Successors

by James Axler and Christopher Paolini

Successors by James Axler released on Aug 09, 2005 is available now for purchase. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373638477
• ISBN13: 9780373638475
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Gold Eagle
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Still solid at times.

While not the best Outlanders to be written the series can still beat most of the current Deathlands on a good day. My main problem is the new turn the series is taking if the Barons have all been defeated and the whole "Aliens controlling humanity" plotline has been done away with then what is the point anymore? Its just Deathlands with Sin Eaters and Sand cats with Kane and Grant replacing J.B and Ryan.

This latest Outlanders breathes fresh air

Although a bit too military for my tastes, this novel was a breath of fresh air. I liked the fact that Milan mixes things up, but still manages to keep tightly enough with the regular writer. I liked Kane's exile. The bad guys were a bit cartoonish, but were still fun to read about. The main things were that this writer infuses fresh ideas, with cool and interesting new characters. I like the hunks called Team Phoenix!! Maybe it is because of the heat out here in arid Arizona. But they were a funny and dangerous mix of fellas. like to see more of them in this series. Never slow or dull, this novel was an excellent read. Do yourself a favor, purchase this one.

Robey's a Dingbat!

Don't even listen to the previous reviewer. This latest Outlanders novel rocks! This is not for the ladies. This is hard-contact, action-filled greatness with military type hardware that Hollywood needs to take a look at. Where Victor Milan's Awakenings was a smash hit and bonafide explosive debut novel in this series - Successors blows it out of the water! Man, this dude can friggin' write!! His latest Deathlands novel was classic, in every sense of the word. Whether you are a long time diehard fan like me, or brand new, this writer and these series are top-notch in action/adventure entertainment reading. You bloomin' get your hands on this one. Ya hear?

Milan's Successors is a great success!!

Simply put - Bloody awesome! Victor Milan's latest Outlanders novel - like his latest Deathlands: Vengeance Trail novel - plainly cements the fact that he is more than able to write for both series. He firmly establishes himself - moreso than ever - that he belongs in this Axlerverse. Being ex-military myself, and being a fan of Milan's for years since his Guardian series days, penning as writer Richard Austin, it was pretty easy to come to like the Team Phoenix guys. I think what he brought to the board was an up-to-date four-man Guardian team, resplendent with boy toys up the wazoo! They bring to the world of the Outlanders a breath of fresh air, since they are castaways in time. I like that aspect of them. They quote today's movie lines, and miss what the old world had to offer, including family. That gives them a richer character. And Milan does it with bloody aplomb! In his latest and greatest adventure since Awakenings, Victor Milan's Successors gives proper homage to Ellis's world and main characters. I loved reading about how Team Phoenix and the Cerberus Group are now working together in saving the world. Both were written in very well with Milan's deft skills. The reason I didn't give it a 10 rating is because - like Mark Ellis's latest work - Kane and Brigid still haven't made any new steps towards each other. And Shizuka seems to be gone all too much all of the sudden. Both writers seem to have cast her out of the world-changing-and-saving business. I don't get that. But with that aside, Successors reads like what I hope the soon-to-be-released movie of DOOM, starring The Rock, will hopefully be like. Fun and likeable characters, armed to the gills, battling muties and creatures of various kinds. Never a dull moment here. I liked how Kane exiled himself for awhile. Mark Ellis has written that he has done this on occassion, visiting the local Amerindians of Skydog. So, why not take a break from the close confines of Cerberus and the world - Milan style! He didn't make a big deal out of it, and neither will I. All it did was create a wonderul, creative, and exciting scene of showing the reader just how progressive Milan can be as a writer for this series. I was taken totally by surprise that a new hunter-killer team was out there - and hunting Kane! So, Team Phoenix is not the only freezie military team out there, eh? Very ingenious and utterly interesting... The plague of mutie demons in this novel are evil, vicious, and cool as hell to read about. I won't ruin it for the potential readers out there, but there is one scene where Kane, Grant and Brigid confront a small girl in the catacombs of a weird redoubt. It is hard to gross me out or give me the shivers, but this whole scene was creepy. Excellent, Mr. Milan. Readers can expect tons of action and adventure in this one. With Team Phoenix lending a helping hand in a two-pronged battle plan to save the world from Gilgamesh Bate's smart, but evil mind. Actually, th