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Summary: Tigers Of Heaven.
Review: As usual this latest outlanders installment has soured far beyond my wildest expectations. This wild rollcoaster ride of unexpected plot twists and shifting perceptions of both the barons and the main characters, carries this novel well beyond the sterotypical adventure/sci fi novel. With a War brewing among the barons and a strange imperator with power beyond that of even Balam, the author takes the reader on a journey of revealations and sudden unexpected events that leave the reader shocked and breathless. Who will survive? Just when you think you have things figured out and you know where each character stands things shift and a whole new prespective is revealed. In this second novel in the imperator wars trilogy the author dangles some answers to questions left unanswered in Doom Dynasty while not really given the reader what they really want. With so many questions left unanswered as this second novel ends it will leave you salivating for more.
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Summary: The Outlanders Universe Gets More Explosive!
Review: Hmm, how do you make a kicking Science Fiction series novel? Take Area 51...
Add in alien sex,
an APC/Jeep war,
an underground battle,
an ... whupping in an elevator,
samurai,
ninjas,
"injuns" with M-16's,
rumors of dinosaurs,
the alleged death of a main character,
a mysterious being who can rejuvenate the ancient and crippled,
a hot tub sex scene,
and mix it ALL together with a little Viva Las Vegas... I think you can come close to perfection with this one. Most people talk about the middle book of a trilogy being slow or weak? This was the exception to that rule. The first book was much less full than this one, and this one had a lot of energy to it, despite all the plot points, or maybe even BECAUSE of all the vibrant energy plugged into it. Just awesome.
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Summary: Tigers Of Heaven... Best author GE has has in 10 years!
Review: I use to be a reader of Gold Eagle books and due to the lack of excitment and quality I stopped reading them. However, when Outlanders came around, people were telling me how good they were for it being a Gold Eagle book. Needles to say I doubted them. I heard rumors that is was based on the Deathlands series which is nothing worth reading, if you ask me, James Axler is a mediocre writer. But when I read Outlanders it wasnt just good. It was amazing! The characters were well written and had conflicting personalities, and a strong and exciting story plot that makes the reader riveted and awaiting the next book. This is, without a doubt, the best series Gold Eagle has produced in over 10 years I would say. And something else I noticed is that the quality of these books would require alot of time and dedication, leaving no time to write other novels, say Deathlands. I dont believe James Axler is a real name. The style of writing in Deathlands compared to Outlanders ranges from very poor to outwright excellant. Whoever the author is that currently works on the Outlanders novels, GE better hang onto him, because he is the best writer GE has had the opportunity to have working for them in a long time. Also recommended: The entire Outlanders Series! About the only Gold Eagle books worth reading in my honest opinion
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Summary: Shocking! I loved it!!
Review: I've been reading Outlanders since the first book and there's been plenty of surprsies along the way, none of shocked me like Tigers of Heaven! This is one of the best books in the series, if not THE best. It's exciting, action-packed, full of unexpected twists and turns. There's plenty of shooting in this book, but it's not a simple shoot-em-up. I don't want to give away the plot, but it seems like the world of Kane, Brigid, Grant and the rest of the gang at Cerberus are in for some major changes...none of them good. I really can't recommend this book highly enough.
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Summary: A SLICE OF HEAVEN READING!
Review: The 2nd installment of The Imperator Trilogy starts right where it left off in DOOM DYNASTY. Kane, a prisoner in Area 51 is being used by the mysterious baron cobalt to his own myterious ends. Meanwhile, Brigid and Grant are of course heading toward Area 51 as fast as they can overland with the aid of Skydog and his Lakota warriors in their war wag, once owned by the legendary Trader himself. Adventures along the way and lots of action and adventure abound in this book as well as some very cliffhanger happenings that you don't expect keep you reading well into the night to see what happens next! Some major changes in this book just makes the waiting that much harder for the last of this trilogy storyline to end. Dinosaurs, samurai warriors, aliens, what a mixed bunch of characters - but this writer pulls it off without a hitch! What in blazes will you hit us with next? This is a must read for fans as well as new readers just jumping aboard. C'mon in- the readings fine!
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Summary: Heavenly!
Review: This book was very well paced, the continued shifting in perceptions of the main characters towards Who Is The Enemy is always a welcome treatment, lending as it does a more intricate layer to the overly simplified plotline. The protagonists' morphing into semi-allies is also well done, I'll have to admit. Hey Kids: This series has become more important than Deathlands because it handles a wider range of mythologies, if you can dig it. The series, though, is now more vulnerable than ever for devolving into stream of consciousness drivel from main characters. Let us hope it does not fall into that bottomless chasm as it threatened to do when the characters were spiritually transported to parallel universes. I also would like to see more technological doodads flitting about in forthcoming novels. I certainly liked the volume that talked about the Aurora craft and its capabilities. I also hope that perhaps this series can nestle more snuggly into more UFO paranoia and Area 51 mythos. As I find that world fun to immerse myself in for a time, and apparently other readers do as well, judging from the "Area 51" novels from Tom Dougherty. And as Dean Koontz has aptly demonstrated in his Wyvern Base series, there's a lot of paranoidal mythos-spinning yarn concerning abandoned high-tech military bases. Perhaps a half-buried Crystal Palace R&D facility would be appropos in one of the future installments maybe?
