Day of Mourning

Mack Bolan the Executioner #62

by Don Pendleton (Series Creator), Stephen Mertz (Contributor)

An attack on Stony Man Farm results in the deaths of April Rose and Andrzej Konzaki, and Mack Bolan vows revenge.

Genres: Action, Fiction

185 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1984

About the author

Don 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

Reviews

[Bill Riggs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mack’s life as John Phoenix comes crashing down around him as Stony Man farm is targeted in a nefarious plot. Stephen Mertz has penned an exceptionally tense page turner with this entry.

[Edwin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great opening with Bolan fighting terrorists and sharks underwater, ala Thunderball, while retrieving a sunken nuclear warhead. Author Mertz continues to pull out all the stops as Bolan investigates a major plot to attack his base of operation, Stony Man Farm, taking him to Washington D.C. and violent encounters with hired assassins, more terrorists, and for old times sake, the Mafia. Meanwhile Able Team is is heading into a deadly trap in Asia with no way to communicate the danger. Bolan hopes to finish up his detective work, get revenge for the killing of one of his men in an earlier raid that also took out communications, and prevent the looming assault on Stony Man in a race against time. The book is a complete knockout. An outstanding entry in the Executioner series.

[Randy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stony Man Farm is under attack from someone high placed in the government. Mack Bolan, aka John Phoenix, is on the hunt. Communications are down, crippled armorer Andrzej Konzaki mortally wounded, and other agencies, plus the President, are warning Bolan to back off.

Not his style.

He's going to find who's setting up hia anti-terrorist organization whatver it takes.

Stephen Mertz is the author of this volume.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stony Man Farm is attacked and The Executioner loses two very good friends. Someone must pay. The gloves are off Mack will fine who was responsible and they will pay.

[Jordan Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Day of Mourning cycles back throughout Bolan’s past, interweaving moments of his war against the mafia, and critical events leading up to the pivotal denouement when Stony Man farm is attacked.

This one read far more similar to the early days of Mack Bolan’s “war everlasting” as he once again flies solo in America’s capital in a desperate attempt to save his team’s secret headquarters and somewhere between taking on surviving members of his original vendetta against the mafia and coming into contact with characters from the past, he discovers a web of corruption that leads to destruction and heartache.

With attention to detail, understanding of the story, and the perfect blend of shady politics, Mertz once again shows he was one of the better authors to take up the Executioner mantle.

Day of Mourning is one of the books in the Executioner books that marks a turning point in how the series evolves and changes Bolan’s focus (since now it’s pretty clear he’s going to be taking on the government instead of international terrorists and those Sicilian punks he still hates with all his guts).

[Josh Hitch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Starts another new chapter for Bolan. After the events here, he will be a fugitive again. Konzaki, the Stony Man's armorer is hit, and the communication system at Stony Man has been taken out. Boland believes that this means an attack on the compound is imminent. He blitzes through DC, trying to find the answers before the attack takes place.

Highly recommended, written by Stephen Mertz, it's expected to be good. First of a trilogy with the 2nd super Bolan and number 64 in this series.

[Wayne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Head and shoulders above most Bolan's I've read in the past. For once, I'd have to say that this should of been a tad bit longer. More twists and turns before the inevitable happens. What stands this apart from others in this series is the death of two of the good guys. There is no spoilers. They tell you before hand. Not only that, it's in the title. Pretty much non stop action.

[Holly Stone · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have been collecting this series for many years and this is one of the books I do not have and have always wondered about....The death of April Rose and the crippling of Aaron "the bear" Kurtzman as well as the death of ace armorer Konzaki. Glad I finally got the chance to read it even though it was a sad one.

[Don Aiman · Rating 5 out of 5]

my favorite

[ShanDizzy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stony Man Farm is attacked. Armorer extraordinaire Konzaki is dead. Bolan's beloved April died as well by taking the bullet meant for him. Who has it in for Stony Man? Who put out a hit on Bolan/Phoenix? CFB headman Lee Farnsworth, who also has the ear of the President? The CIA? How did Mafia soldiers get involved? Bolan is a barely contained volcanic eruption of white hot rage. He has vowed to get everyone involved in this destruction of all that he holds dear.