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Kildar (Paladin of Shadows #2)
by
John Ringo
Problems, problems, problems! All Mike Harmon ever wanted to be was a SEAL. But after problems in the teams, college student was a decent second best. However, trouble seemed to follow him where he went. Now, after having angered every terrorist on Earth and at least five governments, buying a farm in a third world country was looking pretty good. Of course, nothing was ev...more
Paperback, 496 pages
Published
May 22nd 2007
by Baen
(first published 2006)
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Mike from Ghost is back. While driving through Georgia (the country not the state), our hero is snowed in while in a remote mountain valley. On a whim, he buys the local caravanserai, which also comes with a large farm and most of the valley. He thus inherits the local retainers, a group known as the Keldara. These brew the best beer he has ever tasted, and (of course) turn out to be an ancient warrior tribe. He proceeds to set up a militia to combat Chechen incursions. He is also saddled with a...more
If you've read John Ringo's first Mike Harmon (aka "Paladin of Shadows") book, Ghost, you'll know that it kind of sucks. In fact, it really sucks. What you might be surprised to learn is that it actually gets better. I know, I'm as shocked as you are. Of course, when you've set the bar as low as Ghost did, that's not hard.
Mostly, this book is better because Ringo backs off on a lot of the fairly disgusting sexual stuff that characterized Ghost. Oh, every so often, it becomes turgid once more and...more
Mostly, this book is better because Ringo backs off on a lot of the fairly disgusting sexual stuff that characterized Ghost. Oh, every so often, it becomes turgid once more and...more
There are interesting elements in this book, but it strikes me as untidy in plot, and doesn't really seem to get anywhere. I haven't read any other John Ringo, so I don't know if this is emblematic, or situational.
First, this is unvarnished male fantasy. The Gor books are actually mentioned at one point. This is tough guys blowing stuff up, saving the day, and getting lots of female action.
I would say the biggest issue with this book is that there's no try/fail cycle to speak of. I kept waiting...more
First, this is unvarnished male fantasy. The Gor books are actually mentioned at one point. This is tough guys blowing stuff up, saving the day, and getting lots of female action.
I would say the biggest issue with this book is that there's no try/fail cycle to speak of. I kept waiting...more
So it's a fantasy masquerading as a "Clancy" style techno-thriller, so what?
Ringo's a hoot, and if I prefer the "Paladin of Shadows" series after the first book (Ghost, which isn't bad), I hope Mr. Ringo understands that maybe the character and concepts matured a bit in his second through fifth in the series. I say it's a fantasy because it sure seems like Conan the barbarian went through SEAL training, the super-masculine, super-competent, generally lucky Mike (what's my name today?), having su...more
Ringo's a hoot, and if I prefer the "Paladin of Shadows" series after the first book (Ghost, which isn't bad), I hope Mr. Ringo understands that maybe the character and concepts matured a bit in his second through fifth in the series. I say it's a fantasy because it sure seems like Conan the barbarian went through SEAL training, the super-masculine, super-competent, generally lucky Mike (what's my name today?), having su...more
I read Ghost a while back and was very put off by all the BDSM in the novel, but liked the main character, the action and the story other than that.
Kildar I picked up after reading a bunch of other Ringo books and liking them a lot. None of them had the BDSM scenes like this series. Kildar has less of the BDSM, but adds in some pedophilia to the mix. On the positive side - the story is interesting, I like the way he reveals information about the Keldara, the building of his realm and the combat...more
Kildar I picked up after reading a bunch of other Ringo books and liking them a lot. None of them had the BDSM scenes like this series. Kildar has less of the BDSM, but adds in some pedophilia to the mix. On the positive side - the story is interesting, I like the way he reveals information about the Keldara, the building of his realm and the combat...more
No its not called a GARY Stu anymore its a Mike Harmon . Wish fulfillment at its best . This is much better than the previous one . As guys put it it is definitely a guilty pleasure.
In this edition Mike becomes pretty much the feudal lord of a tribe whose forefathers were warriors. He impresses them with his prowess on the battlefield and of course theses people have beautiful women. HE then ushers these people into the 21st century and trains them to be commandos. So far great stuff. Oh and to...more
In this edition Mike becomes pretty much the feudal lord of a tribe whose forefathers were warriors. He impresses them with his prowess on the battlefield and of course theses people have beautiful women. HE then ushers these people into the 21st century and trains them to be commandos. So far great stuff. Oh and to...more
Kildar is the second book in John Ringo’s Paladin of Shadows series and make no mistake the military adventure/porn format is still there in full force. What makes this book stand out from the previous book is that it seems like mostly exposition for the books that come after it. There is a good deal of action in the story, but it does not throw you headlong into it like the first one did.
In the first book you go from a rescue mission behind enemy lines to stumbling onto a terrorist plot while...more
In the first book you go from a rescue mission behind enemy lines to stumbling onto a terrorist plot while...more
The other night I wanted a testosterone fantasy and Kildar was what I chose to re-read.
