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2.0 out of 5 stars
Beware of Immitators, June 12, 2004
By A Customer
This review is from: Sun Lord (Outlanders) (Mass Market Paperback)
If I had to describe Sun Lord in only one sentence it would be as a smoking pile of fecal matter. This has to be one of the worst offerings ever to be trotted out by Gold Eagle, just the latest in a seemingly endless line of sloppy, substandard, and just outright disappointing storylines. It is becoming painfully apparent that anyone other than Mark Ellis who writes for the Outlanders series is going to produce a smoking pile of crap. What sounded like an outstanding plotline line was reduced to a never-ending parade of blunders that included poor characterization, an obsession with a naked Domi, sloppy construction of action scenes, and what amounts to a total disregard for the continuity and series history that Mark Ellis has worked so tirelessly to establish since Outlanders was first introduced.
Mr. Milan's attempt to use ancient Aztec gods, though a unique idea, was so convoluted and crowded with gods whose names sounded so similar that I found myself asking which gods where fighting which gods and who was on what side of the fight. The elements of science and myth weaved into fiction and fact that makes Outlanders such an enjoyable series to read was completely absent in Sun Lord. The plot was full of gaps, the largest being the how and why for Kane and companies resurrection as Aztec Gods in the ruins of Mexico City. A rich and colorful culture filled with ceremony and ancient rituals was almost completely ignored in favor of two-dimensional gods and characters that hardly entertained me much less enticed me to care about their ultimate fates.
Over all, Sun Lord for me was a colossal waste of time, energy, and my hard earned money. It was poorly written, not to mention written on a level that makes me seriously question if Mr. Milan even thinks his readers have the intelligence much above a block of granite. I could spend days listing all of the things that made this latest Outlanders book a painful read that does not even earn the right to have the Outlanders name attached to it. But it comes down to Gold Eagles ignorance as to why Outlanders has such a loyal and fanatical following. The usual fast paced thrill ride that Outlanders is. The bone-jarring journey through exotic landscapes filled with vibrant characters. A universe filled with twisting, spiraling, roads that wind through the halls of history weaving ancient myth and folklore with fiction, mystery and the truths behind the shadows that fill our world.
If these are the things that draw you to the Outlanders Series then do yourself a favor and avoid Sun Lord as if it carried the black plague as none of these things are even remotely present in this Outlanders offering. I been generous in giving this dreadfully awful piece of literature (A word I use loosely) a score of two out of five. I'm sorry that I took a chance on something in the Outlanders series that was not written by Mark Ellis. It is not a mistake I intend to make again.
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0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
SUN LORD SHINES!, May 7, 2004
This review is from: Sun Lord (Outlanders) (Mass Market Paperback)
This latest Outlanders installment is a bit crazier than the others - and that's saying something!
In short, our main characters, starting with Kane, are imbued with god-like powers out of ancient Mexican myth. Kane awakes from a mat-trans jump into the body of a warrior out of time, with the powers of the sun at his disposal.
As the rest of his comrades look for him, they eventually find him in Mexico, where they too - except Grant - take on the embodiments of goddesses with different powers. And they are pretty cool too.
Fast-paced action and adventure, along with god-like battles with monsters in the guise of humans, thrown with some passionate sex, and you have one whale of a tale here.
If you like your sci-fi mixed with some fantasy, then this one's for you.
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