Killpoint

I really liked the plot in this one where sleeper agents placed a decade ago by Greb Strakhov who was one of the best villains faced by the big guy are being enabled. Some of these sleeper agents are somewhat reluctant to do this after the amount of time passed requiring a demonstration of force and the resulting action scenes are very good reading indeed. After the very good start though I found the going tough where I thought the author over complicates the ongoing storyline and introduced far too many characters to try and keep track of. The finish is pretty good reading though so overall a fair read here only.

There are a number of complicated plot elements that come together later in the novel, but at first, there are scenes taking place in a variety of places, with different members of Stony Man, as well as other characters. Mel Odom pushes the boundries of overcomplicated storytelling without actually crossing them, and provides a great large story as is the purpose of the superBolan format. Odom is great with introducing secondary characters in his books, and the chinese agent depicted on the cover is one of them. I also enjoyed the scenes with the Capps character. Voroshilov is an interesting character as the Russian sleeper agent, and David McCarter has his own scenes in this book, as well as Lyons, and Encizo. Hua and Shevchenko, the main villains in the book, had great scenes from their perspectives as well. A good plot and many action sequences make this novel an entertaining read. It would also make a good movie!

This was a really average entry. There weren't enough action scenes for my taste, and the ones that were there weren't as compelling as in other books. (The raid on the Cuban estate was very good, though.) The story itself isn't the best - the premise of Communists trying to re-start the Cold War seems like it would fit better in a James Bond novel (and in fact is the basis for some of John Gardner's entries in that series.) The plot is underdeveloped, and some threads are left hanging at the end. I got the impression this was supposed to be the first part of a trilogy like some other Bolans are, but nothing on the cover indicates this. In fairness the story is loosely tied in with earlier events in the series timeline, so perhaps they were trying to make it part of a larger theme or story arc that I'm not familiar with since I don't read the series in order. I'm hesitant to use the word "mediocre" because this wasn't a bad novel, but it wasn't very good either.

Enjoyable adventure with most of the Stony Man team. Had some good action, and I liked how they mentioned Greb Strakhov prominently.

Excellent Super Bolan, interesting plot and cool suspense.

NOT BAD, A PASSABLE ENTRY. GOOD ACTION SEQUENCES. I LIKED THE STRAHKOV REFERENCE. BEING A FROGMAN I REALLY LIKED THE FINAL BATTLE ON THE SEA.

THE ONLY THING THAT I LIKED ABOUT THIS BOOK WAS THAT THE BAD GUYS WERE PREVIOUSLY ASSOCIATED WITH GREB STRAKHOV, A DEFINATE BOLAN NEMESIS. OTHERWISE, IT JUST BORED ME.