Freedom Express

Wingman #7

by Mack Maloney

To reclaim the American Badlands from Soviet invasion, fighter pilot Hunter Hawk trades in his F-16 for a battle-ready locomotive.  World War III ended with a Soviet nuclear attack that shattered the United States into fragments. Led by Major Hawk Hunter, what remained of the country’s armed forces fought off the Red Army invasion, and they have spent years rebuilding their fragmented nation. Only one territory was left the Southwest, now known as the Badlands. In order to reestablish the overland route between the eastern and western regions, a train of modern pioneers is sent across the desert. The train makes it safely, but when it arrives in Los Angeles, every passenger on board has vanished. To bring the fight to the bandits, Hunter designs his own train—a super-fortress on rails that will make the country safe again. But the new Wild West is no place for a lawman, and Hunter will need more than a six-gun to survive. Freedom Express is the seventh book of the Wingman series, which also includes Wingman and The Circle War.

Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction

512 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Mack Maloney is the author of numerous fiction series, including Wingman, ChopperOps, Starhawk, and Pirate Hunters, as well as UFOs in Wartime – What They Didn’t Want You to Know. A native Bostonian, Maloney received a bachelor of science degree in journalism at Suffolk University and a master of arts degree in film at Emerson College. He is the host of a national radio show, Mack Maloney’s Military X-Files. Visit him on Facebook and at www.mackmaloney.com.

Mack Maloney is the Pen name for BRIAN KELLEHER

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the seventh volume in the pulpish Hawk Hunter series, an open-ended series published in the Men's Adventure genre. This one struck me as one of the most fun and goofy of the lot; Hawk flies a VTOL Harrier so that he can accompany a super train, loaded with an impossibly amazing number of troops and weaponry, across the country to strike at the heart of the Nazi stronghold on the West Coast. The writing is fast and frenzied as the plot pace; Operator 5 or G-8 could have been the hero of this one ninety years ago. It's fun and diverting entertainment.

[Justin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved this one except the ending. The climatic battle was too hokey.

[April]

Schlock/softcore/nationalist propaganda/male fantasy - Wingman covers all the bases… this book is surprisingly inept, uncomfortable, and written for the male gaze to such an extent one wonders what man has experienced enough brain rot to enjoy this, while still choosing to spend their time with a book. At times its stupidity is amusing, at others simply shocking. I’m embarrassed to have finished this.

[Chad Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another fun Mack Maloney book. The action and battle sequences in this book are fun and constant. This was a little different with the train as the anchor and Hunter not using his trademark F-16 but still fun all around.
Another exciting chapter to the Wingman series. Looking foreword to the next book in the series.

[Les Mangis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great Wingman adventure. This book is my favorite in the series. If I need a book I can just lose myself in and enjoy this is one of the one's I pick up to read.

[Dan Yingst · Rating 3 out of 5]

Last one I promise.

[Dave · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rated this four stars. Hooked on this series.