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The Executioner #7
Nightmare in New York
Mack Bolan continues his war against the Mafia. Back in America after crippling the French and British Syndicates, he discovers the five families of the New York Mafia have plans in the political scene. Its strictly winner-take-all with the biggest stakes yet!
Hounded by the Mafias bloodhounds, and the police as well, Bolan must single-handedly foil an assassination plot, which, if it succeeds, would throw the country into panic.
Hounded by the Mafias bloodhounds, and the police as well, Bolan must single-handedly foil an assassination plot, which, if it succeeds, would throw the country into panic.
185 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1971
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About the author
Don Pendleton
1,517 books188 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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October 19, 2021
Tight, action-packed adventure of Bolan taking on the mob in New York. When the mob carves up a girl who helped save his life, Mack is pushed to the edge. Now it’s not just a war for justice but revenge.
A quick paced story chock full of everything that makes the Executioner series great: action, violence, justice and humanity.
A quick paced story chock full of everything that makes the Executioner series great: action, violence, justice and humanity.
December 22, 2021
Best in the series so far!
January 9, 2020
Absolutely terrific adventure story. Mack Bolan just returned from London and, before he can take a breath, the Mafia is after him. As with all the books in the Executioner series, this one is an action-
packed fight fest, this time back in New York where Bolan singlehandedly takes on the Five Families.
Here, he meets his version of Charlie's Angels, three new age barely clothed knockouts who decide that the way to heal Bolan from his wounds is with body warmth therapy. However, as Bolan has found before, emotional entanglements are risky when he is in the middle of a war with the most ruthless of foes.
Some of the best scenes are where Bolan uses deception to trick his way into the Mob's money rooms and security arrangements by pretending to be one of them. Some of the most shocking scenes are found here as well as the most
fearsome and brutal vengeance. A fun action-filled story that unfortunately is only a few hours of entertainment.
packed fight fest, this time back in New York where Bolan singlehandedly takes on the Five Families.
Here, he meets his version of Charlie's Angels, three new age barely clothed knockouts who decide that the way to heal Bolan from his wounds is with body warmth therapy. However, as Bolan has found before, emotional entanglements are risky when he is in the middle of a war with the most ruthless of foes.
Some of the best scenes are where Bolan uses deception to trick his way into the Mob's money rooms and security arrangements by pretending to be one of them. Some of the most shocking scenes are found here as well as the most
fearsome and brutal vengeance. A fun action-filled story that unfortunately is only a few hours of entertainment.
February 24, 2020
I haven’t read an Executioner book since my college days several hundred years ago so thought I might try one again, for nostalgia’s sake if nothing else. I actually read this particular one way back then and even remembered some parts of it this time around.
I have to say, it was better than I remember and, in fact, has really stoked my interest in reading more. It’s easy to see why this series set the standard for the men’s adventure genre. I understand Mack Bolan was also the inspiration for Marvel’s “Punisher” character, as well.
I have to say, it was better than I remember and, in fact, has really stoked my interest in reading more. It’s easy to see why this series set the standard for the men’s adventure genre. I understand Mack Bolan was also the inspiration for Marvel’s “Punisher” character, as well.
February 9, 2019
Mack Bolan is immediately wounded in a gunfight with Mafia assassins upon arrival in NYC and is rescued by three hippie-type chicks who nurse him back to health, unfortunately putting themselves into deep danger. Typical action book heroics ensue with Bolan making a series of assaults on the five mob families of NYC. The scene with Sam the Bomber and his wife was a nice touch, showing some of Bolan’s humanity and compassion. The final assault with Bolan infiltrating then destroying the mob compound on Long Island was a satisfying climax. In general a good entry in the series.
February 8, 2024
Another fun adventure! If you enjoyed the other 6 then this one will be no different. Action from being to end.
May 17, 2020
Pendleton is the master of the sub genre, nothing else to say. Bolan, unlike most characters in the genre actually seems to change based on what he feels he is forced to do. So yes it is a blood and guts action novel but also a good character study as a bonus.
Highly recommend of course, read them in order at least the Pendleton ones there is a overall story arc.
Highly recommend of course, read them in order at least the Pendleton ones there is a overall story arc.
