Crucial Intercept

"Righteous fury", "Righteous god", "Righteous wraith"! And on it went. There was little story in this book, just action scenes repeated over and over and over. It got repetitive quickly. And dull. I would have liked to see more character development, but what we got was basically a reworking of Die Hard 4 with Bolan being as bullet proof as he wanders of into the smoke holding pistols in both hands, always hitting his targets and very little coming his way. I was not impressed.

Interesting book with Bolan having a few death teams on his back while running way with an encryption nord. The flow of the book was good but there was no mystery or puzzle to solve but the only goal was to get the geek to safety from point one to point two with killings done left and right. The book was ok, though I was actually very glad when it was over and left me with little besides writing these words. If you are alone, feeling the blues and have NOTHING else to do, then read this book. Otherwise, do something else Iceland – 2013)

An unbreakable encryption code sounds good to a couple of rogue states and a couple of terrorist groups to further their aims and as long as no decryption code exists everything sounds perfect for them. Unfortunately the creator of the encryption code is still alive and well so it is a no brainer for them to take care of him permanently and the decryption software will never exist. Enter the Big Guy where the various bad guys are running amok trying to bring the inventor down with civilian casualties mounting and he is running for his life. What follows is an non stop action packed blockbuster featuring numerous hand to hand contests, numerous knife fight contests, numerous car chase scenes and rivetting reading as the Big Guy strives to protect the inventor from the bad guys over and over again. Somehow the bad guys always manage to locate where the inventor is and through the laying of different traps at different locations the Big Guy manages to weed out some of the opposition but they just keep coming on. Some outstanding characters included with the leader of the Israelis maybe the standout but many other fine support characters from the different chasing groups. I especially liked the merc from the industrialist who well isn't quite what he seems and when the Big Guy finally figures this out you have to read it to appreciate it. Excellent ending sequence with the North Korean will leave you wishing for even more but unfortunately the size of the title constrains the content but even so the author manages to insert a small epilogue section to nicely tie up all the ends. Excellent read in the series and highly recommended reading.

This was a solid effort and an entertaining book. As usual with the Executioner series, this book is based very closely to what could be an expected event that would likely happen today. <SPOILER ALERT? A young genius writes an encryption program that is deemed "unbreakable" by all but the young man himself. Once this program gets on the market and purchased by some shady customers (I'll let you read who they are), this man's life becomes at high risk. As bullets starts flying, Bolan is brought in to figure out why someone is shooting up the DC area. The book is highlighted with the usual intense action sequences, and with a very likable and enjoyable supporting character (the computer genius). The author did a very good job of describing this young man as a stereotypical computer expert. By the end of the book, even the Executioner himself likes this man.