Gemini Rising (Deathlands) [Mass Market Paperback]

James Axler (Author)

Book Description

Series: Deathlands | Publication Date: June 1, 1999

Ryan Cowdor comes home to West Virginia and his nephew Nathan, to whom Cawdor had entrusted the Cawdor barony. Waiting for Cawdor are two of his oldest enemies, ready to overtake the barony and the Cawdor name.

Unable to help an ailing Krysty Wroth, Cawdor must face this challenge to the future of the East Coast baronies on his own.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Gold Eagle; First Edition edition (June 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373625464
• ISBN-13: 978-0373625468
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 1.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,615,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This Deathlands reads like a comic book!, May 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Gemini Rising (Deathlands) (Mass Market Paperback)

This newest adventure of Ryan Cawdor and his warrior-survivalist companions is the worst read in the series I have ever read. The characters are not even acting the same and the bad guys are something straight out of a bad comic book. The one-eyed warrior goes back home to Virginia to find that his Ville has been taken over by a "lost son" of Cawdor that seems to be his own age, (which his age isn't even mentioned). The new Cawdor son is so comic-book evil that there is just no depth to his (or anyone's for that matter) character. Jak is so unlike himself in this storyline - a heavy drinker and womanizer, which he never, ever was and all the other oddities of this story make it extremely hard to swallow for this long-lasting series. The action is plenty but the weak story makes it hard to finish. If I wasn't such a hardcore fan, I wouldn't even bother to have finished it. The bad news is this is the 1st of a trilogy that I have to endure for the seemingly rest of this year. I can only pray that the next two are written by someone who actually knows this serie's characters and keeps with the Deathlands code of all these years - GOOD WRITING!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Deathlands book I've read in a longtime!, September 25, 1999

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[e-mail] Brent (Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gemini Rising (Deathlands) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book ruled! Its about time a Deathlands book didn't take the sameredundant course that it always does. This book was full of new twist and greataction. The characters were colorful and intelligent. Others have complained that the characters don't seem like themselves but these few have obviously not seen the steady process of maturing that the group has been undergoing. I finished the book not even an hour ago and its left me refreshed and drooling for Gaia's Demise. READ THIS BOOK!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Please don't let this writer do another book!, July 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Gemini Rising (Deathlands) (Mass Market Paperback)

I'm am an avid fan of the Deathlands series and own every book. If another is written like this one, it'll be the last I ever own as I will reread all the other before I'll read another as bad as this one. It's not the storyline, it's the characters. Did they all die and get replaced when I wasn't looking??? Jak drinking and womanizing, all the other characters sounding like something from a bad daytime soap opera.

Please bring back the original characters.