June 6, 2025
Bolan comes back into the country. gets shot, is nursed back to health by sexy gals, demolished the NY mob
May 29, 2022
For the last 4 or so books, this series has been the same kind of thing over and over again.
And while Nightmare in New York doesn’t deviate from the previous storylines already set up, it gets there in a way we haven’t seen since Battle Mask.
Basically New York is this series’ Commando as Mack Bolan goes on an unstoppable ass kicking rampage. Just like Arnold fighting a cabal of baddies to get his daughter back, Bolan is storming through the mafia with vengeance and the fury of his mistakes. In fact this felt more in line with The Punisher than anything else as it’s a total thrill ride of vigilante justice and some of the most brutal kills yet.
The Executioner series has always been more about action first and story later but this time Pendleton cranked it up to 11, crafting what is probably the most action packed and non stop book in the series (up to this point at least). I had my doubts on where Mack Bolan was going, however I can say I’m pretty stoked with what happened here and what’s gonna happen next.
And while Nightmare in New York doesn’t deviate from the previous storylines already set up, it gets there in a way we haven’t seen since Battle Mask.
Basically New York is this series’ Commando as Mack Bolan goes on an unstoppable ass kicking rampage. Just like Arnold fighting a cabal of baddies to get his daughter back, Bolan is storming through the mafia with vengeance and the fury of his mistakes. In fact this felt more in line with The Punisher than anything else as it’s a total thrill ride of vigilante justice and some of the most brutal kills yet.
The Executioner series has always been more about action first and story later but this time Pendleton cranked it up to 11, crafting what is probably the most action packed and non stop book in the series (up to this point at least). I had my doubts on where Mack Bolan was going, however I can say I’m pretty stoked with what happened here and what’s gonna happen next.
October 17, 2019
Pretty much what you'd expect. Bolan is back in New York and runs into a trio of hot young females, who promptly end up in danger due to association with him. So he goes on the offense and there's plenty of action. This may be the darkest in the series so far, but these aren't exactly light-hearted reads so it's hard to say. I am still amazed that no one ever made a Mack Bolan tv series of movie. I mean we've the seen the premise may times (everything from Death Wish to the Punisher), but not an official Mack Bolan film. With all the new content being produced, who knows, we may see Bolan on the screen yet.
December 19, 2020
He did not gladly sacrifice the earlier plan of his life to this gory walk through the valley of death; like most men he had desired for himself the simple things that give life meaning—what Bolan termed “the three F’s of the good life: friends, family, freedom.” Reluctantly he had surrendered this quiet ambition to the three B’s—“bullets, bombs, and blood.”
...he has begun to come into a deeper understanding of the true significance of his war with syndicated evil. In Bolan’s own understanding, then, Phase Two of his Mafia War has ended, Phase Three is beginning. The War of Attrition is giving way to the War of Destruction. He will hit them now in their omniscience; in their onmipotence; their omnipresence, he reasons, will then fold under its own weight.
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...he has begun to come into a deeper understanding of the true significance of his war with syndicated evil. In Bolan’s own understanding, then, Phase Two of his Mafia War has ended, Phase Three is beginning. The War of Attrition is giving way to the War of Destruction. He will hit them now in their omniscience; in their onmipotence; their omnipresence, he reasons, will then fold under its own weight.
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December 31, 2023
The 7th installment of The Executioner series is a quick read and addition to Mack Bolan’s saga. It has the standard exciting moments one comes to expect with these stories. Nothing too original however and nothing much to expand our understanding of Bolan’s Executioner. I’ll keep reading the series, but hope it will increase in dimensions.
May 15, 2012
My favourite so far (reading first 39 in chronological order) gritty and graphic!
March 15, 2024
Mack Bolan, the Mafia's worst nightmare, returns to the States after a brief "vacation" in Europe, and after getting winged upon arrival (like within minutes of disembarking!) he finds himself in a winter hell of the mob's making.
Nursed back to health by a trio of lovely lady fashonistas, each with a suitable personality for the era, Bolan figures he can just cut and run, but the snowy NYC landscape has a lot worse in store for him than a bruised shoulder. Soon he's up against Don Freddie Gambella, a smooth-talking baddie with a penchant for torture and plans to topple New York's political machine. Bolan's not interested...until Freddie has his goons go after his lady angels.
That's when this book hits hard. Real hard.
