Does it still have the potential to move a man to stand tall against the filth and dre. From february 2001, the cover to tigers of heaven, the 16th book in my outlanders series, rendered by masterful mike herring. Es bleibt nur eine moglichkeit, bolan muss sein gesicht verandern. It was 1968, a time in america of civil unrest, love and flower power, psychedelic streets of haightashbury and berkeley, the horrors of the vietnam war, and the iniquities of the mafia, when mack bolan, the executioner was conceived in the mind of don pendleton. This series is my favorite actionfiction series of all time. Mack bolan the executioner, stony man, super bolan, able team, phoenix force. I started reading don pendletons adventure series the executioner in. Gardner francis fox adventure library gardner f fox book. New the time of contempt the witcher 2 by sapkowski, andrzej. Order of mack bolan books mack bolan is a fictional character created by american author don pendleton who appears in the mack bolan aka superbolan actionadventure series, which is a spinoff of his earlier series, the executioner. Dedicated to don pendletons character mack bolan, also known as the executioner.
Mack bolan was not born to kill, as many of his comrades and superiors secretly believed. Mack bolan books created by don pendleton it was 1968, a time in america of civil unrest, love and flower power, psychedelic streets of haightashbury and berkeley, the horrors of the vietnam war, and the iniquities of the mafia, when mack bolan, the executioner was conceived in the mind of don pendleton. Bolan was also considered a supersoldier by the government, so is cherry. The executioner vs the punisher comic book resources. The series has multiple spinoff series, including phoenix force, mack bolan aka superbolan, stony man and more. Official website of author, don pendleton, creator of the executioner. Are the cherry delight books like the mack bolan executioner. If youre looking for a hard to find back issue, we probably have it.
Creator of the original the executioner mack bolan series of action adventure thrillers, joe copp mystery series, ashton ford paranormal series, and nonfiction books. The series, starring vietnam veteran mack bolan, was so successful it inspired a new american literary genre, and pendleton became known as the father of actionadventure. They will soon find that he is very realand that their most trusted hit man of all is working on the. Feb 10, 2014 does it still have the potential to move a man to stand tall against the filth and dre. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading critical exposure mack bolan. Bolan was a weapons specialist and a skilled armourer and racked up 97 kills in vietnam.
The super bolan book series by multiple authors includes books stony man doctrine, terminal velocity, resurrection day, and several more. Thrillers that will kick off your year with a bang booktrib. Mack bolan, able team, and several others i cant remember. Don pendleton still had more in terms of action novels series and between19871992 he wrote the joe copp, private eye series. He spent twelve years in country and racked up a grand total of 97 kills that were confirmed. Mack bolan nicknamed the executioner by his fellow soldiers is an elite sniperpenetration specialist in the vietnam war when he receives word that his father sam, a steelworker in pittsfield, has gone insane and shot dead his. This super bolan series shares characters and continuity of the initial and still ongoing the executioner series. See the complete mack bolan the executioner series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles.
The main character is mack bolan, an army sniper who served in the army for 12 years. I started on them via the military book club and even picked up boxes of old ones at yard sales. War against the mafia by don pendleton booksamillion. Creator of the original the executioner mack bolan series of action adventure thrillers, joe. This book has everything i love in a mack bolan novelfast pace, action, and more than that because lets face it, most bolan offerings have those two elements in spades, a mission that is personal for bolan, as opposed to being dictated by mommy brognola. I started reading the executioner series back in 1982 and was and avid reader for the next 10 years but for various reasons i stopped.
Created by don pendleton, bolan made his first appearance on the printed page in war against the mafia 1969. Don pendleton, the creator of bolan, saw the first books hit the street in or around. Cursed for decades, the infamous mack bolan may finally get. Thats a ridiculous speedaccuracy feat i dont think bolan can match.
The mack bolan the executioner book series by multiple authors includes books double crossfire, the violent streets, iranian hit, and several more. If we dont, add it to your want list and well notify you when its in stock. Either way i ended up with this book in my hands and actually. Critical exposure mack bolan kindle edition by don pendleton. Don pendeltons mack bolan stony man book series 1st editions. Due mack bolan s father inability to pay his monthly installments the mafia tormented him. 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. Photo by linda pendleton the original the executioner.
