My Rating “Saxon’s Story” On a quiet farmstead near Cambridge, Ohio, three teenagers have just accomplished the impossible. Using a Satanic ritual, they summon the mysterious man known as Saxon back to Earth from another plane of existence. Exactly how their arcane ceremony managed to retrieve him is something even Saxon doesn’t understand. Not that
My Rating “Black Helicopter” It’s late afternoon somewhere deep within the remote forests of Idaho’s Bitterroot Mountains. The Challengers of the Unknown have been airlifted into the region and now make their way toward a predetermined contact point. Their host is Hec Warden, leader of the Freedom Ridge Militia, and the man responsible for bringing
My Rating “Today Is a Long Time Coming” The old joke goes, “Two Challengers of the Unknown walk into a bar…” and the hijinks follow. Clay Brody sits down for a drink at an upscale sports bar somewhere on the north side when a booming voice catches his attention. Someone in the corner is loudly
My Rating “Earth Came A-Walkin’” Somewhere in the foothills near Cerne Abbas, England, Clay Brody guns the engine of his 750cc motorcycle as an enormous shadow darkens the countryside around him. There is no time to hesitate. The motorcycle howls in protest as Clay cranks back the throttle and pushes the machine toward sixty-five miles
My Rating “Dark Waters” Kenn Kawa is slowly sinking into the dark abyss of the Pacific Ocean. Heavy chains have been wrapped around his body, binding him to a massive concrete block destined for the ocean floor. Whoever put Kenn down here certainly doesn’t expect him to return to the surface. They obviously don’t know
My Rating “The Keening” The afternoon grows warmer as two more Chicago police cruisers arrive at the scene of a developing hostage situation. Inside the New Kingdom Baptist Church, an Irish immigrant named Declan Banbridge holds several choir members at gunpoint. Marlon Corbet of the Challengers of the Unknown has managed to sneak inside the
My Rating “Who Knows Where the Time Goes?” Trapped in a realm where time has no meaning, Robin finds himself staring down the barrels of several M-16 rifles. A squad of American Green Berets has surrounded the young vigilante and wants answers. The problem is that Robin has a few questions of his own. Moments
My Rating “Times Fade Away” An elderly man walks alone through the dark streets of Gotham City’s old Dutch district. He appears to be searching for something, although exactly what remains unclear. His name is Mr. Sands, and seventy years ago, this neighborhood was his home. Once populated by hardworking blue-collar families, the district has
My Rating “Broken Spirits” Hershey was a multimillionaire philanthropist, social engineer, and construction mogul with a vision for the future. He believed in building small, self-contained cities where residents could live, work, and raise their families in clean and safe surroundings. Over the years, Hershey constructed several of these experimental communities throughout the American Southwest.
My Rating “Last Days – Part Three of Three” “Through a Glass, Darkly” Deep inside a top-secret research facility hidden somewhere in the remote Mojave Desert, the rogue killer known as Saxon has just saved the Challengers of the Unknown from certain death. A group of heavily armed mercenaries had captured both generations of Challengers
