Shadowfall (Deathlands) (Mass Market Paperback)

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Product Description

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; 1st Printing edition (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.com Sales Rank: #240,575 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars AXLER INFO, October 2, 2004

By	R. CAWDOR "LEFT EYE" (NORTH POLE) - See all my reviews

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

I HAVE NOTICED THAT NO ONE HERE REALIZES THAT AXLER HASN'T WRITTEN A DEATHLANDS BOOK SINCE #15. GOLDEN EAGLE HAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT WRITERS THAT THEY USE UNDER HIS PSEUDONYM BECAUSE HE OWNS THE BY-LINE FOR THE BOOK. IF YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON ANY OF THE FIRST 15 BOOKS IN THE SERIES, YOU WILL NOTICE A VERY DRASTIC DIFFERENCE IN THE WRITING STYLE AND GENERAL ATMOSPHERE THAT THE AUTHOR CREATES....THIS MAY EXPLAIN SOME THINGS TO THE READERS.....

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Anthony Norris (PA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Deathlands: Damnation Road Show (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

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

This review is from: Deathlands: Damnation Road Show (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.