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I was talked into buying this book by David Moore at Fantasy Con and I'm glad I listened. Kane writes an excellent post-apocalyptic version of the legendary Robin Hood and I think he's made a cracking job of it. Taking an old legend and writing it afresh into a new era is not as easy as it sounds and Kane has created an intriguing plot with plenty of action and with enough of the legend kept intact to keep Hood fans happy. There's mention of too many cliches etc but I say what would a Robin Hood...
Of all the books in the Afterblight Chronicles, this trilogy seemed like it would be the most fun. A post apocalyptic Robin Hood? Sign me up! Unfortunately, the writing is so bad and cliche-ridden I had to give it up halfway through. Very disappointed.
NB: These re-edited thoughts from 2012 apply not only to Arrowhead (Abaddon Books, 2008) but also Broken Arrow (2009) and Arrowland (2010). This post-apocalyptic trilogy for/from ‘The Afterblight Chronicles’ franchise sounds a little cheesy - RH taking out tanks and helicopters with his trusty bow - but it is a damn good read.I have to admit I wanted to dislike these books because Robin is an ex-copper and that just seems so wrong. Kane had me empathising and then cheering on this new Hood (and
I love re-interpretations of the Robin Hood, and I also love post-apocalyptic fiction, so I pretty much loved this book. Definite recommend.
I totally enjoyed reading this book. A digital library loan. A retelling of the Robin Hood legend set in the future after an End Of The World As We Know It event killed off most the earth's population. Arrowhead features a great cast of characters from the legend of Robin Hood: a "Robin Hood" (Robert), Sherwood Forest, a "Friar Tuck (priest), a "Maid Merrian" (Mary), a "Little John" (Jack) and the evil "Sheriff of Nottingham" (De Falaise) to boot. Since I am an old Robin Hood fan (Errol Flyn & M...
The fifth (although listed at sixth) book in a series that is only related by the fact they are all set in a world where everyone who doesn't have the 'O' blood group has died and so far my second favorite after "School's Out".Now the premise of this one is out there on it's sleeve. It's basically a retelling of the Robin Hood legend, with all the elements that go with that, but with some nice twists. What's more it doesn't try to hide what it is, or try to be overly clever, even if there is som...
I wanted to love this. But for some reason I just never clicked with it. It has all the ingredients for an interesting story. I guess I never clicked with the main character.
This is a post apocalypse retelling of Robin Hood. It's very good at keeping true to the original story lines while re-imagining the story. Truly an epic reworking worthy of reading.
Being a sucker for anything Robin Hood related or inspired I was really eager to read this book. I purchased the omnibus edition and have just completed this first book.Over all the story was good. The parallels were a little heavy handed at times, but generally the story was tight. My main problem was with the writing. It read very amateurishly, several sentences with superfluous words that bogged down the reading and the dialogue did not read believably at times.With that being said, I was eag...
That was much better than I was expecting actually. I have never read one of the Afterblight books and wasn't quite sure what to expect and I didn't really have that high hopes for it. What actually appealed to me on the blurb was the archer element of it.I was concerned that because I had not read the book explaining The Cull which is the background to the post apocalyptic world this is set in. However, I did actually got enough from the book in that it was a disease that has wiped out most of
Post-apocalyptic take on the legend of Robin Hood
I usually prefer my apocalyptic fiction to be a bit more believable (if that is a possible thing) but this was an easy to read, fun take on the Robin Hood myth.
Fun book
OK, there series is slipping now. This one was a little on the weak side.
A recent convert to the Afterblight Chronicles, this is a top notch tale, set in and around Nottingham with unashamed Robin Hood parallels. Albeit with an initially reluctant 21st century Robin Hood type figure. Good guys and bad guys clashing with varying weaponry. No prizes for guessing who wins.Ray Smillie
