followersMarvin Amazon is a Nigerian-born, British author who currently lives in Essex, England. Marvin stretches his imagination with movies, video games, comics, and, of course, novels. He credits the library across the street from his childhood home in Battersea, southwest London, with opening his eyes to the engrossing worlds of fantasy and crime fiction.
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July 2, 2013
I honestly don't read alot of Urban Fantasy books but when I do it's either phenomenal or downright ugly. This read was phenomenal. I was very impressed by the imagination that Marvin Amazon put into this book. Magic, Gods, hyper gods, royalty, different worlds, catastrophe's, so much going on in this book there is never a dull moment. Whether he was describing a wardrobe, a fighting scene, a typhoon, you felt like you were right there experiencing it with the characters and that's what makes a book worth reading. The story is epic and vividly detailed. I felt like I was sucked into the book, I couldn't put it down, I just had to know the fates of the many characters in this story. If you are an Urban Fantasy book lover you will thoroughly enjoy it!
September 17, 2013
I recieved this book through Goodreads First reads for free. Really enjoyed this book. Sorry that I haven't read the first one and looking forward to the next one. Must find out how it all turns out. Likable characters who were well written and enough bad guys for you always to have someone to vent your anger on. Very descriptive battle scenes.... Would probably make a pretty good movie. Will be hunting down the first book, so I can see how we got to the starting point in this book. A very enjoyable read.
May 3, 2025
Good book
January 14, 2014
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Publisher: Corinthians Publishing
Publishing Date: November 2013
ISBN: 9780957298590
Genre: fantasy
Rating: 2.0/5.0
Publisher Description: We never choose our destiny. It chooses us.”
It’s been five thousand years since the gods withdrew from the galaxy, leaving the men of each planet to rule themselves. For millennia, the worlds lived in relative harmony. But once again the order has been shaken.
On Earth, a young man is ripped across a universe he didn’t know existed and inextricably tied to an ancient conflict that he can’t begin to understand.
Who are the true heroes? Who is the Chosen One?
Review: The cover art looks like a psychodelic octopus took a big rainbow shit. And what is that ethereal kid doing in there? Looks like a scissor cutout from a coloring book. Is that Adam? Fug me, this is right up there with the worst of the worst.
This had a wildly jumbled story-line that still doesn’t quite make sense. It leaves a lot of unanswered questions, and a ton of questions that should have been answered, but were not. I think the author intentionally leaves out information as he is building a series that will culminate, hopefully, in the third installment. Like it or hate it? Not a big fan of being vague with regard to the storyline. I think it should be spelled out for the reader if the novel is not entertaining a mystery/thriller genre. In subsequent novels, you can build on what is known by the insertion of new events. I think that captivates the reader and engages them more. Gives the reader a sense of control. I just felt this sense of vagueness when reading it that I attribute to the lack of substantive information.
The story-line was awesome as were the characters, except for Adam’s twin sister whom comes off as bratty, bitchy, whiney and ineffective at instituting any of her ideas. A real Debbie-Downer. The story flips back and forth between Earth and Tustodes/Corin with alacrity. It helps develop the eventual culmination of the novels intent while providing some insight into what the next installment will be.
I have a couple of reasons for not scoring this novel very high. If you have any of my other reviews, you may know that I abhor the overuse of nouns and verbs when it exceeds what is considered subjectively rational. In this case, as in others, the literary virus of the day was either “Scowl”, “Scowled”, “Scowling”, “Growled” or “Growling”. Fug me. I counted, when cogent, in excess of 50x times that these devices or crutches were used during the course of the novel. Gonna say it again. It takes a little more effort to craft a novel that avoids the overuse of simplistic terms.
The other hitch in this novel was this weird jump from Earth normal to Tustodes/Corin hyper-Camelot speak. Here you have people talking like they came straight out of a King Arthur movie….”You have developed into one of the greatest warriors this planet has ever seen…tread carefully…..do not trust anyone…..” and “they are pure and with so much compassion…..My loyalties lie with you and our great planet before anyone else……. Weird shjt. How is it that you have beings that can traverse the Galaxy, yet reside and behave as a hyper-romanticized version of an Earth story. Heck, its not even a myth. Camelot is based on a story by 15th century writer Thomas Malory. But that’s not the good part. There is King Oncelot (Lancelot?), King Solamon (Solomon?), Corinthus (Corinth?), Copelcius (Copernicus?), Queen Mariam (Marian?) and a host of other converted Arthurians/Robin Hoodians. Then we have Prince Ramon whom runs around yapping like Inigo Montoya “Hello! My name is Inigo Montoya! You killed my father! Prepare to die!”.
