Hunting Cry

Bolan is in some places I’ve not read about him being before, including Bosnia, and this was one of the things that make the story interesting. I liked the Doorn character, unfortunately she didn’t appear until late in the book. All around this book is a solid action yarn, but after you peel away these layers, the one major flaw is revealed beneath. At the root of this book you find the usual Newton formula. He has the hit list going from location A to location B and so on with the standard scenes and yes there is the Bolan in workman uniform on the rooftop sniper shooting at guys in an office across the street scene, the lady (Doorn) getting kidnapped and Bolan rattles cages to send a message to the main villain to let her go or he will come after him, which he is doing anyway, and even before that is the standard send a message to your boss scenes anyway. A decent book on its own, but not recommended if you have read many of Newton’s earlier books that use this same formula. I did get a good laugh out of the scene where Bolan tosses a guy a phone and it hits him in the face.

Classic Mike Newton. I love it when Mike writes an original plot/story line and this is what makes him one of the top writers in the series. Non stop action as usual and the book flows from page to page. Well done. Highly recommended.

When Mike Newton is at the top of his game, he shows why he is THE post-Pendleton writer of the 80's and 90's...and this book is a perfect example! This lightning fast adventure finds Bolan battling one of the most realistic and diabolically feasible plots I've ever encountered in my long history of Bolan-watching...that of culling white slaves from the impovershed masses slated for the evil of ethnic cleansing of war torn Bosnia...a situation that cries out for swift intervention...Executioner style! And does he deliver...? Hell yeah...in spades! From Bosnia, to Germany, to Holland... Newton creates a maelstrom of intrigue and action, while terrific supporting characters and a possible love interest placed in danger add to the edge of your seat styled suspense! And we get one of those rare glimpses at the human side of Mack Bolan as well...contributing to a satisying package. You can probably tell I really enjoyed this book...dig it up and try it for yourself...you'll be glad you did...!

This one was fun since part of the story takes place in Utrecht, The Netherlands, which is not to far from where I live. The only disappointment was the fishing boat towards the end of the story. That was a bit too James Bondish for my liking.