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This is the story of the world after it ended . . . Five thousand years after the apocalyptic event known as The Death, Per Hiero Desteen - priest, telepath, assassin - has been working to find ancient information to save his people. The Brotherhood of the Unclean, a roving band of feral raiders, stage an unprecedented attack. They manage to nullify Hiero's telepathic powers, and leave him vulnerable and alone in the wasteland that once was North America. Now he has to not only survive, but show more strike back and stop the Brotherhood before they can wipe the vestiges of civilisation from the face of the Earth . . . forever. The sequel to the beloved novel Hiero's Journey, The Unforsaken Hiero takes us back into a world that has been irrevocably changed by the hubris of mankind, and the new races that rose to live in it. show lessTags
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Post-apocalyptic adventure! Hiero, the warrior-priest of the Kandan Universal Church continues his fight against the Unclean in the second book of this fantasy series. Having once more escaped his enemies, this time with his mental communication skills compromised, Hiero is making his solitary way back north. On his way he meets both appalling monsters and strange and wonderful allies.
Written in 1983, this book captures the flavor of golden age science fiction of the very well-written, very well-imagined sort. The story cries out for a sequel!
Written in 1983, this book captures the flavor of golden age science fiction of the very well-written, very well-imagined sort. The story cries out for a sequel!
The sequel to Hiero's Journey. I thought it very much weaker than the first book. It also ends on something of a cliff hanger; it looks like it was intended as a trilogy, but the third book was either never written or never published. Too much is left unresolved, and Hiero is setting out on his way back to the south.
I loved the first Hiero book (Hiero's Journey), so I bought this in hardcover, but I was very disappointed. I like my heroes to be heroic, but in this one, Hiero,who was truly heroic in in the first book, is deprived of his mental powers and left wandering a desert. As the title implies, he does have faithful friends who help him, but it is till frustrating. Also, as in some other sequels, the beginning feels it necessary to undo the prospective happy ending of the first book, which I also dislike.
The continuation of the Hiero 2 volume series. This gets a bit stranger than the first, but still continues the well written tale of a man trying to survive and improve his world after the fall of civilization.
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- Canonical title*
- Der unvergessene Hiero
- Original title
- The Unforsaken Hiero
- Original publication date
- 1983-05
- People/Characters
- Hiero; Luchare (princess of D'alwah)
- Important places
- Canada (post-apocalyptic)
- Dedication
- For Brother Pete, AKA Berwick B. Lanier, who, for some reason I have never fathomed, remains my fan.
- First words
- In the five thousand years that had passed since The Death, the world had changed. (prologue: A change of mission)
Golden sunlight streamed through the narrow windows of the palace, and a great gong boomed, announcing that day had come again to mighty D'alwah. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)She turned on her side, smiling. And finally, she slept.
- Original language*
- Englisch
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