Able Team · #50

Death Hunt

by Rod Pennington · December 1990

6.3 / 10 average from 3 rated reviews

Brilliant and totally evil, Herbert Queensbury views the world as one big playground. From exploding toys to fatal war games, the warped wizard plays fair, but always wins ... and the losers lose big. Only one man ever broke The Games master's winning streak - Carl Lyons. Now it's rematch time. The game: hide-and-seek. The stakes: enough toxic gas to wipe out the eastern seaboard. The rules: Able team has forty-eight hours to find Queensbury ... or millions of people die. But the rules were made to be broken, especially when Lyons and his men pledge to make this a death hunt.

Reviews (4)

ice_cracked 8/10 September 19, 2007

Terrific read but definately not your average Able Team title. Very different plot and main villan but I thought the author brought it off well. The scenes in the tunnels were good reading and kept you turning the pages. Couple of minor irks Stony Man farms computer system is shut down with a virus after it has been hacked both of which were unknown to Bear prior. Dr. Stein starts to hum a John Denver song after the team has laboured for hours trying to crack the riddle of The Gamesmaster and Gadgets cries out I've got it from this. Pretty good read but well worth your time.

Monsta Mack 7/10 September 9, 2003

This is really a different AT book in the series. Mainly concerning the type of villain AT is up against. A genius calling himself "the Gamesmaster", who was involved in the death of some college students years earlier, wants revenge against Carl Lyons for putting him in prison. The plot is a little bit hokey, with the Gamesmaster threatening to kill millions of people with his toxin unless Lyons plays his games. However, considering the many weak AT novels late in the series, I thought this book was entertaining, the pacing was very good, and the author captures the humor and banter with the Able members very well. Plenty of adventure and action for my taste. S P O I L E R S P A C E One thing about this book though, is that I think the writer had planned to write a sequel to it. The Gamesmaster gets away in the end, and the book ends with the hint that there is going to be a rematch for Lyons and the Gamesmaster. The AT series had pretty much ended about the time this book came out, so I figure the author had planned, but never got a chance to write a sequel for it. Maybe not the best villain for an AT novel to have, but it would still be cool to see the loose ends wrapped up. But I guess we will never know.

Gunslinger 4/10 May 16, 2000

This was downright silly. A major disappointment from Lethal Trade. The action scenes were stale, and the villain was something out of the old James Bond films.

Jean Paul May 16, 2000

I disagree with Gunslinger. I think this story was well written; my only regret was that Ironman never kicked the Gamemaster's fat, pudgy ass into next month.