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In New York the Executioner brings his war to an explosive end Every day this week, one of the last great Mafia outfits has fallen. All that remains is New York, whose dons no longer believe the one-man army known as Mack Bolan even exists. They will soon find that he is very real-and that their most trusted hit man of all is working on the Executioner's side. Ever since his war began, Bolan has known that it would end in death-either for him or for the Mafia itself. Lured by the promise show more of amnesty into working for the US government, he will make this his final, most incredible mission. One show lessTags
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Satan's Sabbath was the final Mack Bolan book by Don Pendleton
before a legion of writers took over under his name. It also marks a
major change in the legend of Bolan because he shifts in a this one
from being the one-man lone warrior at war with the Mafia to a new
identity as a government agent, John Phoenix who rises from the
ashes. Although other authors went on to continue this series for
another 400 books of crazy action and adventure, the original 38
book story would end here.
The story itself continues Bolan's superhuman efforts to wipe out the
Mafia and includes battles with rocket launchers in Central Park and
Bolan masquerading as a Mafia hood and taking over their enterprises.
As always, great fun.
before a legion of writers took over under his name. It also marks a
major change in the legend of Bolan because he shifts in a this one
from being the one-man lone warrior at war with the Mafia to a new
identity as a government agent, John Phoenix who rises from the
ashes. Although other authors went on to continue this series for
another 400 books of crazy action and adventure, the original 38
book story would end here.
The story itself continues Bolan's superhuman efforts to wipe out the
Mafia and includes battles with rocket launchers in Central Park and
Bolan masquerading as a Mafia hood and taking over their enterprises.
As always, great fun.
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.leafmarks.com & Bookstooge's Reviews on the Road Facebook Group by Bookstooge's Exalted Permission. Title: Satan's Sabbath Series: The Executioner Author: Don Pendleton Rating: 3 of 5 Stars Genre: Action/Adventure Pages: 109 Synopsis: Bolan has ONE more hit to make, to finish his mission of taking down the Mafia. But he has to run the gauntlet of Mafia who have seen his face and deal with a traitor in Brognola's group who has it out for them all. Can Mack survive long show more enough to start the War on the rest of the world? My Thoughts: The final run for the series by Pendleton. After this book, it goes to ghost writers and a more international scene. There was nothing bad about this book, it was just as run of the mill as the previous ones. The mafia has been done and Pendleton just ran out of ideas to make this interesting and engaging. Kind of just chugging along to get to the end here. I've got the next 4 or 5 in the series and I'll see if things get interesting again with a new worldwide venue and new ghost authors. If it picks up, I'll keep on reading. If not, then I'll be done. I want to read more, as Macho Man Action Hero really appeals to me and I need a good dose of Testosterone every once in a while. So Sarge, it's been real. Keep it hard. " show less
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Don Pendleton was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on December 12, 1927. During World War II, on December 7, 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving as a Radioman First Class until November of 1947. He served in all the war theaters, receiving various medals. He received his GED while in the Navy. In 1952, in the midst of the Korean conflict, he show more returned to active service for two years. He was employed as a telegrapher for Southern Pacific Railroad until 1957. For the next four years, he worked for the CAA/FAA as an air traffic control specialist. In 1961, his career turned toward aerospace engineering where he served in management positions during Martin-Marietta's Titan ICBM programs, as an engineering administrator in NASA's Apollo Moonshot program, and with the United States Air Force C-5 Galaxy program. He began writing in 1957 and his first short story was published that year, followed by a first novel in 1961. He became a full-time author in 1967. After producing a number of short stories, westerns, science fiction and mystery novels, in 1969, he launched the Executioner series. The first Executioner novel, War Against the Mafia, was followed by an additional 37 books during the ensuing 12 years. In 1980, he franchised his Executioner characters to Harlequin's Worldwide Library of Toronto, Gold Eagle Imprint. Until his death, he served as Consulting Editor on the Gold Eagle Program, although was not directly responsible for any of the Mack Bolan novels written since 1981. Their team of writers have produced close to 400 novels based on Pendleton's original works and use his names as a house pseudonym. He also published six books about a psychic detective named Ashton Ford and six books about a private detective named Joe Copp. In 1990, he turned to nonfiction with the publication of To Dance with Angels, written with his wife, Linda Pendleton. His nonfiction books include three manuscripts published posthumously as ebooks: A Search for Meaning from the Surface of a Small Planet, The Metaphysics of the Novel: The Inner Workings of a Novel and a Novelist, and Whispers from the Soul: The Divine Dance of Consciousness. A Search for Meaning from the Surface of a Small Planet won the Independent Ebooks Award for the Best of Nonfiction in 2002. In 1992, he received the Lifetime Achievement Gem Award presented by Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. He died of a heart attack on October 23, 1995 at the age of 67. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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