I really liked 80% of this book. Even among the almost always grim post-apocalyptic genre, it ranks as one the darkest things I've ever read, if not the darkest. It's got cannibalism, people skinned alive, dismemberment of sensitive body parts and many deaths. Much of it is executed well, though....
Judge Dredd, in a lawless future world, he is the only justice. A multi-million-dollar futuristic action thriller, starring Sylvester Stallone, Armande Assante, Diane Lane, and Max von Sydow, from Disney/Buena Vista Pictures. A novelization.
The lowlifes of Piggs Bar and Chinese Restaurant (Mexican Wells, Tex.) in this crime novel from veteran Barrett (The Hereafter Gang) make the regulars of the bar in The Iceman Cometh look classy by comparison. At least O'Neill's characters had hope. These people have nothing to live for. Cecil R....
In an America devastated by the ultimate war, he sought to rescue his sister from an inhuman doomSilver Island was a place out of legend, the chosen citadel where the government began building a new and better America from the ashes of a war-ravaged land. And lucky indeed were the specially Chose...
Obeying a royal command can be hazardous to your health....In a magical world where animals have been given human form and chaos can often be the nature of the day, some universal truths remain. Like the futility of war and the foolishness of leaders. And, of course, the lingering prejudice again...
Hooters, Hatters, and menacing evil... Even in a mystical world where centuries ago animals were magically changed into humans, the land of Makasar is considered strange. Its two major religions are Hatters and Hooters. During the day, Hatters, wearing hats of course, wander about jabbing pointy...
The raw, heavy scent of the Eastern drug was still with him, and, for a while, he was certain he saw pale aureoles of light, witching globes of fire bobbing in the dark. Then, as his head began to clear, the lights quickly faded away. That other vision, though, would not go away, and, in truth, h...
He ran for cover quickly, under the arches by a shop called SHIRT. He thought he knew what they sold there. He'd been in town long enough to guess. Maybe there was one called FROCK nearby, where he could get something for Letitia to wear. If there really was a shop, if there really was a FROCK. I...