Deathlands 64 - Bloodfire by Nick Pollotta
Release Date: December 2003
Publisher: Worldwide LIbrary/ Gold Eagle
Audience: Mature
Pages: 352
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Book Rating: 5/5
GraphicAudio Length: 7 hours
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Audiobook Rating: 5/5
This is one of the better Deathlands book in quite a while. After destroying Rockpoint Ryan and his band leave across the desert to the nearest Redoubt. Also, Ryan, receiving word that the Trader has started operations again, hopes to meet up with him again as well. However, unexpectedly, J.B. uncovers a city hidden and preserved since skydark. However, hitting the motherload proves a curse as the city full of the dead and sec-hunter droids soon becomes a charnel house as every mutant and faction within 100 miles heads to the city to feast upon the dead and living alike and loot the city of its treasures. Did I mention the city is on fire? And an acid rainstorm is on the way? Blue Kool-Aid? And more?
I think the main reason I enjoy this book a lot is because of the city. Much like the book with the arena in the sunken city in Las Vegas and the city in the Islands in the Pacific, the majority of the book takes place in a city that has survived since the nuclear holocaust and includes a large amount of urban warfare and it is cool to see the various ways Ryan and his crew both utilize the city's resources to survive, and the tactics they use fighting various enemies.
As far as the storyline goes in regards to the Trader, it is a bit of a letdown, I won't spoil anything, but while the story arc is good, it just doesn't have much to do with the plotline that goes through these two books. Other than the fact that they are at war with Baron Gaza, they really have no bearing on the plot. While Deathlands novels tend to be somewhat formulaic at times, I enjoy the novels that have actual bearing on the overall plot of the Deathlands series more. This and book 63 fall in the middle of those two ends, more than just another novel in the series, but not too much more.
In short, 64 is one of the better novels in the series, and you really don't need to read 63 to enjoy 64.
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