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Stony Man #94
Act of War
Stony manWhen crisis demands skill, stealth and the kind of diplomacy that comes from a mandate to strike down terror, the call to action goes to Stony Man. Under presidential directive, the crack commando teams of Phoenix Force and Able Team, backed by the most sophisticated cybernetics team in the world, bring the fight to the enemy...and take no prisoners.
Remote nuke trigger
Technology capable of exploding cached nuclear arsenals around the globe has fallen into the hands of a group of unidentified terrorists. Mushroom clouds are appearing from the deserts of New Mexico to the mountains of Asia, as warhead stockpiles become radioactive fallout. Facing an untenable decision on whether to disarm or stand and fight, the Oval Office can only watch and wait as Stony Man tracks the enemy to the far-flung reaches of the Balkans, where fifteen families of organized crime will be masters of the universe--or blow it out of existence.
Remote nuke trigger
Technology capable of exploding cached nuclear arsenals around the globe has fallen into the hands of a group of unidentified terrorists. Mushroom clouds are appearing from the deserts of New Mexico to the mountains of Asia, as warhead stockpiles become radioactive fallout. Facing an untenable decision on whether to disarm or stand and fight, the Oval Office can only watch and wait as Stony Man tracks the enemy to the far-flung reaches of the Balkans, where fifteen families of organized crime will be masters of the universe--or blow it out of existence.
- GenresAdventure
352 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 1, 2008
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Nick Pollotta
41 books26 followersNick Pollotta also writes as Nicholas Pollotta, Jack Hopkins, and house names James Axler and Don Pendleton.
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May 21, 2009
This book was a mix for me. I really enjoy the Stony Man books, and Nick Pollota is one of the better writers for me, but this book was a bit of a disappointment.
A crime family in Albania has somehow managed to get a hold of a weapon that can remotely cause nuclear weapons to blow up. It's never really explained how they got it, or how they managed to get (or highjack) more than a dozen satellites in orbit. Also, at the start of the book, Phoenix Force is attacking white slavers in the Mediterranean who caught the daughter of a US Senator. In the middle of the book, you find out that one of the women rescued is a daughter of the crime family. Closer to the end, Phoenix Force attacks the crimelord's castle where they are preparing for the welcome home party. But really, they never do anything with the woman, and if you show a gun in the first scene, it should be used before the last scene.
Now, it is possible that a future Stony Man novel will pick up with her again, since she was being groomed to be the future head of her crime family before her disappearance. After all, Jack Higgins got something like five books out of the 'family looking for revenge' plot.
But setting that aside, the book also had a scene in which a Yakuza boss who'd been approached by the Albanians in a "follow us and we'll make you immune from the law" offer, and was insulted by their rudeness, decides that *his* family will help the Americans take the Albanians out. Again, there is no sign of this later.
Plus, how the hell were the Albanians able to get thousands of super computers and embed them inside a glacier in an American national park without anyone noticing? Especially the buying of the computers. If it's the biggest super-computer in the world, wouldn't a sudden sale of thousands be tagged by multiple federal agencies.
And then there was the goof of having two men named Sakir Elsani (one of the scientists, and one of the crime family who set up the plot).
But despite the plot holes, it was a fun read. You just have to carefully ignore the WTF elements.
A crime family in Albania has somehow managed to get a hold of a weapon that can remotely cause nuclear weapons to blow up. It's never really explained how they got it, or how they managed to get (or highjack) more than a dozen satellites in orbit. Also, at the start of the book, Phoenix Force is attacking white slavers in the Mediterranean who caught the daughter of a US Senator. In the middle of the book, you find out that one of the women rescued is a daughter of the crime family. Closer to the end, Phoenix Force attacks the crimelord's castle where they are preparing for the welcome home party. But really, they never do anything with the woman, and if you show a gun in the first scene, it should be used before the last scene.
Now, it is possible that a future Stony Man novel will pick up with her again, since she was being groomed to be the future head of her crime family before her disappearance. After all, Jack Higgins got something like five books out of the 'family looking for revenge' plot.
But setting that aside, the book also had a scene in which a Yakuza boss who'd been approached by the Albanians in a "follow us and we'll make you immune from the law" offer, and was insulted by their rudeness, decides that *his* family will help the Americans take the Albanians out. Again, there is no sign of this later.
Plus, how the hell were the Albanians able to get thousands of super computers and embed them inside a glacier in an American national park without anyone noticing? Especially the buying of the computers. If it's the biggest super-computer in the world, wouldn't a sudden sale of thousands be tagged by multiple federal agencies.
And then there was the goof of having two men named Sakir Elsani (one of the scientists, and one of the crime family who set up the plot).
But despite the plot holes, it was a fun read. You just have to carefully ignore the WTF elements.
March 13, 2025
Action packed but similar to eating cotton candy tasty but not fulfilling. gave it 4 stars for the quality of action
September 17, 2011
Just a lithe violent for my tastes. Story line was okay but just too much gore.
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