Raw Fury

This is better than the previous Phil Elmore that I read, see Crucial Intercept. There was only one "righteous fury" this time around. The characters were a bit flimsy and the megalomania a little too generic. The school in question features in only a few chapters the rest of the story concerns the rescue of the prime ministers son. What held this story back for me was all the John Woo moments as Bolan walks through the chapters in slow motion, gun in each hand, blast away with 100% accuracy whilst everybody misses him with automatic fire. Not very convincing. But I loved the cover!

Here is an entertaining story that I wouldn't hesitate to recommend to another. Terrorists kidnap students at a private school and Bolan is sent in to intervene. There is some intrigue as major political figures are involved in this plot to bring about their own desires. There wasn't alot of depth the characters, but the action sequences were outstanding.

Well this one starts off with the Big Guy sent to Malaysia as a private school has been taken over by terrorists and the staff and students including the Prime Minister's son are being held hostage and I'm thinking okay but why? The plot gets deeper where the Prime Minister of the country in cahoots with his chief of what is basically a death squad have orchestrated the kidnapping of the son with a rebel group within the country and hope to finally get worldwide opinion on their side to slaughter groups of Indian and Chinese residents of the country who they consider sub human and wish to eradicate them completely. Everyone is aware that the Big Guy is on his way and the Government makes it clear he is not welcome and he will be killed on sight if caught but of course he goes anyway. Now if you read these books PURELY for the action scenes you will likely enjoy this title where the Big Guy goes through the opposition like a hurricane wind and some fine reading is to be had. If you like a bit more substance to a title like me I would think you may be a little disappointed with this offering from this author. The characters introduced were okay and the story moves along reasonably but I found myself struggling at times to stay interested in what I was reading. The author is one of my favourites writing for these series and maybe he has made a rod for his own back with the blockbusters he has previously produced in these series where in my opinion he has done vastly better stuff than this one. Up to you not a bad title by any means very readable but not as good as his previous works.