Showdown

It is rare for Bolan to take on a serial killer, stories that I wish we could see more of in these novels. VanCook manages to come up with an excellent yarn about Bolan hunting down and having a "Showdown" with one Jerry Wayne Waack. This is a memorable, crazy and smart villain, one of the better badguys I have ever read in this series. Bolan's mission to start with has nothing to do with going after this guy, Bolan is instead taking out a Korean gang of thugs that have chapters in several cities. What begins as small in the plot department eventually develops into something much more later in the novel. The author's storytelling is fresh and original, with suspense to go with the action, and I liked the idea of having the background of Waack tied to Bolan's past in Vietnam. The scenes involving Waack's activities were chilling, with major consequences effecting the higher levels of American government. Bolan is racing against time to stop this killer before he strikes again, but soon Waack turns his sites on Bolan himself. I very much enjoyed this book, one of the best of the SuperBolan's I've read, but giving it nine stars because what I will explain here. The author uses a plot device to get Bolan into the inner circle undercover of a white supremist group tied to Waack. Bolan uses a sniper attack on a congressman, and I just don't buy into Bolan going to this length to go undercover for a clan leader. Sure Bolan is a good shot and all, and he knew what he was doing, but I just don't see Bolan as putting an innocent at this kind of risk. If it had been Grimaldi or someone with the Stony group acting as decoy yes, but I just wasn't buying it. A flaw in an otherwise amazing story, and also I agree with other reviews about the ending, the last page was kinda hokey, but not enough to ruin an outstanding and gripping adventure. Highly recommended reading.

Like everyone else I enjoyed this one where nothing stands out but is a good story and read none the less. I also liked the assassin character who relates to the Big Guys past in Nam and how this character even after what has happened to him still harbours a deep set hatred for him. Some of the action scenes were first class and the lead up to the finale in the church excellent reading. As has been said previously the ending is a joke especially the last paragraph where he reaches in and out of twenty possible he does what? Must have been the church goers praying for him at the time I reckon. Still the first 329 pages is fine reading indeed recommended reading.

This was a decent Bolan outing. Waack made for an interesting character from Bolan's Nam' past. The ending wasn't as creatively done as well as the rest of the book was though.

This one is a pretty good one because it involved a villian from Mack's Nam days. Don't be discouraged by the cover it's an alright book. But the last couple of pages weren't that creative.

This was an above average book that had some good action sequences, and Able Team! The climax was sort of cheesy though.