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Summary: Outlanders Tigers of Heaven
Review: Though this particular Outlanders novel was not as fast paste as others before, it was still one of the best stories. Even though this plot was nothing more than the sterotypical rescue/escape from captures plot, the novel was full of plot twists and revealations, while leaving so many questions unanswered. As this second novel in the imperator wars trilogy ended, it left me salivating for more. I would highly recommend this novel.
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Summary: Superb!
Review: Tigers of Heaven is superb, one of the best in the Outlanders series! All the elements of the other Outlanders novels are present here. The action scenes, especially the storming of Area 51 are excellently and vividly written. There's a great deal of excitement in this adventure. Grant, Brigid and Kane have their backs up against the wall in having to deal with both hybrids and Magistrates, not to mention the apparent death of an established character. For readers who like humorous, complex characterizations, Tigers of Heaven provides colorful and three-dimensional personalities, of the good, the bad AND the ugly. This is a very emotion-charged book, offering new insights on all the main characters. Sky Dog and his Lakota warriors reappear, as well as the massive war-wag "Titano". Best of all, Shizuka and the Tigers of heaven who were introduced in the previous book are reintroduced. And FINALLY Grant's celibate streak is broken! I'm looking forward to reading the next installment of the trilogy and seeing how it all comes out.
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Summary: Major Insights
Review: Tigers of Heaven This novel is one of the best Mark has written to date. It begins where Doom Dynasty left off, with Kane in the Clutches of Baron Cobalt in Area 51. I will not go into the details of what was happening to him, as it would spoil it for the reader. Suffice to say, the reader is treated a rare glimpse into the mind and society of the Hybrid race, how they react, their views on humanity and each other, emotions, etc. While Kane is held captive, Grant, Brigid as well as a small team of natives leave the Darks in the Titano (the name the War Wag was Christened), on a desperate rescue mission. Along the way they encounter a group of Magistrates led by none other than Baron Sharpe himself, and an uneasy alliance is formed between both parties, as their final destination, AREA 51, remains the same. Even though their collective reasons for hitting the mythical base are different. The novel is action packed, as you would expect, but it also gives a long overdue insight into the Albino Domi's mind, and the how's and whys she reacts the way she does. It also fleshes out this character even more so. To add icing to the cake, several new characters are introduced in the novel, well some really re-introduced, that could prove to be great friends, or deadly foes. These characters range from several Hybrids, to Magistrates as well as the Tigers of Heaven (introduced for the first time in Outer Darkness). Even though the Tigers play only a small role in the novel, the events that take place on their island off the western coast will play significantly in upcoming novels. We're talking some very high tech, very unusual occurrences. Also, there is something that happens in the novel that will shock any long time reader. Well two things, if you count what happens to Grant. Enjoy, it is well worth the read, and I personally can't wait to get my hand on Purgatory Road. Which incidentally, has Kane, Brigid and Grant prominently displayed on the cover. Chris
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Summary: Major Insights
Review: Tigers of Heaven This novel is one of the best Mark has written to date. It begins where Doom Dynasty left off, with Kane in the Clutches of Baron Cobalt in Area 51. I will not go into the details of what was happening to him, as it would spoil it for the reader. Suffice to say, the reader is treated a rare glimpse into the mind and society of the Hybrid race, how they react, their views on humanity and each other, emotions, etc. While Kane is held captive, Grant, Brigid as well as a small team of natives leave the Darks in the Titano (the name the War Wag was Christened), on a desperate rescue mission. Along the way they encounter a group of Magistrates led by none other than Baron Sharpe himself, and an uneasy alliance is formed between both parties, as their final destination, AREA 51, remains the same. Even though their collective reasons for hitting the mythical base are different. The novel is action packed, as you would expect, but it also gives a long overdue insight into the Albino Domi's mind, and the how's and whys she reacts the way she does. It also fleshes out this character even more so. To add icing to the cake, several new characters are introduced in the novel, well some really re-introduced, that could prove to be great friends, or deadly foes. These characters range from several Hybrids, to Magistrates as well as the Tigers of Heaven (introduced for the first time in Outer Darkness). Even though the Tigers play only a small role in the novel, the events that take place on their island off the western coast will play significantly in upcoming novels. We're talking some very high tech, very unusual occurrences. Also, there is something that happens in the novel that will shock any long time reader. Well two things, if you count what happens to Grant. Enjoy, it is well worth the read, and I personally can't wait to get my hand on Purgatory Road. Which incidentally, has Kane, Brigid and Grant prominently displayed on the cover. Chris
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