Neo-pulp. The series recounts the adventures of Gabriel Hunt, a modern-day combo of Indiana Jones and James Bond, globe-trotting in various legend-inspired adventures. All of the books are credited to Gabriel Hunt, "as told to" their real author -- in this case, prolific adventure-genre workhorse James Reasoner. A beautiful visitor to the Hunt Foundation in New York, kidnapped by professional goons before she can tell what brought her, sends Gabriel on a trek first to a Civil War battleground, then to a hidden valley in Guatemala, all the while dodging bullets from those who don't want him to find out what's so deathly important to them.

The format requires it to be heavy on derring-do and light on character development, but for what it is, it's good unambitious fun.