Pendleton manages to skirt some of his prior pitfalls (weak villains and hysterically awkward female characters) and he plays up to his strengths, which of course are thrilling action scenes and Mack Bolan becoming a force so powerful even the NYPD decide to just kind of let him do his thing.
I mean he gives full fury on the mob once they do a very BAD thing. Full fury. Bullets, bombs, rockets, and knives are the choice of weapons in a war that turns into absolute annihilation. It is stellar. If you've been reading along with the series and savoring the grand scenes of well-written carnage, Pendleton delivers in this majestic volume. He goes above and beyond.
It helps that we have evil villains willing to commit terrible atrocities to further their ends. Gambella is perhaps the most entertaining villain Pendleton has yet committed to paper. And Bolan, despite the ultimate vengeance he brings down upon them, manages a few moments of compassion, including a scene of unexpected mercy that shows us the real difference between the cannibals and the Executioner.
One spectacular highlight is when Bolan blitzes the big bad's mansion, the scene a rush from start to finish, with action aplenty and a righteous sense of justice to be imparted for what they've done. It's a scene that in any other novel would be the climax, but here is just the prelude to the real end, which ups the scale times ten!
My only gripe was that it seemed awful easy and hand-waved for Bolan to acquire a lot of high-end military weapons. We're a far cry from the early days of a revolver and a rifle, when he now has grenade launchers, rockets, submachine guns, and plastic explosives!
The end also leaves the reader in the dark about the fate of several characters. Not any principals, but some of the villains, and that ambiguity makes it feel a little rushed by the final pages.
But those are minor qualms when reading one of the best action novels I could ask for. This is a dizzying feat from Don Pendleton. A must-read for any fan of the series I'd say.
Nursed back to health by a trio of lovely lady fashonistas, each with a suitable personality for the era, Bolan figures he can just cut and run, but the snowy NYC landscape has a lot worse in store for him than a bruised shoulder. Soon he's up against Don Freddie Gambella, a smooth-talking baddie with a penchant for torture and plans to topple New York's political machine. Bolan's not interested...until Freddie has his goons go after his lady angels.
That's when this book hits hard. Real hard.
Pendleton manages to skirt some of his prior pitfalls (weak villains and hysterically awkward female characters) and he plays up to his strengths, which of course are thrilling action scenes and Mack Bolan becoming a force so powerful even the NYPD decide to just kind of let him do his thing.
I mean he gives full fury on the mob once they do a very BAD thing. Full fury. Bullets, bombs, rockets, and knives are the choice of weapons in a war that turns into absolute annihilation. It is stellar. If you've been reading along with the series and savoring the grand scenes of well-written carnage, Pendleton delivers in this majestic volume. He goes above and beyond.
It helps that we have evil villains willing to commit terrible atrocities to further their ends. Gambella is perhaps the most entertaining villain Pendleton has yet committed to paper. And Bolan, despite the ultimate vengeance he brings down upon them, manages a few moments of compassion, including a scene of unexpected mercy that shows us the real difference between the cannibals and the Executioner.
One spectacular highlight is when Bolan blitzes the big bad's mansion, the scene a rush from start to finish, with action aplenty and a righteous sense of justice to be imparted for what they've done. It's a scene that in any other novel would be the climax, but here is just the prelude to the real end, which ups the scale times ten!
My only gripe was that it seemed awful easy and hand-waved for Bolan to acquire a lot of high-end military weapons. We're a far cry from the early days of a revolver and a rifle, when he now has grenade launchers, rockets, submachine guns, and plastic explosives!
The end also leaves the reader in the dark about the fate of several characters. Not any principals, but some of the villains, and that ambiguity makes it feel a little rushed by the final pages.
But those are minor qualms when reading one of the best action novels I could ask for. This is a dizzying feat from Don Pendleton. A must-read for any fan of the series I'd say.
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July 2, 2020Pendleton introduces some new elements to the ongoing story but some of the plotting feels like it's retreading old ground. Similar to book 5, Bolan spends the final arc of the story strategizing how to free some women who have been kidnapped by the bad guys. But he also learns about the mobsters' plans to level up the Mafia by forming "the thing of all things," a national alliance of gangsters, businessmen, and politicians. I assume future books will involve Bolan's efforts to disrupt these plans.
