Scorched Earth

Well the starting book of a two title run where Able Team face off against the International with references to the elusive Unomundo. Whilst this is in no way a poor title I must admit personally I struggled through the first half or so and then thought it picked up quite well. The author writes very good action scenes which keep you turning the pages and the wisecracking and offhand remarks made by the team are good but I felt the title was only middle of the road as far as the series goes to this stage.

Checking out reports that a billion dollar drug gang has been replaced by a mysterious band of white soldiers, Able Team ventures into Mexico to identify the new gang. Could it be Unomundo? Betrayed, shot down and surrounded, Able Team cracks jokes and fights not to survive, but to destroy the corrupt Mexican army that pursues them. This is the story of the legendary Able Team who kills more people in this one novel than the last ten to fifteen entries of their individual series. They have never been more funny, dangerous and compelling. I could not put this book down. G.H. Frost had a terse writing style. In his action scenes he packed as much action with as few as words as possible. Except for the gore, most of the details is left up to the imagination. Plotting and supporting characterization were his weaknesses, but he had no problems here. This was his best work.

A really good book; action is mostly in the middle and end; tho Carl gets most of the action, Pol and Gadgets have some air time time too. Great to see the team getting two part books; it lets the characters really get meaty stories. Action is intense and well written. You can smell the gun powder.

"Scorched Earth" has Able Team heading south of the border to check out hints that some new players have taken control of the Mexican connection heroin trade, maybe some of the same Unomundo bad guys they've tangled with in previous adventures. This one doesn't really get going until chapter 8 and then all hell breaks loose with Able getting in the first of three pretty good pitched battles. The action in this one is written well and keeps the tension at a high level. A couple good supporting characters are on hand and the bad guys are so evil it's a pleasure to see Able Team and their allies take them out. Lyons gets most of the attention here again but not so badly as in some of the other books in the series. This one rates a solid seven stars. If there was one more good firefight before chapter 8 this would get another star.

No more Gil Cohen AT art after #12. sob, sniff. Oh, well, Wilson is pretty good himself, and this cover is great, but carl lyons head is stupid looking. This is a decent entry in the series, I liked it.

Not to be confused with the SuperBolan by the same title that just came out (don't the editors do their homework?) This book kind of reminded me of the old Nick Fury and His Howling Commandoes Marvel comics my dad keeps wrapped in plastic for posterity. The only problem is the comics read faster than this book did. Having been to Mexico often, the sketchiness of the locale and use of stereotypes got to be annoying. Some great battle scenes and decent dialogue, but it just didn't all come together for me.

A decent, but not great entry in the final battles with the International. It kept me interested.

My first ever Able Team book, and it's the team at their best. In a foreign land, betrayed, and surrounded by enemies, they have to outgun and slaughter every foe possible. And against the genocidal forces of Unomundo's troops, it's a non-stop blast of warfare. I still dig this book, and for years sought out Into the Maze.