Line of Control

A fast-paced and exciting "Drug dealer of the month" story. This is classic Bolan Blitz as he creates havoc with Mexican and Chinese drug pushers, with Colombian enforcers thrown in for extra cannon fodder. The story is quite complex, which obviously leads to the conclusion of this duology. The Lisa Rajero character was solid and Guenther ends this installment with a cliffhanger. More great writing!

First title of the Frontier Wars duology and a terrific first half indeed. Where to start basically a Chinese Triad based in Canada decides to expand it's operations and eyes off a drug pipeline into the US being operated by the Mexican Mafia. The Mexicans ally themselves with Columbian FARC terrorists to protect their pipeline and merchandise, meanwhile the Chinese triad engages the services of Chinese Special Forces. The storyline is fine reading as are some of the characters introduced which due to this being a duology allows a more detailed insight on them I especially liked the female DEA agent. Action scenes are exciting reading where the Big Guy excels in this title. Bolan is perfect to his character which is kudos to the author. I loved it and can't wait to read the final instalment. Highly recommended.

This was a tour de force action yarn! Bolan was jumping all over the place wreaking nine kinds of havoc on three or four different factions of bad guys. And it was cohesive -- rather than small meaningless bits of plot and story wedged between action set pieces. One thing I found disappointing was that Mack had a perfectly good opportunity to get his groove on with two female DEA agents (at the same time no less!!!) and he blew it. I don't understand. (kidding) Anyway, it was a fun read completely absent of nukes, ninjas, bio-chem doomsday devices and what not. Just Mack kicking ass like a "kung-fu fight-ah!" The cliff hanger ending was awesome too. El Greggo The Armchair Critic says: TWO BIG ASS THUMBS WAY THE HELL UP!!!

Holy crap! This is one of the best Mack Bolan books I have ever read! The action scenes were great, the weapons were awesome, and I loved how Bolan kicked the crap out of the FARC troops in the ambush and the Chinese Special Forces at Sapedas's house. Bolan himself is intelligent, funny, caring, and emotional throughout the story. The only reason I didn't rate the book a ten was because it seemed a little out of character for Bolan to kill that guy that met with Sapedas at the car. But that was the ONLY WEAK PART!!! Go Jon Guenther, write more, please.

Jon Guenther does it again! His depiction of Bolan is better than in his previous books. Bolan is developed as being a very formidable an opponent to the criminals, and as being conscientious in how he fights them. Sgt. Mercy also makes his appearance. Through commentary and the viewpoints of other characters, Guenther tells us what kind of man Bolan is, then also shows us in terms of Bolan's action and attitudes. In addition, to character depiction, Guenther's story is very plausible in showing how Bolan gets his information concerning the bad-guys he must pursue. I also liked the scenes where Hal and co. try figuring out what the villains' plans are. The criminals' plot unfolds as we see it through Bolan's eyes and it pulls the reader along. The criminal plans and the danger to America is not hard to understand or follow. Further, Guenther adds a cliff hanger at the end of the novel! (A plus). One point of constructive criticism for all "Bolan" authors is : It helps if there is a deeper dimension to Bolan added. Every author should ask themselves Why Bolan feels more stongly-than-usual about doing the mission---then look deeper into Bolan's head,values, thoughts, and feelings about the situation and any personally charged events in his past that may have a bearing on the current problem, combined with a possible moral dilemma that must be resolved. Some earlier Bolan novels approximated that, but its not seen often nor fully developed. The perfect example would combine Bolan's deep concern in "American Nightmare" (w/o Bolan's loss of control and other inaccuracies), the deep character insight into Bolan as in "Eternal Triangle", the personal history of "Warrior's Revenge" and the moral dilemma of "Baltimore Trackdown" and character driven action as in "Line of Control" (only more developed)---something like that. In the meantime, since I've been reviewing the Executioner series online, "Line of Control" is the first one that gets a strong 10!

See my review under Breached. This novel and Breached is clearly one novel broken into two parts. I can't see how you can read Breached without reading Line of Control. Anyways see my review under Breached the number review is the same for both books and review covers both novels.

Oh Boy! Oh Boy! Oh Boy! This one is excelent!!!!!!!! It almost reads like Don Pendleton himself wrote it. I swear it reminds me of the mafia wars. Bolan using role camifloge (sp). Finding as he gets into the operation that it has as many heads as a hydra. The action is crisp and taunt, Bolan is in a blitz mode (with a little sergent mercy thrown in). He is not indistructible (that darn shoulder wound just will not stay stitched). This is the first book of a dualogy named the "Frontier Wars". and is a must read page turner. EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT. BZ to Jon Guenther

Oh. My. God. Five trucks blown to smithereens. Colombian terrorists. The Mexican Mafia. The Triads. Chinese Special Forces. Bolan packing a Beretta in each fist to lay the Woo-down on the Chinese. Blitzes from Brownsville to Vegas. Intrigue that wasn't boring. Concentration on a cool and lovable DEA agent. A buddy from Mack's old days. Bolan on his own without Presidential support. And ass kicked, cover to cover and AAAAAGGGHHH a cliffhanger, and I'm two chapters into the NEXT book and haven't seen what the hell happened after... AAAAHHH! Jon Guenther kicks the first Superbolan Duology to the curb, pours gasoline on it and lights it on fire knowing there's a half ton of fireworks inside, then runs like hell because he knows the result is gonna blast the reader right the fuck out of his underpants and through the ceiling. And in the meantime, he allows Bolan to be not only tough and savage, but funny, tender, intelligent and caring, equal parts Executioner and Sergant Mercy. Kick. Ass. Jon. Guenther.