Kill School

This book was a real let down after the last 2 titles. I dont like when the team is down in central America For some reason. Anyway this book did not do for me at all. The ending was very unsatisfying. 6 stars

This is a strange type of title in as much it seems to be a bit of a filler in the multiple title release regarding the main villian Unomundo. From reading this you can suppose that Quesada is either one of his lieutenants or co-conspirator and as unfortunately this is not explained and yet again the subject of the title escapes or does he? Buggered if I know as we are not told at the end of the title. One thing for sure Unomundo who we are yet to meet has his grubby little fingers in quite a few pies and I'm guessing on a world domination threat coming up but who knows that is just conjecture. Action scenes are excellent but Lyons is out of control in this title after what happened to him in the last title and really some of what the team manages to survive with their allies belies belief when they are outnumbered 100 or 1,000 plus to one come on. The Grimaldi scene at the end gains a bit back in the numbers faced and there are some very good scenes featuring physcho Lyons but well I look forward to the next title. A good read but can't give it more than 6.

Frost writes another bad ass AT novel. this is entry number 9, and can be read as a stand alone story, but is actually a third ( ?) chapter in Lyon's quest to waste the bad guy, Quesada. this had lotsa great action, but it seems that lyons almost cares more about his revenge over Flor's death than the mission.but hey, in the end Lyons' keeps his head on straight.

This book is really about Lyons dealing with the death of a loved one and in that sense it rocks. His recklessness is upped several notches and puts others in jeopardy, but I think that it's totally within character and was well-handled. Unfortunately, the other elements of the book didn't sustain or support the Lyons story. I'd recommend this to Lyons fans but not anyone else.

Another one set in central America, where I like to see AT fight. Not one of the better books, but still a good read.

"Kill School" follows Able Team as they go to El Salvador where they hope to capture the evil Col. Quesada, who appeared in the earlier book, "Justice by Fire", with the help of a Salvadoran army officer. The plot is kind of confusing with the various political factions and trying to keep the Salvadoran loyalties straight can be tough. Probably just like in real life. The mission only lasts one day but Able gets into several actions. Lots of things going boom. For all the complexity of the political machinations the plot is pretty simple: Able lands, searches, assaults, pursues, assaults again. The action is OK but not spectacular except for the assault on Quesada's family compound. The final action is good too but we only get to see the beginning and then the end with Grimaldi coming in to the rescue. Lyons' Atchisson and lots of MG and AR fire keep things lethal. But long stretches of driving around, talking and sneaking in the first half of the book don't seem necessary to the plot and kind of slow things down. Lyons seems nearly insane in this one. I understand that he is having a tough time after Flor's death in the previous book. Still, he just takes enormous chances and puts everyone else at risk with his wild-ass warrior, fly by the seat of the pants approach to taking Quesada. Gadgets is barely a presence here as usual. Blancanales seems too ready to go along with Lyons' stupid plans. The villains are not memorable. They mostly serve as motivating factors rather than opponents or threats. And they offer a continuity with the Unomundo story line of the past 3 books. The plot element of betrayal of Able Team by elements within the U.S. government or administration is also developed here. This one gets 6 stars for the big action scene, for Lyons' pain dealing with Flor's death, for the non-simplistic view of good and bad factions in El Salvador, and for the damage Carl Lyons seems to have suffered in the actions (if he hadn't been hurt it would have seemed like a cartoon.)

A pretty good book, but I didn't consider it a classic.