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Able Team #12
Deathbites
Terrorist death squads wipe out three leading U.S. computer research facilities and push America to the precipice of computer chaos.
The program was always the same - murderous precision, total extermination, no human mercy.
A sole survivor of one of the silicon-chip massacres guides Able Team to the hidden data bank that directs the terrorists in their program for panic. While the beautiful and brainy Lao Ti taps into the death data, Carl Lyons, Gadgets, and Politician pursue an army of psychotic misfits.
The computer world trembles under the onslaught of the terrorist strike force as Able Team, joined by Phoenix Force and Hal Brognola, launches a fierce counterattack to shatter the circuits of savagery.
The program was always the same - murderous precision, total extermination, no human mercy.
A sole survivor of one of the silicon-chip massacres guides Able Team to the hidden data bank that directs the terrorists in their program for panic. While the beautiful and brainy Lao Ti taps into the death data, Carl Lyons, Gadgets, and Politician pursue an army of psychotic misfits.
The computer world trembles under the onslaught of the terrorist strike force as Able Team, joined by Phoenix Force and Hal Brognola, launches a fierce counterattack to shatter the circuits of savagery.
- GenresAction
184 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1984
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April 22, 2020
Solid example of the series and men's adventure genre. Was cool seeing Hal get his hands dirty and also members of Phoenix Force make appearances.
Recommended for fans of anything from The Executioner series of books or just a solid adventure book.
Recommended for fans of anything from The Executioner series of books or just a solid adventure book.
June 3, 2026
Tom Arnett also wrote this Able Team book, and the difference between it and Five Rings of Fire are like night and day. A great protagonist, a believable (and relevant today) terrorist group, and lots of ass kicking action from the Stony Man team.
Japanese terrorists are recruited disgruntled former employees of American companies whose jobs were lost to computers or automation. Sort of a rage against the machine homegrown terrorist grouping, led by the deadly Aya Jishin and her deadly fists of fury. The ultimate goal is to upset American computer infrastructure to allow Japan to regain its glory. Like they needed a terrorist group to help accomplish that!
This one is sort of a mini-Stony Man, with Brognola getting a bit of action as well as members of Phoenix Force joining in the fun. In fact, Katz’s takedown of a terrorist cell with a mounted machine gun that he assembles right in front of them had me laughing out loud.
This is more like it when it comes to an Able Team adventure!
Japanese terrorists are recruited disgruntled former employees of American companies whose jobs were lost to computers or automation. Sort of a rage against the machine homegrown terrorist grouping, led by the deadly Aya Jishin and her deadly fists of fury. The ultimate goal is to upset American computer infrastructure to allow Japan to regain its glory. Like they needed a terrorist group to help accomplish that!
This one is sort of a mini-Stony Man, with Brognola getting a bit of action as well as members of Phoenix Force joining in the fun. In fact, Katz’s takedown of a terrorist cell with a mounted machine gun that he assembles right in front of them had me laughing out loud.
This is more like it when it comes to an Able Team adventure!
March 10, 2022
3 stars. I first read this one when it came out; I was in the hospital and a relative brought me some books to read, and thus was I introduced to the world of Mack Bolan. So, there is nostalgia in this for me.
As I used to tell my students at the University, there is nothing wrong with a C, or 3 out of 5, or 3 stars: it means you did your job. These stories ate very formulaic and riddles with tripes common to the 80s. Oh, and the language! There was one firefight where the rifle erupted with its rounds death seed. I was rolling!
As I used to tell my students at the University, there is nothing wrong with a C, or 3 out of 5, or 3 stars: it means you did your job. These stories ate very formulaic and riddles with tripes common to the 80s. Oh, and the language! There was one firefight where the rifle erupted with its rounds death seed. I was rolling!
August 3, 2017
The team has to stop a group of terrorists out to destroy the country through the use of computers. It's an all-star affair. The job is to big just for Able Team to take on. Phoenix Force comes to the rescue. This was the second Tom Arnett Able Team book I read. This one was more directed towards the cloak and dagger side of things. The action is still in abundance. The ending was the only real problem I had with it. It just ends out of nowhere. Still a good read.
August 23, 2020
Enjoyable entry in the series. Story moves at a good clip, and the action--particularly the martial arts bits--were written clearly and cleanly. Far from the best of the series (that I've read so far), but still a good time.
January 25, 2016
A spin off series from his Executioner books. This series follows several secondary characters that band together. Recommended
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