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Summary: Another Flash Point
Review: Talon and Fang is, without a doubt in my mind, the best novel that the author has written in the entire series. It's what would be called a Flashpoint. To any new readers to the series, it'll be very confusing if they pick up the older novels after reading this one. Mark has written a novel that is very emotional, tragic, but touching and out and out uproariously funny in several sections. It begins almost thirty years into the future. The entire face of the Outlands has been changed, much to the efforts of the Cerberus exiles. Sam has taken total control of the continent, and a good part of the world as well. The nine baronies were destroyed completely in a five year war that took place after Cobalt managed to rebuild his power base and launched an all out assault against Cerberus. Kane, Grant, Lakesh and Bry are the only ones who managed to survive the wars. Both Kane and Grant were instrumental in the victory over the nine barons, but the cost to both men was insurmountable. Grant lost Shizuak, and Kane lost his wife, Brigid, when they rescued him from the hands of a cult, The Nirodha, based in India. That single even left more of a scar on Kane than any of the wounds that he had suffered over the many years he spent as a Magistrate, and then an exile fighting the Barons. He has spent over twenty years researching a means to travel back in time to fix what had happened, so that he wouldn't have to suffer as he has. Even Grant, his partner, and his best friend, turned his back on Kane, thinking that he has become totally fused out because of what happened. Kane however, has a plan. Sindri disappeared, and was never heard from again, but Kane realized what the little man did. He managed to trap himself in Zero time, using the operation Chronos facilities on Thunder Isle, just before the reactor reached critical mass. He is critical to bring about Kane's plan to life. As always, Kane has a number of obstacles to overcome. First and foremost is Tanvirah, the daughter of Lakesh and Erica van Sloan. She is now the Scorpio Prime of the Nirodha cult, like her mother before her. She is under Sam's orders to try and win Kane over, with any means at her disposal. Grant even tries to stop him, and the fight that ensues is one of the more entertaining scenes in the novel. But, despite as crazy as he appears, Kane's whole scheme might actually work, and after bringing Sindri back from the Zero time he had been trapped in. Together, he and Sindri use the remaining TAV to travel to the City of High River, formerly known as Cobaltville. Surpassing even more trials and tribulations, they reach the city only to be captured and whisked off to China where they would face Sam, the Imperator. Here, Kane confronts the hybrid and discovers exactly who and what he is, and during the confrontation, he learns the Imperators great plans. His own plan to send Sindri back in time actually succeeds, but at the cost of his life. Once again, this is the best novel that the author has written to date, and I am very eager to read the conclusion.
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Summary: One the best if not THE best
Review: What can I say? Mark Ellis aka James Axler has outdone himself again! What a huge spin he took this series with this newest novel masterpiece. It just never seems to stop amazing me what this particular author comes up with in terms of sheer sci-fi/fantasy entertainment. Outlanders: Talon and Fang has taken this series to yet another level that is both thought provoking and pleasing to the reader.
I love the concepts of time travel and such, and Mark Ellis puts our heroes - Kane and Grant - in a situation in which the past is all the chance they have left. I won't ruin the awesome storyline for you, but suffice it to say, that with this great installment, Mr. Ellis has proven once again that he is undoubtedly one of the very best sci-fi writers out there today. If you are lucky enough to be introduced to this man's series, then you have tons of great and fun reading ahead of you.
I eagerly await, as always, the next part in this exciting and visually spectacular story arc and book series. Hollywood needs to look away - for just a moment - from the comic books and seriously consider making this series their next blockbuster movie. Even if people don't know anything about this remarkable writer and series, they would soon know as soon as they saw a trailer.
This is not only action/adventure at its best, but also character driven stories that you will soon not forget.
Thanks Mr. Ellis for being such a visionary, this reader/writer takes his hat off to you...
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Summary: TALON AND FANG RIPS WITH ADVENTURE!!
Review: What can I say? Mark Ellis aka James Axler has outdone himself again! What a huge spin he took this series with this newest novel masterpiece. It just never seems to stop amazing me what this particular author comes up with in terms of sheer sci-fi/fantasy entertainment. Outlanders: Talon and Fang has taken this series to yet another level that is both thought provoking and pleasing to the reader.
I love the concepts of time travel and such, and Mark Ellis puts our heroes - Kane and Grant - in a situation in which the past is all the chance they have left. I won't ruin the awesome storyline for you, but suffice it to say, that with this great installment, Mr. Ellis has proven once again that he is undoubtedly one of the very best sci-fi writers out there today. If you are lucky enough to be introduced to this man's series, then you have tons of great and fun reading ahead of you.
I eagerly await, as always, the next part in this exciting and visually spectacular story arc and book series. Hollywood needs to look away - for just a moment - from the comic books and seriously consider making this series their next blockbuster movie. Even if people don't know anything about this remarkable writer and series, they would soon know as soon as they saw a trailer.
This is not only action/adventure at its best, but also character driven stories that you will soon not forget.
Thanks Mr. Ellis for being such a visionary, this reader/writer takes his hat off to you...
Rating:
Summary: One the best if not THE best
Review: Wow! I was hoping for something a little special when I started reading "Talon and Fang" but I wasn't quite expecting the wild ride that this novel contained. One of the things I've always enjoyed about Outlanders is how the series can be unpredictable and this book really surprises the reader. Most of it takes place over 25 years in the future and things are a lot different and not very good different either. Kane's life has been for the most part filled with tragedy and that in turn has made him bitter and unstable. He has a plan to change his present in the past but for it to work he has to convince his most deadly enemy to help him. Longtime readers probably can guess who this is. The author introduces a great new female character, Tanvirah, who is seductive, beautiful and deadly. And there is also Sam, the Imperator and he's a much more subtle, much more dangerous adversary than he has been before. He more or less conquered the world 20 years before, now he wants to conquer time and space and his plan is such that actually might able to do it! There are so many high points to cover in this novel: a great villain, heightened motivation, heart-breaking revelations, sharp characterizations, super-fast-paced plot, and varied action sequences...sword fights, Manta and Dragonfly aerial duels, SPIDES, kung-fu fighting-- add all them together and you have one of the best, if not THE best Outlanders novels yet published. I'm dying for the follow-up of Heart of the World, Sea of Plague. This book is a must-read for any fan..and I really like the cover too!
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