Blood Vector

Oh, this was so much better than the previous Bolan I read. There was a plot! There were believable villains. There were realistic locations! As well as lots of shooting and running around. Carl Lyons is in half of the adventure before....well, read it yourself! I only have one or two complaints. Small ones. There was a lot of jumping around in time and locations. One page Bolan is in LA, the next he is at Stony Man. Did he get beamed over? Also, what happened to the high priced whore, Soledad? Did she die off page as one of the villains stated, or did Bolan get to the island just in time? We will never know!

Action packed from start to finish! I thought the virus plot was a different twist and enjoyed it very much. Some parts were a little far fetched, but that is the part of the Executioner novels I enjoy.

Reading the back cover of this one and listening to some current event news made this one a chilling read. Bolan teaming up with Carl Lyons and a female undercover agent hits a Salvadoran street gang in bed with Al Qaeda. The action from Rogers was good and I especially liked the Mexican ranch scene where smallpox is nearly delivered to the U.S. I wouldn't be surprised if some bad dudes have their idea in mind...if possible. The finale involving a number of characters, including Grimaldi seemed to run out of steam IMO. But, it was a very enjoyable book nonetheless.

Excellent Take a deep breath when you open page one and try to hold it to the end (yeah right). The title rocks from page one to the end interesting characters and villans introduced terrific plot which I actually enjoyed contrary to other reviewers and the action flows through smoothly and non stop. What can I criticise ummmm well nothing I thoroughly enjoyed this title and would highly recommend it to you to read.

I agree with most of the pros and cons other reviewers have cited for this book. I could've done without the terrorist angle and some of the more far-fetched elements, but the writing here was gripping and the dynamic of having Lyons chipping in to watch Bolan's back was worth the price of admission alone, as Iron Man is my favorite character in this series. I hate to be politically incorrect, but I think it would be great if there were a slew of guys like Bolan and Lyons out there to take down these rat bastard gangstas who pose a greater threat to the American way of life than oversea terrorists.

Chuck "Blood" Rogers is back with another exciting entry! I am still trying to track down all of Chucks stuff cause he is definitely one of my favs ! He does it again here with another awesome Bolan book. Great dialogue, cool story, bad guys you want to see Bolan burn, and great action ! Eh Kay says check it out !

Here is a book that touches on reality in a great way. Bolan AND Carl Lyons in the same book: WOW!! I loved the fact that they go up against MS13, a real street gang that is more terrifying and more menacing than any fictional villain ever produced. Great Job.

This is a Bolan book, written by Chuck Rogers, featuring the MS-13, one of the most lethal gangs in the world. Of course I was going to read. Of course I liked it. But I liked it less than I thought I would and I can find one reason: the intrusion of the whole Al-Qaeda/terrorist thing. I would have enjoyed this book SO much more if: -There had been no terror plot -There had been a wall to wall systematic extermination of the MS-13 operations stateside -If Bolan had taken this a personal mission instead of being "sent" by Hal As it is, the book is action packed, has plenty of ass whoopings, good villains, good allies (I liked Cervantes) and Bolan being smart and ressourceful as well as a bad mofo one-man-strike-force. Enjoyable, but too much WAR ON TERROR, not enough BOLAN F*CKING UP GANGSTAS.

Special Guest Star: Carl Lyons Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, is an El Salvadoran street gang that plays a key role in Chuck Rogers latest installment, “Blood Vector” Innovative trap plays from both sides, quick pace and punchy writing style reminded me of the classic Able Team adventures of G.H. Frost. Instead of the usual Phoenix Force field rep, the Ironman himself accompanies Bolan on this terrific adventure of blood and betrayal. I had two serious problems with this novel. The shooting down of the jet was too far-fetched to make it work. I couldn’t swallow that one. The second objection I had was with Erasmo. A military officer who lost something so personal like that (and I won’t be the one to reveal what or why) and be persuaded to join another cause, I could not believe a conversion so quickly. The conversation was not presented, only mentioned in a throw away line, made this flaw even more evident. The strengths of this novel are too numerous to mention here. Chuck Rogers has to be considered one of the top three writers of this series. The highlight concepts would be the Glock ploy and the best scene would be the escape with the El Camino. I also like the possibilities of seeing a large, expansive and dangerous street gang like MS-13 in future installments. Bolan states this in the beginning. “They’re no longer a bunch of street gangs. They are a mafia.” Indeed.