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Bad Times #2
Blood Red Tide
The Rangers have returned from the prehistoric past to find themselves in an even more dangerous time---the present.
Being on the run takes money. On the run from the richest man in the world takes millions.
From a forgotten cave in the Nevada desert to the pirate-infested seas of the ancient world, the Rangers hunt for treasure lost to time. The travelers to the past find once again that history is not what it seems and the future is always in doubt. Blood Red Tide was previously published as part of One Helluva Bad Time
Being on the run takes money. On the run from the richest man in the world takes millions.
From a forgotten cave in the Nevada desert to the pirate-infested seas of the ancient world, the Rangers hunt for treasure lost to time. The travelers to the past find once again that history is not what it seems and the future is always in doubt. Blood Red Tide was previously published as part of One Helluva Bad Time
- GenresScience Fiction
326 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 20, 2014
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About the author
Chuck Dixon
3,426 books1,029 followersCharles "Chuck" Dixon is an American comic book writer, perhaps best-known for long runs on Batman titles in the 1990s.
His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan.
He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey .
While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow , regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998.
In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher.
On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."
His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan.
He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey .
While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow , regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998.
In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher.
On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."
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May 25, 2024
Second installment of the saga and another pleasant surprise.
I have fallen in love with Caroline and Dwayne, as well as the rangers in general.
I'm going to dive headlong into the third installment.
Between Levon Cade and this saga, Chuck Dixon is eclipsing all the pending reading titles I have at home.
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Segunda entrega de la saga y otra agradable sorpresa.
He quedado prendado de Caroline y Dwayne, así como en general de los rangers.
Voy de cabeza a sumergirme en la tercera entrega.
Entre Levon Cade y esta saga, Chuck Dixon está eclipsando a todo los títulos de lecturas pendientes que tengo en casa.
I have fallen in love with Caroline and Dwayne, as well as the rangers in general.
I'm going to dive headlong into the third installment.
Between Levon Cade and this saga, Chuck Dixon is eclipsing all the pending reading titles I have at home.
* * *
Segunda entrega de la saga y otra agradable sorpresa.
He quedado prendado de Caroline y Dwayne, así como en general de los rangers.
Voy de cabeza a sumergirme en la tercera entrega.
Entre Levon Cade y esta saga, Chuck Dixon está eclipsando a todo los títulos de lecturas pendientes que tengo en casa.
July 5, 2020
Good read
A little slower than the first in the series but when it got going it flew! Nice mysterious ending too. In my opinion you need to read book one to understand what’s going on.
A little slower than the first in the series but when it got going it flew! Nice mysterious ending too. In my opinion you need to read book one to understand what’s going on.
March 22, 2017
Time travel goes cruising
I chose this rating because , everything I've read by Chuck Dixon is exactly what I enjoy. You will also.
I chose this rating because , everything I've read by Chuck Dixon is exactly what I enjoy. You will also.
November 5, 2014
Bad Times: Blood Red Tide by Chuck Dixon is a roisterous continuation of Bad Times: Cannibal Gold, and a more than worthy successor. If you thought CG had action aplenty, continue on my stalwart companions.
Picking up just months after Cannibal Gold, Blood Red Tide sends parts of our crew into the more recent history, if you think history is sailing ships and Romans and Carthinians.
There was less in the present this trip around, but given the ooh so smooth writing of the author, what there is is packed with action, mystery, intrigue, and dastardly doings. Murder, intrigue, burnings at the largest place of worship in the world....it doesn't get any faster, better, more maniacal or frenetic than this.
And we haven't even gotten to the main story yet. Once again our battling behemoth, Dwayne, is in deep and fighting his way out, long ago in Bad Times past with Caroline joining in on the fun.
Combing near future tech and swords, boats and bludgeons, this is a more dense and worthy successor to Cannibal Gold and has me waiting on the next release eagerly.
As someone who's a fan of all kinds of Sci/Fantasy from Terry Pratchett and Spider Robinson to Larry Correia and Simon R. Green, Dixon has managed, in just two books, to earn a coveted place on my library shelf.
Congrats on a fine book, Mr. Dixon.
Picking up just months after Cannibal Gold, Blood Red Tide sends parts of our crew into the more recent history, if you think history is sailing ships and Romans and Carthinians.
There was less in the present this trip around, but given the ooh so smooth writing of the author, what there is is packed with action, mystery, intrigue, and dastardly doings. Murder, intrigue, burnings at the largest place of worship in the world....it doesn't get any faster, better, more maniacal or frenetic than this.
