Hell Road

I almost forgot to review this. I found the story instantly forgettable, and I struggle to remember the plot a week after I read it. So it takes place in Israel and Jordan, and Bolan is able to rescue one person in a terrorist bombing out of hundreds and it turns out to be the sister of the female Mossad agent he gets to work with. No coincidence there. The bad guy that is to be deported, Kamal, is quite pathetic and I didn't understand why he would have so many followers. I equally didn't understand why such a high value prisoner would be held at an un-defendable camp either. But several of the supporting characters did have a personality so that made up for the plot holes. This would get a 6.5 from me.

This book has almost non stop action from start to finish and it kept me interested all the way through though I felt the end was rushed a bit. From my point of view I couldn´t picture Kamal as this big time mean ass terrorist as his mind and motives here never explored in the book. Other support characters where interested specially Gorman and Marlin but from a certain point of view the characters could be been explored a bit deeper. Gorman was actually a more bad ass one than Kamal which was an interesting development yet a strange one. This book is highly recommended one so read it and enjoy (Iceland - 2016)

I loved this title, from the start to the finish the action continues. One of the best things about the book is the characters introduced and their development during the book. The plot is superb building suspense to the final showdown. Highly recommended reading

A decent entry into the Bolan series with both a good story & plenty of action. I really liked all the minor & guest characters in this one. There was plenty of secondary sub-plots to things moving along nicely. The Gorman/Marlin blood fued added to the overall feel of the story. Kamal is a major terrorist threat didn't really impress all that much, thus causing the rating to lose a point or two. It's funny reading Bolan stories where Saddam is mentioned now after he's been removed from power. It sorta dates the story somewhat - lol

The author returns after a long absence from the series, with what I thought was a solid action novel. Not as good as most of his early books, but a satisfying enough yarn that I will be generous and give Hell Road an 8. Several great villains are weaved into this story. I liked how they were all connected, some backstory, some intrigue, and lots of wheeling and dealing between the various factions. And Gorman was a very well crafted and nasty villain. I also liked his connection to Marlin, and other villains were connected to various other Bolan allies, so everybody working with Bolan had strong motives for taking out specific badguys. Lots of the explosive and hard nosed action as can be expected from this writer. The action sequence at the end is rather rushed, I thought it could have been done better, but the loose ends were tied up ok, so it worked out.

Dan Schmidt really did a nice job with this one! Two villians for the price of one...great supporting characters, especially the cancer stricken Colonel Marlin...tons of action...real suspense with the threat of the launch of the missiles, not one of the absolute best, but a real keeper, a fast read, and a solid tale!

Naming the terrorist Kamal was a truly juvenile idea - camel to Kamal. Total distraction. Gave me thoughts of Beavis and Butthead. Also the CIA agent Cruller well later on he was toasted like a pastry. The story. A whole lot of action. This novel followed the excellent Rescue Run and there was a "not much there" kind of feeling to the book. I did not like how we never really found out why the CIA wanted the merc alive. Yes he had info but there seems like there should have been more. Gorman is like a lot of Schmidt villians. Yes you know he is a psycho and you know he is also smart but never knew the motivation besides greed. The scenes with Gorman were good and rather fun. The terrorist Kamal was extremely flat. He was just a terrorist who wanted to destroy America and Isreal. Also why were there Iraqi terrorists in Israel? Didn't make a whole lot of sense. In 1995 Isreal had enough terorists with the Palestinians besides sending money and training what could Iraqi terrorists do that the Palestinians could not in terms of actual terrorist attacks? The action scenes were very well written. Kudos to Schmidt for that. I enjoyed greatly the battle scene with Gorman rescuing the terrorists. Also why didn't the prison camp have backups if the radio/radar went down? Or some other means to communicate? A very solid 7.

Good characters, great action. Mack was well characterized. Worth reading.

I thought the return of Dan Schmidt was going to be a glorious day. Now, this was a fairly good book, but not what I was used to reading. Overall, I was a bit disappointed.