Like in book 6, Pendleton again sidesteps the decision Bolan made at the end of book 5 to not intentionally involve others. This time, Bolan is almost killed in the opening pages, and three women (young, single, and beautiful, of course) ally themselves with him without his consent while he is unconscious (and subsequently bedridden) in order to save his life and nurse him back to health. So when one of them eventually gets tortured and killed, hey, it wasn't Bolan's fault -- he never asked for their help, right?
What was most interesting to me from a storytelling perspective is how Pendleton juggles the ingredients of his formula given the space limitations for this book. Unlike most of the books, here we never meet the big cop who's heading up the local "get Bolan" taskforce. Instead we spend more time with the mobsters. Bolan even cozies up to one of them and gets him to quit the Mafia! Aww, so heartwarming.
One of the strangest new additions to the Bolan epic is his "poop" book. I shit you not (pun intended), Pendleton out of nowhere introduces Bolan's "poop" book, a little journal where he keeps useful information on the mob's comings and goings. My best guess is this is another name for a nautical log book, maybe? As in, the "poop deck" on a boat? Anyway, as someone who has tracked his Bristol Stool Chart numbers in a spreadsheet, far be it from me to criticize Bolan for doing the same.
Like in book 6, Pendleton again sidesteps the decision Bolan made at the end of book 5 to not intentionally involve others. This time, Bolan is almost killed in the opening pages, and three women (young, single, and beautiful, of course) ally themselves with him without his consent while he is unconscious (and subsequently bedridden) in order to save his life and nurse him back to health. So when one of them eventually gets tortured and killed, hey, it wasn't Bolan's fault -- he never asked for their help, right?
What was most interesting to me from a storytelling perspective is how Pendleton juggles the ingredients of his formula given the space limitations for this book. Unlike most of the books, here we never meet the big cop who's heading up the local "get Bolan" taskforce. Instead we spend more time with the mobsters. Bolan even cozies up to one of them and gets him to quit the Mafia! Aww, so heartwarming.
One of the strangest new additions to the Bolan epic is his "poop" book. I shit you not (pun intended), Pendleton out of nowhere introduces Bolan's "poop" book, a little journal where he keeps useful information on the mob's comings and goings. My best guess is this is another name for a nautical log book, maybe? As in, the "poop deck" on a boat? Anyway, as someone who has tracked his Bristol Stool Chart numbers in a spreadsheet, far be it from me to criticize Bolan for doing the same.
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December 10, 2020
This book starts off well. Mack Bolan is traveling in a helicopter that he picks up at the airport. He notices an ambush from a nearby rooftop and dives right into the fray, killing everyone on the roof. It is almost too perfect. This is Mack Bolan at his craziest. When cornered, he lashes out. This has kept him alive for a long time.
However, as we begin this book, his luck begins to change. During the confrontation, he is wounded and seeking a place to hold up. Three hippie girls take him in and nurse him back to health. They believe in a healing body therapy where a healthy body gives part of its life to one that is dying. Real hippie stuff. The practical result is that Bolan always has a naked woman in bed with him as he is recuperating.
With that out of the way (I couldn’t help mentioning the hippie girls), this book is a lot different from the previous ones. Here there is a sympathetic mob enforcer named Sam the Bomber. He has done bad things and looks like he will become another notch for Bolan. However, something about him is different and Bolan hesitates. Sam’s struggle as a recovering enforcer and the choices he is presented with is a welcome change to the typical new enforcer we see in each book.
Of course, we still have Bolan attacking a mafia compound with rockets and machine guns, so Pendleton is not forgetting why we read his books. There is some character development for Bolan as he seeks revenge against a brutal mafia capo who takes his frustrations out on an innocent person. Bolan once again begins reflecting on the collateral damage that his war against the mafia brings with it. He knows that if the mafia can’t kill him, they will lash out at anyone associated with him. This does a good job of isolating Bolan from any potential allies he may find.
This was a well-written and action-packed Mack Bolan adventure. After his long lay-over in Europe, he is back to business in America. This is probably my favorite Executioner so far.
However, as we begin this book, his luck begins to change. During the confrontation, he is wounded and seeking a place to hold up. Three hippie girls take him in and nurse him back to health. They believe in a healing body therapy where a healthy body gives part of its life to one that is dying. Real hippie stuff. The practical result is that Bolan always has a naked woman in bed with him as he is recuperating.
