Savage Fire

WOW Awesome book. I love Mack's more personal missions. And this is one for the ages. I love the way Mack uses the role camouflage, but it almost gets him killed. Looking forward to Command Strike. Im starting that Book Now. 9 stars

Arguably the best title of the series here folks this one is an absolute blockbuster with so many leads into the final decimation of the Mafia structure you just have to read this one. Excellent prologue opening here where the Big Guy is standing in a cemetery where his family is buried contemplating his eternal war. Enter his closest friend Leo who informs him that an Augie purge is on and he doesn't expect to last the night out. Mocking Leo's desire to come out of the closet as he himself knows he would not last a day the Big Guy says bury yourself as well as possible and let me get you a new sponsor and so the title starts. Twenty hired guns to dispose of Leo and his family four of which were in two different cars either side of his residence waiting for his return. Where are the other sixteen never mind says the Big Guy as he quickly dispatches the first four and settles back to wait a short time until a head party of the other sixteen arrives to check out what is going on. A simple tail back to their base camp and suddenly there are nineteen corpses and one wounded witness who is more than happy to pass the message back to the Bosses that Leo the Pussy doesn't take lightly what is going on. Someone is very intent on the territory that no one else wants who and why? Silky smooth title where the Big Guy again takes on the persona of a Black Ace on a couple of occassions and infiltrates different sites to gather information. Yet the overriding question of who and why remains. Then as if Leo is not in enough trouble already his wife Angelina is kidnapped from a Government safe house with obvious ramifications on who and what he actually is. Superb brilliant finish to this title where the Big Guy goes all out to try and save not only Leo's wife but also the position and cover of his best and truest friend. If you read this title you WILL LOVE it if you are reading this series and have any affinity with the Big Guy and the overall storyline. Do yourself a favour and grab this one. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED reading here.

Executioner #28 is a great story. I'm becoming a little saddened knowing there are only a handful more of Pendleton's personal efforts. Bolan is back in Pittsfield -- great scene -- as some unknown warriors are targeting his undercover pal, Leo Turrin. The author creates a scene involving a few of the well-known Bolan characters, including one form the original "Pittsfield story" Al Weatherbee. There is also an Augie sighting, who is one of my favorite villians. The Executioner's saving play in "Savage Fire" involves a seemingly common mafia infiltration as a black ace, a major use of the warwagon, and some very valuable information gained from the Atlanta action, in "Dixie Convoy". Bolan, Turrin, and even Brognola all face steep opposition as the play to save Turrin's wife, who is kidnapped mid-story, takes on a fervor pace. This was a page turner and didn't get a 10-rating from me for one reason. The rescue of Angelina was such a short scene, and seemingly too simple for the hardsite described in the earlier pages. Great book and phenomenal story! Pendleton at best!

Pendleton gets back to his good writing, after the lame Dixie Convoy. I liked this one a lot, it kicked ass.

Some mafia headhunters are in Pittsfield after Leo Turrin. But who sent them? Mack Bolan is back in his hometown where his war began to help out a valuable ally who is also his best friend in the world. The ation starts off with Bolan acting to thwart the head party's play against Leo. A move against a mob ambush and a fire mission against the enemy hard site continue the action while the plot weaves around some intrigue in the highest offices of the mob. Bolan infiltrates the enemy camps as a "black ace" but after all the maneuvering he has to settle things with an assault on the hard site and a confrontation with the mastermind of the move against Leo. Leo and Hal are both in this one quite a bit. For once Bolan does not have a teenage bimbo shaking her butt at him. What it does have though is Bolan thinking about the nature of savages and what makes a man and a woman tick differently. Good stuff. This one could have had another star if the action had been a bit more detailed. As it is, I'll give it 8 stars as a satisgying Bolan adventure.

Not too bad a story, and the plot is clearer than book 27. Some good scenes of Bolan playing the Black Ace Omega. The one thing that didn't make sense to me was, if David Eritrea was Augie's right hand man, why did Eritrea not seem to know where his boss was, or why he had been missing for two weeks?

the first book i read in the series, great entertainment from start to finish i couldn't wait to read the rest

A decent book, but not great.