Dead Zone

I'm thinking this author has run out of ideas at this stage of the series and is burnt out. His last title was ordinary and this mirrors the last effort. Yep sure an interesting enough book to read but as said "action scenes almost non existent" another ordinary plot inclusion of extra characters for no reason. Why Lao Ti was even in the title is beyond me. Not one to recommend for your reading here.

I enjoyed the earlier Ables from Renauld, but the previos one wasn't all that great, and then Renauld hits rock bottom with his last Able Team. Dead Zone must be in reference to the lack of action in this yawner. Too many places where there should be an action scene, instead was just padding. Furthermore this wasn't Able Team at all. This was more like the title should be "Care Bears and the mytery of the dead prospector", or "Get-along gang goes to colorado". The writing was good for the most part, but some lack of detail in this book was annoying. For example Lao Ti flies to colorado to meet Able team, and not long after Kissinger is with them doin something, so I guess he must have come with her. Another time, in one of the few action scenes, Pol and Gadjets get shot off the road and crash the car down a hill. Then they see Lyons and Grimaldi (or was it kissinger) get out of their wrecked vehicle behind them. Oh really? I guess they must have been following them, and then they also got shot unrealisticly off the road in the same unrealistic way. The villains were so patheticly weak, I don't know why Able Team needed the help of Lao Ti, kissinger, Grimaldi, and a bunch of military personnel, with several helicoptors and whatever else. Instead of kicking ass, Able Team just dicked around and were boring. Instead of blowing someone away they would say Freeze or something like that. I was expecting Roscoe p Coltrain or Enos to show up in the novel anytime. Or Longarm. Or Archie and Jughead. Or the Hardy Boys. Or care bears. Barny. Bobby Trendy. Rediculous.

Better than the last one, but still pretty much a yawner of a book. The action is almost non-existent, and Lao Ti is not utilized like she was earlier in the series.