With that out of the way (I couldn’t help mentioning the hippie girls), this book is a lot different from the previous ones. Here there is a sympathetic mob enforcer named Sam the Bomber. He has done bad things and looks like he will become another notch for Bolan. However, something about him is different and Bolan hesitates. Sam’s struggle as a recovering enforcer and the choices he is presented with is a welcome change to the typical new enforcer we see in each book.
Of course, we still have Bolan attacking a mafia compound with rockets and machine guns, so Pendleton is not forgetting why we read his books. There is some character development for Bolan as he seeks revenge against a brutal mafia capo who takes his frustrations out on an innocent person. Bolan once again begins reflecting on the collateral damage that his war against the mafia brings with it. He knows that if the mafia can’t kill him, they will lash out at anyone associated with him. This does a good job of isolating Bolan from any potential allies he may find.
This was a well-written and action-packed Mack Bolan adventure. After his long lay-over in Europe, he is back to business in America. This is probably my favorite Executioner so far.
September 4, 2017
The Executioner series is mindless, but oh-so-satisfying fun, and this one is no exception, though it is far more brutal than the six before it.
Pendleton's Executioner, who is the inspiration for Marvel's Punisher, has long declared a one-man war on organized crime. He finds them and he kills them ... until now. As his identity crisis continues, Mack Bolan (the Executioner) is trying to determine whether or not he has gone too far in his war, and when he attempts to reconnect with his humanity he sometimes regrets it (though not always, as shown in one very surprising scene). That adds a twist that has only been hinted at before, but now becomes far more developed here in book seven of the series.
The story, which finds Bolan in New York and on the run after a botched assassination attempt on him at the airport, ends on a very appropriate note as Bolan makes several organized crime families and Senators pay. Even more compelling is the hint of what's to come for the man. "Nightmare in New York" is a turning point in the series, and it is a welcome one, too.
Pendleton's Executioner, who is the inspiration for Marvel's Punisher, has long declared a one-man war on organized crime. He finds them and he kills them ... until now. As his identity crisis continues, Mack Bolan (the Executioner) is trying to determine whether or not he has gone too far in his war, and when he attempts to reconnect with his humanity he sometimes regrets it (though not always, as shown in one very surprising scene). That adds a twist that has only been hinted at before, but now becomes far more developed here in book seven of the series.
The story, which finds Bolan in New York and on the run after a botched assassination attempt on him at the airport, ends on a very appropriate note as Bolan makes several organized crime families and Senators pay. Even more compelling is the hint of what's to come for the man. "Nightmare in New York" is a turning point in the series, and it is a welcome one, too.
January 30, 2025
Bolan returns from Europe to New York unarmed because he had to fly on a plane. The mafia is waiting for him and despite amazing efforts on his part, he is shot in the shoulder. In his effort to get away, he tries to hide in a store and passes out. He wakes in a strange apartment where three women (of course, they are beautiful women) nurse him back to health. Beautiful women fall for Bolan in every book just because he walks past them, and usually get used against him in the end. What happens to one of these is truly terrible. I sometimes wonder if Pendleton forgot that Bolan didn’t need another reason to go after the mob.
That being said, this is a fast-paced novel with all the action we expect from this series. Bolan is a remarkable killing machine and since he’s always going against bad guys and is careful to protect the good guys, it is easy to root for him. There is a moment when the whole situation goes public that nicely ups the ante. This is a fun one.
That being said, this is a fast-paced novel with all the action we expect from this series. Bolan is a remarkable killing machine and since he’s always going against bad guys and is careful to protect the good guys, it is easy to root for him. There is a moment when the whole situation goes public that nicely ups the ante. This is a fun one.
May 5, 2025
Bolan returns from his first international foray in France and in England. Back in the states, he takes a bite from the Big Apple with his typical assortment of murder and mayhem. Pendleton has all the pieces in a row for this one: Bolan undercover, Bolan recovering from his wounds (but he's, like, super hot while he's doing it), Bolan incensed by the torture and murder of an innocent. That's the entire thing in a nutshell and my sampling of the next 20ish books in the series has reveled them to be reinterpretations of that plot in different major metropolitan centers in North America. This is probably the first in that mold that balances the elements well (the fourth book, set in Miami, leaned heavily on the undercover aspect).
