Predator: Cold War (Predator)

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Customer Reviews:

Nice book, but I've read better [Posted on 2003-09-04]
Cold War was a decent book, but it lacked alot of action. Most of the book is just people talking, with the exception of a few chapters. I haven't read the first book, Concrete Jungle, but I'm planning on it. I can't say that I have read the other predator books, but I have read all of the pred v.s. alien novels. I suggest if u like to read pred books and u enjoyed the alien movies, pick up alien v.s. predator PREY (Book 1). The first book is excellent, but the next 2 were about the same as this. Over all I enjoyed this book but I wish it had more action. PEACE OUT...

When Hell freezes over... [Posted on 2004-08-30]
Siberia has very little to offer - deadly storms, bears and some oil. So when the Pentagon detects a Predator's spaceship in the region they figure this might be a chance of a lifetime to grab some of the alien technology. And they better hurry, because while the Russians are baffled by the string of murders - villagers, soldiers, DOGS - they won't be baffled for long.
It becomes a race between the two nations to capture the alien hunters before they can escape.
Detective Schaefer returns, as part of the U.S. team, a unwilling part I may add. And he has his own ideas about what to do with the spaceship and its crew.
Good idea but nobody every explained why the ship crashed in the first place.

PREDATOR'S COLD WAR BURNS WITH ADVENTURE! [Posted on 2004-10-05]
tHIS IS ACTUALLY THE 1ST pREDATOR BOOK i'VE TRIED. iT WAS A FAST-PACED ACTION/ADVENTURE NOVEL that was fun to read.

The latest Alien vs Predator movie made me hunger for more, so I found this book and tried it. Glad I did. Nathan Archer is a good action/adventure sci-fi writer.

My only regret? That this story could have been fleshed-out more, both in storyline and character development.

Halfway Decent [Posted on 2004-12-12]
While it does do the Predator character justice, I have to say COLD WAR is my second-to-least favorite of the Aliens and Predator novels (1st is EARTH HIVE). As has been said before, the majority of the book is just people talking- Russians whispering off "ice demons", Americans spreading conspiracy theory, Schaefer (Arnie character's brother) being leveraged into going along with a mission to secure Predator technology. The dialogue is believable, but the pacing is off and the characters are horribly unlikable. I haven't read CONCRETE JUNGLE yet, but plan to and hope it's better than this.

Certainly readable [Posted on 2005-10-07]
Another trip into the world of Predators hunting on earth. This time a ship crash in the cold Russian tundra. Send in the salvage crew to retrieve technology, add a touch of Russian cold war paranoia, and a heat emitting station and you have the essential story for this book. Archer's second outing for the Predator franchise, while readable, isn't as enjoyable as the first. In this instance, I recommend the Dark Horse comics graphic novel over the book.

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