Hijacking Manhattan

The Penetrator #4

by Lionel Derrick, Chet Cunningham

Mark Hardin (a.k.a. The Penetrator) is prepared for trouble in New York City, but he hoped to arrive in time to prevent it. The first subway station blew up while he was still en route from his Stronghold in California, piloting a sleek new twin-engine plane. It was fast, but not fast enough to get him there in time to stop the 72nd Street IRT station from caving in, carrying a large section of Broadway with it. New York City is now under siege and being held for ransom. Millions of dollars are being demanded and millions of lives are at stake. Mark Hardin must find those responsible, and fast. There are forty-two subway stations in New York City, and time is running out. With 5 million copies in print, The Penetrator novel series has thrilled readers around the world for years. The series features the action and adventures of Mark Hardin as he wages a continuing war against crime, corruption, and evil organizations from around the world in order to protect the innocent.

Genres: Mystery

136 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 15, 2003

About the author

Lionel Derrick is the house name, or pseudonym, for Mark K. Roberts and Chet Cummingham while writing the Penetrator series for Pinnacle Books. Roberts wrote the odd books and Cummingham the even ones.

Reviews

[Jeff O'Brien · Rating 4 out of 5]

Classic action pulp. The author's constant acknowledgement of the skin color and ethnicity of every non-white character was a little weird, but if you want to read a masterclass on gritty action pulp, this is the book. It's fast paced, dirty, violent, and at no point boring.

[Josh Hitch · Rating 3 out of 5]

An ok addition to the series by Chet Cunningham. Its a tad sloppy but it has plenty of action and never it's down. Fairly routine mens adventure book for the time period. The Penetrator goes to NY to find out about some black/Chinese gang that seems to be ramping up. He gets there a little late since they had already blown up a subway tunnel and is blackmailing the city for millions. Though that's only the start they habe some nastier plans for the city unless the Penetrator can hunt them down and stop them.

Can't really recommend, but its not bad and worth it for fans of the mens adventure genre just for all the influences. He is basically a mixture of most of the genre heroes of the time.

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good and entertaining novel and I enjoyed reading this novel. I recommend this book to everyone

[Roger · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good book in the series, I would recommend consideration.

[Grump · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Penetrator penetrates an afro-asian terror group in Harlem using his most innovative weapon yet: blackface!

[Mikepottz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Explosives set up in a NY subway. The explosion caved in the streets, trucks disappearing, completely destroyed. An extremist black militant group with Chinese connections are waging a war. The penetrator will kick a guy in the balls, smashed, hemorrhaging, sent into the pelvis. A fast multiplying virus is going to be unleashed into Manhattan which can kill half the population in 24 hours. The penetrator will drop bodies with bullets, throw white phosphorus grenades burning flesh off the bone, blood boiling, drop his identifying blue arrowheads on dead bodies and make the front page of the papers. Oh and get shot nearly dying.

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another men's adventure series from the 70's. Pretty much standard action, violence and sex. However a good standout is that the hero is healed and trained by an old Cheyenne Indian in the ancient mystic warrior ways of the Cheyenne. Recommended

[Wayne · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Penetrator is in Manhattan this time around. He's up against "Black Gold" a black power group that plans the devastation of New York unless there demands are met. Money and power are what they are after. There leader was thrown out of the Black Panthers for being to militant. So you know what this group is about. Enter Mark "The Penetrator" Hardin.

This one is written by Chet Cunningham. He brings the early 70's ( this one is from 1974 ) to bright life. All the cars and jive talk is here. Racial tension almost boils over on every page. This one was a step above the standard issue from the series.