Savage Armada

This was definitely an enjoyable entry. It's always cool when they jump outside the US, and this time they end up in the Marshall Islands. Call this one Pirates of the Deathlands. The group has to find materials to fix the mat-trans, so they venture out...and run into a cool spider mutie, along with mutie condors. They discover different islands fighting amongst themselves with pirates thrown into the mix...cannons, broadside ship-to-ship fighting, black powder weapons...and an armada of PT boats. Lots of action, ship battles, and Krysty becomes baron of one of the ville's. Leaves you with a cliffhanger, as this is the first of a trilogy.

Maybe I watched a little too much "McHale's Navy" when I was a kid, but I have always thought PT boats were pretty damn interesting, so when I saw the premise of this entry into the Deathlands series, I was intrigued...and reading this book really delivered! This book goes to show what potential the series really has... Despite a rather slow beginning...another battle with a giant mutant...yawnnnnnn...the story rapidly picked up...an interesting twist to the ville the companions encounter...aged tall ships active in the post holocaust world...pirates in PT boats...Krysty really getting a chance to shine AND kick royal ass...an edge of your seat finale featuring an incredible sea battle between old wind powered battle wagons and the PT boats...the mystery of the bizarre Firebird missiles...yes, this book had what it takes...in spades! Nice job, Nick Pollotta! ...and to boot (no pun intended) none of the low class porno scenes that have marked so many other entries in this series... If you are skeptical about the quality of DL...give this one a try, you might be pleasantly surprised!