If you want to read the quintessential Executioner from Pendleton's time writing the series, this might be the one.
If you want to read the quintessential Executioner from Pendleton's time writing the series, this might be the one.
August 10, 2023
Rating 3.5
A very good pulp style action adventure story.
This is still very early in the executioner series and it doesn’t feel too formulaic yet.
What makes this series work so well, or at least the initial 36 titles written by DP himself, is that he makes Bolan a fully rounded character and with a well defined philosophy. At first sight it is seen as a simple revenge/vigilante story but the character of Bolan gives the stories more weight than perhaps they should have.
Once the series starts being ghost written by others the main character turns into a super soldier who never fails and always overcomes unbelievable odds in outrageous ways.
Well worth a read for the initial mafia war storyline though and a solid recommendation
A very good pulp style action adventure story.
This is still very early in the executioner series and it doesn’t feel too formulaic yet.
What makes this series work so well, or at least the initial 36 titles written by DP himself, is that he makes Bolan a fully rounded character and with a well defined philosophy. At first sight it is seen as a simple revenge/vigilante story but the character of Bolan gives the stories more weight than perhaps they should have.
Once the series starts being ghost written by others the main character turns into a super soldier who never fails and always overcomes unbelievable odds in outrageous ways.
Well worth a read for the initial mafia war storyline though and a solid recommendation
February 25, 2017
Mac Bolan is on a flight that lands in New York, a return flight from England. He is greeted at the gate of his flight by a party of four professional hitman, all determined to make sure he does not enter the city. He is shot in two places and is losing a lot of blood. He escapes to a nearby office complex and is aided by three women working in an office on the lower floor of the building. The women nurse him to health, and he is back on the road to complete his mission. Then he discovers that the women have been kidnapped Buy a powerful and demented mafia boss, and he decides to rescue them despite the bounty on his head.
October 5, 2018
The first of the Bolan's I've read that almost got itself two stars, because of the weird first portion where Bolan is rescued by three women and the philosophy and talking thats done therein. However, Pendleton, manages to get over that hum and bring about one of the most ruthless and action packed campaigns the Executioner has pulled off yet. So three stars, could have been 2, could easily have been 4.
September 17, 2019
This episode starts with Bolan actually wounded and needing medical attention. Ofcourse, he recovers but finds one of his nurses is hijacked. In trying to rescue her, he leaves a trail of destruction. However, having left his other two nurses alone while he seeks the first, they too are taken. Who lives, Who dies and Who is left covers the remainder of the volume.
April 29, 2023
Nothing like some old school Bolan
It's fun going back and reading the original Don Pendleton Bolan where he fights the mafia. I like the beginning where he has three hit men after him on his arrival to New York. The rest of the book is good as well. Don Pendleton is a fine author.
It's fun going back and reading the original Don Pendleton Bolan where he fights the mafia. I like the beginning where he has three hit men after him on his arrival to New York. The rest of the book is good as well. Don Pendleton is a fine author.
November 30, 2023
Again the Mack Bolan Series gets better and better. In this story Bolan has to stop the New York Family from getting inside the US Government and I love when Bolan leaves a Marksman Medal on the mobsters he kills
March 17, 2024
another good shoot ‘em up book
If you like quick action, no remorse revenge, this book is for you. Don Pendleton continues the Executioner brand with this latest in the series. I love Mack Bolan, he’s a bad ass for the start each book. Recommend these!
If you like quick action, no remorse revenge, this book is for you. Don Pendleton continues the Executioner brand with this latest in the series. I love Mack Bolan, he’s a bad ass for the start each book. Recommend these!
December 7, 2017
Still working through this series in between larger reads. Do not expect to have a deep and meaningful experience but they are lightly entertaining
March 2, 2019
Revenge at its best!
Striking out at evil. Mack Bolan slowly becomes the worst nightmare of the mob. A one man army declares war on those who prey on the innocent.
Striking out at evil. Mack Bolan slowly becomes the worst nightmare of the mob. A one man army declares war on those who prey on the innocent.
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May 7, 2021
The Executioner delivers high octane action in a war of vengeance against the New York mafia. Entertaining books from this 1970s action series.
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