Poison Justice

Another title by this author and the usual plot involving rogue Black Ops operatives who are hell bent on making bucket loads of money with the planet held hostage to their aims. The usual over the top violence and blood letting was toned down a little in this one which is a pleasant change but filled in with long boring sections where not a lot happens. I liked the section where Hal was shot which is a little different and interesting but nowhere near enough to drag this one out of the also ran titles of the series. Plenty of better titles to read in this series than this.

Man, this book was a bit confusing. The story jumped from one part of the story to the next one constantly making it loose and lacking direction and consistency. The plot was loose and unclear with too many different players each with unclear agenda, motivation and interconnection but still they all had the common thing of greed and power in their “hearts” The pace and the flow of the story was constantly fouled up time and time again and I was very happy when the book was finished with hope in my heart that the next one I would read would be a much better one!!! I wonder if I did read the same book as others who have reviewed this book??? I wonder if I should read it again in order to see if it gets better second time around.....nah, not worth it!! (Iceland – 2007)

Another eco-terror thriller but well-handled, especially in terms of trying to tell the story from so many points of view. Usually when this happens it gets hard to keep track of things, but the writer did a good job of connecting the scenes in a way that kept the flow going and upheld my interest. I liked the hit man character the most of the non-regulars. Some good Mack stuff here, too. I'd recommend this one.

Made for the space program, deadly radioactive toxin has fallen into the hands of renegade government spooks in “Poison Justice.” Bolan must find the toxin, while fending off several players. There is a lot of factions on the scorecard. The novel’s story is not especially long, but takes care in explaining everybody’s motivations. I did not like some plot points, like the necessity of framing Bolan before he was considered a big threat. It would have been more interesting if they reversed their play. They should have planned to shoot Bolan and framed Brognola. I also had mixed thoughts about some made up hardware in this one. Not as bad as “Circle of Steel” but it’s in the same neighborhood. Dan Schmidt normally writes blood and thunder type novels. In fact his first series novel was the 1986 entry “Blood and Thunder.” This was a small scale experiment for him. Here he does a good job writing a story more in tune of a traditional, but chaotic Executioner adventure. The writing is sharp. An enjoyable entry, nothing more.

For a Schmidt book, I found this to be rather dull. I guess I was never pulled into the Mafia/Cartel/Terrorist plot to steal a deadly poison. Schmidt seems to live off of plots that have dirty U.S. officials, and they get old sometimes. The action scenes were not up to par with what I've been used to from the author, and even the finale seemed forced and uninspiring. The part of Brognola getting shot seemed to be the most interesting part.

I loved this book, and all of the characters it introduces. i especially liked the mafia hitman that goes with Bolan. I found myself liking him, while it is interesting that bolan cant since he is still scum, no matter how honorable. this deserves a 10, if the had only made the ending less rushed.

Mack goes against black op agents, the mob, and drug lords, who have all joined forces in selling a super deadly toxin to terrorists. As this outline suggests, this is a very dense plot to weave together in a single adventure, but veteran Bolan scribe, Dan Schmidt, pulls it off in grand style. The author does a great job in describing the myriad characters that flow in and out of this book, merging smoothly from describing the character of a CIA agent on the take to a senior Mafia hit man turning stoolie. The action is a little sparse for a Mack adventure (yet still plentiful enough to be satisfying), but the strength of this book is the inner dialogue of the characters. Characters make very brief appearances, but the author does a great job in explaining their motivations. It takes a great deal skill for a writer to give dimension to a character that sometimes is only in the story for a page or two. Hats of to Mr. Schmidt!

Wow, this book was almost perfect, where do I start? We'll first off it's pretty much a mixture of the Mafia/Terrorist/Drug War stuff with a dash of sci-fi. Dan Schimdt really sucked me in with this one, and to tell you the truth I wasn't expecting much from Poison Justice. After reading only two Schimdt novels that were poorly written and constructed, I had developed a dislike for his novels but this book has changed my mind. But like I said in the first line this book was ALMOST perfect, there are a few reasons why this book isn't getting a perfect score. 1)But the whole poision liquid subplot was not explored and barley mentioned for most of the book and left me wondering alot about it and the situation. 2) Bolan INTENTIONALLY lets the villain get away more than once, 3) The ending scenes were it quickly switched locations seems as though it was rushed. Overall, Poison Justice is an above average book and one of the best of the most recent titles released.