Land, Jon
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1957- ) US author, frequently of Technothrillers that maintain an edgy proximity to full sf, particularly in the Blaine McCracken series beginning with The Omega Command (1984) and ending with Dead Simple (1998), the last being typical in its use of an Invention just beyond current Technology – in this case a new explosive – to effect an apocalyptic but just barely possible Disaster, in this case the destruction of bridges and tunnels connecting Manhattan to the main (see New York), in order, perhaps somewhat banally, to hold the city to ransom. The Ben Kamal sequence traverses similar territory, with a focus on untoward, uncanny, apocalyptic events in the Middle East; the series begins with The Walls of Jericho (1997) and ends with The Last Prophecy (2004). Non-series titles with the same general strategy include Vortex (1984), The Valhalla Testament (1990) and The Last Prophecy (2004). [JC]
Jon Land
born 1957
works
series
Blaine McCracken
- The Omega Command (Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1984) [Blaine McCracken: pb/]
- The Alpha Deception (Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1988) [Blaine McCracken: pb/]
- The Gamma Option (Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1989) [Blaine McCracken: pb/]
- The Omicron Legion (Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1991) [Blaine McCracken: pb/]
- The Vengeance of the Tau (Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1993) [Blaine McCracken: pb/]
- Day of the Delphi (New York: Tor/Forge, 1993) [Blaine McCracken: pb/]
- The Kingdom of Seven (New York: Tor/Forge, 1994) [Blaine McCracken: pb/]
- The Fires of Midnight (New York: Tor/Forge, 1995) [Blaine McCracken: hb/]
- Dead Simple (New York: Tor/Forge, 1998) [Blaine McCracken: hb/]
Ben Kamal
- The Walls of Jericho (New York: Tor/Forge, 1997) [Ben Kamal: hb/]
- The Pillars of Solomon (New York: Tor/Forge, 1999) [Ben Kamal: hb/]
- A Walk in the Darkness (New York: Tor/Forge, 2000) [Ben Kamal: hb/]
- Keepers of the Gate (New York: Tor/Forge, 2001) [Ben Kamal: hb/]
- Blood Diamonds (New York: Tor/Forge, 2002) [Ben Kamal: hb/]
- The Blue Widows (New York: Tor/Forge, 2003) [Ben Kamal: hb/]
- The Last Prophecy (New York: Tor/Forge, 2004) [Ben Kamal: hb/]
individual titles
- The Lucifer Directive (New York: Zebra Books, 1984) [pb/]
- Vortex (New York: Zebra Books, 1984) [pb/]
- The Council of Ten (Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1987) [pb/]
- The Eighth Trumpet (Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1989) [pb/]
- The Valhalla Testament (Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1990) [pb/]
- The Ninth Dominion (Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1991) [pb/]
- The Rising (New York: Tor, 2017) with Heather Graham [hb/]
- Dark Light: Dawn (New York: Tor Forge, 2017) [hb/]
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