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Mack Bolan the Executioner #45
Paramilitary Plot
The disappearance of a leading U.S. biochemist was handled routinely by the Department of Justice . . . until their agent on the case was found dead in Florida, his body ravaged by a plague bacillus.
Enter Mack Bolan. The murky world of the Everglades was ominous enough without the unknown variables -a strange secret fortress, the biochemists strong-willed daughter, and a mad millionaires private army bent on territorial expansion way beyond the confines of the Sunshine State.
The Executioners search-and-rescue suddenly became a blistering search-and-destroy. In this lush steaming swampland, the man in black would spare no quarter to bring a defenseless world back into balance.
Enter Mack Bolan. The murky world of the Everglades was ominous enough without the unknown variables -a strange secret fortress, the biochemists strong-willed daughter, and a mad millionaires private army bent on territorial expansion way beyond the confines of the Sunshine State.
The Executioners search-and-rescue suddenly became a blistering search-and-destroy. In this lush steaming swampland, the man in black would spare no quarter to bring a defenseless world back into balance.
182 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 1, 1982
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About the author
Don Pendleton
1,540 books182 followersDon Pendleton was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, December 12, 1927 and died October 23, 1995 in Arizona.
He wrote mystery, action/adventure, science-fiction, crime fiction, suspense, short stories, nonfiction, and was a comic scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, essayist, and metaphysical scholar. He published more than 125 books in his long career, and his books have been published in more than 25 foreign languages with close to two hundred million copies in print throughout the world.
After producing a number of science-fiction and mystery novels, Don launched in 1969 the phenomenal Mack Bolan: The Executioner, which quickly emerged as the original, definitive Action/Adventure series. His successful paperback books inspired a new particularly American literary genre during the early 1970's, and Don became known as "the father of action/adventure."
"Although The Executioner Series is far and away my most significant contribution to world literature, I still do not perceive myself as 'belonging' to any particular literary niche. I am simply a storyteller, an entertainer who hopes to enthrall with visions of the reader's own incipient greatness."
Don Pendleton's original Executioner Series are now in ebooks, published by Open Road Media. 37 of the original novels.
Wikipedia: Don Pendleton
He wrote mystery, action/adventure, science-fiction, crime fiction, suspense, short stories, nonfiction, and was a comic scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, essayist, and metaphysical scholar. He published more than 125 books in his long career, and his books have been published in more than 25 foreign languages with close to two hundred million copies in print throughout the world.
After producing a number of science-fiction and mystery novels, Don launched in 1969 the phenomenal Mack Bolan: The Executioner, which quickly emerged as the original, definitive Action/Adventure series. His successful paperback books inspired a new particularly American literary genre during the early 1970's, and Don became known as "the father of action/adventure."
"Although The Executioner Series is far and away my most significant contribution to world literature, I still do not perceive myself as 'belonging' to any particular literary niche. I am simply a storyteller, an entertainer who hopes to enthrall with visions of the reader's own incipient greatness."
Don Pendleton's original Executioner Series are now in ebooks, published by Open Road Media. 37 of the original novels.
Wikipedia: Don Pendleton
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August 10, 2024
I’m giving this one 3 stars.
Bolan is sent into the Everglades to rescue a scientist from a military group set on using the man’s work to create a new bio weapon.
When the book is with Bolan it’s good, but when it switches POV it becomes a drag. It was refreshing that the bad guys weren’t evil Russians or middle eastern terrorists but these guys didn’t cut it for me. Even when the author brought out an old mafia rival for Bolan it still wasn’t good enough.
The same goes for the supporting cast, especially the Bolan Girl this time around. Mack may have his special lady back at Stony Man Farm, but each mission usually gives him some new eye candy. Despite the image on this books cover Holly is no badass. She’s very far from it. It is almost insulting because of how stupid she is.
But there are some redeeming qualities to this one.
