An average apocalyptic adventure story. This one takes a century after the last war and now there are mutants running around the earth. Recommended

For most of the way through the book I was giving this one two stars, and only the ending bumped it up to three as it was fun action-adventure fare with huge explosions and the main antagonist, who I must admit was very well written, got it in the neck.Directly on the heels of the previous book however, this was quite disappointing. The relationship between the two main characters continues to develop, as expected, however doesn't feel organic or real, and veers at times towards a saccharine tha...

This book is not very good. And yet I had to read it until the end. It is what it is, if you don't have any expectations. It is a good book to read on the toilet.

2 books into this series and I’m asking myself “why have I continuously ignored the Deathlands novels in favor of constantly disappointing and lackluster ones?”.In all seriousness, though, the Deathlands series have already been a ton of fun and I can’t believe I, a self professed lover of cheaply written, post apocalyptic novels, never tried to get into these before. Oh well, better late than never I suppose. Red Holocaust continues right where Pilgrimage to Hell left off. It had Axler’s signat...

Really not a very good book, though I read to the end to see if it would improve - it didn't. It really needs a good edit to fill in the gaps where it starts a storyline and then never finishes it - or complete removal in many cases. There are also many annoying inconsistencies - one minute it's so cold outside (in post-apocalypse Alaska) that nothing can survive - the next the protagonist is running around with little clothing and survives overnight.The dwelling on the specifics of the weaponry...

Russians "invade" Alaska looking for better things as Ryan and company use the redoubt as a "headquarters."

What's wrong with the Deathlands series? Every time a weapon is mentioned, regardless of how often it has been mentioned before, the full name is given along with the ammo it fires. Each time a character is described we also get descriptions of all the weapons he/she is carrying. Now that I'm on the third book (the one after this one) this anal attention to detail is starting to drag. What's it all about? At the start of this (audio) book were several previews... that's right, previews in an aud...

Deathlands 2: Red Holocaust / 0373625022Someday, scientists will locate the part of the brain that enjoys Deathlands. I hope so, because I'm curious to know why I like these books. They're full of every trigger warning imaginable -- death, murder, guns rape, torture, bestiality, mutant animals chewing your face off, and painful grotesque radioactive deformities. Fun for the whole family! However, they're also delightfully campy in a B-movie kind of way. The heroes are fun to laugh at, as well as...

This one has it all - a postapocalyptic religious cult, Russian invaders, frozen survivalism. But sometimes it feels like it's too much crammed into one story.

The Deathlands series is a series that I’ve been meaning to try out for something like a decade. I knew going in that it wasn’t great literature and that there was a certain pulpiness to the stories but I’m a sucker for a post-apocalyptic story and I thought that the stories would at least be fun. After years of searching for the first book in the series and coming up short I gave up and started with the second. I was right.The book is tremendously fun. It’s pulp in the best sense. It’s competen...

The series continues to be bloody and violent, but is basically what you'd expect from the post-holocaust setting. Felt that the antagonists were a bit weaker than the first book, maybe. Still worth reading and will continue one.

Decent action. Good read. =)

This is book 2 (out of 44) in the post-apocalyptic Deathlands series and it's already losing my interest. It lacks the main character Trader from the first book and the prequel (actually book 44 in the series) and instead, we have the generic, perfect, macho, one-eyed swashbuckler, Ryan. Trader was a detail-oriented badass with weakness, wisdom, age. Ryan gets mad a lot and wears an eye patch. Ryan is that guy on Harlequin covers kissing the flowing red-haired girl (Krysty Wroth in this case) wi...

this series is a guilty pleasure of mine..

Again reminds me of the Gamma World or Aftermath RPGs and this time a bit more of the humor of the games but also seemed a bit more graphic. Still an enjoyable post-apocalypse action adventure story that was a good read for anyone who enjoys such. Plenty more in this long running series so I won't be lacking in something to fill this niche.

This went really fast. And it was already short at something over 4 hours time when listening at 1.3x. It really notched up the gore and sound effects in this one. Some moments were very cringeworthy. Action packed and all kinds of bizarre characters. Good fun.

Like an action video from the 80's, this book has over the top guns, over the top villains, over the top sex (no pun intended) and is over the top fun.

The story begins in a sort of continuation, from Deathlands #1: Pilgrimage to Hell, with Ryan, Krysty, J. B. and the rest of the gang escaping from "the Redoubt in the Darks" and arriving at a Redoubt somewhere in Alaska.The premise is the average "shoot 'em" Western as the members attempt to survive in the snowy wastes of post-Apocalyptic Alaska while evading a group of Russian survivors out for blood, while looting and raping whatever is at hand.This is your basic fun, escapist action/adventur...

Read August 27, 2006I am really enjoying this series of books. This one follows Ryan and his group after they find a 'redoubt' and end up traveling from the Deathlands to the frozen wastes of what was once Alaska where they face a band of Russian murderers attempting to invade America. I really am looking forward to more of these books. I have #3 which I plan to read next. I have a couple more on order from PBS to fill out the beginning of the series, although I am still in search of #4 Crater L...

My ratings system is as follows. One star is GOOD. The book is entertaining, easy to read and you don't want to stop reading because something about the book is compelling you not to. Two stars is GREAT! This time the story is not only entertaining, but highly creative, unique, easy to read and hard to put down. Three stars is EXCELLENT. Here the book has all aspects of one and two stars, but now the book is thought and emotionally provoking. Four is AWESOME. This is the read that is not only cr...