Rebel Trade

This was a good read, but nothing I would consider fantastic. Overall, I enjoy Newton's story's as he normally does two things: (1) provides great action scenes. and (2) creates enjoyable supporting characters. In this Bolan adventure, Newton used the same formula. There were several well thought out and described action sequences with the Executioner besting the antagonists. The final battle scene is entertaining, and then there is the epilogue -- classic Bolan. There were many very well developed support characters. I really enjoyed the Nambian cop that teams with Bolan. It was good to see this man standing for justice amidst a very corrupt authorial system. << SPOILER ALERT >> It was a shame to see him go down the way he did. I'm not sure why Mack left him alone. Newton also created some very antagonistic -- enemies -- characters. The pirate leader, teaming with the captain(s) made a formidable foe. There was just enough dialogue between these men to create animosity between the reader and these villians, leaving you rooting for Mack to take them out. All in all a decent story and very typical of a modern-day Mack Bolan. Nothing fantastic, but an entertaining 180+ pages.

ouch...this one hurt. Painful to finish. Soooooo cookie cutter and predictable it was plain boring. Mack travels to Nambia to slaughter pirates, who dont do nearly as much raiding as the cover of the book suggests. Thats about the entire plot. The only redeeming factor of this book is the Nambian cop Mack teams up with. I really liked him, he was a good cop amongst an entire force of bad ones. He was the kinda guy that gives you hope for Africa so i really liked him. Then he gets killed! We dont even get a good "going down in the line of duty" death scene! This guy was a stand up guy, a real diamond in the rough, and all we get is a cheap summary of his death told after the fact! booo! Aside from that the action is soild, Newton pens great gunfights.