Tigers of Heaven

by James Axler

Book Overview

Set in the same fictional universe as the Deathlands series but separated by a century, Outlanders follows the adventures of a core group of explorers, Kane, Grant, Brigid Baptiste and Domi who... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373638299
• ISBN13: 9780373638291
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Gold Eagle
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.1" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Heavenly!

This book was very well paced, the continued shifting in perceptions of the main characters towards Who Is The Enemy is always a welcome treatment, lending as it does a more intricate layer to the overly simplified plotline. The protagonists' morphing into semi-allies is also well done, I'll have to admit. Hey Kids: This series has become more important than Deathlands because it handles a wider range of mythologies, if you can dig it. The series, though, is now more vulnerable than ever for devolving into stream of consciousness drivel from main characters. Let us hope it does not fall into that bottomless chasm as it threatened to do when the characters were spiritually transported to parallel universes.I also would like to see more technological doodads flitting about in forthcoming novels. I certainly liked the volume that talked about the Aurora craft and its capabilities. I also hope that perhaps this series can nestle more snuggly into more UFO paranoia and Area 51 mythos. As I find that world fun to immerse myself in for a time, and apparently other readers do as well, judging from the "Area 51" novels from Tom Dougherty. And as Dean Koontz has aptly demonstrated in his Wyvern Base series, there's a lot of paranoidal mythos-spinning yarn concerning abandoned high-tech military bases. Perhaps a half-buried Crystal Palace R & D facility would be appropos in one of the future installments maybe?

Outlanders Tigers of Heaven

Though this particular Outlanders novel was not as fast paste as others before, it was still one of the best stories. Even though this plot was nothing more than the sterotypical rescue/escape from captures plot, the novel was full of plot twists and revealations, while leaving so many questions unanswered. As this second novel in the imperator wars trilogy ended, it left me salivating for more. I would highly recommend this novel.

Tigers Of Heaven.

As usual this latest outlanders installment has soured far beyond my wildest expectations. This wild rollcoaster ride of unexpected plot twists and shifting perceptions of both the barons and the main characters, carries this novel well beyond the sterotypical adventure/sci fi novel. With a War brewing among the barons and a strange imperator with power beyond that of even Balam, the author takes the reader on a journey of revealations and sudden unexpected events that leave the reader shocked and breathless. Who will survive? Just when you think you have things figured out and you know where each character stands things shift and a whole new prespective is revealed. In this second novel in the imperator wars trilogy the author dangles some answers to questions left unanswered in Doom Dynasty while not really given the reader what they really want. With so many questions left unanswered as this second novel ends it will leave you salivating for more.

Tigers of Heaven -- Time for YOU to choose sides

War is imminent between the Barons and stuck between it all you will find Kane, Brigid, Grant, Domi, Lakesh and all of the fighters of Redoubt Cerebus against all the Baronies. But like in life, the second installment of the Imperator War Trilogy -- Tigers of Heaven -- shows that even when sides appear to be black and white...there are really many shades of gray.This installment grabs you by collar from the first page and leads the reader on a rollercoaster of action that seems to be designed to show all sides of the up coming Baronial War and just when you think you've decided which side to join up with, the author delivers another punch to the gut that disorients the "sureness" of the reader and plants the seed of doubt, making the reader think, 'maybe they do have a point' and that the enemy is not quite as "evil" as they may seem.Tigers of Heaven is a gritty, hands on and full of action book that touches everyone involved. And if you think that our "heroes" from Redoubt Cerebus are all solid in where they stand, you are in for a major surprise and shock! But even after that, just when you think things have been settled and there is time to breathe and re-group...well let's just say this War will be on many fronts, not just which Baron, if any, will rule!I can hardly wait for the final installment of the Imperator War Trilogy. The author writing under the nom de plume of James Axler [Again discretion on my part on revealing the actual name of the author due to my lack of knowledge if that is proper to do so here.] has again drawn me into his world so completely that I too found myself conflicted with events that occurred. Yes I am deliberately being vague on what they are, because to reveal even a hint may influence you on deciding who's side YOU are on!

Tigers Of Heaven explored

To anyone who follows my online reviews of the Outlanders series, Ive said it before and I'll say it again- right when you think the series is at its peak and you are reading the best book, the next one is even better. Tigers Of Heaven deals cultural differences between the hybrids and the humans. For those that have yet to read Outlanders and do not know what Im talking about, this book deals with 2 groups of enemies that hate eachother, and the realization that the only way to survive is to make a truce despite the major differences. For those that read Outlanders and know what Im talking about- Kane is still imprisoned in Area 51, during that time he makes aquaintences with some female hybrids and they plot to overthow the tyrant that controls the place. On the outside, his allies Grant and Brigid are making attempts to spring him from the place and then run into others who want to take over the place. An uneasy alliance is met, important characters are lost, new allies discovered. As to where the Tigers of Heaven come into place, this is in the last stage of the book and Grant finds someone to be happy with.This book is great reading and has a good moralistic sense. As for what I dont like about the book, thats simple- nothing, each page keeps you turning to the next. One of the best 350 page books I have ever read. There isnt a dull moment in this book. One of the best I have best and I can not wait for the next book to come out.