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Pierce and the Fallen Gods
After defeating the trickster god, Pierce and Peter thought they were done. But when an ancient evil arises, our heroes are once again called upon to save the world.
From the Valley of the Kings, to the ancient Tower of Babel, to the Egyptian Underworld, the two friends must race against time to retrieve the relics of the divine as well as unravel the mystery of the resting place of the creator.
They battle vengeful gods, and unravel clues which make them question everything they ever knew. On their quest, they make new allies and foes as they seek to find out what it means to be created in the image of El; a stunning revelation so powerful it shatters all they knew about the creation story.
The stakes have never been that high and yet the two friends have only one weapon at their disposal, their imagination.
From the Valley of the Kings, to the ancient Tower of Babel, to the Egyptian Underworld, the two friends must race against time to retrieve the relics of the divine as well as unravel the mystery of the resting place of the creator.
They battle vengeful gods, and unravel clues which make them question everything they ever knew. On their quest, they make new allies and foes as they seek to find out what it means to be created in the image of El; a stunning revelation so powerful it shatters all they knew about the creation story.
The stakes have never been that high and yet the two friends have only one weapon at their disposal, their imagination.
100 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 15, 2019
About the author
N.K. Aning
64 books9 followersN. K. Aning is an acclaimed Ghanaian author known for his rich storytelling, vivid imagination, and powerful reimagining of African myths for the modern world. His works span multiple genres from middle-grade adventure and young adult fantasy to supernatural thrillers and literary fiction, all united by a deep sense of wonder and cultural resonance.
For younger readers, Aning's The Adventures of Afia series and Imaginaterium saga deliver laughter, heart, and heroism in equal measure. Teen readers have found their voices reflected in his sweeping mythic series like Pierce and the City of Imaginaterium where ordinary characters rise to confront destiny. For mature audiences, his haunting stories such as The Conjuring, The Infernal Jury, A Song for Eyram and The Most Beautiful Thing explore grief, love, redemption, and the fragile balance between good and evil.
At the heart of N. K. Aning's work lies a simple belief that stories are bridges. They connect the past to the present, myth to modernity, Ghana to the world. His writing invites every reader ,child, youth, or adult to see themselves reflected in the extraordinary.
Through every page, N. K. Aning reminds us that the magic we seek in stories is the same magic that lives within us
For younger readers, Aning's The Adventures of Afia series and Imaginaterium saga deliver laughter, heart, and heroism in equal measure. Teen readers have found their voices reflected in his sweeping mythic series like Pierce and the City of Imaginaterium where ordinary characters rise to confront destiny. For mature audiences, his haunting stories such as The Conjuring, The Infernal Jury, A Song for Eyram and The Most Beautiful Thing explore grief, love, redemption, and the fragile balance between good and evil.
At the heart of N. K. Aning's work lies a simple belief that stories are bridges. They connect the past to the present, myth to modernity, Ghana to the world. His writing invites every reader ,child, youth, or adult to see themselves reflected in the extraordinary.
Through every page, N. K. Aning reminds us that the magic we seek in stories is the same magic that lives within us
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April 28, 2020
I had an opportunity to read this book before it was published in exchange for an honest review. So here goes.
At some point in our childhood, we all wished that everything we could imagine would become real. We wished we could fly like superman, shoot webs like spiderman, fire bolts of energy, summon amazing and dreadful creatures among other crazy things. I know I did.
