Capo's Revenge

Cybernarc #4

by Robert Cain

The Navy SEALS' most potent weapon in its war on drugs is Ramrod--a high-tech amalgam of advanced robotics, artificial intelligence, painstaking cosmetics, and military hardware--a.k.a. Cybernarc. On a "clean" island in the Bahamas Ramrod and Drake receive their most dangerous mission yet: take on the first-string players in the international drug game--the Mafia.

Paperback

First published October 1, 1992

About the author

A pseudonym used by William H. Keith Jr..

Reviews

[Wayne · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one starts out with a bang. It seems that the Columbian cartels and The Mafia are at odds over the distribution of drugs. The Cybernarc and his human partner come across a massacre at the home of a top mafiosi. They then crash a crack house run by the Columbians. Then it just kind of grinds to a halt. A long history of the Mafia takes the air out of the previous action. A little more action and more talk does little until the end when Cybernarc and Drake, the human half raids a Sicilian mansion where heads of Mafia families are holding a meeting to take down the Columbians. This brings things back up to par.

I have no idea who Robert Cain is. At the back of the book, it just says that it is a pseudonym for an author who lives in Pennsylvania. Who ever they are, I don't think the action genre was their first choice of writing. The series is a pretty tame rip off of Robocop. It could of been a whole lot more.

[I.D. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here’s an incredibly simple story. The mob is bad, they find out there’s s big mob meeting, eavesdrop on it, decide to kill the mob, then kill more people at a warehouse unloading drugs. The body count is high, the action gory, characterization minimal. Some borderline gun porn moments but the whole thing has a robocop (without the satire) vibe. Fine for what it is, one big action set piece