The Fiery Cross

Not Mike Newtons best work, but passable. I do like white supremacist stories especially in the current political climate were in today. Like some of the recurring characters too. I give this book 7 stars.

Well the plot involves the Big Guy infiltrating a Neo Nazi and Ku Klux Klan merging of groups to try and bring down the leadership from inside after the killing of a black male. Yawn you may well say and I agree the plot has been done to death in different forms previously but surprisingly this is quite a good read. I must admit I very much enjoy characters returning from the past and here we have two namely Wilson Brown who returns from way back in Executioner #5 Continental Contract and Gary Exelrod who previously appeared in Super Bolan #5 Flight 741. Add the Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan a priest who is tied up with the two groups and his niece and you have some wonderful characters to read of. Some good action scenes one featuring a staged bar room brawl where he gains admittance to the outlaw groups and the other where he arrives at a Ku Klux Klan outdoor meeting where Wilson Brown is on the agenda as the main entertainment with a burning cross, fine reading indeed. You will slip through this one as it reads so easily before you know it you are finished the title. I very much enjoyed it and hope you will too if you give it a go. Recommended reading in the series here folks.

Great concept, good plot...but lame execution of the story courtesy of of Mike Newton. The process of the story is soooooooooo slow....it makes you fall asleep in a easy way and hopefully dreaming of something else than this book. This is a very weak effort to write a book outside the Mike´s traditional Mafia books area but those are usually lame also so in the end a new area is not a ticket to success....the only new area is outside the Bolan world for this writer. The best part the Bolan´s infiltration of the Ku Klux Klan and their cousin organization but still that didn´t save the book in any shape or form. From my point of view.....look for another book than this one........unless you have sleeping disorder, then this is the perfect medication for that one. (Iceland - 2009)

This book was pretty cool and it was nice to see Mack go after the KKK and the Aryan Brotherhood. The book was a little slow at first but once the action started it never stopped. I loved how Mack took down a bunch of Klan members and how one of them got burned and skewered at the same time. Great stuff.

I liked Flight 741 far more then this book. I found this story rather dull and not just the action it was the pace. The story at times dragged. I am not sure if the Klan initiation was based on real initiations but that scene just ground the story to a halt. We know how evil the klan is but why go through a 3 page initiation which is basically dialogue. Also Newton and dialogue. Not his strong suit. When he just has: "dialogue" "dialogue" I don't want to have to look back and figure out who is saying what. This book has a lot of scenes like this. For 5 six dialogue lines ok but not half a page or more. I liked the return of Axelrod the homosexuality angle was kind of squashed in this book compared to 741. Also why no mention of Toby? Wouldn't she have tried to have tracked Axelrod down? He did try to get her killed. I liked the scenes with Lynn and her uncle. Actually her uncle was one of the really good parts of the novel. How does a reverend deal with being part of a mad dog Klan? i would have liked to have played up the religious aspect especially with the Reverend Little. A meeting of these two would have been good. Also how did Axelrod get the goods on Andrew Micheals that was never explained. You do need to read Flight 741 to understand the references of Axelrods history. Also reading Continental Contract book 5 is also important since it introduces Wilson Brown.

Liked seeing Wison Brown again.The Klan got a good whipping in this one,makes you wish we could all do it that way.

I like how the author picks interesting subject matter for many of his stories. The ones that don't usually end up being run of the mill.This one is a great story and deals with some really creepy subject matter. Bolan kicks some butt on these freaks.

Excellent effort in the series. This book has it all. It brings back allies from as far back as #5 Continental Contract, an enemy from Flight 741, as well as references to #91, The Trial. This gives the book a great background to start the action. The book then keeps the level high. Bolan is at his best infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan and their cousin organization, the Aryan Vanguard. Bolan shows his skill in areas other than just combat. He also shows a moral side not seen often, as he is forced to blow up a church, despite the regret he feels. This one is a winner. It has it all and it delivers.

This was on the very first that I read. Back then I thought it was awesome. I have read better since then but this an entertaining book.

I thought this one was good, but it just wasn't Bolan-style. Wilson Brown asks him to kill the guys responsible for his son's death and he goes undercover in a white supremacist group. There wasn't much killing in this one as you'd expect from a Bolan book. I'd say it's great, but kinda weak.

This was a good entry from Mike Newton. The only thing that spoiled the story was the appearance of a Soviet agent. He was not needed in any way for the story line. Since when have the KKK needed the KGB to be racist???

This was a good entry into the series. This one had a good story to it.

Not good, but not bad either. The best part is a return of an adversary from Flight 741.