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A review by david_agranoff
Unconquered by John Shirley
3.0
John Shirley is the author of masterpieces in both Science fiction (City Come a Walkin) and (Wetbones) and horror. In the last couple years he has taken a stab at several more well known movie and comic franchises in tie-in novels. I am a huge fan of his original novels so I have read most of his tie-in novels which have included excellent novels in the Predator universe (Forever Midnight) and Hellblazer(War lord) to name a few.
Last year Shirley had big success with a popular prequel to the video game Bioshock so we shouldn't be surprised that gearbox came to the original cyberpunk legend to expand their Borderlands universe. With a second Borderlands video game coming soon it seemed a good time to go into the origins of two of the games more important characters Mordecai and Brick.
This is a science fiction adventure novel that I believe sets up the events of the video game on a planet called Pandora. I have to admit that a lot of this novel went over my head as I have not played the game, nor did I realize when I picked this novel that it was a second in a series. The action is well done and the characters are rich. It is not over written and nothing is excessively violent. It is a well written tie-in to a popular video franchise and should be on the shelf in the Y-A section of libraries.
Last year Shirley had big success with a popular prequel to the video game Bioshock so we shouldn't be surprised that gearbox came to the original cyberpunk legend to expand their Borderlands universe. With a second Borderlands video game coming soon it seemed a good time to go into the origins of two of the games more important characters Mordecai and Brick.
This is a science fiction adventure novel that I believe sets up the events of the video game on a planet called Pandora. I have to admit that a lot of this novel went over my head as I have not played the game, nor did I realize when I picked this novel that it was a second in a series. The action is well done and the characters are rich. It is not over written and nothing is excessively violent. It is a well written tie-in to a popular video franchise and should be on the shelf in the Y-A section of libraries.