Terms of Control

Stony Man #71

by Don Pendleton (Series Creator), Tim Somheil (Contributor)

Stony Man

The ultra secret counterterrorist force called Stony Man utilizes a brilliant cybernetics team and a dedicated fighting force to combat the ever-changing threats against the free world. Stony Man answers only to the President. But when politics, public relations and treachery put the Oval Office in the hot seat, Stony Man runs an uphill battle to avert global disaster . . .with millions of lives hanging in the balance.

One Nation

Supertankers bound for the U.S. are being sabotaged, and key foreign enterprises in America are coming under attack. The message is loud and clear; someone wants the U.S. to close its borders to outsiders -- and Stony Man thinks it knows who. The scheme is the brainchild of a powerful senator bringing his own brand of isolationism . . .to the extreme. He's hired mercenaries to do the dirty work, and the body toll is rising by the hour. Stateside and across the globe a grim endgame is fast approaching. The outcome all boils down to luck, timing and the combat skills of a few good men . . .

Genres: Fiction

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Don 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

Reviews

[Don Aiman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this one very much. Great action and the lack of support from the Man because God forbid a Senator was involved was a great way to create conflict between Barbara and Hal .

[ShanDizzy · Rating 3 out of 5]

When those with power start using it to force others to bend to their agenda, they put themselves on a collision course with the stony man operatives. It does not turn out well for them.