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Mack Bolan the Executioner #91
The Trial
I am not their judge. I am their judgment. I am their executioner. With those words Mack Bolan, a Vietnam hero, embarked on an odyssey of blood that would mark him as the most controversial warrior of modern times.
With ultimate faith in his ability to make a difference, the justice fighter saw it his duty to protect the weak and the innocent from all-consuming evil.
Now, on trial for his life, the soldiers beloved America is prepared to show him no mercy.
Who will be the executioner?
With ultimate faith in his ability to make a difference, the justice fighter saw it his duty to protect the weak and the innocent from all-consuming evil.
Now, on trial for his life, the soldiers beloved America is prepared to show him no mercy.
Who will be the executioner?
249 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1986
About the author
Don Pendleton
1,529 books195 followersDon Pendleton was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, December 12, 1927 and died October 23, 1995 in Arizona.
He wrote mystery, action/adventure, science-fiction, crime fiction, suspense, short stories, nonfiction, and was a comic scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, essayist, and metaphysical scholar. He published more than 125 books in his long career, and his books have been published in more than 25 foreign languages with close to two hundred million copies in print throughout the world.
After producing a number of science-fiction and mystery novels, Don launched in 1969 the phenomenal Mack Bolan: The Executioner, which quickly emerged as the original, definitive Action/Adventure series. His successful paperback books inspired a new particularly American literary genre during the early 1970's, and Don became known as "the father of action/adventure."
"Although The Executioner Series is far and away my most significant contribution to world literature, I still do not perceive myself as 'belonging' to any particular literary niche. I am simply a storyteller, an entertainer who hopes to enthrall with visions of the reader's own incipient greatness."
Don Pendleton's original Executioner Series are now in ebooks, published by Open Road Media. 37 of the original novels.
Wikipedia: Don Pendleton
He wrote mystery, action/adventure, science-fiction, crime fiction, suspense, short stories, nonfiction, and was a comic scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, essayist, and metaphysical scholar. He published more than 125 books in his long career, and his books have been published in more than 25 foreign languages with close to two hundred million copies in print throughout the world.
After producing a number of science-fiction and mystery novels, Don launched in 1969 the phenomenal Mack Bolan: The Executioner, which quickly emerged as the original, definitive Action/Adventure series. His successful paperback books inspired a new particularly American literary genre during the early 1970's, and Don became known as "the father of action/adventure."
"Although The Executioner Series is far and away my most significant contribution to world literature, I still do not perceive myself as 'belonging' to any particular literary niche. I am simply a storyteller, an entertainer who hopes to enthrall with visions of the reader's own incipient greatness."
Don Pendleton's original Executioner Series are now in ebooks, published by Open Road Media. 37 of the original novels.
Wikipedia: Don Pendleton
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November 16, 2023
Framed for a vicious murder, Mack is sentenced to jail awaiting trial. Unarmed and caged, the Executioner knows it is only a matter of time before his enemies move to end him.
A drastic change for the series, but highly entertaining and suspenseful.
A drastic change for the series, but highly entertaining and suspenseful.
November 3, 2011
Not terribly complex books but immensely entertaing. Found this series in junior high and can't seem to get away from it. If you like guns, explosions, and the bad guys getting their due, this series is for you.
The lead character Mack Bolan is a vigalante with loose goverment ties who does anything nessacary to make sure that justice triumphs over evil. He battles drug dealers, pimps, terrorists, gangs etc.... throughout the seires with good triumphing over evil and literally thousands of casualties along the way not all whom are is enemies.
The lead character Mack Bolan is a vigalante with loose goverment ties who does anything nessacary to make sure that justice triumphs over evil. He battles drug dealers, pimps, terrorists, gangs etc.... throughout the seires with good triumphing over evil and literally thousands of casualties along the way not all whom are is enemies.
October 6, 2022
This is another excellent addition to the Executioner series by Mike Newton. It's a big twist, in that Bolan is arrested at the start for a brutal murder he did not commit, basically to pin him down so he can be killed by those who set him up, and spends most of the book in jail and on trial. This premise gives lots of play for Bolan to think and talk about his career of vigilantism against the Mafia and other "cannibals", as he calls people who heartlessly prey on others.
Without weapons or even freedom to move, Bolan is unable to apply his usual tactics and must instead rely on people who mostly don't grasp the depth of his peril, and don't necessarily buy his innocence. The return of many characters from Bolan's past - police, reporters, and family - dating back to the original Pendleton "War on the Mafia" books from the 70s, show that the author has done his research and has a good sense for minor characters readers might like to see in cameo roles. Can his allies protect him from his enemies, or at least give him a fighting chance to escape his fate? It's worth the read to find out.
Without weapons or even freedom to move, Bolan is unable to apply his usual tactics and must instead rely on people who mostly don't grasp the depth of his peril, and don't necessarily buy his innocence. The return of many characters from Bolan's past - police, reporters, and family - dating back to the original Pendleton "War on the Mafia" books from the 70s, show that the author has done his research and has a good sense for minor characters readers might like to see in cameo roles. Can his allies protect him from his enemies, or at least give him a fighting chance to escape his fate? It's worth the read to find out.
December 5, 2025
Mike Newton has crafted a masterful Mack Bolan here that has some of the fewest gun play scenes in it of any Bolan, and doesn’t suffer at all for it. You could actually call this at John Grisham-lite as most of it takes place in a courtroom with Bolan framed for the murder of a prostitute. Of course the frame up is only to get bowling behind bars so they can try to assassinate him and that attempt happens very early in the book. A very well written well paced novel with lots of bowling supporters coming into the rescue including Johnny Bolan and Hal Brognola. To top it off there’s a Just explosive Quentin Tarantino style shootout in the courtroom at the end of the novel, which makes up for the lack of action during most of it. A thoroughly enjoyable Mack Bolan novel and highly recommended..
December 19, 2021
What an awesome story!! The best one yet in my opinion. The mob has setup Bolan for a viscous, sadistic murder in a small Texas town just to get him caged so that they can take him out. The "evidence" is overwhelming but his attorney does a great job showing that it is a frame up. This riveting story is one that you will read in one sitting. I really liked the courtroom scenes because of how poised Bolan was when he answered opposing counsel's questions. You see the essence of the man himself and respect him for the mission rhat he has taken on. Too, it showed his ongoing commitment to 'rid the earth of savages who prey on the innocent.' You can't help but hope for an acquittal or that he escapes despite the fact that yes! Bolan is a killer.
December 9, 2022
Best novel in the series Mack bolans life has come full circle his war on cannibal man started with his sister being forced into prostitution and now a hooker has been murder to set up Mack Bolan his only weapon is his truth he would free a hooker after killing her pimp and his boss this book is a good introduction to the series since it goes into a major part of his history as well as a lot of the main characters from his war on the mafia who are referenced to his character enjoy a great read
June 30, 2024
Bolan’s past catches up with him and he is forced to stand trial for his crimes.
While this reads more like a John Grisham novel than a typical Executioner work, it’s still far more entertaining than I had assumed it would be. The last 10 pages are great.
While this reads more like a John Grisham novel than a typical Executioner work, it’s still far more entertaining than I had assumed it would be. The last 10 pages are great.
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June 28, 2021in my top 5
January 7, 2023
A book exploring what if a trial would have happened. This did not have the usual violence
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