Judas Kill

This story is something special. It is not often that Bolan enlists a soldier from his enemy camp to be his partner on a mission. Here however the author weaves a terrific tale of a former mob hitman turned goodguy, who not only is still on the wanted list of the authorities, but is now the arch-enemy of his former mob associates. With Bolan at his side, this is a formidable team, and much ass kicking ensues. Most of the action takes place in New York City, however the countryside north of there has a good portion of the action, including snowy weather conditions Bolan must contend with. Both his unlikely sidekick and the weather are used to Mack's advantage very well in this novel, and there is so much more to add to this adventure. Not only are there different factions involved, making the book more interesting, but the whole side plot with the documentary producer was woven into the story very well, I loved how he eventually worked with Bolan and Brognola to help get the main villain, Sienna, to play into their hands and help take him down. The mob wheelman was another excellent addition to the narrative. The interaction with the hitman, as well as his own perspective in the adventure was entertaining, along with the other characters in the various factions that got some attention in the book. The sit-down with Mcneil and the nearby crimelords worried about the problems Sienna was creating was another great scene. In general, there were many great dialogue interactions between all of the various characters in this adventure, cover to cover, not just the great action scenes, there is too much to count, there just is so much to like about the quality of writing found in this story. I always liked this author's books, perhaps more so than the average Bolan reader, but here we see the potential unlocked of this writer's talent, this is far and away his best Executioner in this series. I enjoyed it a lot and highly recommend this title in the series, it is a great read.

Well well well thank goodness at LAST another Mafia story. And it's a goodie to boot. Nicholas Carvaggio is a mafia hit man with exceptional abilities maybe getting somewhere even close to Mack and who also has a conscience regarding who he hits. Having no problems taking out his fellow mafia members when ordered to do so by his boss he balks at the taking out of a female juror who is an innocent and for his trouble has a contract placed on his head. Mack enters the story and after confirming to himself that the hit man is actually what he purports to be enters an alliance with him to bring down the boss who has placed the contract. I was hooked on this book in the first two chapters. * Small spoiler here ***************************** Carvaggio is at a location with another character and located by the mafia kill squad set to take him out. With the aid of video cameras he then watches in amazement at Mack in action as he takes out some of the squad. When they finally meet and after talking for a while Nick says "Man it fits now. You're the guy..... The Execution---" and Mack replies "Just call me Striker for now." * end Small spoiler here ************************** A chill went up my spine and I knew I would enjoy this. The book is extremely well written and reads like silk with you flicking the pages to read the next. How refreshing it was to read this after just having finished the Hydra trilogy of books. Yes we have high losses of the enemy at certain sections of the title but it actually fits in well with the storyline and plot of the book. I very much enjoyed reading this title in the series and would highly recommend it to any reader of the series. AND IT'S A MAFIA BOOK at last Yaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! It was going to get 9 stars but as IT IS A MAFIA book 2 stars added ( Ummm it's 10 MAX dick!). OK a 10 it's great.

This was my favorite of the Executioner books. The reason for this was because all of the characters in this book, including Bolan were human..not superhuman. I have read the other reviews about this book being bland and sort of boring. But guess what, it is the most realisitc in terms of the firefights, the tactics, the weapons. The opening of the book, where Mack is following the reporter....REAL. I am not sure of the background of the person who wrote the book, but I am guessing he was part of the game at one time! That is how realistic this book is. If you want to read a good story, and have some fun, and get the feel of a classic Bolan story (by Don Pendleton) then read this one, you won't be sorry

It is always fun to see Bolan go up against the Mafia again. On the whole, I found this story to be a bit bland. It did have it's good parts, including the scenes with Carvaggio and the media. What I would have liked to have seen is a bit more panic from the Mafia when they realise that they are up against The Executioner. A strange thing that I found was Brognola appologising to Bolan, saying something to the effect that perhaps the Mafia boss Sienna was to big for Bolan to take down. Strange, since Bolan handled La Commissione on his own. An otherwise average story.

I think this one's the best of the Mack Bolan books. I thought it was cool that he'd actually enlist the help of a MAFIA hit-man to help him fight his war. I thought it was cool when the two started a bad blood war between the Mafia and a drug cartel. I'd recommend this book to anybody who's interested in reading Bolan stories of his war with the Mafia.

With all the talk among the fans about a Bolan Protege in the message board, I now see where this idea came from. Carvaggio was an interesting character, though we didn't get to spend enough time with the dude. To me, my favorite scene was Bolan and Carvaggio's talk in the restaurant where Nick finally figures out who he's sitting across. That, and the Families remembering just what is happening as they watch the Garrison self destruct under Sienna. Gives my heart a little tingle when I read about the Mafia cringing from even a possibility that the Executioner is in the area. Now if Bolan would finally punch the tickets on that Mob army he met all the way back in Colorado Kill-Zone... As for Case Closed... Rupert Sawyer was, shall we say... and untouchable parody. :)

It was good to see Mack taking on the Mafia and having the different families turn against each other. I really liked Carrvagio and hope that we get to see him again sometime, he and Mack definitely worked well together. I didn't really get hooked on this one, but it was a little above average. Overall, a good read.

I loved this one. It had the perfect balance of plot and action. Carvaggio was also a great compliment to Bolan, with his special forces experience. I haven't read much of the old Executioners (mafia wars), but if this was any indication of the old Bolan, I'll be buying the old stories very soon.

This is the first Executioner book I've read for about 5 years, and I forgot just how bad he was. Still got the stuff!!!

I really liked this one. It had the feel of the Executioners of old. It was good to see Bolan returning to his roots and battling the mafia. A military trained mafia. Carvaggio ruled! I wouldn't mind seeing him return one day to help Mack out on some future campaign. Rainey really captured the essence of the Executioner in this one. The 'Case Closed' reporter subplot was a really nice touch to the story, it added some comic relief to the story. A definite Bolan classic in my book!

I'll go with the flow and say that the media bashing was definately fun to read. I certainly enjoyed the book and found that Cavaggio was pretty much a carbon copy of Bolan. They seem to make great allies and, if the cituation presented its self, they would be great enemies that would probably make a great book in itself. The action scenes were pretty good, nice overall description and a rather interesting and somewhat different plot. Yeah, the mob thing is pretty old, but still interesting, but this twist was something new. On a scale of 1-10, i give it an honest 8.5.

The Executioner legend continues....this has the feel of a classic Mafia War book. Lots of explosions, lots of Mafia, along with some media-bashing....