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James Axler

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"James Axler" was a house pseudonym used by Gold Eagle Books, the action adventure imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Ltd.

The pseudonym was first used for the Deathlands series, which began in 1986 with Pilgrimage to Hell, created by Christopher Lowder (under the pseudonym Jack Adrian) and co-written with Laurence James who continued Deathlands until retiring from the series in 1995.

At that point, prolific author and comics creator Mark Ellis took over the "Axler" pen name.

Mark created the popular Death Hawk character and also developed/created Star Rangers, The Justice Machine, Ninja Elite and The Miskatonic Project as well as working on such popular properties as Doc Savage, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu, The Avenger, T ...more

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	Pilgrimage to Hell (Deathlands, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 895 ratings — published 1986 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Holocaust (Deathlands, #2) 3.75 avg rating — 624 ratings — published 1986 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neutron Solstice (Deathlands, #3) 3.77 avg rating — 540 ratings — published 1987 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crater Lake (Deathlands, #4) 3.78 avg rating — 495 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Homeward Bound (Deathlands, #5) 3.84 avg rating — 460 ratings — published 1987 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pony Soldiers (Deathlands, #6) 3.79 avg rating — 397 ratings — published 1988 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Equinox (Deathlands, #9) 3.88 avg rating — 341 ratings — published 1989 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chill Factor (Deathlands, #15) 3.86 avg rating — 318 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ice and Fire (Deathlands, #8) 3.84 avg rating — 322 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Latitude Zero (Deathlands, #12) 3.80 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Spider Returns!

In the wake of
Bantam Books’ successful repackaging of the Doc Savage pulps as a
paperback book series in the mid-1960s, a number of other publishers
jumped on the band-wagon…but there really weren’t all that many
characters who enjoyed the longevity of Doc…THE SHADOW and THE
SPIDER were two pulp magazines with respectably lengthy runs, along
with G8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES and OPERATOR NO. 5.

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Series by James Axler

Deathlands (132 books)
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Outlanders (73 books)
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3.80 avg rating — 2,693 ratings

The Baronies Trilogy (3 books)
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James Axler (Goodreads Author),

Nick Pollotta

3.77 avg rating — 311 ratings

The Skydark Chronicles (3 books)
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James Axler (Goodreads Author),

Nick Pollotta

3.66 avg rating — 321 ratings

Earthblood (3 books)
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3.69 avg rating — 238 ratings

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“The boy is so stupid; to count to twenty-one he'd have to drop his pants.”
― James Axler

tags: deathlands

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“The leader, a big-bellied Mexican wearing a huge sombrero, sat in a black saddle studded with silver conchos. Spurs jingled at the heels of his boots. A necklace of human ears hung from around his neck. The blood on them still looked fairly fresh.”
― James Axler, Warlord Of The Pit

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