Sean H

This was the first Bolan I'd read in a long time. I bought it to read on the plane as well as for old time's sake and basically I thought it was quite good. Bolan is on a mission to Somalia to stop rival gangs from getting hold of pirated Russian tanks.The whole book takes place there but that's fine as the book stuck with Bolan most of the time. He is paired with a female Russian agent and the great thing is they don't get in bed together! I found that refreshing. I'm no Puritan...it's just nice not to waste time on a romantic subplot. Mike Newton did quite a good job of not letting the reader get confused as to who the other characters are, as some authors introduce a character near the beginning then when they bring them in again 20 or so pages later they may need to establish in a few words who this person is again. Newton does this. My neat story is I bought this book in Winnipeg, Canada and when I finished it I left it on a bench in a subway station here in Taipei Taiwan! I wonder who will find it!