Dark Messiah

This is unintentionally the funniest book that I have ever read. It is so bad that it turns the tables on you and becomes fall over laughing hilarious. It takes the Mack Bolan brand of fiction and flushes it right into the sewer, with incredible results. The basic plot is a megalomaniac madman named Luther Enoch unleashes a contrived nuclear holocaust, from which he then plans to become overlord of the radiation ravaged survivors. That is until an ex Vietnam Vet named Magnus Trench unleashes his own private war in an attempt to make it from San Francisco to New York (where his wife presumably awaits him). Magnus kills, shoots, stabs, crushes, breaks bones, removes internal organs with a fast series of lethal Eagle and Dragon finger-stab show more death blows, and generally makes life miserable for the scum ghouls, hard pards, contams, and other assorted flotsam and jetsam of the Earth. Despite his concern with reuniting with his wife, Magnus still has plenty of time for the ladies. The series continues with four more books, but sadly we will never know the final conclusion, although by book 5, when he finally reaches New York, he learns his wife has been moved back to the west coast. Oh well...time to strap on the guns and go Deathquesting! show less

This was the first book I remember reading. At 13 my English teacher told me to go out and buy a book to read. I saw this in the shop. THe original paper back had a cool cover - some post world war 3 image of a guy holding a big gun, carnage, destruction. I liked the look of it. Probably was nto a very good story, although I still recall September Song, and the two sex scenes, which was my introduction to sex at the young age of 13!

I recall there was a lot of references to weapons and military hardware that I was totally ignorant of, and I think I got bored near the end. Can't even remember how it ended. Trent. That was his name. 3 stars, only because it was the first book that I read (while in secondary school - no recollection of show more books from primary school - poor memory!) show less

Insane.