And we haven't even gotten to the main story yet. Once again our battling behemoth, Dwayne, is in deep and fighting his way out, long ago in Bad Times past with Caroline joining in on the fun.
Combing near future tech and swords, boats and bludgeons, this is a more dense and worthy successor to Cannibal Gold and has me waiting on the next release eagerly.
As someone who's a fan of all kinds of Sci/Fantasy from Terry Pratchett and Spider Robinson to Larry Correia and Simon R. Green, Dixon has managed, in just two books, to earn a coveted place on my library shelf.
Congrats on a fine book, Mr. Dixon.
February 16, 2014
Review of ‘Bad Times 2:
Blood Red Tide’
By Chuck Dixon
Very simple, if you love action adventure men’s fiction, then this series is a ‘Must Buy’. This is the second book in the series about time traveling Ex-Army Rangers and their scientist friends. I can’t say enough good things about these books. I sat down and read approximately 60% of the book in one sitting today, finishing it off. It was a great book.
This time Dwayne Roenbach and Carolyn Tauber find themselves stranded somewhen around 230 B.C. As Dwayne says, he’s playing ‘Conan’ here. This is one cool series of books especially with all the time traveling and intrigue that’s going on. It’s all very manly stuff with tons of action. It’s just a lot of fun.
If you liked book series like ‘The Destroyer’ or ‘The Executioner’ you’re going to like this series, a lot.
Wow, is this good. I genuinely cannot wait for the next one to come out.
Blood Red Tide’
By Chuck Dixon
Very simple, if you love action adventure men’s fiction, then this series is a ‘Must Buy’. This is the second book in the series about time traveling Ex-Army Rangers and their scientist friends. I can’t say enough good things about these books. I sat down and read approximately 60% of the book in one sitting today, finishing it off. It was a great book.
This time Dwayne Roenbach and Carolyn Tauber find themselves stranded somewhen around 230 B.C. As Dwayne says, he’s playing ‘Conan’ here. This is one cool series of books especially with all the time traveling and intrigue that’s going on. It’s all very manly stuff with tons of action. It’s just a lot of fun.
If you liked book series like ‘The Destroyer’ or ‘The Executioner’ you’re going to like this series, a lot.
Wow, is this good. I genuinely cannot wait for the next one to come out.
February 16, 2014
Review of ‘Bad Times 2:
Blood Red Tide’
By Chuck Dixon
Very simple, if you love action adventure men’s fiction, then this series is a ‘Must Buy’. This is the second book in the series about time traveling Ex-Army Rangers and their scientist friends. I can’t say enough good things about these books. I sat down and read approximately 60% of the book in one sitting today, finishing it off. It was a great book.
This time Dwayne Roenbach and Carolyn Tauber find themselves stranded somewhen around 230 B.C. As Dwayne says, he’s playing ‘Conan’ here. This is one cool series of books especially with all the time traveling and intrigue that’s going on. It’s all very manly stuff with tons of action. It’s just a lot of fun.
If you liked book series like ‘The Destroyer’ or ‘The Executioner’ you’re going to like this series, a lot.
Wow, is this good. I genuinely cannot wait for the next one to come out.
Blood Red Tide’
By Chuck Dixon
Very simple, if you love action adventure men’s fiction, then this series is a ‘Must Buy’. This is the second book in the series about time traveling Ex-Army Rangers and their scientist friends. I can’t say enough good things about these books. I sat down and read approximately 60% of the book in one sitting today, finishing it off. It was a great book.
This time Dwayne Roenbach and Carolyn Tauber find themselves stranded somewhen around 230 B.C. As Dwayne says, he’s playing ‘Conan’ here. This is one cool series of books especially with all the time traveling and intrigue that’s going on. It’s all very manly stuff with tons of action. It’s just a lot of fun.
If you liked book series like ‘The Destroyer’ or ‘The Executioner’ you’re going to like this series, a lot.
Wow, is this good. I genuinely cannot wait for the next one to come out.
November 22, 2014
This one's a mixed bag. Once they travel through time and the action gets going, it's on hell for leather, with a more interesting and exciting action driven plot than the first novel had... however it takes half the book to get to that place, the first half acting as an extended epilogue to the first book, and then needless detail as to how the characters managed to set up their time travel heist (spoilers: They spend money on goods and services).
