Nigeria Meltdown

Mack Bolan the Executioner #422

by Andy Boot, Don Pendleton (Series Creator)

BROTHERHOOD OF TRAITORS

Hidden in the Nigerian jungle, a secret military brotherhood is plotting revolution. When rumors of this terrorist force reach Washington, the government must act quickly—without raising red flags in the African country. U.S. military forces can't be part of the equation, which means there's only one man who can fly in under the radar and get the job done.

Mack Bolan teams up with Nigerian soldiers and a small group of local fighters to seek out the brotherhood's base camp and expose its leaders. But he soon learns corruption within the country runs deep. Someone on his team is a hired killer, and Bolan is his target. With the traitor poised to strike at any time, Bolan must rely on instinct alone as the group closes in on the camp and the battle begins. His enemies may try to run, but they can never hide from The Executioner.

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published November 1, 2013

Reviews

[Monica Willyard Moen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m impressed by the depth and nuanced understanding of two very different religious groups in this book. The author who worked on this book in the series brings some class to the series and ask questions that made me really think about some things. He isn’t the typical shoot them up, take no prisoners, and blowup buildings type of writer. I can’t prove this of course, but I think the original author of the series would be pleased with how this book was written. I definitely am a fan.
I freely admit that I turn to this series as a sort of escape where I know the good guy is going to be the good guy, and he will triumph over evil in some way. I really need that sometimes. Normally, the focus of the books is high adventure, novel combat, and destroying the bad guys. This author went further, engaging my emotions and asking me to grapple with some difficult issues. So this book turned out not to be just an escape. It caught me by surprise, and I’m glad of that.
My dad got me started reading the series, and we read well over 50 of the books together. I really wish he gotten a chance to read this one.

[Lionel Taylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this story, Bolan must head to Nigeria to stop a coup by a secretive group known as the Brotherhood of the Eagle. Bolan arrives in the country with no weapons and very little to go on other than a letter of introduction and a friendly cab driver. From this inauspicious start, Bolan and his allies manage to slowly unravel the conspiracy. What makes this story different is that Bolan is not working alone and is rather more dependent on his allies who know the lay of the land and have a better understanding of the local political situation. Rather than be a one-man wrecking crew as in most of the books in this one he is part of a team and must do more leading than fighting himself. This did not bother me as I thought that telling the story from the perspective of more than one character gives the story more depth and made it more interesting. Anyone familiar with the series will find this book just as interesting as other stories in the series.