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Executioner · #260

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by Alan Philipson · July 2000

8.0 / 10 average from 8 rated reviews

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Mack Bolan is leading a joint government task force to bring down drug czar Don Jorge Luis Samosa. And Congress authorizes a fleet of state-of-the-art drug interdiction vessels to shut down the narcobaron's smuggling operation along the Baja coast. Samosa has promised blood payback for America's effort, waging a terrorist war against U.S. citizens on Central American soil. The Don has even upped the ante with a daring hostage bid to recoup his losses. Abducting a Bolan ally shifts the game to a personal one for the Executioner - and he sends a message to Samosa: Justice is coming. Hard and fast.

Reviews (8)

Monsta Mack 8/10 July 28, 2024
The second book in the trilogy is pretty much a bridge between the first and third book, with small plot development and big action. The story shifts from Baja to the Costa Rica area, with some scenes in San Diego. The cartel enforcer brothers have survived the first book, but one of them is hospitalised while the other assaults the safehouse and grabs the kids out from Brognola's clutches, we will see what happens next, the Lord of the Seas is still a mystery at this point. Excellent action in several scenes and the expected explosive assault Bolan gives at the end.
ice_cracked 8/10 July 5, 2006
Well I have to agree with previous reviews that the second title of a trilogy is probably the hardest one to write. The first title will set up the plot and characters to be introduced and the final title will bring the climax of the trilogy and the final action/battle scenes. So the second title of the series and I thought Philipson did a terrific job of this and contrary to previous reviews I thought the kidnapping of Hal was the linchpoint of the title and flows perfectly to the third title of the trilogy. I was flinching when the nail was hammered into Hal but sets it up very nicely for the final book. Overall the action scenes were very well done and the character thoughts during the story were also terrific ( I must admit I like this guys writing style ). Yep it was great it's almost like reading a 900 page super bolan. Very much looking forward to reading the final title in the trilogy.
RabbleRouser 5/10 October 20, 2002
I don't care much for trilogies in this series and here's a good example why. You have what might have been a decent, taut outing with Bolan kicking some drug scum ass over the course of one SuperBolan, only it's puffed up with filler and ho-hum pacing to the point where I found it hard to look forward to enduring another two rounds. I think these books tend to be treats for writers, i.e. they don't have to bother working out three solid books if they can get away with stretching one story into a lonnnnnnnnggg trilogy.
Sarge 6/10 August 4, 2001
A lot of treading water here, as in padding what might have been a strong single volume into a three-parter. Some good scenes, however, and a nice storyline surrounding Hal's kidnapping. Better pacing and better dialogue would have made this a slam-dunk 9 or 10. As it is, though, it's still a better than average entry into the series.
Ray 10/10 October 29, 2000
this one had it all the continuing war against samosa but the bad guys made a big mistake that is definately going to cost them big time.
Russ 8/10 August 4, 2000
Decent second book in the trilogy. I didn't like it as much as Nightfire, but a solid bridge to Dawnkill. Agent De Leo is a true heroine, and she does her job, above and beyond the call of duty. Brognola stands tall and true. The boat chase was great! More buckets of blood and guts. I thought Dan Schmidt's were the goriest, until I read this trilogy. Fast paced, wild adventure.
Sean Kuczynski 9/10 July 31, 2000
I really enjoyed this book. Bolan is teaching the drug lords a lesson. The book was also action packed!
Ryan Hillis 10/10 July 14, 2000
This book was good. The only thing that was bad was that Hal got kidnapped.