Suicide Highway

Wow one of my favourite authors in this series but not here. I really struggled to finish this one where it seemed there is very little story or plot line. Reading this an action scene occurs and at the end one or two paragraphs later another one starts which is okay for a while but not for an entire title. Some very good hand to hand close up fighting scenes helped a little. The Big Guy here is just a killing machine no personality no character just someone holding a weapon slaughtering the opposition. Not one for me here.

Reading this story was like wading through mud. It took me an entire week to get through it, I found it such heavy going, and it took me only until page 46 to realise why. A couple of reviewers mentioned that something was missing orthat something wasn't quite right. For me it was two things. First the Executioner was more like the Terminator than Mack Bolan. Bolan shrugs off wounds and bruises so easily. We are sometimes reminded that it hurts but I was often expecting Bolan to pluck out his eye and don a pair of dark sunglasses. At other times Bolan was more like Batman, I think that Christopher Nolan must have used this story as inspiration for The Dark Knight. The other thing was for location. If it were not for the backcover we would never know that we were in Afghanistan. We are only informed that Bolan is in Chaman at around page 150. This gave the story a very generic feel, we could have been anywhere. There was no description of heat, sand, flies or even local population. All very bland. And when I checked where Chaman was, I found it to be in Pakistan, on the border with Afghanistan. Needless to say I did not like this one at all. I could find no redeming features in it at all.

I did not enjoy this book at all. While the characters where okay, and I enjoyed some of the interactions, I found the action and the plot lackluster. I have read Wojtowicz's contributions before and most where great, but this last book was so bad I had to fight with myself to even finish it. I also did not like the ending. Very anti-climactic.

All in all an excellent Bolan entry by longtime 'deranged' fan turned power-author DouglasPwz - lol Doug managed to capture the essence of that man known as Mack Bolan quite well! All the sidekick type characters were done quite well and seemed very human......too bad most of them bit the dust by the end though. Making the baddies an Israeli terrorist group was a nice twist to the story and I hope the Abraham's Dagger cretins get revisited in future Bolan books. Keep up the good work!

This is the first book by Doug that I have read. I look forward to more. I loved the characters, was even hoping to see some in some follow-up work, but I guess that isn't very likely to happen. all in all I give it an 8. Not the best, but still very very good. Highly entertaining.

“I’m going on a hunting trip, Hal,” Bolan says from the onset of “Suicide Highway.” Instead of going to Africa for safari, he heads to Afghanistan without sanction to hunt down a vicious anti-terrorist unit called Abraham’s Dagger. This outfit not only committed atrocities, but they are actively hunting down and killing UN witnesses. And then they have to kill everyone around the witnesses they kill, because they really hate witnesses. Bolan is given a fair assortment of allies, some derived from previous adventures. What isn’t derived from other adventures, is the plot. It is both original and character driven. Characters rationally use strategy, tactics and decisive action. The characterization of the Executioner is bedrock solid, especially his physical, mental and ideological discipline. And once again all aspects are tested. The animal magnetism of Bolan is a bit much, commanding awe, respect and leadership like a hypnotic/memorizing aura. The action is well described, but a few of the combat scenes were sketchy. It made the reading a little frustrating in these isolated areas. An example would be the battle of US Forces and tall buildings. This battle was made even more complicated by the unwieldy and suicidal BCB grappling hook launcher. The most noteworthy fight scene would be Bolan's first real contact with Abraham's Dagger in the hospital. It came out of nowhere, became brutal and nasty and had an unexpected outcome. The anti-climatic ending was a bit of a downer. But memorable. I give this entry an enormous amount of credit for being unpredictable and compelling.

I really enjoyed this book. It definitely kept you on your toes. Mossad agent, renegade Mossad hit squad, Hammas agents, Taliban fighters, U.S. Marines and Special forces , and of course Bolan stuck in the middle. Moved along real nicely , action scenes were great ! I got a little confused a couple of times (having put it down for a day or two ) as to who was where and who was teamed up with who. But I thought this one really kicked ass. I like when Bolan goes it alone even if it it creates friction for Brognola. The Mujahadeen fighter - the uncle , was that the guy from "Terminal Velocity" ? Anyone ?

Solid work and enjoyable reading experience with fresh set of villains and interesting supporting characters. I particulary liked scene involving U.S troops under siege of taliban henchmen of abrahams dagger and Bolan and company rushing to their aid.

This one never really clicked with me. Not sure if it was that the action scenes seemed a little disjointed, as compared to other books by Doug. I think I was having a hard time following what was going on for the most part. I did like the Hamas leader who decided to help Bolan, and the final assault was done pretty well. I didn't have a problem with the Bolan character as another reviewer stated. Doug has him down cold.

this is one of the worst executioners i have ever read, but i dont exactly know why. the action was a little boring, mainly since i didnt care about the characters. Mack Bolan was an empty tool used to hold a gun, no personality at all. i liked the sad guy, but i didnt really like the end where he died, it just wasnt satisfying. all in all this was just boring and took me way too long to read.

This story was very personal to me because it reminded me of a friend from high school who was going off to fight in the middle east. This story to me was an excellent tale of real life conflict and adventure in a real setting. Good Work

Mack bolan is on the hunt for a rogue Mossad unit that targets witnessess to attacks on refguee camps. Which takes Bolan to Afghanstan. There he mets up with some old allies to help him and some new ones: from American SF who play by the rules, and an Israeli agent and ahumane Hamas group trying to find the Mossad unit and their ex-Taliban cohorts. There was action on every scence which I liked very much. The Hamas group I may have disagreed with at first, but then I grew to understand their motives in their behavior in the end. The relatinship bewteen lt. Wesley and Rosenberg (Geren) I thought believeable. What threw me for a loop was GEren alias being Rosenberg, her green eyes, and red hair, she looked like Willow from the series Buffy. So when she died I thought OMG they killed Willow and Wesley character remined me of the Angel series so points off that.Also no explantions on how she has a Nazi grandfather. Points added on for how Bolan killed the leader of Mossad group and his final words to him.