El Sombra: Pax Britannia Series, Book 2
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Stormtroopers are diving out of the sun to prey on the innocent! Engines of Mass Destruction are tearing apart homes and families! There are monstrous torture-parlours of Master Minus and his Palace of Beautiful Thoughts! There is no escape from the Ultimate Reich! Now the terrifying Luftwaffe, on their steam-driven wings, have torn apart the sleepy town of Pasito in the heart of Mexico, only to rebuild it as a terrifying clockwork-town where the people become human robots, furthering the nightmare dreams of Der Fuhrer. Who will save them from this Tsunamie of fear? The swordsman they call El Sombra! But who is this masked hero?
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
What you need to consider when reading Abbadon's Pax Brittania series, is that these books are not meant to be taken seriously. They are well written but unashamedly pulp nonesense.
El Sombra is a superb example of a hugely talented writer having great fun with a ridiculus but thoroughly entertaining yarn. Ewing's verve with words and his talent for humour are remarkable. I found myself chuckling out loud on a number of occasions.
I also highly recommend Ewing's "I, Zombie".
El Sombra is a superb example of a hugely talented writer having great fun with a ridiculus but thoroughly entertaining yarn. Ewing's verve with words and his talent for humour are remarkable. I found myself chuckling out loud on a number of occasions.
I also highly recommend Ewing's "I, Zombie".
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The Pax Britannia universe just got a little bigger and crazier, because Al Ewing has decided to join the party, and boy does he do so with a bang.
We're not in the London of Ulysses Quicksilver now, oh no; we're off to Mexico to meet an entirely different protagonist. When a group of flightpack-equipped Nazis invade a small Mexican village, little do they know that they are giving birth to El Sombra, their nemesis.
Drien insane by guilt, exposure and a powerful hallucinogen, the man in the red mask and black trousers descends, sword in hand, to wreak a terrible revenge.
Ewing's characters fizz, be they the crazy saviour of the village, his priestly accomplice, or their utterly monstrous adversaries. The action scenes, zippy and ridiculously violent, are fantastic as El Sombra battles steam-powered soldiers and mechanical spiders.
The conceit of this particular book, that we see the backstory of each Nazi as El Sombra slaughters them, works well, adding moments of black humour to what is already a joyfully guilty experience.
I can't wait to see what Al has planned next for his brutal antihero, and to see what the other corners of the PB world have to offer.
We're not in the London of Ulysses Quicksilver now, oh no; we're off to Mexico to meet an entirely different protagonist. When a group of flightpack-equipped Nazis invade a small Mexican village, little do they know that they are giving birth to El Sombra, their nemesis.
Drien insane by guilt, exposure and a powerful hallucinogen, the man in the red mask and black trousers descends, sword in hand, to wreak a terrible revenge.
Ewing's characters fizz, be they the crazy saviour of the village, his priestly accomplice, or their utterly monstrous adversaries. The action scenes, zippy and ridiculously violent, are fantastic as El Sombra battles steam-powered soldiers and mechanical spiders.
The conceit of this particular book, that we see the backstory of each Nazi as El Sombra slaughters them, works well, adding moments of black humour to what is already a joyfully guilty experience.
I can't wait to see what Al has planned next for his brutal antihero, and to see what the other corners of the PB world have to offer.
7 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, and freely admit to being a fan of the authors work in 2000AD as well. Set in a future in which the British Empire still reigns, the Nazi regime is a contained threat, carrying out its experiments on the population of a Mexican town. Our hero wades into the action dishing out revenge with flair and panache.
While there are some very bloody scenes in the book, there is also a great sense of humour running through it, with several laugh out loud moments. I'm not sure if it would fall under steam punk or sci fi (or both) but the author has taken the universe of Pax Britannia and built on it brilliantly. There's some great creations, the steam powered iron wings of the Luftwaffe, Der Zinnsoldat (a truly menacing creation) and The Spider.
I'm looking forward to the second novel & more good works in 2000AD
While there are some very bloody scenes in the book, there is also a great sense of humour running through it, with several laugh out loud moments. I'm not sure if it would fall under steam punk or sci fi (or both) but the author has taken the universe of Pax Britannia and built on it brilliantly. There's some great creations, the steam powered iron wings of the Luftwaffe, Der Zinnsoldat (a truly menacing creation) and The Spider.
I'm looking forward to the second novel & more good works in 2000AD
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Awful
I can only assume that the two reviewers who gave 5 stars read a different book, at least I hope so. Poorly plotted, badly written with no redeeming features. Read more
Published on 27 Sep 2008 by Mr. James Edwards
National Socialism and its Mexican Holiday
Danger, adventure and Nazis in Mexico; but unlike Antonio Banderas El Sombra does not remove his moustache! Read more
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