Shadowfall (Deathlands) [Mass Market Paperback]

James Axler (Author)

Book Description

Series: Deathlands | Publication Date: April 1, 1995

Leading his band of determined followers to the remnants of post-nuclear Sunshine State, Ryan Cawdor quickly learns that their survival depends on their wits and an unexpected alliance with an alien culture.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Gold Eagle (April 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 037362526X
• ISBN-13: 978-0373625260
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #574,171 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What the ****?, January 11, 2004

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Anthony Norris (PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Damnation Road Show (Deathlands) (Mass Market Paperback)

This story makes absolutly no sense. The author is trying for science fiction instead of just action but ends up with a horrible mess. The total insanity includes
1. A giant mutant mountain lion who can communicate telopathicely with a member of the party, tortures his victims so that he can prove he is alive, and has either lived through everthing that is happening or a precog.
2. A prenuclear war experiment that involves hallucinagenic snow, mind controlling fish(or a lake it is never really explained) and a symbiotic fungi.
3. Very limited action, one running gun battle and a fight between Doc Tanner(the most infirm of the group) and the secondary bad guy.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Deathlands: Damnation Road Show, July 24, 2003

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"asugi" (Brentwood, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Damnation Road Show (Deathlands) (Mass Market Paperback)

While reading Damnation Road Show, I found myself seriously considering the possibility that the Deathlands series is either being written by someone other than Axler, or he has undergone a serious change in the style of his writing. Damnation Road Show, while the story itself was very entertaining, the characters seemed a bit off. J.B. didn't seem stoic enough, Ryan not terse enough, Mildred lost her sarcastic edge, Jak's dialogue wasn't his usual one-to-two word responses, and Doc's usual eloquence was no where in evidence. Dean, a rapidly maturing young man in previous novels, regressed into a rather normal 12 year old, his steely edge gone. In Amazon's Gate (the previous novel), I first suspected that the series was being taken over by others, and Damnation Road Show confirms my suspicions. Since the whole Deathlands series is centered around the relationships between the core characters, the adventure itself coming in second, this change has seriously affected the entertainment value of this book, giving it a rather cartoonish quality.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Axler writes a nail biter, May 16, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Damnation Road Show (Deathlands) (Mass Market Paperback)

I don't know what kind of spores the other reviewers have been breathing but I had a lot of fun with this one. I loved the the traveling road show idea and I loved the mountian lion. I would like to see more of him. The magus was way cool. If I had a bitch it would be that it was too short. This was another good one in a great series.

I like the way that Axler builds up to confrontations. It seems to take a long time and every page is a nail biter. The more wacked out the Deathlands get the better the read.