Haitian Hit

Very disappointing title for me which could have been good with a bit of thought and original stuff rather than a heap of cut and paste. The plot is good where a Capo has traveled to Haiti and with the collaboration of the ruling junta intends to build a casino and motel complex which will rival anything else in the world just ripe for that special mob touch for corruption and graft. Some very good characters introduced on both the mob side and also the military arm of the junta the dreaded Tonton Macoute, toss in a couple from the rebel peasant side and this title could have been so good. The sections covering the riots and the attacks on the rebels in the jungle were good reading as was the torture of the captured priest but the constant cut and paste is very frustrating and resulted in the docking of a couple of stars. Cut and paste what cut and paste you may ask ? How many times have you read the following from this author ? Waltz into the mob hard site impersonating a Black Ace you guessed it named Omega. Waltz into a drug manufacturing plant see the head man and "Why aren't you packed up the raid will happen any minute" and then walk out with a suitcase of product. Waltz into a mob bank and rip off the money and burn the rest. The inclusion of a female character purely to be captured and held hostage. The warnings to the captors let her go or I will burn down another outlet every hour until you do. The sniping of a captor through the window of his office. (Unfortunately I have to report here that the poor telephone didn't make it this time around) The release of said prisoner resulting in a massive trap for the Big Guy who blows through the bad guys like a buzz saw. Once again I will say that an author as talented as this guy does not have to stoop to these lazy practices and what about the proof readers and editors at Gold Eagle ? Oh don't worry about checking this one out it is by Mike so we know it will be fine so we can save a couple of bucks. Could have been so much better :-(

Ok for a Bolan novel let me just say that Mack got in the way of an interesting story with the Haitian rebels. Mike should have just made the novel about the rebel leader, the priest and Michelle. This was the most interesting sections of the book. Also the villians Solange and Descartes. The scenes to rescue her with Mack were scenes we have read countless times. Do a hit, call the bad guy to release the hostage, make an assassination, call another, do a major financial hit (a first time bank robbery btw where were the bank guards?) then get the girl and kill the kidnapper. To me this was so by the numbers. The saving part of the novel were the demonstrations, the priest who was a pacifist to being hard, and Michelle who was just coming into power, this was the best part of the novel. Mike should have kept the novel on this struggle for freedom. Granted it would not have been a Bolan novel but who cares it would have been better without Mack. A 5 for the Mack/Mafia storyline. A 9 for the Haitian rebel/Junta power struggle. Overall a 7.

I liked this one, Bolan uses his Omega black ace cover to infiltrate the Mafia again. It's like vintage Pendleton stuff in parts of this book. This novel starts off kind of slow, but it gets better as the story moves along. Newton is good with the dialogue with the Mafia guys, good classic Bolan reading here.

Havn't read this yet, but I gotta say what the hell is the deal with leaving a small strip for the cover art? Dangit, the covers from #110 to #128 were pretty good, why the F*CK did they have to switch to these covers???

This one wasn't as good as the other's I have read. It was slow moving and BORING.

Average Bolan fare. Bolan decides to take out a new mob casino being built in Haiti. Along the way, he befriends so Haitian rebels and gives his assistance to their resistance movement. The book is ok. It's nothing that Bolan hasn't done before. He hits hard on the mob and on the Haitian governement. Especially good was the hits to free a captured rebel. With a technique that goes back to "Continantal Contract", Bolan demands the release of a prisoner, or he will take vengeance every hour. Good book, but not great.

This book was one the first I ever read, and I thought it was pretty good; but having that priest killing people was a little too much for me.

A semi-decent tale. However, these new front-covers SUCK!!!

I quite enjoyed this one. One of Newtons better stories.

BORING, JUST BORING.

Not the best by Newton. Thought it dragged in places. And what about that new front cover? Gold Eagle should shoot themselves for that blunder!