The one thing Nick Pollota brings to the series is that he knows how to write action. Some of his early works were great, even his Dean returns book didn't suck but I hated the ending. I get that it was dramatic, but it was so ugly. I mean really ugly.
Many of his plots were weak, but I view him as the Micheal Bay of Deathlands. I think he makes assumptions about the readers that may not be true.
His books do deliver though, I am carried through to the end most of the time without stopping to question what happens until after it's over.
I hope he pulls through, I would rather have him writing books I complain about than not writing at all. He knows his craft on a fundamental level. He is a really good pulp writer, and despite what people think of pulp it's not that easy. Lester Dent made a formula for it that I as an amature writer have trouble keeping to. Nick does it seemingly without breaking a sweat, and there in lies the magic.
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