There were quite a few grammatical and spelling errors in this e-copy. Not sure if the editors fell down or something was lost during conversion. I think its the former, as the errors were duplicates within the sentence structure. This could have been a really good novel if it had had a firmer editing hand. Trim the story-line down so it is more believable, rather than this Arthurian jump into LA-LA Land. Curb the over-use of certain verbs and nouns, endless descriptive dialogue and you have a really great read.
Publisher: Corinthians Publishing
Publishing Date: November 2013
ISBN: 9780957298590
Genre: fantasy
Rating: 2.0/5.0
Publisher Description: We never choose our destiny. It chooses us.”
It’s been five thousand years since the gods withdrew from the galaxy, leaving the men of each planet to rule themselves. For millennia, the worlds lived in relative harmony. But once again the order has been shaken.
On Earth, a young man is ripped across a universe he didn’t know existed and inextricably tied to an ancient conflict that he can’t begin to understand.
Who are the true heroes? Who is the Chosen One?
Review: The cover art looks like a psychodelic octopus took a big rainbow shit. And what is that ethereal kid doing in there? Looks like a scissor cutout from a coloring book. Is that Adam? Fug me, this is right up there with the worst of the worst.
This had a wildly jumbled story-line that still doesn’t quite make sense. It leaves a lot of unanswered questions, and a ton of questions that should have been answered, but were not. I think the author intentionally leaves out information as he is building a series that will culminate, hopefully, in the third installment. Like it or hate it? Not a big fan of being vague with regard to the storyline. I think it should be spelled out for the reader if the novel is not entertaining a mystery/thriller genre. In subsequent novels, you can build on what is known by the insertion of new events. I think that captivates the reader and engages them more. Gives the reader a sense of control. I just felt this sense of vagueness when reading it that I attribute to the lack of substantive information.
The story-line was awesome as were the characters, except for Adam’s twin sister whom comes off as bratty, bitchy, whiney and ineffective at instituting any of her ideas. A real Debbie-Downer. The story flips back and forth between Earth and Tustodes/Corin with alacrity. It helps develop the eventual culmination of the novels intent while providing some insight into what the next installment will be.
I have a couple of reasons for not scoring this novel very high. If you have any of my other reviews, you may know that I abhor the overuse of nouns and verbs when it exceeds what is considered subjectively rational. In this case, as in others, the literary virus of the day was either “Scowl”, “Scowled”, “Scowling”, “Growled” or “Growling”. Fug me. I counted, when cogent, in excess of 50x times that these devices or crutches were used during the course of the novel. Gonna say it again. It takes a little more effort to craft a novel that avoids the overuse of simplistic terms.
The other hitch in this novel was this weird jump from Earth normal to Tustodes/Corin hyper-Camelot speak. Here you have people talking like they came straight out of a King Arthur movie….”You have developed into one of the greatest warriors this planet has ever seen…tread carefully…..do not trust anyone…..” and “they are pure and with so much compassion…..My loyalties lie with you and our great planet before anyone else……. Weird shjt. How is it that you have beings that can traverse the Galaxy, yet reside and behave as a hyper-romanticized version of an Earth story. Heck, its not even a myth. Camelot is based on a story by 15th century writer Thomas Malory. But that’s not the good part. There is King Oncelot (Lancelot?), King Solamon (Solomon?), Corinthus (Corinth?), Copelcius (Copernicus?), Queen Mariam (Marian?) and a host of other converted Arthurians/Robin Hoodians. Then we have Prince Ramon whom runs around yapping like Inigo Montoya “Hello! My name is Inigo Montoya! You killed my father! Prepare to die!”.
There were quite a few grammatical and spelling errors in this e-copy. Not sure if the editors fell down or something was lost during conversion. I think its the former, as the errors were duplicates within the sentence structure. This could have been a really good novel if it had had a firmer editing hand. Trim the story-line down so it is more believable, rather than this Arthurian jump into LA-LA Land. Curb the over-use of certain verbs and nouns, endless descriptive dialogue and you have a really great read.
May 11, 2015
I won a free copy of this book through a GoodReads First Reads giveaway.
What was really good about this was that I didn't feel like I was missing anything by not reading the first book. The writing was pretty good. Some parts of this were really cool, others were kind of confusing and too fast. Overall it was a somewhat generic mix of fantasy and sci-fi that doesn't really stand out in the genre.
What was really good about this was that I didn't feel like I was missing anything by not reading the first book. The writing was pretty good. Some parts of this were really cool, others were kind of confusing and too fast. Overall it was a somewhat generic mix of fantasy and sci-fi that doesn't really stand out in the genre.
February 2, 2014
I have never read this type of book before. I immensely enjoyed this mythic fantasy and will certainly look for more now. Thanks for introducing me to the outer worlds, hyper gods and all else. Action, action and more action. I am looking forward to reading the next in the series.
I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads.
I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads.
October 17, 2013
Really good book I'm going to get the first book next
August 4, 2013
Excellent Read!
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