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DID
YOU KNOW?...
...that
in 1998 Sphere books published Dark Visions:
an illustrated guide to the Amtrak Wars? The book
featured a 60 page, in depth investigation of the futureworld
epic envisioned by author/creator Patrick Tilley, and
has become a much sought after collectors item. Featuring
superb illustrations from Fernando Fernandez, text from
Tilley, and the creative input of fans and family members,
Dark Visions is absorbing, detailed and utterly
fascinating. We will be bringing you excerpts of the
book over the coming months, so stay tuned! |
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THE
AMTRAK WARS : Books 1 - 6 |
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Book
One : Cloud Warrior
After
spending the first seventeen years of his life in the
under-ground world of the Lone Star Confederation, Steve
Brickman, a newly-trained wingman, emerges to join a
Trail-Blazer wagon-train selected to make the first
deep-penetration strike into the territory held by the
Plainfolk Mutes. |
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Book
Two : First Family
Escaping from the Clan M'Call, the Mute warrior tribe
who have held him as a captive "guest", Steve Brickman
reaches one of the way-stations that guard the frontiers
of the Confederation. |
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Book
Three : Iron Master
With
his heart and mind now torn between the opposing worlds
of Tracker and Mute, Steve embarks on his most dangerous
mission yet; the rescue of Clearwater and Cadillac M'Call,
now held captive by the mysterious Iron Masters in the
lands by the Eastern Sea. |
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Book
Four : Blood River
Steve,
Cadillac and Clearwater meet with triumph and disaster
as they try to evade the clutches of both the Iron Masters
and the disguised hunter/killer squads sent out by the
Lone Star Confederation to purge the overground of renegade
Trackers and deserters. |
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Book
Five : Death-Bringer
With
the seriously-injured Clearwater now safely in their
hands the First Family hatches a plan to capture Cadillac
and Mr Snow and annihilate the Clan M'Call; a plan in
which Steve is forced to continue his double-role as
loyal agent of the Confederation and blood-brother to
the Plainfolk. |
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Book
Six : Earth-Thunder
As
the "Great Mountain in the West speaks to the Sky with
a Tongue of Flame", the Talisman Prophecy is on the
verge of fulfillment... |
Copyright © 2002 Patrick Tilley. All rights reserved.
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