Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

by Jerome Preisler, Bryce Zabel, Brent V. Friedman

In this sequel to Mortal Kombat, Liu Kang, Sonya Blade, and Lord Rayden have won the tournament, but now the champions must again face the evil emperor Shao Kahn, who refuses to accept defeat. Original. Movie tie-in.

Genres: Fantasy, Video Games

184 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 1997

About the author

Jerome Preisler is the prolific author of almost forty books of fiction and narrative nonfiction, including all eight novels in the New York Times bestselling TOM CLANCY'S POWER PLAYS series.

His latest book is NET FORCE:DARK WEB (November 2019), the first novel in a relaunch of the New York Times bestselling series co-created by Tom Clancy. Forthcoming in May 2020 is the enovella NET FORCE: EYE OF THE DRONE.

Among Jerome's recent works of narrative history are CODE NAME CAESAR: The Secret Hunt for U-boat 864 During World War Two, and FIRST TO JUMP: How the Band of Brothers Was Aided by the Brave Paratroopers of Pathfinders Company. His next book of nonfiction, CIVIL WAR COMMANDO: William Cushing's Daring Raid to Sink the Invincible Ironclad C.S.S. Albemarle,will be published by Regnery Books in October 2020.

Jerome lives in New York City and coastal Maine.

Reviews

[Drew Cannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of those instances where the book is better than the movie. I love MK Annihilation, but there were so many elements of it that simply didn’t translate well to film. In the book, however, there are no actors butchering their lines. There’s no cheap special effects, no lazy editing, etc. A lot of the “corny” elements come across as sci-fi/supernatural, which in the context of the MK universe works. Also, the fights are most definitely better in the novel. Sheeva, for instance, had a proper fight in this book instead of just being crushed by a cage. Other characters, such as Nightwolf and Ermac, also have larger roles here. If you’re a MK fan, I definitely would give this book a shot.

[C.B. Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a lot of fun, it’s a shame the movie’s budget couldn’t make what was described to be as impressive as your imagination can make.

[John · Rating 1 out of 5]

save yourself some time and just watch the movie

[Anna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Duh...

[Adam · Rating 2 out of 5]

The film makes the book look like a masterpiece.