Texas Showdown

I enjoyed this book. I liked when ABLE TEAM goes undercover in this one. thought the book moved along very nicely. Liked Gadgets and his little electronics workshop at the Mercenary camp. Liked the reference to the movie WILD GEESE that the mercenaries were watching. solid book for me I give it 8 stars

I pretty much agree with Monsta Mack on this one after the first two books in the series I was hoping for better or as good with this title but sadly whilst it is in no way a poor entry to the series it didn't grab like the first two. Probably my major gripe is it finishes to abruptly where the story has been set up nicely with the infiltration of the merc group and could have been so good but no Jack is brought in to fly and one half of the bad guys are taken out in two pages and the merc leader is taken out and everyone else gives up and says okay guys I'm out of here. This is an okay read but not in the same league as the first two of the series.

Another page turner in teh series. I enjoyed it very much. I can say that after finishing the book and reading the reviews I can justify some criticisem of the book but I personally enjoyed the infiltration of the group of commmies planning to get Mexico and the USA warring it out. I agree that the leader of the Teaxas based merc squad was quite silly and did come of as a Montgomery Burns esque character... and also no if you had read the book 15+ years ago you would think of him as a legitimate character. I agreee whole heartedly. I like very much seeing the relationship of Able team develop in these first few novels. I also like the way in bothe #2 and #3 the author alludes to teh previous story arc. For instance the scar on Lyons ribs from the M60 wound obtained in Hostage Island, Able Team #2.

I'm giving this one a 6 out of 10, maybe even 6.5! The action was okay here , especially near the end, although abrupt. It seems like this is a Carl Lyons book than and Able Team book, seeing as how Gadgets and Pol were more like supporting characters. I had trouble keeping track of the villians, and really couldn't figure out the point of the incest ( ?!) scene. Was that for shock value, or for villian characterization? Not a bad read, all in all. Six out of ten!

After reading the first 2 books in this series, #3 is kind of a letdown, but that doesn't mean it sucks. Actually it is a pretty good one, but compared to the first 2, not much better than average.

Able Team continues their war on crazies and criminals in their third adventure. This time they infiltrate the private army of a crazy Texas billionaire to bring the killers to two federal agents to justice. The plot takes Able Team to South America so they can be introduced to the wrong crowd as guns for hire and recruited into the private army. After they arrive in Texas they investigate, try to keep from being discovered as federal agents and learn of the bigger plot of the billionaire gone senile. The plot moves a bit slowly and doesn't ever seem to build any tension. The action here isn't bad and it does occur fairly frequently. I don't really enjoy the "infiltrate the bad guys and sneak around undercover" stories in this genre. I think a more direct assault approach is more interesting. But as these things go this one wasn't bad. The authors throw in a few plot complications to keep it from being completely static. The Able Team is OK in this one although I thought Gadgets came off a little under-written. They were the action and heros of this story though so that fills my requirements. Some of the villains and other characters were kind of interesting. Pardee and Furst, Bob Paxton, the free-lance agent Flor, and the young wife of the billionaire all are individuals that I didn't have a hard time remembering. The billionaire himself, Mr. Monroe, was also memorable to me but that was actually a problem. If I'd read this story 15 years ago it I would have accepted Mr. Monroe without a problem. However, I just can't take him seriously now. "In the brilliant sunlight, his hair looked like strands of ceramic, the skin of his tropics-scarred face like translucent plastic molded over a skull." And after a demonstration by his private army: "'Excellent, Monroe nodded, leaning back against the seat." It's Monty Burns! Honestly, after that I couldn't keep from chuckling at every scene he was in, thinking about the evil industrialist from "The Simpsons." OK, for decent action and OK characters this one gets 5 stars. The plot doesn't get any points.

Didn't find anything special about this one. Just an average read.