Ringo's books are interesting, in a macho military SF kind of way. This book actually is much more personal than some of his other books.
It chronicles the further adventures of Mike from Ghost. I don't generally recommend Ghost unless you are very comfortable with BSDM. If you don't know what that means, you aren't comfortable with it.
Kildar is a sequal and really the first book in a new series, though it shar...more
Ringo's books are interesting, in a macho military SF kind of way. This book actually is much more personal than some of his other books.
It chronicles the further adventures of Mike from Ghost. I don't generally recommend Ghost unless you are very comfortable with BSDM. If you don't know what that means, you aren't comfortable with it.
Kildar is a sequal and really the first book in a new series, though it shar...more
Apr 01, 2008
Roberta
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Ringo fans, men's adventure, dom/sub sex
Recommended to Roberta by:
David Broussard
Shelves:
adventure
The second book in the Paladin of Shadows book was much better than the first. For one thing, the main character doesn't rape anyone. Admittedly, I could do without the having sex with the 16 and 17 year old girls; it didn't do anything for me, but presumably Ringo is trying to be a little realistic in his portrayal of how an ex-military man with a sadistic streak that he tries to control would handle having future prostitutes thrust upon him.
In this book, the protagonist buys a lot of farm and...more
In this book, the protagonist buys a lot of farm and...more
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This was the second in a series. The action wasn't as "edge of your seat" but the sex was not as violent and graphic which made up for it. This author truely has a male fantasy character going on here. He kills terrorists and can do just about anything physically despite not being a young man. He also manages to always be saving beautiful young women whom he quite often has sex with and they are always eternally grateful and ready to follow him everywhere.
In this book he ends up with a harem. I...more
In this book he ends up with a harem. I...more
John Ringo finally gets into the arc as this sets up the rest of the series. A must-read for anyone interested in detailed modern military fiction.
Of course it's John Ringo, so it's as much self-insert ‘what if things were done right
Of course it's John Ringo, so it's as much self-insert ‘what if things were done right
From his missions in Ghost, he moves into a new country with a new identity. Here the Ghost sets up a new life and a new army to protect things dear to him and to keep his enemies out!! A great read :)
Enjoyed the book.. A website said it was full of bdsm, I didnt find that. It does have some but not full. The action is really good and the read is easy!! Really enjoyed it!!
Aug 05, 2011
Mrs Johnnie Tate
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Soldiers and Celtic lore enthusiast
Recommended to Mrs Johnnie by:
Kathryn Graham
As a fiction it's good. The improbable "always comes out on top" of the Kildar/Ghost gets transforms this even further beyond the realm of believalbe.
Kildar is somewhat better than Ghost. (Tho that's not hard) It also gives him a cast to bounce off of, which is also good.
This book was just a bit too slow for my taste, doing all the setup for later books with the Keldara.
Empire building with guns, booze, and girls: what's not to like (if you are a guy?)
A fairly good action/adventure tale ruined by kinky S&M sex scenes.Memo to author: please cut the kinky sex!
Slightly vile, mostly laughable, neolithic male wish-fulfillment fantasy. I only finished it because I don't like leaving books half read.
Military survivalist fantasy. Fantasy sex too...
see Ghost for review.
File this under "guilty pleasures." Definitely what some would call a guy's equivalent to the romance novel. Stuff blowing up, hyper-cool military gadgets, battles, and, oh yes, he gets his own harem of horny teenage girls. What more could an ex-SEAL ask for?
I was actually hoping, halfway through, that he might set up the liberated-from-potential-sex-slavery girls as his own commando team, but he went for the harem instead. Eh. In its own, over the top way, this was probably just as fun to read...more
I was actually hoping, halfway through, that he might set up the liberated-from-potential-sex-slavery girls as his own commando team, but he went for the harem instead. Eh. In its own, over the top way, this was probably just as fun to read...more
The protagonist finds a small valley in eastern Europe or one of the former Russian satellite states and buys himself a warlordship and ends up with a harem of teenage girls.
Very male fantasy thing.
Graphic violence and sex.
Very male fantasy thing.
Graphic violence and sex.
Entertaining! I plan on reading the rest of the series.
Any attempt to learn anything from these books is disrecommended by the author, the publisher and the author's mother who wishes to state that he was a very nice boy and she doesn't know what went wrong.
omg this book rocked...in so many ways.....both in it's sad romanticism of a man who can't find or create a home with some woman to love him...But i loved it's techn-action punch as well.
a very naughty book but funny
a good mindless, trashy read. not going to win any awards but it was entertaining.
re-read before new book.
Apr 14, 2008
Brett
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John Ringo is a prolific author who has written in a wide variety of genres. His early life included a great deal of travel. He visited 23 foreign countries, and attended fourteen different schools. After graduation Ringo enlisted in the US military for four years, after which he studied marine biology.
In 1999 he wrote and published his first novel "A Hymn Before Battle", which proved successful....more
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In 1999 he wrote and published his first novel "A Hymn Before Battle", which proved successful....more
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