SuperBolan · #17
Blood Fever
by Gayle Stone and Mark Sadler
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November 1989
6.9
/ 10 average from 9 rated reviews
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A renegade mercenary calling himself the Major has cornered the violence-for-profit market, selling state-of-the-art death to anyone willing to pay. Now he's moving into a higher grade of merchandise: nuclear weapons - manufactured with stolen technology and kidnapped scientists.
On a terrorist mission in Colorado, Mack Bolan taps into the arms peddler's illicit organization and stalks the ruthless dealer from the Rockies to the Brazilian jungle stronghold.
The Executioner's war against terrorism is about to put the Major out of business.
Reviews (10)
This must have been written by teenagers as it was just awful. Bolan is cardboard character who flies helicopters with one hand while pulling pins out of grenades with his teeth and firing rocket launchers inside the helicopter with the other hand. All the Brit characters spoke as if they were related to the queen. The Major was useless as a villain and a leader. And his men were there only to be cannon fodder. Oh, and everybody knew Mack Bolan's name but didn't have any idea what he had done in the past. Really poor.
But what killed this for me was when Bolan recruited the native Indians and deliberately sacrificed them just so he could sneak into the Major's camp. Bolan would never throw away other people's lives they way the authors had him do in this book. Hence the low rating.
I enjoyed both titles by this pair of authors. I actually felt the middle of this books was the strongest. Some very good scenes.
My only major gripe is the ending is very rushed. After all of that build up the ending concludes in about a page and a half.
I thought the villain was pretty cardboard with very little development.
Overall, another solid effort by this pair.
Well the second and last title in these series by this duo and I thought this was as good an effort as #14 hence the same rating.
I enjoyed the start and got into the title and was pretty much entertained throughout but unfortunately you will have to wade through a few sections where the authors just waffle on filling up the pages.
The finish is pretty good as well with the big guy leading a couple of hundred on a chase through the forest (on purpose you'll have to read it) but would have to agree the finale in the helicopter is a little bit over the top.
Action/violence scenes abound here and the body count is HUGE you will be thinking you are reading a Dan Schmidt title BUT in the context of the story it's acceptable taking into account the location where the attacks were coming from.
Good read here recommended reading folks.
This one was pretty good with lots of action and fighting. The very best part of the story to me was the way Bolan executed the villian. A fine read for Bolan fans!
It wasn't easy to rate this one, it is a rather strange novel, with two writers at the helm, it was obvious that there was a writing style change here and there in this book.
The beginning started with lots of action, although the writing wasn't top notch. One part I was confused was why the girl who was running away from Bolan at the cabin, why didn't she just jump in the land rover and drive off instead of putting on skis and trying to run off that way?. A few other spots where the action was questionable, but as the book went along, it got better and better.
This book really goes off in some unexpected directions, with Bolan hopping all over the globe, and settling finally with the action in South America.
Some good twists and turns in this novel, and some good suspense too, and people whos side you wondered were they're on.
The ending was rather brief, but despite the books flaws, I think this one was entertaining, and worth an 8.
I really enjoyed this book, even though the begining chapters were a little far fetched. The ending kept me on the edge of my seat all the way through.
93-R
8/10
December 10, 2002
I always thought that this was a good read. Yes, it does seem farfetched, but what Bolan book doesn't? That's why it's called fiction. Read it, you won't be disappointed.
Bolan is chasing an arms dealer. He takes out some Japanese in Colorado. Then off to Houston. Then off to the Italian-Swiss border. Finally, South America, where Bolan confronts the dealer.
The whole book felt stretched, like it was a regular novel padded up to SuperBolan length. The first 150 pages are Bolan wiping out a terrorist cell, but finding a single clue that leads unerringly to the next cell, with no false trails.
The writing is humdrum. From the first 50 pages it was obvious who was going to live and die. The big twist at the end was a let down. The finale features Bolan piloting a helicopter while firing rocket launchers and dropping grenades. It was too big a stretch of reality.
Gunslinger is right. This one starts out good but not one of the better finishes. Huge body count. Neat death for the villian.
What a body count in this one! Jeez! Other than that, I think this one went downhill about half-way through and finished as just an average effort.