Recently finished "Red Holocaust". I enjoyed it but I felt there was a level of sadism to it that was exceptional even for Deathlands. Aside from all the detailed descriptions of the Russian outlaws' attacks on various mutie villages, the book ends with Ryan and a Russian officer taking it in turns to kill their prisoners. The discovery of the 'shopping mall' redoubt made me think we were in for a remake of "Dawn of the Dead" but the story proved to be more original. Once again I feel the first few Deathland books were particularly well written.
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