Ice and Fire

7.0 / 10 average from 2 rated reviews

nakefish, California, is rich in the currency of post-holocaust America. Gasoline. Almost leveled by the soviet missiles that annihilated most of the West Coast, Snakefish is in the midst of a reconstruction, financed by a commodity far more valuable than the usual Deathlands jack. But greed and man's lust for power threaten to shatter the hard won peace and tranquillity of this fledgling community as disparate factions that fight for control of the substance that will give them wealth beyond their wildest dreams. Ryan Cawdor and his companions emerge from a gateway and step into the path of a smoldering war for power.

Reviews (2)

The Phantom 7/10 May 31, 2003

Ryan and his group are in a redoubt where cryogenic experiments had been, and get a chance to thaw out a guy from being frozen for a hundred years. The first half of the book centers around this, being the "ice" part of the story, then, with their new companion in tow, they enter a town where precious gas is the treasure of the ville. This ends in an explosive conclusion, thus the "fire" part of the book. A decent adventure overall, but not the best of the DL novels so far. And one more member of the party bites the dust in this novel. The thawed out dude joins the party for the next book. His state of mind is kind of like Doc Tanner's was when Doc was first discovered. A good book.

Gunslinger 7/10 October 30, 2001

Fine entry in the saga. I was engrossed by the adding of a new government experiment before the war---freezing people to be thawed years later. There was almost no action scenes until about halfway through, but just wanting to know more about what the newly-thawed man would tell them kept me turning pages. Had an abrupt, but shocking ending.