Andy Bundy

Love trying a new author and discovering a new form of excitement

I'm stuck with peripheral neuropathy which is messing with my hands so this will be short. Firstly I love the slow burn build up leading to the separation and then the mothering great battle with the earth shattering kaboom!

I felt some synergy with Evan Currie's work, the use of NACS and the on going battle with Sino-Russians but then divergence starts no more than half way through his first book, but I don't know who got there first, and the over population model depicted here is found in many bools.

Either way... Excellent character building, good story-telling and quite believable.

Thankfully my wife permits me Kindle Unlimited!

Bring it on!!!

On wow! Me Stewart never fails to delivera

It takes a lot to get me to review a book, and generally speaking even special offers or advanced copies won't do the job. However, I've just finished this 3rd instalment of what is currently a trilogy with little time taken for a break and despite the length and breadth of the universe that has been woven here, little has bored me.

Even with longer chunks of writing over the books, there is little time wasted on catching up readers as to who is whom, and I just love the effort that has gone into building then alien races.

Glynn Stewart has bought us a wide range range of fiction, from space opera, to supernatural police SWAT teams to who knows what else.

If you, like me, tend to shy away from the “earth invaded, one ship has to save the human race” type genre, this series should be given a try. It's well worth the effort!!!

Thanks, and being on more of this and ONSET. I can't wait.

Like my first long trip in a powered wheelchair

Again, the author has continued to focus almost solely on characters and story. Yes, a few new gadgets such as the fancy dropships, but we focus all the way through on how the earth has actually improved itself with the local militias, to the desperation of the newly trained infantry as they ready themselves for a suicidal return to Mars.

I don't believe the author is into politics in his work, but while the British tradition has followed through from Churchill, I can easily see a certain current US President flying off on Space Force One.

One criticism I missed before is that the author needs to read up on is the theoretical work by Miguelle Alcubiere... With the best will in the world, shifting 30 light years or more in 27 mins or even 12 hours is very unlikely. Not is there any need for ‘chutes' or launchers. You simply need to pile on the G and when you get to relatively and gravitionally flat space, engage the drive field. Again you can drop out when you are.ready.

That being said, the technology supports the story, but why not use a different name?

Oh my, what a ride, phasers on cliche

I'm always hesitant to try out new collaborations or combinations of authors, and I struggled a little bit at the start but investment of time is quickly rewarded. While some of the themes are oft-repeated, this book managed to stand above the others. My definite favourite will be the AI Android raised on a diet of 80's action movies.

What can I say about Deathlands? While possibly the greatest example of literal pulp fiction, it does kind of grow on you after a while, and if you've not made the effort to (shock horror) listen to a few versions from the Graphic Audio range, then you've missed a treat.

I don't think the collection of authors writing under the James Axler house-name are ever expecting any type of awards, if you like your fiction to be something you can read around the pool (and not mind if it gets wet), or to listen to in the car or on a plane, then its for you.

It is even quite well thought out on occasion, though this depends on the particular author, and even given the multi-author writing, and often mini-series style publications, everything generally ties together and I've only ever had the odd WTF moment, ie ‘how the heck did they get there?' between adjoining titles.

Perhaps the most endearing quality is the almost secret language which has grown up around the series, for example ‘chill' instead of kill, and guns are ALWAYS ‘blasters' irrespective of the make - and while there is occasionally an excessive (Ahern-esque) fascination with the merits of different weapons - this is quite rare.

Better still - Deathlands it self spawned a spin-off series set yet another 100 years in the future, and somehow they've (just) managed to maintain continuity between the series.

If you want to take your mind off the hook occasionally - you can't go wrong in the Deathlands