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.
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!
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.
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.