Official Review: Of Kings and Demons by George Han
Posted: 07 May 2013, 06:46
[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Of Kings and Demons" by George Han.]
This is an ambitious tale about the conflict between the forces of good and evil, and their efforts to influence the future of mankind. It takes the reader into a world of Angels and Demons, Kings and Kinglings and mingles myth and reality with the past, the present and the possible future. It seeks to explains that 'all historical events of significance are a manifestation of that battle between good and evil' as well as emphasising the concept of free will.
The action takes place on Earth, a few years from now, when the stability of the world is in jeopardy, and the domestic situation is exacerbated by the mysterious deaths of a number of prominent people, such as scientists and politicians, deemed to be working for the good of the human race. The quest of the Angels is to find and protect two future Kings of Men from the Demons, and, in doing so, they uncover an audacious plot hatched by certain members of the Underworld to gain complete control of mankind by changing the course of civilisation
Meanwhile, running alongside the main story, there is a sub-plot involving government, corruption and the struggle for power, which mirrors in the political arena what is happening out in the world.
It is a story full of drama and, as one might expect, most of the characters are supernatural and their powers are phenomenal, the battle scenes are particularly descriptive; it is as if Paradise Lost meets PS3 and I can easily visualise them as computer generated images in some gothic seek and destroy game.
I would like to rate the book higher than two stars, as I rather like the story, and many of the characters have sympathetic qualities, but, in view of certain faults, I really am unable to.
Sadly, it is full of errors which significantly reduced my enjoyment of the book; I would guess that English is not the author's first language, and this calls for very careful proof reading which is not in evidence. As well as grammatical mistakes, there are instances of strange or inappropriate use of expressions which interrupt the flow of the story, and some of the characterisation is not fully developed, especially among the humans.
Mr Han has obviously done his research and has cleverly included a lot of information in the narrative. I like the mixture of religious allegory, legend and fact, and the way he is able to attribute man's disasters and set backs to external dark powers seeking to thwart his progress. But, in spite of this, I was dissatisfied with the book as, with some careful checking of language and grammar, it could have been so much better.
I rate this book 2 out of 4 stars.
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This is an ambitious tale about the conflict between the forces of good and evil, and their efforts to influence the future of mankind. It takes the reader into a world of Angels and Demons, Kings and Kinglings and mingles myth and reality with the past, the present and the possible future. It seeks to explains that 'all historical events of significance are a manifestation of that battle between good and evil' as well as emphasising the concept of free will.
The action takes place on Earth, a few years from now, when the stability of the world is in jeopardy, and the domestic situation is exacerbated by the mysterious deaths of a number of prominent people, such as scientists and politicians, deemed to be working for the good of the human race. The quest of the Angels is to find and protect two future Kings of Men from the Demons, and, in doing so, they uncover an audacious plot hatched by certain members of the Underworld to gain complete control of mankind by changing the course of civilisation
Meanwhile, running alongside the main story, there is a sub-plot involving government, corruption and the struggle for power, which mirrors in the political arena what is happening out in the world.
It is a story full of drama and, as one might expect, most of the characters are supernatural and their powers are phenomenal, the battle scenes are particularly descriptive; it is as if Paradise Lost meets PS3 and I can easily visualise them as computer generated images in some gothic seek and destroy game.
I would like to rate the book higher than two stars, as I rather like the story, and many of the characters have sympathetic qualities, but, in view of certain faults, I really am unable to.
Sadly, it is full of errors which significantly reduced my enjoyment of the book; I would guess that English is not the author's first language, and this calls for very careful proof reading which is not in evidence. As well as grammatical mistakes, there are instances of strange or inappropriate use of expressions which interrupt the flow of the story, and some of the characterisation is not fully developed, especially among the humans.
Mr Han has obviously done his research and has cleverly included a lot of information in the narrative. I like the mixture of religious allegory, legend and fact, and the way he is able to attribute man's disasters and set backs to external dark powers seeking to thwart his progress. But, in spite of this, I was dissatisfied with the book as, with some careful checking of language and grammar, it could have been so much better.
I rate this book 2 out of 4 stars.
***
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View hassle-free sample of "Of Kings and Demons"