Go to school for six hours, come home and read a little mack bolan. No easy feat, as rival factions from north korea, russia, iran, octavioss own group and even octavios himself. Join this group if you are a fan of this awesome book series. Pendleton franchised don pendletons mack bolan to harlequins gold eagle books in 1980, and more than 900 books based on the executioner and spinoffsphoenix force, able team, stony man, mack bolan, super bolan, have been published under their continuing program. Sep 04, 20 there are many comic book fans that think the punisher came first, then came the executioner. Due mack bolans father inability to pay his monthly installments the mafia tormented him. Once a vietnam military hero, crack sniper mack bolan is now a vigilante, driven by the death of his massachusetts family to exact vengeance on the mob. Bolans maske by don pendleton nook book ebook barnes. With the group responsible scattered to hideouts in wartorn hot spots around the globe, mack bolan has to hit these.
We offer modern, bronze age, silver age, and golden age comics. After producing a number of science fiction and mystery novels, in 1969, pendleton launched the executioner saga with war against the mafia. Battle mask the executioner, a lonewolf vigilante who would make jack reacher think twice, takes his war on the mob to a new level. Official website of author, don pendleton, bio, bibliography, books. All that remains is new york, whose dons no longer believe the oneman army known as mack bolan even exists. Every other month the series is complemented by the release of a superbolan, titles that are twice the length of a standard executioner novel. Books always seemed to feature a new weapon of some kind alongside macks signature beretta 93r. On one occasion samuel bolans arm was dislocated as punishment to missing paying a previous month loan installment. War against the mafia the executioner book 1 kindle edition by don pendleton. Are the cherry delight books like the mack bolan executioner series. Pulp art, mafia, action, comics, cover, books, movie posters, group action, livres. Satans sabbath ebook las vegasclark county library. Don pendleton created mack bolan, an expert sniper who earned the nickname executioner for his peerless mastery of the art of blowing enemy heads apart, who returns home from. Over six hundred novels have been written featuring the protagonist mack bolan and various spinoff characters.
Mack bolan the executioner book series thriftbooks. Gold eagle books publishes action adventure, paramilitary and scifi novels. It seems that some talented writers have already assured us that 2019 is off to an explosive start. We cant quite say at this stage who the next big action star attached to play mack bolan will be, but at the very least. Actionadventure is a niche market and the big publishers are all about global positioning. Official website of author, don pendleton, creator of the. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading war against the mafia the executioner book 1.
But when a christian extremist gunman attacks the heroic doctors womens health center in mobile, alabama, mack bolan knows annis i. The executioner series stars mack bolan, a sniper who in the vietnam war had very few snipers that were as good or as ruthless as him. War against the mafia by don pendleton, miami massacre by don pendleton, death squad by don pendleton, dixie convoy by don p. Having read a smattering of randoms executioners over the years im glad that i finally got around to reading the first book in the series. Cindy bolan, mack bolans second born sister was compelled by this infliction of pain and torment that she took a step to save his. Pendleton franchised don pendletons mack bolan to harlequins gold eagle books in 1980, and more than 900 books based on the executioner and. Feb 22, 2008 dedicated to don pendletons character mack bolan, also known as the executioner. Publishing history this is a chart to show the publishing history of editions of works about this subject. It went on to become one of the most popular actionadventure franchises in history, selling hundreds of millions of copies worldwide. The character also appears in the stony man series and others. Mack bolan s motivations and actions are clearly more morally ambiguous in this book, and although bolan has dedicated himself to a relentless and brutal destruction of evil, readers may find this. In 1980, don pendleton sold the franchise don pendletons mack bolan to harlequins gold eagle books and satans sabbath was the last he ever wrote in the series.
