Agent of Peril

Opening a title by this author you presume to read an action packed title from start to finish and the author delivers once again truly if action scenes are why you read this series you should read all of this authors titles unfortunately the story/plot line of this one is lacking somewhat. Some good characters introduced J R Rust a CIA operative is back again (seen this guy a couple of times before in titles I think) an Egyptian agent who is a former Black Suit from the Farm and an female Israeli agent who actually falls for the Egyptian guy in a big way which is a little different but good reading. One section near the end of the title involves a Egyptian helicopter trying to shoot down unmanned drones heading for Israel to drop nerve gas there and start a war and the interaction between them and scrambled Israeli Jet fighters is fantastic. The ending sections are superb reading and get a couple of extra stars for the review which will keep you on the edge of your seat flicking the pages for sure. Recommended reading in the series.

Another satisfying effort from Doug. I didn't find this as good as his other monthly's, but the action was almost non-stop. I guess it didn't seem like there was a lot of plot development behind this book. But, the idea of trying to start a war between Egypt and Israel was decent. The sabotage of the tanks was extremely tense and the final battle involving the Predator's and Bolan trying to stop them rocked. ONe thing that bugged me was the scene of Bolan letting the Geren torture a prisoner. I guess I didn't think he let something like that go.

It took me a little while to get into this one, once there though, I enjoyed the ride. I found the wide range of various weapons systems and firearms very interesting and the action was good. The characters were well developed and I especially enjoyed the relationship between Khalid and Geren. I didn't find the villian quite as ominous in this one as I have in previous books written by Mr. Wojtowicz, and I was a bit turned around at the end with the conspiracy plot that didn't recieve an adequate explanation. It looked like the set up for a sequel. Over all though, I enjoyed the book.

Hey, I liked the book. This one even had a little romance in it without Bolan as one of the parties. The characters were well fleshed out, and the plot didn't stop. I enjoyed this one, along with all of Doug's previous Bolan works. He seems to age like wine, getting better as he goes.

No! this book sucked, since it ended unresolved and had no sequel! also, it was really funny that the Unit 777 guy did a dramatic line TWICE and should have died the first time anyway. i laughed when i imagined that in some movie... anyway, the action was ok, but there was one more problem: the EXTREMELY cheesey line near the end "peace out yall". I mean, who says that in the military!!! ESPECIALLY in a non english speaking one! i wonder what that translates to in arabic? (do they even have a word for "peace"?) not that impressed, I usually like this guys writing.

Compared to many novels in the Bolan range, this story was very good, however compared to Douglas' previous two outings I found it to be poor. I really did not enjoy it and I found it a chore to get through. Doug's usual intense writing is there, along with the sounds and smells of the action scenes, but what this story was lacking was a story. The plot involves an Eyptian general that wants to start a war with Isreal whilst diverting Israeli attention by launching attacks out of Lebanon. There are tons of action scenes involving Bolan but I felt that these were used to cover up the lack of a story. I am not sure if this is due to a deadline and the book was rushed or that somebody did a hatchet job on the manuscript. I cannot really put m finger on why this book didn't meet up to my expectations, but something somewhere was not quite right. Bolan does work almost independantly of Stony Man Farm this time around but does recruit a group of assistants to help out with all the shooting. These include Alex (an Eygptian American and a former blacksuit (again)), Tera ( a beautiful Israeli commando working for Unit 221), Ahmed (an Eyptian commando working for Unit 777) and J R Rust (who works for the CIA and returns from previous novels by Doug and Michael Kasner). These are die hard characters who are repeated kicked in the nuts (literally) but are up and running again within five minutes. They are all hit by bullets at one time or another, but much like the characters in 24 the wounds are forgotten about a few pages later. There is a little hint towards the end of the novel that the Eygptians were not working alone and that they are being sponsered by a shadowy group of Americans. I hope that this thread continues in future novels. So, sorry Doug, I didn't think so much of this one but I hope that Suicde Highway is better.

This was a seriously action packed Bolan adventure. I thought the events were a little scrambled at the beginning, but the book finished very strongly. One thing I enjoyed tremendously about “Agent of Peril” was the accurate use of a wide variety of military firearms, fighter jets, weapons systems, and tanks. Mr. Wojtowicz did his homework on this one (or else has a military background himself). The action scenes, particularly at the conclusion of the book, were real edge-of-your-seat stuff. My only complaint is that the book’s villain, General Idel, was not given enough page time. He was a very interesting character, truly menacing an odd (he is afflicted through much of the book with lockjaw), and I would have liked to get more of him. On the other hand, the relationship between Bolan’s sidekicks, Alessandro Kalid and Tera Geran was on the money and very well written. All in all I good outing for the Soldier.