Doom Commander

C.A.D.S. #7

by John Sievert

Awesome super-soldiers clad in seven-foot-high Computerized Attack/Defense System suits, the badly battered men of C.A.D.S. return from their desperate rescue mission in the Soviet homeland to face an even greater challenge--a murderous trek across thousands of miles of wasted land to their White Sands base!

220 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1989

About the author

A pseudonym of Ryder Syvertsen

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the seventh book of a twelve-volume post-apocalyptic men's adventure series published from 1985 - '91. All of the books were published under the pseudonym John Sievert. The first one was written by Jan Stacy in collaboration with Ryder Syvertsen. Numbers two through eight were written by Syvertsen alone, and the final four were written by David Alexander. It's set in the near future (2003), the Russians have hit the Eastern half of the U.S. with nuclear bombs, and their invasion force is occupying much of the country. The last line of defense is Colonel Dean Sturgis and his cadre of C.A.D.S., which stands for Computerized Attack/Defense System, as we're told quite frequently. The C.A.D.S. are suits of weaponized armor that turn the wearers into super soldiers, but their numbers are low. Society disintegrates rapidly, and the C.A.D.S. troopers have to fight mad bands of rampaging rapists nearly as often as they oppose the godless commies. The books are unapologetically patriotic, as one might expect from the days of Reagan's second term, and have several over-the-top but amusing bits of black humor interspersed with some rather gritty violent scenes, though it was somewhat tamer than many of Zebra's other such series. In this one, the C.A.D.S. have successfully completed their strike on Moscow, but now have to fight their way across thousands of miles of rad-blasted western desert. The survivors they meet seem more hostile than the Russians. The story has gotten more than a little formulaic, but it's a good survivalist-type adventure of the time that's starting to get a little rough around the edges and more than a little soap-opera-ishy, but still an entertaining diversion.

[Paul Berner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read.

As always it's fast paced and a fun read. It kinda sucks you in with the action. The C.A.D.S. series is worth reading.

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Average apocalyptic adventure story. This one has the rebels using really cool computerized armor to fight with. Recommended