Stony Man VI

This is the second stonyman novel that I have read. When gold Eagle stopped putting out Phoenix Force books I pretty much stopped reading gold eagle and started reading military non-fiction books. That being said Im glad that I read this. I'm a huge Fieldhouse guy. And I'm glad that this is his book. But this book pales in comparison to Stonyman Doctrine. But I still give it a rating of 8.

The plot for this book is an over the top idea a Brazilian has along with cartel bigwigs and terrorists from Columbia, Bolivia, and Venezuela. The method in which these villains use to get the money to finance their big plans is rather silly, in my opinion, especially in consideration their already immense wealth. I did like the interaction between these characters though, and this made for some of the more interesting passages in the book. The Stony Man crew, including Turrin and Trent, all get in on the action, each team getting their fair share of the takedown of everyone involved with the main villain’s plans. Some good ninja action scenes spice things up a bit in some portions, but otherwise it is pretty standard action in this story. The tanks and helicopter scenes were done well, and the Stony Man team works together like a well oiled machine, all said and done this is a good title in the series, but it is not what I consider to be among the top of the line books, just a solid read.

Well the plot is ridiculous where drug cartels with the assistance of various terrorists and mercs attack various facilities to cause as much possible damage to the environment and issue demands to be paid billions to stop. The final goal is to firstly take over Panama and then to spread out and completly control all of South America following the total takeover of the planet. Methinks these guys may have been sampling too much of their product. John Trent is included in this title which normally would be good but unfortunately his involvement is simply a cut and paste from previous titles by this author climaxing in the one on one sword fight challenge. Once again the author includes numerous hand to hand fighting sections which is good but unfortunately includes the dropping of weapons due to kicks,punches,falls etc. and this becomes tedious. Aside from these gripes this title is quite a fair read with some stunning action scenes as the terrorist bases are located and taken out. Good finish I really liked how some of the ringleaders are taken out especially the mini tank section. Fair read.

I liked the general premise of this book and the writing was top=notch for the most part, but there are points where things became just too far-fetched, like some of the plot points in a bad James Bond movie. I think if the tone of the first half would have been carried through this one would have been a definite nine or tenner.

An evil organization uses eco-terrorism to hold the world hostage. Massive garbage spills along the Hudson river, burning oil rigs in the North Sea -- these are only the beginning. The world is threatened, so send in the team from Stony Man. The beginning of this book was very good. Great action scenes abound, the writing was crisp and the plot was fresh. Unfortunately, it took a slight turn towards absurdity as the book continued. The evil cartels plan -- take over all of South America while the industrial nations pay ransom/bribe money. The terrorist who uses a samurai sword, and then trains his 50 soldiers in martial arts weapons, limiting the use of firearms. The arms baron backer, who like to invent 1 person micro-mini submarines, tanks and helicopters. It's too bad things fell apart because the writing on this was top notch. Fight scenes were done with bruising detail, yet never got bogged down. It comes down to how much you want to suspend your belief. If you don't mind a little fantasy in your action books, "Stony Man VI" is great. If you crave somewhat realistic writing, this one is good, but it leaves a bad taste in your mouth.

One of the best Stony Man books I've read yet it was a great change of pace to see the Executioner work with Calvin and Trent. It was a realy fast read and was hard to put down.

This book is awesome. The battle featuring Bolan, James and Trent vs the Japanese terrorist contingent was one of the best battle scenes in the series so far.

Another whopper by Fieldhouse. I especially liked the drug dealers little toys during the final shootout.

John Trent and Calvin James working with the main man himself? All of Able Team and Phoenix Force going down to Veneszuela to whup some tail alongside Mack? Only Wiliam Fieldhouse could have written a novel that could make me drool this much. One of Stony Man's finest moments... would that Karl Hahn were alive to join in on this one.