In Pierce and the Imaginaterium, that is the world that a reader finds himself; a world of limitless potential restrained only by the imagination of the characters. A world where angels, demons, gods and just about every legend, myth or conjuring of the human mind exists. That is the world that our two MCs; Peter and Peter find themselves in. The rules are simple......there are no rules! Anything you can imagine is possible. Awesome right. As you can imagine, our MCs appear overpowered throughout the book as there seems to be no limit to their abilities aside they own imagination and stamina. I appreciated the contrast between the two MCs with one being a bookworm and the other, a movie enthusiast. The various pop culture references scattered liberally throughout the book makes it an interesting read for anyone belonging Generation Y and Z
Though in the world where anything is possible, the world building in this novel was woefully little. The author focused more on the journey of the characters and their dialogue rather than providing deeper and more colourful descriptions of the world and its creatures. As a huge fan of ancient history and mythology, i had hoped for a more detailed world-building. . There were some riddles which added a suspenseful air to the book....not exactly of the "keep-you-on-the-edge-of-your-seat" variety but enough to keep you interested to see what happens at the end .
The pace of the book was fast but i would put that down to the desire of the author to write a short story thus the strength of the book lies in the dialogue rather than a lengthy and detailed book. The twist at the end was worth the read.
Altogether, as an opener in what may be a trilogy or a series of books, Pierce and the Imaginaterium certainly holds your interest. Hoping to see more of the adventures of Pierce and Peter
At some point in our childhood, we all wished that everything we could imagine would become real. We wished we could fly like superman, shoot webs like spiderman, fire bolts of energy, summon amazing and dreadful creatures among other crazy things. I know I did.
In Pierce and the Imaginaterium, that is the world that a reader finds himself; a world of limitless potential restrained only by the imagination of the characters. A world where angels, demons, gods and just about every legend, myth or conjuring of the human mind exists. That is the world that our two MCs; Peter and Peter find themselves in. The rules are simple......there are no rules! Anything you can imagine is possible. Awesome right. As you can imagine, our MCs appear overpowered throughout the book as there seems to be no limit to their abilities aside they own imagination and stamina. I appreciated the contrast between the two MCs with one being a bookworm and the other, a movie enthusiast. The various pop culture references scattered liberally throughout the book makes it an interesting read for anyone belonging Generation Y and Z
Though in the world where anything is possible, the world building in this novel was woefully little. The author focused more on the journey of the characters and their dialogue rather than providing deeper and more colourful descriptions of the world and its creatures. As a huge fan of ancient history and mythology, i had hoped for a more detailed world-building. . There were some riddles which added a suspenseful air to the book....not exactly of the "keep-you-on-the-edge-of-your-seat" variety but enough to keep you interested to see what happens at the end .
The pace of the book was fast but i would put that down to the desire of the author to write a short story thus the strength of the book lies in the dialogue rather than a lengthy and detailed book. The twist at the end was worth the read.
Altogether, as an opener in what may be a trilogy or a series of books, Pierce and the Imaginaterium certainly holds your interest. Hoping to see more of the adventures of Pierce and Peter
April 28, 2020
The author took us back to the world of Pierce and Peter and their adventures in the city of imaginaterium. Overall, the idea behind the story is not bad. However, the plot is unnecessarily bogged down with too many movie and book references and as well as a certain air of immaturity surrounding most of the situations that the characters get into. And the pacing of the story is too fast. The characters move from one point to another without a break, all the while commanding powers which do not seem to get exhausted no matter what they do. And if the gods are fueled by the imagination of man then it presumes that no matter how powerful the kids are, there is no way they would even have the ability to stand toe to toe with any god even the least powerful god.
To be honest there are a lot of plot holes. The sudden appearance of lucifer made no sense and there was no reason why after having suffered imprisonment for millennia, he would suddenly decide to protect the children for some reason. And it somehow appears extremely unlikely that both of them were able to escape the powers of the enemy gods and launch themselves at lucifer. I do not see how calling lucifer the light bringer is enough to cause a change of heart in him
Throughout the story, there is a certain sense that the way for the two MCs is made far two easy. They seem to have everything handed to them easily just because they ask and they have long bitter enemies of their people suddenly becoming friends. They seem to have the luck of the gods themselves looking at how every situation seems to turn out for their benefit. Ra handed them a relic which was supposed to be rare. What is the purpose of the eyes of Ra. And if the “the eye of Ra” as a relic is singular, why do they have two.
