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The Warlord #3
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June 24, 2026
The Warlord was a series of six men's adventure novels published by Zebra from 1983 - '87 under the pseudonym Jason Frost. Curiously, all of the books had the same cover, a simple crossbow sketch with a different colored background, though the last one did have it pointing to the right whereas the first five pointed left. It's survivalist themed, with perhaps a bit more sex and violence than many such others. The first five books were written by Raymond Obstfeld and the final one by Rich Rainey. It had a post-apocalyptic setting as did most of such series back in the day, but rather than the aftermath of a nuclear war, The Warlord lived in a California that had been shattered by a series of earthquakes that left it surrounded by a weird atomic fog (aka a toxic chemical bubble) that transformed it into a series of islands cut off from the mainland. Erik Ravensmith is a former special forces superman who's become a college professor, and he becomes The Warlord to fight the bands of savage criminals who terrorize the survivors. As the series progresses civilization deteriorates rapidly and there's more and more violence and sex and mutation for Ravensmith to fight in his continuing quest to rescue and avenge his family. This third one brings The Warlord closer to his son, kidnapped by the nefarious Dirk Fallows; it perks right along. It was pretty typical fare of the time, very fast paced and formulaic. I picked up all six as a package at a used paperback store and read them back-to-back on a business trip over two or three weeks. I found them entertaining but not especially memorable.
July 4, 2010
The author pulled this series back from the crapper with this book. #2 was bad, so bad that if I had not committed to reading the series I would not have finished it. Some good action and depiction of a degenerating society in this one.
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