Tiger War

Didn't care for this book at all. Before I realized that there wewere ghost writers I thought Don was still writing Bolan at this time. And I was wondering how one book could be good and the next could be so bad. Anyway not a good story at all. Thought the cover was interesting though. 3 stars for this mess.

Tiger War provides much to like about a Bolan story. After Rafael Encizo's sister dies from a drug overdose, Bolan goes to SE Asia to destroy a heroin producing group. He's set to destroy the #1 guy, Liu. Hence, the Tiger War begins and the Executioner won't stop until the man ultimately response for Encizo's sister's death pays. There is a lot of action from the start as Bolan enter SE Asia and then builds an army in exchange for gold. Bolan uses this army to confront the drug lords army and ultimately destroy the leader. In doing so, we see standard Bolan -- no Thai army personnel are to be injured. The author did a great job of keeping Bolan's principles at the forefront. With that being stated, Tiger War provides many first-time, unique scenes. In this story, Bolan goes to war on an elephant (like the cover), Bolan uses a pieced together army (as I referred to), Bolan captures a train, and Bolan fights the main antagonist in a sword fight to the death. After killing Liu, Bolan then helps Liu's daughter escape in what seemed like a bonus 20 pages full of action in a very well-written scene. The first time author provided a solid first effort.

Yuk terrible I struggled to even finish this gem. What to say I really don't know? The previous five or so titles have been preparing the reader for the Big Guy's exit from the Stony Man operation with his upcoming leaving to go solo once again. What the hell how did this title slip in? Managing hundreds of tribesmen against a drug cartel? Didn't like this one at all I think it is totally out of sink with what was happening in the series at the time of publication, it was extremely hard to read, it was boring for long stages. Look elsewhere in this series for something to read.

Read this book after reading #65 Cambodia Clash by same author. Again I'm in the minority: this book was very interesting though dated, concerning the amount of drugs and the billions spent on them. Interesting that while Nixon is recognizing China, the troops are manufacturing drugs to turn America into a nation of junkies. Great point. The book is also well written and it is anything but boring. The sequence with the elephant is tremendous, Bolan is not controlling the beast, the elephant's manager is. And yes to kill all these people in one fell swoop is amazing, but then so was Custer's massacre where the dead and dying were turned over to the Lakota and Cheyenne women. Sometimes I don't know what people expect, these are action adventure, they do have a larger than life hero emboding many people, since in the military I never met any super heroes such as Bolan. And yes, I did work for NSA along the way. And these books are fiction. Not to be forgotten. Lighten up guys. Though this book is now near a generation old, it still makes for good reading. This is not a book to ignore, not if one enjoys Mack Bolan. Semper Fi.

I'm rating this one a TWO , just cause this person wrote Cambodia Clash as well ... As someone else already pointed out .. Bolan rides a freaking elephant and kills like 200 guys single handedly !! Wow, what a master strategist ! lets put some punji sticks on the side of the trail, and I'll ride an elephant through them !! I coulda come with that moronic plan ! nuff said ... skip it !

Well now we know what a western novel would be like with Mack. Horses were used a lot for transportaton. Mack is a good horse rider it seems - no clue where he learned the skill. Nark for a name of a narcotics officer - sheesh. Really silly name Tom J used. Yes plenty of action. Most quite good as Max said it was a bit too much with the elephant and the Tiger soldiers. Is the Montengard really all over SE Asia? I always thought only in Vietnam - oh well will take Tom J's word on it. I loved when the headman sold most of the weapons and Mack found out about it - really funny scene. I liked how it showed a more human Mack who makes errors like letting his mind wander. Why wasn't Rafe around? It was his niece who was killed by the Tiger Company drug dealers you would think he would insist of coming. Very odd and out of character. I liked the scene at the residential compound of the Tiger boss and the sword fight. The execution scenes were rather grisly in description. I also loved the scene when Mack and gang hit the military compound of the Tigers and captured the chairmen although I thought Mack was going to execute them - he just let them be arrested. Sad that he didn't. Not a great book just slightly above average.

The cover on this is awesome! I read this after reading #65 by the same writer, but it wasn't as good as that one, Tiger War has a lot of action and adventure, but overall it seemed kinda flat to me, I was disappointed with it, but only because I had really high hopes for it. A decent book worth reading.

The action is frequent and frantic in Tiger War. The Executioner is out to destroy the largest heroin producing group in Southeast Asia. Lots of action here from the opening page until the last. Most of it is very good and keeps the excitement high. There is certainly a lot happening in this book. And that might be one reason I don't rate it higher: the author packs an elephant attack, the capture of a moving train, a daring helicopter rescue and a samurai sword duel into a tale about nationalist Chinese drug lords in Thailand. Bolan seems a bit off his game here. Sure he fights like a demon and takes out the bad guys. But the book opens with him running out of an ambush and then on three seperate occasions he gets captured and disarmed: once when he and an ally walk into an ambush, once when he is caught daydreaming of vengeance while chasing the chief baddie and blunders into yet another ambush, and once when he is kicking back in a hut naked and unarmed after a band of armed insurgents have passed by the house he's hiding in. Oh, well, at least he gets to escape 3 times. The villains are OK, the chief villain is nasty (but the Samurai thing for a Chinese nationalist colonel seemed a bit forced.) The supporting players are forgettable. This one gets 7 stars just for the frequent and intense action. And for the elephant-fu!

The best word that comes to mind for this book is ridiculous. Bolan, astride an elephant, charges 200 soldiers, and kills them all. Bolan, captured by the enemy and held at their base, gets into a sword fight with his nemesis, defeats him, and manages to escape the numerous armed guards. Ridiculous. The writing is poor, as well. The action scenes are flat. In the big invasion of the base, Bolan acts as a forward observere, calling down artillery strikes. I'm not sure he fired a shot. What a waste of his talent, and what poor knowledge of his character shown by the author. Avoid this one.

A SO-SO ENTRY IN THE SERIES. MY LEAST FAVORITE OF THE TERRORIST WAR SERIES.

ANOTHER GOOD ONE FOR THE BOLAN SERIES. NARK AND HEATH WERE PRETTY COOL ALLIES AND THE FINAL SWORDFIGHT WAS PRETTY INTENSE.

Not a high point in the series, if you ask me. Kind of blah!