White Line War

Mack Bolan the Executioner #134

by Don Pendleton (Series Creator), Kirk Sanson (Contributor)

Feb.1990 Worldwide Library mass market paperback, Don Pendleton (Combat Machines). In a push to seize control of East Coast cocaine distribution from Mob hands, a Colombian drug lord has turned the Miami-New York interstate into a killing zone. Innocent civilians are the victims of his ruthless campaign to eliminate the ruling don. The random butchering escalates unchecked...until the Feds call in a troubleshooter. - Goodreads

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Don Pendleton was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, December 12, 1927 and died October 23, 1995 in Arizona.

He wrote mystery, action/adventure, science-fiction, crime fiction, suspense, short stories, nonfiction, and was a comic scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, essayist, and metaphysical scholar. He published more than 125 books in his long career, and his books have been published in more than 25 foreign languages with close to two hundred million copies in print throughout the world.

After producing a number of science-fiction and mystery novels, Don launched in 1969 the phenomenal Mack Bolan: The Executioner, which quickly emerged as the original, definitive Action/Adventure series. His successful paperback books inspired a new particularly American literary genre during the early 1970's, and Don became known as "the father of action/adventure."

"Although The Executioner Series is far and away my most significant contribution to world literature, I still do not perceive myself as 'belonging' to any particular literary niche. I am simply a storyteller, an entertainer who hopes to enthrall with visions of the reader's own incipient greatness."

Don Pendleton's original Executioner Series are now in ebooks, published by Open Road Media. 37 of the original novels.

Wikipedia: Don Pendleton

Reviews

[William Whalen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another fun entry in the Mack Bolan series. One of the most inspirational films for the Executioner stable of writers has to be "Yojimbo." Don't get me wrong, if your going to reuse a plotline, this classic works. #134 is more like a taste of "Yojimbo," then a straight out copy. Now for those of you who have never seen Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece, you need to stream this super influential film asap. If you've only seen Sergio Leone's "Fistful of Dollars" remake, yes, it is still a deservedly a classic but the original is still mandatory viewing. If all you've seen is "The Last Man Standing;" shame on you. A double bill of "Yojimbo" and Eastwood must follow the reading of this article and to play it safe, do 5 Hail Mary penances.

[A. Paul Myers · Rating 2 out of 5]

Don't judge me. I know this is bravado junk food, but I read a lot of Executioner books during my High School years. I've read better. One star for content, an additional for nostalgia. Still, a good palate cleanser between more meaningful works.

[David Hamilton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of guys explode by the Executioner's Desert Eagle. On to the next mission!