The information dump into the mind of the reader is quite a lot. Moses waited for millennia just to give them a twig…………………….an event which was apparently foreseen and planned by God (remember that this part was not remarked or developed as to how it happened in the first place). There seemed to be a suggestion that God planned his own awakening and the kids were just pawns in bringing about this happening.
Again, some events in the story make no sense, Why did Ra need the help of two kids to drive of Apophis? because looking at the story, they really did not offer any substantial help that he would feel obliged to again extend his help to them. Why did Anubis judge them and how did he use the scale to judge their worthiness?
Also, some rules do not make sense. Why do they have to pass through the underworld before they can find Ra. They could have just created a portal to where he was. Remember they did manage to create a portal to Hell of all places and to the bottom of the Red Sea without any difficulty. So how difficult would it be for them to create one straight to Ra.
Also, major plot hole, if God has not awakened since he chose to rest on the seventh day of creation, how come three of the archangels are awake and moving about while the rest of the angels are frozen in heaven?
One would almost think that their imagination is working to ensure things go in their favour (this is meant to be sarcastic by the way).
There are parts of the plot which serve no purpose. One, there are too many relics which do not aid the development of the story. The staff of Moses served no purpose. There was no need for the two eyes of Ra, the twig from the burning bush was unnecessary as well. Taken out, I do not see how the plot would suffer overall.
The finale- the moment El wakes up……………..all is restored, just like that?
I think the fight should have been serious without any movie reference just to emphasize the gravity of the situation. After all, one person had to die.
To be honest there are a lot of plot holes. The sudden appearance of lucifer made no sense and there was no reason why after having suffered imprisonment for millennia, he would suddenly decide to protect the children for some reason. And it somehow appears extremely unlikely that both of them were able to escape the powers of the enemy gods and launch themselves at lucifer. I do not see how calling lucifer the light bringer is enough to cause a change of heart in him
Throughout the story, there is a certain sense that the way for the two MCs is made far two easy. They seem to have everything handed to them easily just because they ask and they have long bitter enemies of their people suddenly becoming friends. They seem to have the luck of the gods themselves looking at how every situation seems to turn out for their benefit. Ra handed them a relic which was supposed to be rare. What is the purpose of the eyes of Ra. And if the “the eye of Ra” as a relic is singular, why do they have two.
The information dump into the mind of the reader is quite a lot. Moses waited for millennia just to give them a twig…………………….an event which was apparently foreseen and planned by God (remember that this part was not remarked or developed as to how it happened in the first place). There seemed to be a suggestion that God planned his own awakening and the kids were just pawns in bringing about this happening.
Again, some events in the story make no sense, Why did Ra need the help of two kids to drive of Apophis? because looking at the story, they really did not offer any substantial help that he would feel obliged to again extend his help to them. Why did Anubis judge them and how did he use the scale to judge their worthiness?
Also, some rules do not make sense. Why do they have to pass through the underworld before they can find Ra. They could have just created a portal to where he was. Remember they did manage to create a portal to Hell of all places and to the bottom of the Red Sea without any difficulty. So how difficult would it be for them to create one straight to Ra.
Also, major plot hole, if God has not awakened since he chose to rest on the seventh day of creation, how come three of the archangels are awake and moving about while the rest of the angels are frozen in heaven?
One would almost think that their imagination is working to ensure things go in their favour (this is meant to be sarcastic by the way).
There are parts of the plot which serve no purpose. One, there are too many relics which do not aid the development of the story. The staff of Moses served no purpose. There was no need for the two eyes of Ra, the twig from the burning bush was unnecessary as well. Taken out, I do not see how the plot would suffer overall.
The finale- the moment El wakes up……………..all is restored, just like that?
I think the fight should have been serious without any movie reference just to emphasize the gravity of the situation. After all, one person had to die.
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