Armageddon Now

Set in Los Angeles interracial violence between different ethnic groups is threatening to erupt into a country wide explosion of violence. An influx of cheap fully automatic weapons are appearing in the hands of these different groups who are slaughtering each other as well as thousands of innocent civilians and the Black Ops Team is set to infiltrate these groups to determine where the weapons are coming from and to bring the trade to a halt. The bad guy here is a billionaire (aren't they all) genetic scientist who has decided America is overrun with corruption of the masses and all ethic non whites should be removed from the face of the planet (ok The Fuehrer is reincarnated) and he has put in place his master plan where firstly he weeds out most of the non white super race with his orchestrated slaughter from the weapons. After sufficient weeding out has occurred he intends to release genetically modified versions of heroin/cocaine/marijuana etc. which will kill the users saving himself the trouble and all of the remaining white folks of his choosing will live in a world of no violence or crime and happily live in peace. Interestingly he has no problems with deflowering teenage virgins of his commune with the assistance of drugs but hey the Leader should get some perks right. The title plods along similar to the first in the series until a little high point where the commune is attacked by the Black Ops team with a futuristic design helicopter and battle suits hence a star added from the previous review but hmm certainly nothing to rave about that's for sure. Couple of things of note where the female of the group had to endure something which I didn't expect when captured by the bad guys but she certainly extracts revenge in a major way which also was okay reading. Again a major disappointment for me with this title but I will persevere and read the final instalment of the mini series and let you know what it is like. Again not recommended reading from me here.

Finished this over the weekend. Armageddon Now is one hell of a good read. The villain of the piece has developed a network to sell guns to various minorities and then pit them against each other in a war to wipe each other out making America safe for the white race. He's also into various other methods of extermination and has several plans to eliminate his targets. With aan impregnable fortress, this is a villain who would make Ian Fleming proud. The Black Ops strike team is filled with people who are given character and back stories so they become familiar to us as people not "the demolition guy" or "the Asian team member". Best lines (and without the book in front of me I'm paraphrasing.)"Okay, he's dead" Reply "Not dead enough" Surprising casting-The team leader writes action adventure novels on the side (Trying to tell us something, Mr Kasner?) All in all, another winner from Gold Eagle and a favorite Bolan author. Great job!