Stony Man · #15

Blood Debt

by Mike Newton · March 1995

3.0 / 10 average from 4 rated reviews

A string of shocking terrorist attacks has rocked the world from Lima to Berlin. Although the acts of violence are brutal and indiscriminate - with no organization claiming responsibility - a certain pattern is emerging that suggests targeted countries were not chosen at random. From the IRA to the Red Army, terrorist groups are leaving their own agendas by the wayside and taking payment to do what they do best - kill at will. When Stony Man launches a three-pronged attack at a terrorist summit, it is merely the first step in tracing the plot to its source and exacting a steep price - in blood.

Reviews (5)

ice_cracked 2/10 July 12, 2008

Okay the plot .....? well there really isn't one but it is disguised as an Iraqi who is paying different terrorist groups to create mayhem on the Western world as a little pay back by Saddam for Desert Storm. Well with that the Teams are sent to different countries to attack both sides of rival groups in whichever country to make them think they are being attacked by their rivals and come out and respond in kind. Could this happen? "OF COURSE IT CAN THIS HAS BEEN DONE HOW MANY TIMES BY THIS AUTHOR" all you have to do is read some of this guy's titles and it always works. Now Able Team doesn't have a real presence in this title but you will have to get used to the fact that Pol is actually the leader of this Team (according to the author in this) and Lyons is the best sniper of the Team? Why? Well of course the standard copy/paste section of the sniper scene is included to fill some space edited from Bolan to Lyons. BUT Bolan fans don't lament he has his very own sniper scene section in this title as the author has slipped another of these scenes into this title. 2 stars deducted. Now the Teams are systematically mowing through the ranks of the terrorists in different countries. AND Arrive at a terrorist location and blow away all the terrorists there. It just keeps happening over and over and over again. There is just nothing happening in the title and the author is struggling for something anything to grip the reader. Could he? Would he? Is there any way possible that he could include a female kidnapped/hostage scene to try to lift the title YET AGAIN? (no comment) 3 stars deducted. And the title continues to it's ending (thank god). Who is the sixth guy in the boat? Ari Lev the Mossad agent I reckon at a guess but don't happen to recall any water stuff with him ? So 2 stars less five deducted equals minus three which is my rating on this title.

wedo 1/10 January 17, 2002

i hate giving bad reviews for books because i think all the authors are very very very talented and very good at what they do. but this was one bolan book i would have paid to not read. just runnin around every page killing someone new. once again i see the "too much action" in one book thing goin on here

Gunslinger 5/10 May 24, 2000

Just a standard plot from Newton. Nothing great about this. A semi-enjoyable book.

Glenn 4/10 May 24, 2000

Another Newton story without a story line. Once again there is no Able Team. A great cover, but, who is the sixth guy in the boat??

Dave H NZ May 24, 2000

I also thought this a little plotless but then again it was the first Bolan adventure that turned up in Kiwiland for a while along with Killpoint and we have had nothing since