Title: Polestar OmegaAuthor: James Axler
Pages: 314
Genre: Action / Adventure, Sci-Fi
Series: Deathlands #120
Synopsis:
ARMAGEDDON'S NOMADS
Banded together to survive, Ryan Cawdor and his companions travel the barren wastelands of a post-nuclear world. There are no laws in Deathlands—only fear, destruction and annihilation. As each day brings a new struggle, this group journeys toward the shaky promise of sanctuary.
COLD WAR
Ryan and his friends become the subjects in a deadly experiment when they're taken captive inside a redoubt at the South Pole. A team of scientists is convinced the earth must be purified of mutants, and now they have the perfect lab rats to test their powerful bioweapon. Within Antarctica's harsh and unstable conditions, the companions must fight the odds and take down the whitecoats before millions are killed. But in this uncompromising landscape, defeating the enemy may be just another step toward a different kind of death….
Review: One-hundred and twenty books later and I still love this series. The guns, the action, the blood and gore, and the same main characters I've come to know and love makes this hands-down the longest series I've ever read.
This one is set in Antarctica and between the icy cold and the 300-pound mutant penguins, it is a great deal of fun indeed (and a little scary, truth be told!). There's also a group of scientists and soldiers who are descendants of the people who were there when the nuclear bombs fell on the entire world. Interbred and believing that they are the last 'unmutated' humans in existence, they are pretty awful examples of humanity.
These books aren't always great, but this one was. Finished it way too quickly and I'm hankering for more so I've already selected #121 for my next read.
Rating: 8 / 10
That's a hell of a series! Keeping it fresh after that many books must be no mean feat. Sounds like an interesting story here too.
ReplyDeleteGoodness, a series of 120 books! How could anyone even write that many?
ReplyDeleteWell, to be fair, the name James Axler belongs to the publisher. The books themselves are written by several different authors, who have changed over the years. That's why some of the books are so much better than others!
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