Ironman

Well the first part of a two part story which is the last of the titles written by this author in this series. hmm it's okay but as has been previously mentioned it lacks a bit until the end. I personally didn't mind what I was reading as it gave a bit of a deep insight to the Lyons character and I thought the ending was fantastic. The chase/hunt for Lyons through the mountains at the end is very well written as is the final taking of him alive by Gunther is very well done and sets up the second part of the story well. This is a reasonable read in the series but maybe middle of the road compared to what has come before it.

You might expect that an Able Team book from the Able Team series would have the Able Team in it. Sadly, that is not the case in "Ironman". Pol and Gadgets make only the briefest of appearances as Lyons remembers them ribbing him about taking his vacation in Guatemala. I've become accustomed to most books in this series being written as "Carl Lyons and Two Other Guys" but this is ridiculous. Lyons has left the states on a vacation to visit Nate from the earlier book, "Warlord of Azatlan", and his family. Of course the vacation is doomed as Lyons and his hosts have to fight and flee from the Unomundo crowd. That would be a decent plot idea but the author takes his time getting to any action. Everything in the first half of this book, and a good portion of the second half, is travelogue. Nothing wrong with travelogues but since this is supposed to be an action series I have to wonder what they were doing. Lyons spends a lot of time musing and since Lyons isn't nearly as interesting as Mack Bolan, the glimpses into his mind aren't nearly as interesting. More like a junior varsity version of Mack's thoughts. There is a masterfully good 30 pages of crackling action writing in the last 40 pages of the book. Very good stuff and easily up to the series standards. If the author had stuck another 60 pages of that kind of excitement in the first 150 pages this could have easily been a 7 or 8 star book. But instead the author spent a page and a half talking about Lyons' hand in contact with a milk-spurting breast and and eleven more following Lyons walking along a road and throwing rocks at dogs. As it is I give this one 4 stars for those last 40 pages.

I always liked the Carl Lyons from the Pendleton days better, but this book really brings back the Lyons I like. This is one of the best books in the series. For any fan of Carl Lyons, this is a must read for you.

An enjoyable book. I was actually in suspense when I got to the end, wondering what was going to happen to Ironman.

This one stands out in my mind as being one of the best in the Able Team series. I'm almost positive this is the first AT novel I ever read, and despite not knowing Ironman, I still was gripped by emotion reading this book.Get it, read it, and oh yeah, read the whole Unomundo saga while you're at it...

This has to be one of the best Bolan books that I've ever read. It gave a whole new perspective on the Ironman.