Product Description

"The evil foretold has risen ... and we are all that stands between it and the end."

Asher has come a long way for a fisherman's son. Together with his friend Prince Gar, he has defended their kingdom against its bitterest enemy, but at great cost.

Now, the evil mage Morg is preparing for his most deadly assault. Desperate, trapped in a broken body, Morg has little time and fewer scruples. And he has a plan.

As Gar and Asher unwittingly fall into a dangerous deception, Morg gets ever closer to his goal. And this victory would be particularly sweet?for who better to destroy the kingdom than the two who would give anything to save it?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15554 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 736 pages

About the Author
Karen Miller was born in Vancouver, Canada, and moved to Australia when she was two. Over the years she has held down a wide variety of jobs, including horse stud groom in Buckingham, England. Find out more about Karen Miller at www.karenmiller.net.

Customer Reviews

The worst kind of book
The worst kind of book is the book that has just enough potential to keep you reading even though it's not very good. Awakened mage is one of those books. This series was dramatic letdown.

Not Worth the Ulcer It Gave Me
After battling through the slow pacing of the first book and wading through a slew of characters that made me want to pull out my own hair, I still went into this second book interested in a conclusion to the story. I found that it takes a particularly masochistic person to enjoy this series. If you like books that are cesspools of despair and angst, you'll love this book! I, on the other hand, simply became irate with the author for clearly delighting in this sort of mind-freakery.


The novel's conclusion does not satisfy me after the savage amounts of emotional turmoil I have suffered while reading the series. The "staggering conclusion" was watery and abrupt, and I found the ending trite, predictable, and depressing despite its intent.


If you've read the first book and truly desire to see its conclusion, don't say you weren't warned. And good luck to you, my friends.

Desperately needed to be a trilogy
These two books (Innocent Mage and Awakened Mage) are two of the hardest books for me to really give a review for. Karen Miller does an excellent job of developing characters and building a world for Asher to emerge as the savior of the kingdom. Where Karen fails is in having actual excitement, or action. These two books are build up to nothing. The final confrontation is the last few pages of the book. The final confrontation is so anticlimactic I almost laughed. I really feel that this series would have benefited from a third book, and more action.