Super bolan mack bolan series in order don pendleton. Find the complete the executioner book series listed in order. At the height of its popularity, in the late 60s and 70s, it was being written by dozens of peculiar and reclusive authors. The mack bolan books wouldnt be very popular in countries with large muslim populations, nor would deathlands which was very regionalcentric. Id scour the used book stores looking for older books i hadnt read, beg my mom to buy me the next one when we went grocery shopping, and trade them with my friend when we found books the other didnt have. Author don pendleton and book cover artist, gil cohen, 1985.
Mack bolan is a fictional character created by american author don pendleton who appears in the mack bolan aka superbolan actionadventure series, which is a spinoff of his earlier series, the executioner. Battle mask 3 by don pendleton 2016, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Cindy bolan, mack bolan s second born sister was compelled by this infliction of pain and torment that she took a step to save his. The stony man series is the successor of the previously published separate able team and phoenix force series. Mack bolan, the executioner, is a freelance agent with the stony man group. Aug 10, 2019 mack bolans character was written in the first person, so mr. Great deals on one book or all books in the series.
The stony man series began in 1983 with the novel stony man doctrine, which is the only novel in the series to actually be written by don pendleton. Some trilogies even jump from one series to the other and back forth. The organization was created in order to utilize mack bolan s skills and knowledge in order to combat terrorism, and also includes phoenix force and able team. There, he killed over 90 targets as a sniper, earning his nickname the executioner, but was also kind to. In the jungles of southeast asia, no sniper was more ruthless than mack bolan. I even belonged to the book club and received the newest edition of the executioner, and its two offshoots able team, and phoenix force every month. Don pendleton audio books, best sellers, author bio. The executioner is a monthly actionadventure series created by american author don pendleton. The initial mack bolan the executioner series and related super bolan series share continuity and characters with these ones, while being more focused in. On one occasion samuel bolan s arm was dislocated as punishment to missing paying a previous month loan installment. If actionadventure has a future as a genre, it will be with smaller, independent publishers. Yeah, i read every one of those books i could find when i was in jr. Pendleton, himself a world war 2 and korea veteran, kicked the series off in 1969 with war against the mafia, in which mack bolan returns home from vietnam to find nearly his entire family. May 20, 2014 i even belonged to the book club and received the newest edition of the executioner, and its two offshoots able team, and phoenix force every month.
Cyberthreat executioner, book 462 by unknown fantastic fiction. Yes, i read the shit out of these from when i was 812 years old. If youve ever watched corner gas and you have fond memories of the book club episode you will be familiar with the mack bolan series. War against the mafia the executioner book 1 kindle edition. Pendleton, himself a world war 2 and korea veteran, kicked the series off in 1969 with war against the mafia, in which mack bolan returns home. Pendleton wrote 37 other novels featuring bolan, often referred to as the mafia wars. See the complete super bolan series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Although not her first appearance in the series, the cover features shizuka, courageous captain of the postapocalyptic samurai force known as the tigers of heaven. Egypt military aid package are used to slaughter hundreds of israelis, mack bolan arrives in cairo to discover who is selling american weapons to terrorists and must battle against hezbollah hitmen and a syrian armored platoon to find the truth. Mack bolan, alias the executioner, is a fictional character who has been serialized in over 600 novels with sales of more than 200 million books. After mafia pressure destroyed his family, ace sniper mack bolan left the jungles of southeast asia to declare a new war on the home front. It even has a decent denouement, something so often lacking in bolan books. Aug 19, 2014 in the books, mack bolan was born in 1939 and fought in the vietnam war as a green beret. The super bolan series shares characters and continuity of this initial the executioner series.
Annis hassan from a rightwing muslim attack in the afghanistan desert. Our current series include deathlands, rogue angel, outlanders, the executioner, stony man, and mack bolan. The complete series list for super bolan mack bolan don pendleton. Along the x axis is time, and on the y axis is the count of editions published. Aug 12, 2014 cursed for decades, the infamous mack bolan may finally get his movie. War against the mafia the first book in the classic vigilante action series from a writer who spawned a genre the new york times. Washington is rotting from the inside out, and the executioner knows death is the only cure as his war against the mafia has carried him across the united states, mack bolan has begun to hear rumors that the mob is planning something big.
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