The descriptions of the Everglades and how Bolan moves and fights through it were great. He literally becomes a monster of the swamp. Bolan even gets injured this time with was a surprise. One chapter gives us an entry from Bolans journal which shows us how the big man sees his New War on terror. His gear this time around is cool too, definitely worth the paragraphs spent to describe it.
Overall, I’m going to consider “Paramilitary Plot” a filler novel in the New War Mack Bolan book. It has its good moments. It has its bad moments. But I still had a pretty decent time reading it.
Bolan is sent into the Everglades to rescue a scientist from a military group set on using the man’s work to create a new bio weapon.
When the book is with Bolan it’s good, but when it switches POV it becomes a drag. It was refreshing that the bad guys weren’t evil Russians or middle eastern terrorists but these guys didn’t cut it for me. Even when the author brought out an old mafia rival for Bolan it still wasn’t good enough.
The same goes for the supporting cast, especially the Bolan Girl this time around. Mack may have his special lady back at Stony Man Farm, but each mission usually gives him some new eye candy. Despite the image on this books cover Holly is no badass. She’s very far from it. It is almost insulting because of how stupid she is.
But there are some redeeming qualities to this one.
The descriptions of the Everglades and how Bolan moves and fights through it were great. He literally becomes a monster of the swamp. Bolan even gets injured this time with was a surprise. One chapter gives us an entry from Bolans journal which shows us how the big man sees his New War on terror. His gear this time around is cool too, definitely worth the paragraphs spent to describe it.
Overall, I’m going to consider “Paramilitary Plot” a filler novel in the New War Mack Bolan book. It has its good moments. It has its bad moments. But I still had a pretty decent time reading it.
March 2, 2023
So we now come to the first sub-4 star book so far in this new version of the Executioner. In an of itself, there’s nothing particular wrong with Paramilitary Plot; it’s actually quintessential Mack Bolan, complete with a maniac antagonist, a threat to the planet, and Bolan rushing in to save the day at the last possible minute.
These things would all be great…if we haven’t seen them before in like 2 or 3 previous stories in the series. Newton’s writing is decent enough and kept me engaged with some pretty good action scenes and a nice touch for describing the violence of Bolan’s Everglade assault against the bad guys however, like I said, this entire book is basically a rehash of similar plots and tropes.
Then again, this series never tries to be anything it’s not…and these 80s editions have at least been consistent in the entertainment aspect.
These things would all be great…if we haven’t seen them before in like 2 or 3 previous stories in the series. Newton’s writing is decent enough and kept me engaged with some pretty good action scenes and a nice touch for describing the violence of Bolan’s Everglade assault against the bad guys however, like I said, this entire book is basically a rehash of similar plots and tropes.
Then again, this series never tries to be anything it’s not…and these 80s editions have at least been consistent in the entertainment aspect.
October 24, 2022
Solid though very typical of the series. Bolan is given a mission to free a scientist from a secret site in the Everglades. He then decides that the whole place and all the principles need to be liquidated, when he finds out its ran and funded by a wealthy maniac. So its just Bolan against a small compound of soldiers.
Newton does a solid job in aping the philosophical asides of original Executioner author, Don Pendleton. At times it seems it is actually Pendleton writing, though Pendleton was better at battle scenes. Recommended for readers of the series, Newton is always a good read.
Newton does a solid job in aping the philosophical asides of original Executioner author, Don Pendleton. At times it seems it is actually Pendleton writing, though Pendleton was better at battle scenes. Recommended for readers of the series, Newton is always a good read.
June 21, 2022
Found this in a free library while on a motorcycle trip. Remember this series as a teenager. While it doesn’t state young adult, the reading level would match. Predictable and simple, interesting how this would have kept my attention ‘back in the day’.
November 23, 2015
Bolan in the Everglades. Yet another great Executioner book. This one has Bolan rescuing a scientist who is working on germ warfare for another wacko who wants to take over the world. Mike Newton knows his action. One of the best Bolan writers.
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