Conflict Zone

6.5 / 10 average from 2 rated reviews

Nigeria is rich in oil, drugs, and blood rivals. Mack Bolan's ticket into the chaos is a rescue operation involving the kidnapped daughter of an American petroleum executive. Her safe but violent return brings the warrior to phase two of his campaign against the guerrilla violence in this country's delta state. Knowing that confused enemies mount ineffective defenses, Bolan launches multiple precision strikes, luring into the open hostile tribal factions vying for control of the oil fields. At the same time Chinese and Russian agents are getting in on the region's untapped fortune in oil. It's the kind of mission that Bolan fights best, the kind of war that keeps him in his element long enough to defeat the enemy and- with luck- get out alive.

Reviews (2)

ice_cracked 6/10 April 8, 2011

The previous review pretty much says it all this is yet another entry by this author in his tried and true formula of rattling those cages and climbing the ladder where setting up the adversaries to attack each other saving the Big Guy the trouble and something new this time instead of two enemies he has five sets to set up. Standard stuff again and again solid action scenes, interesting characters mostly introduced and the title flows on to its end and you finish it and think to yourself yep that was okay. Read similar stuff from this author so many times not one I would recommend.

Markoff5 7/10 June 21, 2010

Another solid effort from Mr. Newton. There are many cricisms that can be leveled against him, but rarely does he ever turn in a REAL stinker. Consistency can be welcome at times. :) A simple rescue operation gives Bolan an in to take on corruption and terrorism in Nigeria. The usual cage-rattling and pitting sides against one another that are classic Newton are used here, but the action scenes are exciting and Mack's sidekick is a good character. The problem: two of the faction leaders are almost identical, to the point where Newton even gets them mixed up, transfering Scumbag A's lackey to Scumbag B for a couple of scenes, then switching back. If the writer can't keep the players straight, how is the reader supposed to? A similar situation happens at the end, where he forgets which oil company Scumbag C works for. Other than these goofs, an enjoyable read.