Cult War

Oh yeah Zombies, Black Magic, Voodoo toss in a really good plot and it would have to be good? Yep and it is, not brilliant but very well worth the read. The way the author describes the locations and what the characters are up to is terrific reading. You will really be able to visualise what you are reading which doesn't happen that often but is nice when it does happen. Some of the dialogue between the team when trying to kill the attacking zombies is certainly good stuff. As said give it a go it is certainly not your Able Team title but I thought it was a very good read.

This was an out-of-the-box read that i actually enjoyed. "Zombies?" who saw that coming? Although Carl Lyons was his usual self, I thought Pol had very little involvement here like a background shadow. At it was Gadgets, who normally seemed the quietest, with the pleny to say and retort. But all-in-all, an okay read with the usual Able Team hurried epilogues.

A very unusual story in this series, Cult War deals with a zombie cult in New Orleans. After cops start to get killed by these "zombies", Able Team is called in to assist an inspector in taking out the leader of the cult. This book read more like a novel independent of anything to do with the Bolanverse, with the names of the AT members stamped in place of three of the characters in the story. Kind of interesting and spooky ideas and creepy scenes, but not really the best book by far in the series. The strange and bizarre world of voodoo and zombies and such was a main focus in the book, often replacing action scenes, which was not really a drawback, but the action scenes that are in here are kind of blah, as Gunslinger put it. What really set the story back was that there wasn't much of a motivation for the villain other than to see if tricking a guy through cultural beliefs and unique drugs to create a group of followers that did his bidding "could be done". There was a vague cocaine smuggling thing involved, but mentioned as a side note, not actually explained or even part of the plot. The inspector had a bigger role than any of the AT members, too many times he seemed to be in charge, playing second fiddle is not what AT is best at. An ok yarn, passable material, but Mean Streets and Skinwalker are better Rose novels.

One of my favorite Able Team books. Not only was it placed in a city I love but it showed that the Team could handle more than everyday shoot-em-up bad guys. The interaction between the guys was priceless and it was good to see them rely on outside help(in some cases, WAY outside). A good book.

Not my favorite Ken Rose book. The interaction between the Team was the only thing this had going for it. The action was blah.