Starfall

Deathlands #45

by James Axler

Ryan Cawdor and his warrior survivalists jump into Montana territory, where they are joined by members of the Heimdall Foundation, an organization of whitecoats that investigates the possibility of alien visitation on Earth. Ryan is concerned when Krysty is rendered helpless by one of the Chosen--a type of doomie mutant with mind-control abilities. The group is accosted by a baron's sec men, who are searching for valuable debris from an abandoned space station that fell from the sky.

Genres: Post Apocalyptic, Adventure, Science Fiction, Fiction

Audio CD

First published April 1, 1999

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Reviews

[William Makowske]

OP

[Travis · Rating 3 out of 5]

For some reason, Ryan was a lot more brutal in this book than he usually is. Sure, he's a hard man, but he's never been one to needlessly hand out the death like he did in this one. I'm thinking whoever wrote this one was in it more for the story than the characters. Only 1 or 2 other books have had Ryan at this kind of bloodthirsty. Normally, Ryan does no favors, but he doesn't make a practice of double-crossing folks and leaving trails behind him of those he's known, (albeit it for rather short moments in time). This book had the feel of the author just not caring about the body count, and generally, that's not the impression I get from Ryan. Sure, he'll take out the opposition, and can run up some really impressive body counts, but this has got to be the first time he's said he'd help, then bailed when it came down to it. Sure, he and his crew handled a number of the attackers in the process, but it was all while getting on with the story, and nothing anywhere involving his own peculiar sense of honor I've come to rely on in these stories as the only constant. It's a real shame the author choose that direction, it seems to turn Ryan into nothing but a killer, and while that's true to most folks, it's never been true when it comes to his own band of loyal members.

Ahh well, commercialism calls I guess, and perhaps the last few books in the series needed some help with body counts, so perhaps now, another author has taken the reins, (or this one got it out of his/her system) and the next one will back to the standard Ryan that actually does things for both reasons and honor.
Anyway, other than the whole Ryan not being portrayed as himself, it was a good addition to the deathlands saga.

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

An average apocalyptic adventure story. This one takes a century after the last war and now there are mutants running around the earth. Recommended