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by John Hawks (Author)
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  • Paperback: 528 pages
  • Publisher: Random House Large Print Publishing; Lrg edition (8 Sep 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0375434429
  • ISBN-13: 978-0375434426
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 37,475 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars vast machine expandes, 14 Oct 2009
By C. G. Pearson (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Golden City (Fourth Realm Trilogy) (Hardcover)
John Twelve Hawks concludes his 4th realm trilogy at what I felt was a slighty slower pace, compared to his previous two books. The Traverler got us off to a cracking start and Dark River took us on a mysterious tour of the other realms, but the Golden City perhaps finds our "off grid" writer lacking in enthusiasum or feeling burdened by the shackles of his "Vast machines" book contract. Never the less a very entertaining read that kept those pages turning. A slightly more romantic ending than I had expected which I'm sure will appeal to those Hollywood movie makers. I'm sure it wont be long until we see the Harlequins & Tabula do battle on our silver screens.

Twelve Hawks has assured us that there will be no more from the fourth realm but does intend to carry on his litary career. I for one will be watching out for his next book.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Diminishing returns, 26 Oct 2009
By N. Brett (Wiltshire, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Golden City (Fourth Realm Trilogy) (Hardcover)
A weak ending to the 4th realm trilogy.

Like so many others I loved the first book The Traveller as two brothers get involved with a battle between mysterious Harlequins and the Tabula. Other dimensions and realities are gently brought into a very refreshing novel by an author who himself added to the mystery by keeping 'off the grid'.

The second book failed to live up to the high standards of the first although it was still interesting, it lost the unique element of the first but was still enough to make me want to read on to see the trilogy completed. Sadly the downward spiral has continued and this final book is the weakest of them all, where 'interesting' becomes 'confusing' and just when you want it all wrapped up nicely, we end up with an ending that makes you want to scram into the pages. A real shame. In retrospect maybe the author should have stuck with the first book and not continued. I must say I did wonder if the trilogy had been forced on him, because after the first one his heart didn't seem in it.

If you are thinking about dipping in to this trilogy, my advice would be to stick to just the one, for the rest of us, this will be hard to resist but will leave you unsatisfied.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars The Golden Fleeced, 30 Dec 2009
By Tokyo Joe (Corringham, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Golden City (Fourth Realm Trilogy) (Hardcover)
Take from this review what you will, but at three hundred pages I dumped the thing. I did skip to the end to see if there was anything worth sticking around for but couldn't find a single paragraph to intrigue. I did found myself wondering why I'd read the first two books. Where they as bad as this? Surely not.

The quality of the writing was by far the biggest drawback, and heading the line up was the dialogue. I can't remember ever reading anything so dry. It was like reading the minutes of a meeting where the attendees' laughter and emotion were rewarded with forty thousand volts from the grey chairs they were tied to.

Running a close second to the chit-chat was the inept use of similes, which were bland, cliché and devoid of imagination.

Hawkes's original concept could've carried a fat epic, and if he'd paid more attention to the writing it could've been huge. But hey, Mr Hawkes and his publisher got bucks times three out of me. Who cares what was in those last two hundred pages?
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