Nuclear Nightmare

Like one of the other reviews, I wouldn't classify this as Linaker's best, either. But, the last 50 pages was adrenaline-pumping excitement and that's what netted this one a 7. The plot was just okay---an anti-missile system is threatened with sabotage, and an international faction is trying to aquire nukes. Able's mission was decent as they try and resuce a hostaged family of one of the missile system designers. Phoenix tries to stop the testing from being sabotaged and Mack goes after the main players in the terrorist group. The action most of the way through was decent, but Linaker has done much better. Overall, an entertaining early entry where Bolan has a large part to play.

Well imagine you are an International arms dealer and are currently flogging North Korean missiles to different Rogue States and terrorist groups. Add in a Russian who has access to nuclear warheads and all of a sudden you have a very marketable product. At this time the US and it's NATO allies are actively developing a missile shield for incoming missiles which may curb sales somewhat so it would be in your interest to discredit these tests thereby making your products more valuable. What follows is a fantastic intricate storyline and bucketloads of action scenes, I really enjoyed the number of interesting characters introduced into the title. Sometimes you pick up one of these titles and it just seems to flow so smoothly that you never have to say to yourself "huh who/what?" and so this is. As mentioned by Glenn the missing section of the title is glaringly obvious but I would think this is the result of an overzealous editor's hatchet job rather than an oversight by the author. Recommended reading here.

not a bad outing for the author. The story is simple enough, and the action is good. Able Team and Mack didn't have as much action as Phoenix Force, but still , everybody was well characterized.

This was most certainly not one of Mike Linaker's best novels. The plot felt thin and overstretched, and there were so many top bad guys in it that I was at one point lost as to who was doing what. However, this book loses most stars for it's "missing chapter" In chapter 17 we find Bolan and his partner Clair on the run from bad guys at a disused movie studio. We then switch to Able Team in ch 18, before being brought back to Bolan for ch 19. Chapter 19 opens with Bolan filling the bad guys with lead because one of them had shot Clair and had bragged [past tense] about it. Did I miss something? I went back to check. No, at then end of the last chapter Bolan and Clair were on the run. So how the bad guys caught Clair, and how they managed to corner Bolan to brag about it is left out. Whether this was Mike's error or an editorial error I have no idea, but it did spoil the rest of the story for me.

The title is a real attention grabber. I'm the kind of person who likes stories of Nuclear outbreak because the nuclear power frightens every one. The story kind of got complicated in the 200s. But overall an OK read. But it could of been better. The thing I like best about this book is the cover. I think that's the most accurate description and portrait of David McCarter. That's the most likely too.