The Castle Keeps (Medallion SF, X2187) [Mass Market Paperback]

Andrew J. Offutt (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 191 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Books; 1st edition (July 30, 1972)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425021874
• ISBN-13: 978-0425021873
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,975,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars solid post-apocalyptic adventure tale, January 8, 2010

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hot3rabbit8spoon (australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Castle Keeps (Paperback)

A straight forward post-apocalyptic tale of good (hyperviolent) people struggling against lawless masses.

Society has broken down, a rural family subsist on their well defended hilltop, ringed with electric fences and guarded by machine guns.
Bored with rural life, the son leaves to explore the lawless city. He is the archetypal gunslinger, cool, emotionless and never missing.

This tale does not comment on the post-apocalyptic world, other than that a fellow should be first to shoot and shoot to kill. More of an fun adventure story than sweeping post-apocalyptic tale like The Road, Malevil or Alas Babylon.