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Executioner · #87

Hellfire Crusade

by Alan Bomack · March 1986

6.4 / 10 average from 5 rated reviews

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The militant brother of an Arab ruler has kidnapped a brilliant young American. And Mack Bolan knows that in wrong hands the teenagers knowledge of nuclear devices could change the course of history. The Executioner faces awesome odds as he blitzes a forbidding desert fortress in the tiny oil sheikhdom. His mission: to rescue the hostage and stop the rebels plans to launch a holy revolution.

Reviews (6)

ice_cracked 5/10 January 23, 2014
Run of the mill title which has been flogged to death by so many authors with unfortunately nothing included to lift it above the also ran category. A brilliant youth who in fact has demonstrated how to construct a nuclear bomb is kidnapped in conjunction of the theft of nuclear fission materials has the Big Guy on his way to rescue the youth from his Arab capturers. He is accompanied by a young woman who also previously served in Vietnam as a nurse but received combat training which of course comes in handy on the journey. Basically with the exception of a small section where a group of three Arabs who the Big Guy and woman come across on the way to the castle location where the youth is being held it is predictable reading page after page. On arrival at the castle more and more of the same as the Big Guy infiltrates the castle, leaves a few explosives strategically placed around and escapes with the kidnapped youth in tow. A chase through the desert ensues where the chasing group is avoided and off we all go home. Sure as a read it is not so bad if it was somewhere near an original idea but considering the amount of like titles that have been released which are no better or worse than this it is very hard to recommend this one for your reading.
Monsta Mack 8/10 October 8, 2002
This was a fun read for me.After reading superBolan Dead Easy, i kind of thought the ending in that book was a ripoff of the ending in Hellfire crusade. Oh, well I guess those things sometimes happen. This book is a better written book than the previous Bomack novels.
MaxDanger 7/10 November 1, 2001
Solid book. Bolan is trying to rescue a kidnapped teenage computer-whiz, as well as stop a civil war in the Middle East. Good plot, but not a ton of action. Lots of sneaking around rather than full-blown firefights. It seemed like a good mix. The ending seemed rather hastily done, as if the author found out there were only 8 pages left and had to get Bolan out of danger in a hurry. A good point was the reaction of the teenaged hostage to Bolan--how does he know Bolan is going to help him? Well done. Not spectacular, but solid.
FROGMAN 7/10 May 17, 2000
Another rescue mission story, but I liked this one it was o.k..
ERIC FROM N.Y. May 17, 2000
I REALLY ENJOYED THIS ONE IMMENSLY FROM BEGINNING TO END!
Gunslinger 5/10 May 17, 2000
This is one the many that I've read more than once. All I can say is that I didn't think it was that great the second time around.