Awakenings

Arol, a young temple assistant, is troubled by a strange experience not mentioned in any scripture. While using a dangerous shortcut outside of the city, Arol narrowly escapes an attack by a mountain lion¿when time itself appears to freeze. Arol confides in his friend Zorn, who eventually leads Arol to Bernarro, an enigmatic ¿wizard¿ who is, in fact, anything but. Using a scientific sensibility centuries ahead of his time, Bernarro opens Arol¿s mind to the idea that there¿s more to...
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Arol, a young temple assistant, is troubled by a strange experience not mentioned in any scripture. While using a dangerous shortcut outside of the city, Arol narrowly escapes an attack by a mountain lion¿when time itself appears to freeze. Arol confides in his friend Zorn, who eventually leads Arol to Bernarro, an enigmatic ¿wizard¿ who is, in fact, anything but. Using a scientific sensibility centuries ahead of his time, Bernarro opens Arol¿s mind to the idea that there¿s more to reality¿and less to the gods¿than the temple teaches. Arol¿s enlightenment may be short-lived, however, if he cannot survive the earthly dangers menacing his homeland of Gennebar. A brutal occupying army, corruption in the temple, heretics stirring up religious strife, and foretellings of natural disasters all threaten to tear Gennebar apart.