Satan's Thrust

Well it obviously runs in the family as his nibs old man knocks out his first Stony Man title and what a debut title it is, do yourself a favour and read this one it WILL entertain you. American and Russian disarmament talks result in the SALT agreement whereby the Russian "Satan" nuclear missiles the most lethal in existence with the capacity to unleash 10 warheads at once on selected targets are to be dismantled. Exhaustive security is in place where the American and Russian teams work in conjunction in this process everything is recorded/signed/photographed there is no chance of anything going missing. The US President has a massive heart attack and the Vice President steps up into the reins of power and SPITS IT big time when Hal tells him he does not have the necessary clearance when refusing to answer any questions relating to Stony Man or the Teams. This has major ramifications spinning off into a separate thread. Now all of a sudden the Russian Mafiya are in the market flogging nuclear warheads to anyone who has the cash. Lot's of head scratching by the authorities where the bloody hell did they get them. A North Korean purchase is located and targeted and results in the location of the missile silo launching location where the warheads originated from. Not everybody is here this time only Mack, Gadgets, Jack, Gary, David, James and Raph and my minor niggle with this title is little things with the characters were wrong (Gadgets is the explosives expert in this not Gary) and sadly Gary, James and Raph play minor roles in this title. Action/suspense scenes is what we like folks and the standout scene is where Jack and the gang are attacked by the four MIG jet fighters is simply stunning/rivetting/heart racing stuff. You will flick the pages rapidly loving every minute of it and when you finish that section you will take another breath. There are a couple of other scenes within the title like the above where you will be enthralled reading this I tell you. The ending is fine reading with Jack doing his thing to save the day. Chuck I reckon you should give the old man a pat on the back for a job VERY well done and maybe he should consider another title. Highly recommended reading here.

I'm not crazy about plots that deal with "nuclear countdowns", but this one had some good action sequences, and used most of the Stony Men. Some of the characterizations were sparse, but it was interesting enough to keep me reading.

This is quite an intersting book. Although I found the part when they were talking about the technical descriptions of the nukes pretty boring. Also the part about Hal Brognola barred from the Oval Office is pretty interesting. The ending part of that side of the story is pretty funny but too bad it doesn't happen often. All-around a good read.