Panama Takedown.

by Mike Pettit, Janell Williams Parque (Editor)

NOIR CRIME DRAMA. DAMION WOLF, ASSASSIN. There are men among us that lead lives of quiet desperation sitting on the sidelines watching their lives speed by. There are others that are adventurers, fearless and seek danger, powerful athletes, intellectuals, soldiers, and statesmen. Then there are the men that live moment to moment, in the shadows, moving silently, striking, and melting back into the night. Men that are incapable of feeling remorse, guilt, or contrition. These are the men best qualified to solicit when a needed service is required and a final notice given. They answer only to those that pay the asking price, and to men in power that need their services for political gain or enrichment. Damian Wolf is one of those men, not by choice, but by deception. He is framed for the brutal murder of his new bride, sentenced to death. After six months on death row, he is offered freedom in return for performing dark work for an obscure government agency. If he agrees, then he will not only gain his freedom, but will be told who the real killer is…. eventually. Panama Takedown is the first in the Damian Wolf , Assassin, Short Novel Series. Wolf is in Panama waiting for the details of his next assignment. When his handler contacts him, he is immediately distrustful and suspicious of the plan. He sees it as a suicide mission with no way out. Within hours, bodies start to pile up, a double-cross and betrayal are tripped up, and a final showdown that leaves the target alive and Wolf on the run.

73 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 31, 2013

Reviews

[Trish R. · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a novella to introduce you to Damian Wolf, an assassin. However, I can’t see me moving forward in this series. I mean, really, who wants to read about a hero who drinks himself into a blackout situation and compares the taste in his mouth when he wakes up to two cats coming in and shitting in his mouth while he slept it off. AND continues to drink like that the entire story. Nope, not for me.

No romance, lots of killing and the F-bomb was used 25 times. The story had some possibilities but adding a drunken hero to it just ruined that intro.

As to the narration: Mike Dennis might as well have been a robot.

[G.Richard Mccafferty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick read

Once again just a quick read lots of action as always and will continue this series as a new outlook on life support e the Chinese are having a hard time with the canal in Nicaragua...

[Jada Ryker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Take No Prisoners

When a person has his ticket and it needs to be punched for the final time, a paid assassin is the ultimate ticket puncher.

Damion Wolf didn't hunker down with his high school guidance counselor, take standardized aptitude tests, and decide he wanted to be an assassin. Rather, years ago events beyond his control forced him into his grim occupation.

Now, Wolf is tired of his murder-for-hire work and lifestyle. He wants out. But will his employers accept his resignation? Or will he find he has his own ticket, ready to be punched under the cover of darkness?

A neon sign is flashing brightly, spelling out DANGER in Wolf's mind. Another blinked DIVE … DIVE … DIVE.

Mike Pettit's gritty, take-no-prisoners writing style in Panama Takedown reminds me of Dashiell Hammett. The short work packs in tons of action and adventure in its pages, leaving blood and violence in its wake.

[Jeff Gafford · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very entertaining story that keeps moving at a rapid pace, bringing Damian Wolf face to face with his controllers and with the man he has been waiting years to kill, as he attempts to carry out an assignment so dangerous that it may very well be his last. Mike Petit knows how to tell a story that is full of action and intrigue.