Extreme Prejudice

This is a really good title. I liked that the previous ally turned out to be a double agent. At the end of #44 Main Offensive, Katz and Brognola discussed whether or not he would be a suitable replacement in an emergency. and Brognola said they would have to take a deeper look into his background. I think the author already had Thoughts that he was going to make him double agent. And I liked that we got to see Testorov again. even though he didn't turn out to be the main threat in the story. all in all a really solid read and I give it 8 stars.

Bugger me four and a half years later here I am again saying ditto to the previous excellent review. Probably the main thing I was wondering about also was the exposure of the inside guy who had the information on the Team so early. Considering I previously wrote this guy would be a worthy replacement for the late Karl Hahn being so impressed with his character I was stunned at the development of this guys character where the hell did this come from? BUT I totally agree this exposure should have been left to the final assault on the castle where the Team would come across him and maybe hesitate for a split second making for a tense scene and possible consequences. This gets an extra star from me for the final boarding of the Libyan ship and the ensuing action scenes which are very well written. Terrific read and Recommended reading.

Villains as well as allies from earlier PF stories by Linaker make another appearance in this fiftieth entry in the series. I would suggest reading both #44, and the super PF Search and Destroy first, to get the back story on these characters. This book is crammed full of blazing firefights, the force kicks big time butt in here, and ends with a bloody battle aboard a cargo ship at the end. Katz is the only one that doesn't get shot up in this novel, the other four take a beating in the battles, and Encizo even had to sit out the final attack on the ship. This book is pretty much by the numbers, nothing really new, but another quality book in this great series. The KGB wants revenge against the force, and lure them to france to try to kill them. The Force then discovers a ship commanded by Libyans on its way to destroy a U.S. military base. I was really confused to find a complete turnaround involving a former ally. His character wasn't even hinted at being suspicious in the earlier novel, and there didn't seem to be much explanation as to why he was so cooperative the first time, and yet was really a spy all along. It would have been better to make this a surprise in this novel, but that was revealed at the start of the book. It was a missed opportunity for a mystery and a surprise revelation later in the story I thought.

More usual stuff, with the standard action.