Jim Peterson (3) (1929–)

This review is written with a GPL 3.0 license and the rights contained therein shall supersede all TOS by any and all websites in regards to copying and sharing without proper authorization and permissions. Crossposted at Bookstooge.booklikes.blogspot.wordpress.com by express permission of this reviewer   Synopsis Mack heads to Sicily to put the kabosh on the Don who's been importing muscle to the United States for the Mafia Families.   My Thoughts First off, this was written by a show more different author and it really shows. Instead of the Heroic Adventurer who shrugs off death and despair and keeps on soldiering, this Bolan is a lot more human. He's practically done in physically from the last book, mentally and emotionally he's at the cracking point, and Peterson writes this into the story.   Part of me liked this and part of me didn't. It was nice to see Bolan as a bit more human, but to be honest, I read these stories because he isn't just human. He is the Punisher, the Executioner. He is MORE than human.   The overall plot was typical with nothing standing out. Mack goes in and causes Hell and Death. And escapes by the skin of his teeth.   I did notch this down half a star because apparently everyone woman who met Mack had an extremely large "bosom"  [and the word bosom was used in this book more times than I've read in the last couple of years!] and instantly got wet just from looking at him. I don't read these books for cheap thrills, but for cheap violence.   We'll see if Peterson writes some more or if it goes back to Pendleton.   Rating: 2.5 of 5 Stars Author: Jim Peterson " show less

School for Assassins! The hot and arid island of Sicily is infamous as the birthplace of the Mafia. From this Mediterranean spawning ground the deadly forces of evil and corruption have spread to all points of the globe. In the U.S. the Mafias influence has become as sophisticated as it is powerful. . . virtually no city is free of the mobs grip, hardly an industry is untouched by their sinister operations. Now, after a long and bloody wipeout trail across our country, Mack Bolan must lash show more out at the very root of the Mafia monster. Sicily has seemingly been quite remote from the underworld activities on our shores in recent years, but Bolan has discovered that a top Mafia family in the U.S. has masterminded the formation of a small army of killers in Sicily. They are undergoing intensive training in a small village practically in the shadow of Mount Etna. The purpose of their mission is secret. Bolans initial reconnaissance indicates that they are well into final preparations for what could be a major crime campaign. To strike where? And for whom? There is no time to learn more, or even to warn U.S. authorities. Bolan must go it alone, and face an army of assassins! show less