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Atlantis Fallen (The Heartstrike Universe Book 1) Kindle Edition

by C.E. Murphy (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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A city hidden for five thousand years.

A man so ancient his early history is lost to time.

A woman who has nothing to lose...

Lorhen, oldest and most ruthless of the immortal Timeless, put aside the sword long ago for a quiet life. But peace doesn't last forever, especially for a man whose age can be counted in epochs, and the mortal life he's built unravels as the Keepers, a society of historians who record Timeless lives, learn that he's been hiding in their midst.

Then an archaeologist's claims of finding Atlantis brings back millennia-old memories, and Lorhen is drawn unwillingly into intrigues aeons in the making—and deadly enough that he may yet face the heartstrike blow that will unleash his power on the world….

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C.E. Murphy was born and raised in Alaska and has since moved to her ancestral homeland of Ireland. She lives there with her husband, a chef, and three very spoiled pets.

She's a full-time writer. Thus far her plans to take over the publishing world are proceeding apace.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01DWL74B6
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Miz Kit Productions (April 5, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 5, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3967 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 311 pages

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Zenzero

This is a writer having fun

Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2016

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Atlantis Fallen is CE Murphy taking a premise she obviously loved (Highlander) and inventing something entirely new. The plot is solid, even with the flashbacks, which feel organic and not arbitrary. I loved all the characters here — roguish, slightly selfish, still compassionate Lorhen; broken but determined Ghean; scholar Minyah and her modern counterpart in wry observer Emma; the secondary and tertiary folks who are real and rounded even when they only have a handful of lines.

This definitely feels like book 1 of a series, because we’re dropped into a fully functioning world and expected to do a certain amount of catchup (unlike Urban Shaman, where Joanne is effectively a complete newbie to the magical universe and we learn alongside her). You never struggle to understand what’s going on — in medias res doesn’t mean WTF — but these characters have a history together, and they don’t need to tell you about it for you to enjoy their interactions. Murphy’s writing as always is accessible and clear.

Now that the origin story has been told, I look forward to seeing more of Lorhen and what he plans to do, and how he’ll continue to survive despite all odds (and all other Timeless). In fact, I wouldn’t even mind seeing a prequel to this setting up the previous 100 years and telling us how Lorhen met Emma and the other modern characters.

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Delight Reimers

Fun, engrossing

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2016

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Obviously a Highlander fanfic with the serial number filed off, but very well done for all of that. Fun, engrossing, with a good tempo and thoroughly enjoyable characters.

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First time🙃 Amazon package delivered exactly according to my directions. Instead of wrong door or by mailbox. Even knocked so I knew to look.

Highlander based

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2016

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Fanfiction? Atlantis with thousand years old immortal at the time of sinking.
Sank because of Timeless duel on holy ground. TV series had highlander with much older friend. This could be his story.
Does continue to modern times. Great author but would prefer book in other series.

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Walt Boyes

New series looks like fun!

Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2016

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A kind of "highlander" and "last days of Atlantis" pastiche, this story works on many levels and that drives it beyond a simple pastiche plot. We will see what happens as the series goes on, but the oldest man in the world, a Timeless named Lorhan, realizes that the woman who's discovered the site of Atlantis is really his wife, an actual Atlantean, and another Timeless. The Timeless have to fight each other when they meet-- the end is foreordained, but isn't telegraphed. Catie is a terrific writer, and it shows. She deftly handles a couple of themes that could, in other hands, be real turkeys. No turkey here. This is a really good start to another C. E. Murphy series.

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mary anne walker

If you like stories of immortal humans walking among us

Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2017

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If you like stories of immortal humans walking among us, speculation about what Atlantis might have been, this is the story for you!

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Kindle Customer

Highlander concept done right

Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2016

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C. E. Murphy is brilliant at making a few changes to a well-known tale that take it into entirely new directions. While this book is clearly inspired by the Highlander TV series, the differences strengthen the story lore, make the characters' personalities more realistic, and add layers to the characters' relationships. Frankly, the Highlander franchise was a mixed execution of an innovative premise; C.E. Murphy's world is how I wished Highlander could have been. This particular story is also well crafted, and a wonderful read. The only disappointment is that any sequels are at the very least a year away.

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E. B. Cook

Disappointed

Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2016

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I wanted to love this book, really. But the whole time I was reading it all I could think was that C.E. Murphy must've taken some old Highlander fanfiction and filed the serial numbers off. The "Keepers" are basically the "Watchers" (down to the "observe and record but never interfere" bit), Lorhen is obviously Methos...there's even the bit talking about his time with the Horsemen (with the whole Cassandra episode described exactly as it was in the show).

Anyway, it's not a bad story and I really liked the bits with Ghean but the "Highlander"-ness of it kept drawing me out since there was something every other page that made it so obvious where it got its inspiration from.

Sorry, C.E., I love your writing but this one just didn't do it for me.

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Julie K.

A fresh take on an old story

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2016

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I really enjoyed reading this book with all of the descriptions of how life was on Atlantis. Looking forward to the next book.

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