Necromancer Fury Thaumaturge. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Awaken Online: Dominion. History Talk 0. Plot Summary Following Jason's evolution into a Keeper, he finds his fledgling city once again in turmoil. Otherwise, the darkness may very well claim them all. Free Download Departures Online. Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives Book 1 Ebook. Free Download Get Your S. Free Download Know Geography? World Atlas Grades File. Free Download Lone Rider Ebook.
Ranked Online. Free Download Paris On Air books. Free Download Pigs Ahoy! Free Download Twenty for Breakfast Online. PDF File. Trial Ebook. Ebook A Novel Paperback. Ebook Circe Paperback. Ebook Civil Warriors Trial Ebook. Ebook Code to Zero Paperback. Ebook Come Swing with Us! Ebook Drifter: An enemies to lovers stand-alone. Ebook Freedom's Light Trial Ebook. Ebook Great Alone Trial Ebook. Just saying. I really hate Alex and his new girlfriend.
Alex is a well crafted villain. I am looking forward to the new side story and the next installment of the main story line Ok, we should talk. We are 4 books and 2 short stories into this series and while some might start thinking, "this is going to be it" Mr.
Bagwell has flipped a few things around, thrown an aggressive curveball, and said, "haha you ain't seen nothing yet". I genuinely do not know how to talk about this book without spoiling it so I will say I like the changes in how the book is presented. I upon a bit of reflection agree that it was needed. While we have hit that point where there are a lot of Ok, we should talk.
While we have hit that point where there are a lot of characters to follow we still get everything with need and see enough from others POVs that it doesn't feel like anyone is forgotten or left behind. Even splitting folks up and forcing new dynamics has helped make this just as entertaining as previous entries. We even get introduced to some new folks and let me tell you it has left me very curious.
I look forward to the next entry in the series. For anyone else who is obsessively following along you may already know who it's focused on. A certain Thaumaturge is going to get their moment to shine. Honestly, I am so freaking pumped and I cannot wait for everyone else to be able to read this. Of course like always I will be re-reading once the audiobook is released later in April but for the moment, Kin, we have another winner.
After part 3 Evolution I was a bit hesitant to continue, wondering if I were going to lose interest altogether, because Evolution was not as interesting as the previous two parts.
However I am glad I continued on, for Dominion is once again captivating: it felt like I was reading parts 1 and 2 again in the way it held my attention and as far as things like story build-up, character interaction and pacing are concerned. Of course suspension of disbelief is required here and there, especially in the real world sequences in which all adults seem to be crazy or simple cardboard characters. I mean it is still one of the issues I have with this series.
The keeper has to have two soul guards, such are the rules set by the author for this world. How can this be if the rule is that a keeper has to have two soul guards?! Will the author even fix this potentially glaring plot hole in his next novel, I wonder?
For instance I like the concept the author has chosen for this story world, in which heroes can be villains and villains can also be heroes. Although a bit two-dimensionally done, I think those blurry lines are, in general, an accurate representation of life. The style of writing overall seems to be aimed more at a young adult audience, Probably even teenagers.
Which in this book, was not the case at all, imho. All issues aside, this is the first of the four novels in which I actually liked the real world scenes more than the in-game sequences, the author has managed to finally raise the suspense there as well.
Also, I suspect he might have some aspirations to become a courthouse thriller novellist; this book seemed a bit of a practice run, and not at all a bad one I must say. Highly recommend! Since book 1 we've known what Alfred has been doing with Jason, and since it hasn't been a secret and Jason are always given the choice, we can see the detachment, derailment and descent into villain status.
Every step is very small from the point of view of Jason and obvious to the casual observer. However, the picture is more muddled than that. Jason does more or less everything for a reason. And often his reason makes sense from a moral point of view if you accept the basis of the Kin being h Since book 1 we've known what Alfred has been doing with Jason, and since it hasn't been a secret and Jason are always given the choice, we can see the detachment, derailment and descent into villain status.
And often his reason makes sense from a moral point of view if you accept the basis of the Kin being his 'only' people. As a reader I can see why Jason would think that - which is also the reason Alfred chose him - but Jason is being cut off little by little from human society norms and morals.
This is quite well done exemplified with the entire fight with his parents. There's been a lot of focus on the fight-or-flight side of growing up and standing up for yourself as a theme in these books, and we can certainly see the effect on the three main characters and the contrast in Alex. This is also quite well done in all the books. What is good and evil? How much of good vs. None of the above is an actual review of the book, so here's a little bit of that.
The real world side of the conflict fills more pages in this installment. But for me that actually didn't matter as it builds even more pressure on Jason.
Alfred turned up the ante and Jason responded the only way he knows. By being cold, merciless and unrelenting. Robert even points it out in one of the segments where we follow the events from a third person looking in. Those parts could easily be expanded to improve the concepts of the books.
And add pathos. The love story is very on level with a nerdy guy and his first romance. However, all that kissing much give him severe blue balls. The guy is 18 and doesn't even once mention taking it a bit further? Sex can be a great stress release and both Jason and Riley need that. It's not important for the story, though, so I guess it's fine. What's not fine is the way the third challenge was resolved with Jason actually opening up and being completely truthful.
I understand that Riley could be hurt by knowing too much, but letting Alfred opening up Pandora's box instead of Jason is out of character for a guy hellbent on not fearing anything.
The skills, spells and descriptions match the effects in that game pretty well. But in this one Jason changes a lot of his class even before the nerf , and he is now something completely different. I guess the author wanted something new to happen, which is sort of understandable. The fight was exiting and well written but it ended up with Jason using CE anyway, which he could have done so much earlier to save a lot of the Kin.
