Awakenings (Guardians of Aandor Book 1)
ContemporaryAdded on January 11, 2026
Description
Cal MacDonnell is a happily married New York City cop with a loving family. Seth Raincrest is a washed-up photographer who has alienated even his closest friends. The two have nothing in common—except that they both suffer from retrograde amnesia. It's as if they just appeared out of thin air thirteen years ago, and nothing has been able to restore their memories. Now their forgotten past has caught up to them with a vengeance.Cal's and Seth's lives are turned upside down as they are stalked by otherworldly beings who know about the men's past lives. But these creatures aren't here to help; they're intent on killing anyone who gets in their way. In the balance hangs the life of a child who might someday restore a broken empire to peace and prosperity. With no clue why they're being hunted, Cal and Seth must accept the aid of a strange and beautiful woman who has promised to unlock their secrets. The two must stay alive long enough to protect their loved ones, recover their true selves—and save two worlds from tyranny and destruction.Awakenings launches a captivating fantasy saga by an amazing and talented new storyteller.
Reader Reviews
3.5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum https://bibliosanctum.com/2017/11/26/...Do not let the blurb or the cover of Awakenings deceive you—its marketing actually belies a very interesting book, which turned out to be nothing like I expected. At first glance, you would be forgiven for dismissing this as yet another urban fantasy with undertones of noir and the supernatural. Dig a little deeper, however, and you’ll find that the world is not as it seems. When it came to categorizing this book, I ende
I may be biased, but I thought it was darned good. :-) A few readers are upset that the book supposedly ends "in the middle." But those that rated it low for that reason seem to also be saying they enjoyed what there was of it. The reality is that most publishers are not going to publish a George R.R. Martin-sized book (1,000 pages+) with an unknown author. So I sympathize with those frustrated by the unresolved ending. Perhaps there should have been a "Part 1" placed on the cover. I'd like to n
DNF at page 93This wasn't very good. I wouldn't say it was horrifically bad either, but the prose was tell-not-show, and I wasn't very interested in the characters, and for a rather violent action/fantasy not much seemed to have progressed plotwise in 93 pages, aside from a bunch of people we hardly meet getting butchered. There will be some reveals coming for the characters, but their content is pretty obvious for the reader so there's not a ton of suspenseIf you're looking for grimdark-ish fan
