Amok

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By Anna Tan

Publisher Description

What is faith, except hope in desperation?

All Putera Mikal wants is to gain the Amok Strength, the supernatural power granted by Kudus to the Mahan royal family. No matter how religiously Mikal keeps his vows, Kudus still denies him the Strength—whilst his father, Sultan Simson, flaunts the Strength despite his blatant defiance of the Temple and the priests' visions of coming doom.

Then the prophecies come true.

Taken captive, Mikal must find a way to liberate his people and restore his throne in Maha—and the key to this is the Amok Strength. But what does it take to gain Kudus' favour?

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Amok Reviews

3.5

One Anjana

Created over 2 years ago

““Be still. Be still and know that I am God.” — ★★★★★ (5/5) — Last year I read The Tale of the Hostage Prince—it was the novella of this series (book 1.5)—and I liked it, even though I often felt clueless about the world system and terms used. Now that I read this book (the first book in the Absolution series), I can easily reminisce the world and everything in The Tale makes sense. Amok follows Putera Mikal story and struggles to gain the Amok Strength (a supernatural power granted by Kudus to the Mahan royal family). I liked the world-building, the magic/gift system in every city-state of Terang. The fact that the author used so many Malay terms for the world is fascinating. As an Indonesian, Malay words are basically very akin. However, don't be afraid that you won't understand the terms because the author provides a glossary at the end. For me, Amok is a story about faith, loyalty, and forgiveness. To hold on to hope in desperation. To keep trusting even in the darkness. To end the revenge cycle. It also got Bible story’s retelling of Samson and Delilah.”

aliaareadstoo

Created almost 3 years ago

“Amok is about Putera Mikal, who hasn't been granted the hereditary supernatural power called Amok Strength by Kudus (the god they worship), even after he has reached the age of 15. His challenges start when his father is overthrown and he has to get the throne back no matter what. - I super love the world building! Its setting is somewhere in Nusantara, so we have a kingdom named Terang, which consists of three city states; 1) Maha, where the Sultan resides with his council, 2) Suci, also called the Holy City, locates the main religious body, and 3) Impian, which places the judiciary members called the Justices. - From the structure itself, it's easy for me to blend in with them because the concept is not foreign. There are roles like Sultan, Paderi, Diaken, Bendahara, Bendahari, Syahbandar which also familiar to me. I bet from these two points, you can already imagine how the world is like. - I enjoy the conflicts portrayed between these three branches. Since each of the branch governs different matter (they also have their very own superpower!), their views on certain matters are thought provoking. Here we can see how hard it is to reach the harmonious check and balance system when at the same time, they also need to maintain an amount of respect towards each other. Again, it's easy to understand since I also witness this aspect in real life day to day. - The nature of the Amok Strength however, surprises me! It's so different from any magic system that I usually read. I remember how much I was in awe when I delve into how Amok Strength works. - The action, mind-blowing! We have battles going on physically and mentally, so intense it hurts. I really feel for Mikal, the total 360° turn new reality he has to face is not easy at all. Imagine someone having a low self esteem loses everything in just one night, then without any support, and backups in terms of people and weaponry needs to get that everything back. It takes an enormous courage and strength, man! - Fair to say that while reading, I already envision how every scene would be if this book is adapted to a movie one day”

Rachel

Created almost 3 years ago

“I really struggled with reading this book. It was confusing and repetitive at the same time. I loved the aspects of Malay culture and the setting and and words thrown in (the glossary really helped because I was initially using Google to translate every time I came upon a word I didn’t know), but the characters didn’t feel as well developed as they could have been. And Kudus was my least favorite character when he should’ve been powerful and all-knowing, or whatever we’d expect from a God. This was a faith-based fantasy and maybe I’ve never read a real faith-based fantasy before, but it just didn’t click with me. Seeing Mikal realize his privilege and come into his power was nice, but being in his head was so annoying. Constantly the same thoughts over and over again. Some other reviews talk about him being whiny, but that didn’t bother me as much as the repeating thoughts in his internal monologue. I didn’t understand why Yosua and his family remained loyal to their oppressors either. Some of the dialogue in this book was also confusing because I’d forget who was talking. There would be scenes were there were like 5 people in a room and multiple people are speaking back and forth but it isn’t clearly stated who is saying what, so you get a bunch of lines of dialogue and have to go back and figure out who is meant to be speaking.”

Larissa Walter

Created about 4 years ago

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About Anna Tan

Anna Tan grew up in Malaysia, the country that is not Singapore. She writes fantasy stories and fairy tales, puts together anthologies, and helps people figure out their publishing goals at Teaspoon Publishing. She also wrangles writers and deadlines for the Malaysian Writers Society (MYWriters) in Penang.

Anna has an MA in Creative Writing: The Novel under a Chevening scholarship. She is interested in Malay/Nusantara and Chinese legends and folklore in exploring the intersections of language, culture, and faith.

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