Aug 09, JasmineHere rated it really liked it. This book Here's the thing, Jason is now forced to play more mindfully and play by the rules. Gone are the days when we were exploring the world's rules and breaking them unleashing chaos.
That being said, this book delivered in surprising ways: The real world : I've usually enjoyed the real-world snippets a lot less. Never skipped them, mind you, but usually felt they were way less interesting than Awaken Online universe itself. For the first time, I found myself wait This book For the first time, I found myself waiting eagerly for the real-world interactions and events.
They were truly exciting. What if this happened in our world? It was never a secret really. I was surprised to read some reviews that really considered this a bad point about the book.
They're teenagers! The crush has always been there from the beginning so it was never a surprise. If anything, I personally found myself smiling and enjoying the interactions. I just wish he would confide in her more. Jason is finally not hiding : Finally! He's no longer hiding behind a rock.
I mean, even his friends made fun of his need to do that before. But this also applies to more aspects than one regarding Jason's life.
Going to leave it at that as I'm trying to avoid spoilers. All I'm going to say is I exclaimed 'yes' out loud towards the end when Jason finally stood up to some of his enemies.
Now for the 'meh' parts: Frank's chapters : Travis, the author, had been getting feedback that people don't like the snippets he had at the beginning of each chapter that featured other characters. That's why he moved to a model where there were shorter side-chapters featuring those other characters to show us what's going on in the universe before bringing us back to our lord of terror, Jason. It's a very fine balance and understandably hard. I personally really found myself zoning out while reading Frank's chapters.
Poor Frank It's not that he's It just felt like every Frank chapter repeated the previous chapters. Every now and then something interesting would happen usually involving Jason somehow but other than that They were a bit boring. I wish his chapters were a lot shorter. I wish he would disappear.
He's no longer He's been having very little character development. The characters he interacts with this time were interesting for a chapter or so but then his parts just Or maybe I just hate his character Either way, his chapters were really Conclusion : Should you read this book?
Is it a good book? Despite the not so good parts I mentioned, the book still delivered. I found myself unable to put it down towards the end because of his exciting it was. Jason has in my opinion good character development in this one. Overall, I enjoyed it and can't wait for Book 5. Travis has outdone himself with this latest installment in the Awaken Online saga. I can't readily say enough about how great this one is. Too much to say. I AM curious, however, just how much Mr.
Bagwell relates on a personal level to Jason and possibly Frank and on an indirect level to the characters of Riley as well as Jason's parents. He said it in a foreword or in the prologue about how he Travis has outdone himself with this latest installment in the Awaken Online saga.
He said it in a foreword or in the prologue about how he essentially has no idea how he managed to secure the relationship with his wife; he being the awkward creature he was. I don't know. Several authors of late! I am an empath and sense such definitively with some. Less so with others. I'm just sure that Travis has thrown in more personal elements into this story.
And for this I commend him vigorously and thank him graciously. Not only is it personally revealing. And if there is actually zero relation between the author and the characters, well, then Travis's writing skills have grown by leaps and bounds from his first?
Aside from the damned Hippie god character, he has written very well and enjoyably to say the least all along. Bravo, Travis!! You rock!! And thank you!! I can NOT wait for future novels now; and it appears that at least two more will be necessitated to potentially complete this series. Possibly a couple "Side Quests" as well like one for Frank in particular; but even one for Alex -- boo, Alex!!
THOUGH I am impatient and pretty much would almost rather just get to the "freaking point" by getting to books 5 and 6 and perhaps further on. Get crack-a-lackin' on that keyboard Travis. I am """""stuck""""" with waiting upon Audible releases. So strange. Think this largely started with all the freaking electroshock treatments I've gotten 36 total some 11 or 12 years ago now.
Enough on that. Me opening my inner self to anyone reading this and this far which is rare. Keep up with whatever inspired you with writing Dominion as it escalated the quality of your writing dramatically. And it was already great!! BTW, it took a full week to read this book ONLY because of numerous distractions which kept me from reading as much per night as I would have liked to. Thanks, Travis!! Frank surely deserves this.
He has been too much thus far an unsung hero. Apr 24, Mr SSingh rated it liked it. Villain Entry Awaken Online: Dominion is appropriate title by the end of this book. Jason and crew face off against a new enemy named Thorn, basically a bandaged super assassin of the Order who after wiping the floor with Jason gives him a time frame to 'get stronger' and meet him head on or else threatens to destroy the Twilight Throne and its occupants. Meanwhile in the real world, Gloria has taken Jason and the heads of Cereullion Entertainment to court to determine whether the games AI Alfred has been manipulating and changing the players personalities making them responsible for the in game violence as well as the real life murders of the two teenagers.
The book mainly switches between the court case and the in game training sessions of Jason and Riley, their relationship that becomes rocky when possible romantic feelings become involved, the AO Trials that juxtapose the real life trial.
Why Jason whose confidence has exceled since the beginning can't do simple things I didn't buy at all, it makes him still stuck in his socially awkward loser phase which I assume he'd get over with his accomplishments within the game and his life. It just didn't seem realistic to me. So far as to say, my bias is I don't like romances in general, especially teen romances so I didn't care for this one.
The training sessions were meh. The trial stuff I feel the author knows a lot about the courtroom process, how lawyers question witnesses, but I often got bored with the real life stuff.
Alexions arc came to an interesting conclusion.
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