Firedance (Paperback)

by Scott Baker (Author) "The Chevrolet passenger skimmer destabilized as it struck an air pocket..." (more)
Key Phrases: shock armor, pulse rifle, distortion field, Aubry Knight, Phillipe Swarna, Iron Mountain (more...)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Here Barnes continues (but does not complete) the story of Aubry Knight begun in Streetlethal and Gorgon Child . Knight, a street-fighter and hired killer turned social activist is blessed with superhuman strength, agility and endurance. With the help of his wife Promise Cotonou-Knight and a team of loyal associates, Knight now leads the Scavengers, an organization of the disenfranchised that has achieved power and influence by rebuilding quake-struck Los Angeles. But old enemies die hard; in this case, Phillipe Swarna, dictator of the PanAfrican Republic, sends assassins to avenge his son's death at the hands of Knight. The attempt misses Knight but costs the life of one of his dear friends, and Knight--his family threatened--reverts somewhat to his warrior past, determined to kill Swarna with the untrustworthy aid of an American intelligence splinter group called STYX. Barnes leavens his tale with potted mysticism and a measure of psychological depth, but it remains a story more like a comic book than a novel, flavored unpleasantly with the fetishization of muscle, physical violence and macho codes of "honor."
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal
Ex-assassin Aubry Knight finds a new vocation rebuilding the ruins of 21st-century Los Angeles until an old enemy threatens his family and causes the "killer" to resurface. Fast-paced action tinged with pseudomysticism colors this sequel to Streetlethal (Tor, 1991) and Gorgon Child (Tor, 1989). Full of machismo and derring-do, with a passing nod to politically correct ideologies, this one-dimensional sf/adventure is a marginal purchase for all but the largest libraries.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Tom Doherty Assoc Llc (September 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812531450
• ISBN-13: 978-0812531459
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,747,511 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars By far the best martial art's fiction I have read, August 17, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Firedance (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the third in the Aubry Knight trilogy and all three are excellent. The fight scenes are so well described and choregraphed that you can practically see them

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two books, same title, August 2, 2005

By	Scott Baker - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There are two books with the same title confused here. One was written by Steve Barnes, and all the information given here applies to it, as do three out of the four reviews. I wrote the other one. Amazon never reacted or replied when I informed them of this several years ago, but it just occurred to me that it couldn't hurt to put the information in the form of a review.

I gave the book(s) five stars mainly because a review has to have stars, partly because any less would be a disservice to Steve Barnes, and partly because I actually think I wrote a good book (not to mention the fact that it makes me feel good when people buy my books). Feel free to disregard the rating.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't Be Fooled By The Cover, January 31, 2001

By	Greg "Greg" (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Firedance (Mass Market Paperback)

Just like the old axiom...this book gathered dust on my shelf until I was in the mood to read it...the lurid cover was a turn off. Particularly, the martial-arts-fighter-hero main character really seemed typical. I was wrong. This book is a deeply textured morality tale about power, politics and technology. The action, superb, is just part of the story. This has all the trademarks of cyberpunk with a solid story. The fact that I read the third book in the trilogy was not a problem, in fact, it just made me determined to track down the other two. Greg Davies/Toronto