Planets In Peril [Paperback]

Edmond Hamilton (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Popular Library (1942)
• ASIN: B001XIELHQ
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,739,220 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Difficult to put down, September 6, 2001

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doug (North Bay, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Eagles' Brood (The Camulod Chronicles, Book 3) (Mass Market Paperback)

I forget how I came upon this series of books but I can tell you that once you start you will not be able to put the books down. This Canadian author must have travelled back in time to be able to write so discriptively and knowledgeably. The series begins just shortly after the Romans leave Great Britain and continues on through the life of Merlin and on through the early years of young Arthur. I cannot begin to tell you how enjoyable this series of books are....a must read.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Diminishing Returns - Sequelitus, March 20, 2000

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Richard Warner (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Eagles' Brood (The Camulod Chronicles, Book 3) (Mass Market Paperback)

I read the second book first, not realizing this was a series, and liked it enough to purchase the others. Reading them one after another, I see a marked dropoff in quality with this installment. Never strong on character, the plotting gets weaker and a lot reads like filler. If I didn't have the remaining volumes already I would not buy them. I recommend the Skystone and Singing Sword and stop there.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The third in the Camulod Chronicles series, June 13, 2000

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Joseph H Pierre "Joe Pierre" (Salem, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Eagles' Brood (The Camulod Chronicles, Book 3) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the third in the series of novels called the Camulod Chronicles. If this is your introduction to the series, you will benefit from taking them in order, beginning with 'The Skystone,' although the books will stand alone.

This book introduces us to a young Caius Merlyn Britannicus and the adventures he has growing up. The plot is complex, one adventure leading to another. The characterization is excellent, and the book held me enthralled. In the end, of course, since this is the story of Merlyn and Arthur, he meets his ward.

Jack Whyte, like Mary Stewart and Bernard Cornwell, has done his research well--such research as is available. Each wrote a fascinating series, and each approached their subjects from a different viewpoint, of course. It is, after all, fiction. John Steinbeck also wrote a book on the subject: The 'Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights,' deriving his material from one of the earliest sources, Thomas Mallory.

All are worthy and entertaining. My advice would be to read and enjoy all of them, which I have.

Joseph Pierre,
Author of THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS: Our Journey Through Eternity