Arcadian's Asylum

Deathlands #92

by James Axler

The brutality of post-nuclear America has spawned a dark frontier where the harsh and unforgiving new rules of existence cannot obliterate the decency and determination that drive the true human spirit. It's tested and tormented but never destroyed.

A lust for power and a strong sec-force are the basic requirements of any Deathlands baron. But brilliant, charismatic Baron Eugene Arcadian has bigger visions than simply a monopoly on jack and trade. He wants the future. Turning his ville into the nascent heartbeat of the new civilization would require the help of Ryan Cawdor and his warrior group. But for these unwilling participants, the endgame of their enigmatic host remains hidden in the secret maze of laboratories beneath Arcady, where a new terror is about to be reborn….

In the Deathlands, always watch your back.

Genres: Post Apocalyptic, Fiction, Adventure, Science Fiction

320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

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Reviews

[Wayne · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe it's just that I picked the wrong books in this series. With over 130 books, there has to be some bombs. But I've only read about a half dozen and these just leave me cold. I have already tired of this series. This book and the others that I've read just build suspense with page after page and then lets you down. It seems to me that the writers were more worried about burning the slang vocabulary that is used throughout into you're mind. Wag. Sec. Gaudies. And so on. Less talk, more rock.

[Tim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not any better, or any worse (like everyone seems to think) than the others.

[Miles · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sadly, this was not the best of the series, the premise of a baron running a ville dedicated to a variety sociological/biological experiments being a little on the thin side. Still, the fact that it was readable and enjoyable is fairly remarkable, coming as it does 92 books into the series. Had it come earlier in the series I might have judged it a little less harshly; I've found that beyond a certain point it's hard to believe that any one group of people would survive the sum total of all the adventures described in a series this long. A tentative thumbs up for those who like post-apocalyptic science fiction.

[Darby]

Not my favorite writing style for this one, but good all the same