One element from the first book that is thankfully missing from the sequel is the awkward racist descriptions. (Whilst the race politics isn't great, white males trump all, at least I didn't have to sit through the characters constantly describing a pre-neanderthal race as Aboriginals.)
Looking forward to book three.
One element from the first book that is thankfully missing from the sequel is the awkward racist descriptions. (Whilst the race politics isn't great, white males trump all, at least I didn't have to sit through the characters constantly describing a pre-neanderthal race as Aboriginals.)
Looking forward to book three.
April 29, 2015
The second book in this series about time travelling treasure hunters. This time our heroes go back in time to retrieve a treasure in the Mediterranean Sea, and run into Carthaginians and pirates. A few new characters are introduced, and we get a most excellent sea battle.
I had trouble getting past the idea that experienced soldiers with a lick of sense would camp next to the only source of water on an island. It just seemed a completely stupid lapse of judgement. I actually had to put the book down and do something else for a while to get over it.
I had trouble getting past the idea that experienced soldiers with a lick of sense would camp next to the only source of water on an island. It just seemed a completely stupid lapse of judgement. I actually had to put the book down and do something else for a while to get over it.
January 1, 2016
Great Book
This book, the second in the Bad Times series, sees our heroes jumping back in time once again. This time they are looking for treasure and they think they know how to find it. Nothing ever seems to go the way it is supposed to though and soon 21st century Rangers have to deal with ancient Phoenician pirates.
Blood Red Tide brings back our time traveling team that we first encountered in Cannibal Gold. The action is a lot of fun and the characters are enjoyable. Novelist Chuck Dixon has created a truly enjoyable series. I can't wait to see where it goes next.
This book, the second in the Bad Times series, sees our heroes jumping back in time once again. This time they are looking for treasure and they think they know how to find it. Nothing ever seems to go the way it is supposed to though and soon 21st century Rangers have to deal with ancient Phoenician pirates.
Blood Red Tide brings back our time traveling team that we first encountered in Cannibal Gold. The action is a lot of fun and the characters are enjoyable. Novelist Chuck Dixon has created a truly enjoyable series. I can't wait to see where it goes next.
April 23, 2015
I really liked the first book in this series.
This one was a little uneven in pace and slightly disjointed toward the ending. It's like a word count was reached and shoomph, we gotta end this thing.
Having said that, there's still a lot to like and overall the world is built well and the story is not predictable. I'll read the next in the series and hope it trends more towards the first book than this one. Still a decent enough read.
This one was a little uneven in pace and slightly disjointed toward the ending. It's like a word count was reached and shoomph, we gotta end this thing.
Having said that, there's still a lot to like and overall the world is built well and the story is not predictable. I'll read the next in the series and hope it trends more towards the first book than this one. Still a decent enough read.
January 13, 2016
Best one yet!!
Wow, an awesome page turner. Takes you back to ancient times so quickly and easily it feels like you are there with the likable Caroline & Duane. Fighting alongside them you can feel the splash of hot blood on your feet. Anymore would give it away. Can't wait to read the third installment.
Wow, an awesome page turner. Takes you back to ancient times so quickly and easily it feels like you are there with the likable Caroline & Duane. Fighting alongside them you can feel the splash of hot blood on your feet. Anymore would give it away. Can't wait to read the third installment.
January 25, 2016
Strong action series
Enjoyable read. Steady pace, lengthy explanations at times, can seem to bog down pace, however the shock and awe at which they bounce back are worth the read. A great escape, imaginative with backing. I enjoy this story, will continue this series, well done Chuck, well done!
Enjoyable read. Steady pace, lengthy explanations at times, can seem to bog down pace, however the shock and awe at which they bounce back are worth the read. A great escape, imaginative with backing. I enjoy this story, will continue this series, well done Chuck, well done!
January 28, 2015
A great story continues!
The second Bad Times book picks up where the first left off. It ends, however, nearly where it began...How is that, you ask? Read the series and find out what you are missing! I've already purchased the third book and am starting it...now!
The second Bad Times book picks up where the first left off. It ends, however, nearly where it began...How is that, you ask? Read the series and find out what you are missing! I've already purchased the third book and am starting it...now!
April 23, 2014
Good action fun.
February 20, 2016
Get lost in Ancient Greece
An excellent read for fans of action and time travel, Chuck Dixin delivers again! Can't wait to read the next chapter.
An excellent read for fans of action and time travel, Chuck Dixin delivers again! Can't wait to read the next chapter.
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