SuperBolan · #74

War Season

by Dan Schmidt · October 2000

7.0 / 10 average from 4 rated reviews

America reels in horror and shock when terrorists slaughter hundreds in Philadelphia,using a prototype weapon of megadeath called the Annihilator. The blood trail leads to a private arms dealer on the U.S. military payroll, selling hardware off the books. Mack Bolan's orders are sanctioned by the President and to the point: take down Amazon Arms. The sweep begins stateside with the destruction of the corporate offices, neutralizing the threat at home. But Bolan has yet to face the biggest challenge of this mission: Penetrate the tight security of the arms giant's base of operations in the Brazilian jungle. He has an edge - combat skills honed to perfection in the killing grounds of foreign lands. His strategy is also perfect... take no prisoners.

Reviews (4)

ice_cracked 6/10 April 23, 2010

Terrific start where the citizens of Philadelphia are introduced to a prototype weapon which is basically a gatling gun firing grenades and in the hands of these particular terrorists causing some maximum damage indeed. Lots of good reading from there on where some good characters are introduced and some fine action scenes are to be read and the storyline is peaking towards the finale. But what a Massive overkill the ending turned out to be where the Big Guy is part of a huge strike force (just like the last title in this series) to take down a compound with only 200 or so enemy which he has done himself on more than one occasion. Predictable ending with the mysterious Mr. X further dragged what was a pretty good read down into the ranks of only read it if you have to folks.

Ray 8/10 July 11, 2001

Well this book kind had a lot of promise to it in the beginning but lagged to much in the middle. I liked the idea of the daughter and the father having many more hiers I think that was under utilized. But Bolan still kicked some butt in this book.

Gunslinger 6/10 January 22, 2001

A decent effort from Schmidt. The auto-grenade launcher was cool! Not all of the battle scenes were up to par IMO. The ones in the jungle were above average. Didn't really find the villains very interesting, except for the daughter, and she wasn't utilized enough.

Douglas P. Wojtowicz 8/10 January 5, 2001

I've given Dan Schmidt, well... Schmidt, for his previous books. Why? Because for every ten pieces of anti-Arab, anti-Russian, jingoist, Mack Bolan:Indestructable Man piece of garbage he writes, he actually can put out a solid, enjoyable, and engaging book like this one. We have Bolan, beaten to hell, and operating while hurt and queasy. We have well-rounded characters. We have enemies who actually give the Executioner a pounding, and enemies who we want to see Bolan kill, not some Tom Clancy "Op Center" POS opposition force, slime effers who murder and maim nearly a thousand innocents, deserving of the Executioner's untapped rage. Remember when avenging innocent lives was what it was all about? Welcome back, Schmidt. Now keep it solid!