Stony Man · #32

Law of Last Resort

by Mel Odom · January 1998

5.3 / 10 average from 4 rated reviews

The playground of the Caribbean becomes a drug clearing house for an ex-KGB major and his well-oiled machine handling cocaine and heroine from the cartels and the Yakuza. But turquoise waters turn blood red as Mack Bolan, Able Team and Phoenix Force deliver hellfire sweep that pulls the CIA, international mafiosi and Colombians together in an explosive showdown.

Reviews (7)

ice_cracked 6/10 August 17, 2008

Six stars JUST. I must admit this was a major letdown for me after this author's previous six titles in this series which I thought all were superb. The Phoenix Force stuff at the start of the title is probably the highlight of this title where very little happens from then on with the reader forced to basically just read filler material. I also liked the jungle based stuff and the author writes some fantastic action scenes as usual but I would suggest whilst this is in no way a bad title in the series he has personally done many titles superior to this. Up to you.

Sarge 4/10 January 29, 2001

There are some solid passages here, but overall the book was rather choppy and at times felt like an unsuccessful attempt to cash in on the Grisham franchise (acknowledged at least by having a villian named Grishin). Not Odom at his best.

Glenn 5/10 June 13, 2000

I was not too impressed with this entry. The Phoenix fight in the Golden Triangle was the best part of the book, but after that the story deteriorated. The open part of the book with the main villains in Japan had no part in the rest of the story. Both Bolan and Able Team had very little too do. After the Golden Triangle, Phoenix moved around the world far too fast, from Asia to Britain to the Caibbean within 24 hours. A lot was made of the size of Grishins's organisation, but we saw very little of it, and very little was destroyed. With the death of Grishin it would be all to easy for somebody else to quick take over the more or less intact organisation. Not my avourite Mel Odom, he has done much better before and after this book.

Gunslinger 6/10 May 26, 2000

I hadn't read a book by Odom for a long time, and found this to be fairly enjoyable, but it can't touch Stony Man III with a ten foot pole.

Mack May 26, 2000

Superb cover. I always like a book a little more if the cover is excellent. The plot is good. Lot of jungle action. Mack's area of expertise. This one is cool because there's some sniping in the woods.

Tony Lim May 26, 2000

This book was pretty good, but definitly not one of my favorites. This book was like the first book I'd read in a few months out of all of the serieses, and was mostly reading the earlier ones, so I was suprised when TJ was there, and David MaCarter was the leader. I kind of thought Gary Manning or Rafael Encizo would be the team leader when Katz was ganes, though.

ERIC May 26, 2000

I think this book lacked consistency. It started off in great detail of Phoenix's battle on the island but the ending seemed to be a little rushed.