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Bad Times #3
Avenging Angels
FIVE AGAINST AN EMPIRE
They travel to the past to save the future. To fix a man-made paradox that threatens to alter mankind’s destiny forever, the Rangers must defy the legions of Rome at the height of their power. Their mission is to rescue one man from slavery in order to free the world. An adventure that spans two millennia takes them from the days of the Caesars to the siege of a city in the path of total war to a nightmare world of a possible future in which civilization is reduced to an anthill. It all comes down to them as they become Avenging Angels.
The third entry in Chuck Dixon's celebrated time travel adventure series Bad Times! The Rangers travel back in time through the Tauber Tube to Roman era Judea to save a man who will change the world for the better with his presence and for the worse with his absence! Their most intense, bloodiest and momentous adventure yet!
“Chuck is a damn good writer who is really good at hooking you, giving you fun characters, and telling you one hell of an adventure story.”
Larry Correia, Monster Hunters International, the Grimoir Chronicles
“An intelligent and well thought-out high action time travel story.”
Noah Mullette-Gillman, Luminous and Ominous
“Dixon excels at putting down action, of introducing larger-than-life heroes, kicking them through the door into a big mess, and having them sort out a situation in a flurry of martial arts moves and big guns.”
Mel Odom, The Rover series.
They travel to the past to save the future. To fix a man-made paradox that threatens to alter mankind’s destiny forever, the Rangers must defy the legions of Rome at the height of their power. Their mission is to rescue one man from slavery in order to free the world. An adventure that spans two millennia takes them from the days of the Caesars to the siege of a city in the path of total war to a nightmare world of a possible future in which civilization is reduced to an anthill. It all comes down to them as they become Avenging Angels.
The third entry in Chuck Dixon's celebrated time travel adventure series Bad Times! The Rangers travel back in time through the Tauber Tube to Roman era Judea to save a man who will change the world for the better with his presence and for the worse with his absence! Their most intense, bloodiest and momentous adventure yet!
“Chuck is a damn good writer who is really good at hooking you, giving you fun characters, and telling you one hell of an adventure story.”
Larry Correia, Monster Hunters International, the Grimoir Chronicles
“An intelligent and well thought-out high action time travel story.”
Noah Mullette-Gillman, Luminous and Ominous
“Dixon excels at putting down action, of introducing larger-than-life heroes, kicking them through the door into a big mess, and having them sort out a situation in a flurry of martial arts moves and big guns.”
Mel Odom, The Rover series.
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335 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 12, 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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April 29, 2015
The third book in this time travelling series has the unit going back to ancient Judea to save a certain historical figure from the machinations of time travelling villains.
Meanwhile, Caroline flees to Prussian War France, where she has problems of her own.
Very fast moving read with plenty of tension. Sure to please fans of sci fi and action.
Meanwhile, Caroline flees to Prussian War France, where she has problems of her own.
Very fast moving read with plenty of tension. Sure to please fans of sci fi and action.
December 4, 2014
If books were building blocks, Chuck Dixon would be the elite Lego Master. He doesn’t just tell a story, he puts all the lessons he’s learned as a comic book writer to use. While others are content with cute little designs, Chuck is patiently building up his own unique world full of rough, no holds barred time-travelers.
In this latest addition to the series, Avenging Angels, our butt kicking time travelers gain some new companions as they go up against the Roman army with entire world’s future at stake. The mission itself was a huge surprise to me and the action never stops, though some of the characters probably wish it would. That’s all I’m saying, no spoilers here!
The only downfall with this series is that I can’t recommend it to all my friends because there is some rather adult language sprinkled throughout. If that doesn’t bother you, give it a shot!
In this latest addition to the series, Avenging Angels, our butt kicking time travelers gain some new companions as they go up against the Roman army with entire world’s future at stake. The mission itself was a huge surprise to me and the action never stops, though some of the characters probably wish it would. That’s all I’m saying, no spoilers here!
The only downfall with this series is that I can’t recommend it to all my friends because there is some rather adult language sprinkled throughout. If that doesn’t bother you, give it a shot!
May 12, 2016
Great Book
I have been amazed by how much I enjoy these books by Chuck Dixon. Time travel is usually my least favorite subject. Perhaps that has something to do with my lifelong love of history. So many authors get so many things wrong. Dixon makes it enjoyable. After tangling with proto-humans in the first novel and Ancient pirates in the second this time the Rangers go to Judea. They have someone very important to save. In addition to their primary mission they find themselves drawn deeper into a conflict that stretches across space and time. How will this all end? You will have to read it to find out.
I have been amazed by how much I enjoy these books by Chuck Dixon. Time travel is usually my least favorite subject. Perhaps that has something to do with my lifelong love of history. So many authors get so many things wrong. Dixon makes it enjoyable. After tangling with proto-humans in the first novel and Ancient pirates in the second this time the Rangers go to Judea. They have someone very important to save. In addition to their primary mission they find themselves drawn deeper into a conflict that stretches across space and time. How will this all end? You will have to read it to find out.
August 6, 2020
This third book in the Bad Times series runs just as fast and hot as the first two. Considering that the plot here is to rescue Jesus from being sold into slavery, you can feel the pressure on your own shoulders as the team does to prevent a total rewrite of the future of the world.
Fortunately, Chuck Dixon does not take the easy road of the team meeting a teen-aged Jesus with a wink and a nod to later events in the New Testament. No one is miraculously healed or an enemy turned friend with a touch. Our team of ex-Rangers and SEALs fight through a Roman Legion and Assyrian archers without ever meeting their subject face-to-face.
A sub-plot sees the birth of the child of Caroline and Dwayne and then the subsequent hunt of the child by the bad guys through two different time periods. The author provides a very specific, and bloody, reason why you NEVER try to get between a mother and her child.
The set-up for the next book takes place on the last couple of pages and is summed up in one sentence. Hey! Read it for yourself, this is a spoiler-free (mostly) review.
FIND IT! BUY IT! READ IT!
Fortunately, Chuck Dixon does not take the easy road of the team meeting a teen-aged Jesus with a wink and a nod to later events in the New Testament. No one is miraculously healed or an enemy turned friend with a touch. Our team of ex-Rangers and SEALs fight through a Roman Legion and Assyrian archers without ever meeting their subject face-to-face.
A sub-plot sees the birth of the child of Caroline and Dwayne and then the subsequent hunt of the child by the bad guys through two different time periods. The author provides a very specific, and bloody, reason why you NEVER try to get between a mother and her child.
The set-up for the next book takes place on the last couple of pages and is summed up in one sentence. Hey! Read it for yourself, this is a spoiler-free (mostly) review.
FIND IT! BUY IT! READ IT!
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