Re: The Takers

Posted by walker from 38.152.176.175 on June 14, 1999 at 06:16:57:

In Reply to: The Takers posted by NIck Kismet on June 13, 1999 at 21:19:58:

Hey Nick,
Yeah I've got both of these and when I read them I thought they were very good. I've kept track of the author's later publications over the years and it's just too bad. I guess either sales weren't high enough or they lost interests. I don't know, but I agree, it's a lost opportunity.
walker

: Has anyone here ever read a two novel series from the mid-eighties called The Takers, by Jerry Ahern?
: I love these novels, and wish that there had been more. However, I can't seem to find much information about the writers, why they stopped or who else out there liked them as much as I did.
: These are the perfect modern day counterparts to Indiana Jones novels.
: If you haven't read them, and are interested, you might find them at a used bookstore with all of the Executioner novels (same publisher Gold Eagle, which may be why the series didn't last.)
: To the newcomer, a word of caution: These books are written for gun nuts, so get ready for lots of tech talk. Also, sometimes the action level is kept up by the insertion of extraneous plots (e.g. the Jamaican pirate who tries to kill our heroes--no direct bearing on the story, but still lots of fun.)
: If anyone out there has an opinion on these novels, let me know.

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: Hey Nick,
: Yeah I've got both of these and when I read them I thought they were very good.  I've kept track of the author's later publications over the years and it's just too bad.  I guess either sales weren't high enough or they lost interests.  I don't know, but I agree, it's a lost opportunity.
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: : Has anyone here ever read a two novel series from the mid-eighties called The Takers, by Jerry Ahern?
: : I love these novels, and wish that there had been more.  However, I can't seem to find much information about the writers, why they stopped or who else out there liked them as  much as I did.
: : These are the perfect modern day counterparts to Indiana Jones novels.
: : If you haven't read them, and are interested, you might find them at a used bookstore with all of the Executioner novels (same publisher Gold Eagle, which may be why the series didn't last.)  
: : To the newcomer, a word of caution:  These books are written for gun nuts, so get ready for lots of tech talk.  Also, sometimes the action level is kept up by the insertion of extraneous plots (e.g. the Jamaican pirate who tries to kill our heroes--no direct bearing on the story, but still lots of fun.)
: : If anyone out there has an opinion on these novels, let me know.

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