Adrian's War (A Distant Eden) [Kindle Edition]

Lloyd Tackitt (Author)

Book Description

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Three years after a solar storm wiped out the power grid Adrian Hunter embarks on a journey to the mountains, determined to live and survive by utilizing his knowledge of stone age techniques. He encounters a band of raiders who attempt to take him prisoner - and Adrian's War begins.

Product Details

• File Size: 351 KB
• Print Length: 159 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B008VRADEW
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,416 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #55 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Science Fiction > Post-Apocalyptic

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

65 of 78 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Adrian's Ho-Hum How To Book of War September 16, 2012

By Christy B

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I gave a rather poor review for the first in this series for several reasons. Even allowing for it's stated purpose of being a how to book wrapped up in a story, it gave the wrong how-to's. The story was morally repugnant in many ways and well...I didn't like it. But, during the comments section of my review I got asked if I had read the second. So, I took the gauntlet up and got this one, the second in the series to see how it stacked up.

Improvements have been made, I'll be the first to admit it. But I think some of that may be simply because my paleolithic skill-set is not the same as my more modern skill-set when it comes to surviving adversity. My knowledge there is rudimentary and this book is divided fairly cleanly between use of paleolithic skills and battle tactics. Therefore, it could very well be completely out to lunch and I wouldn't be able to parse that out.

As the forward of the book states, this is a how-to introduction with a thin skin of story. Oh boy, is it a thin skin. And a lot of it makes zero sense too. For example, why in the world would anyone go paleolithic in the first place? In a survival situation, would you toss your gun and start looking for reeds to make weak arrows? You might make the weak but quiet arrows, but would you completely dump your gun? Ah..no. So, we're given the pretext that Adrian was sort of on a death wish type of march. Yet people with death wishes don't do that much work. It just sort of didn't add up very well.

Then there is the whole one man war thing. Oiy. Adrian goes insane and then kills, via torturous poison arrows dipped in bear poo, whole slews of folks. They are bad folks and need killing, sure. No problem there. But why in the world does one hang around for months playing "catch me" with these doofuses? Just not something I'd recommend. And sleeping with a hibernating bear to get warm? Sure. That's a smart survival tip.

Overall, I gave this an extra star over the first one, but I really am not at all sure that it deserves it. It seems bad advice, if that is what this story is supposed to provide, to do things the hardest way possible for no reason whatsoever. Plus, the editing is even worse now. There is no way he even did spell check or looked to see if the first words of a sentence are capitalized. It is most distracting for pain to be written as paint and so on.

Like the first one, I'm sure I'll get plenty of Not Helpful's from friends and family, which is unfortunate because this is an opinion and when a book hits a market opinions are going to happen. I hope, however, that it will be Helpful to others.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Adrian's War is Explosive! August 15, 2012

By zoomreader

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I loved the first book in this series so I was excited to hear that Adrian was getting his own book this time. Much like A Distant Eden, this book is part survival guide and part novel and I thought the parts fit together even better this time around. There are some great tips in here to research further on how to live off the land and survive in even the harshest of environments as well as educating readers about the cultural blinders that prevent us from maximizing nutrition when our lives are on the line. I found the information about the proper way to eat rabbits particularly intriguing since the well documented cases of hunters "starving" to death with bellies full of rabbit meat.

From these lessons, we transition over to the guerilla warefare portion of the book and I won't spoil anything when I write that the action and tension found here make the book worth the price of admission. If you like the first book, you will love this one as Adrian is finally unleashed.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent sequel to A Distant Eden August 19, 2012

By Pegleg

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Although this appears to be the middle book in a trilogy, it is an excellent followup to A Distant Eden. Focused more on Adrian, the author also delves into the origins of myth & folklore. The story is more exciting than Distant Eden, which is saying alot. I bought it yesterday and finished it at breakfast this morning.

A few typos, including a couple of amusing ones, still don't detract from the tale. Tackitt is one heck of a storyteller!

More About the Author

I was a military brat and then joined the Army myself in 1971. I was one of the seemingly few volunteer soldiers of the era, both of my brothers also went into the military after high school; it was a family tradition. After the Army I went to college and then launched a successful 30 year career in construction as a Project Manager. I managed multiple large projects, including several multi-million dollar water treatment plants across the country. This career path drove into me a pragmatic nature. You can't successfully manage construction without getting practical.

I began writing at an early age but did not begin publishing until two years ago. My web page lloydtackitt.com has several of my short stories available for free reading. They range from humorous supernatural, experimental, to humorous slice of life stories. These stories are still in the rough stage, they all need to be edited. One day I will put them all together in one book; including several stories not on the web page, but before I do, they will be revised and edited.

A Distant Eden is my first book. The second in the series is being written now and should be available soon.

I also blog daily on fishing related matters at fishexplorer.com/TX

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#85 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure

#85 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure