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Mack Bolan the Executioner #50
Brothers in Blood
Mack tries to enjoy a well-earned vacation white water canoeing in Idaho, unaware of the team of assassins on his trail
180 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1983
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About the author
Don Pendleton
1,522 books190 followersDon 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
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
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November 19, 2023
Mack’s kayaking vacation turns into a river of bloodshed as he is stalked mile by mile down the white water rapids by mob hit men. The action is furious and intense as the Executioner fights for his life as well as an innocent boy that is eerily reminiscent of his younger brother.
March 25, 2023
Mack Bolan can’t seem to ever catch a break. Even on a forced vacation, the poor guy somehow manages to get wrapped up in yet another firefight with those who want him dead. And now, instead of shooting at terrorists in the desert or breaking down doors to save yet another beautiful woman, it’s Bolan in the Idaho wilderness, using his wits and kicking bad guy ass in the process.
As he’s done in previous works, Krauzer eschews much of a plot for straight up action and one of the best settings in the past 50 books. In this one we get Bolan white water rafting and using his natural environment to his advantage. Sure he still uses his arsenal of crazy weaponry pretty liberally, but this one is much more similar to First Blood than typical Mack Bolan.
And for that reason, Brothers in Blood finally does something a bit differently for the executioner books, making this book yet another awesome entry in the series.
As he’s done in previous works, Krauzer eschews much of a plot for straight up action and one of the best settings in the past 50 books. In this one we get Bolan white water rafting and using his natural environment to his advantage. Sure he still uses his arsenal of crazy weaponry pretty liberally, but this one is much more similar to First Blood than typical Mack Bolan.
And for that reason, Brothers in Blood finally does something a bit differently for the executioner books, making this book yet another awesome entry in the series.
July 7, 2017
Bolan on vacation. While we look for some r and r, Bolan looks for an AR-15. Mack goes to Idaho for some kayaking. Right off the bat he is ambushed. You know the rest. A team of about 40 hit men/terrorist are hiding in the wilderness to take him out. Our author this time around, Steven M. Krauzer, must of been a die hard kayaker. Most of this book takes place on the water. With kayaking lingo everywhere. Still a nice outing for The Executioner.
October 11, 2024
I’m 50/50 on this one.
When it’s good it’s good. When it’s mid it’s astronomically mid.
Mack finds himself in vacation and kayaking a dangerous river. There he is attacked by mafia hit men and with the help of a young man named Johnny who resembles his actual brother Johnny, mack lays down the hate.
The author of this one REALLY liked kayaks. There are whole chapters dedicated to it. I like the “Hatchet” vibes this gives off but damn it was a lot of kayak info. The Johnny character was nice, but why they didn’t just make him Johnny Bolan I’ll never know.
When it comes to the action it’s some of the best. Bolan isn’t armed to the teeth in this one so he relies mostly on his survival skills and enemy weapons. He’s as brutal as he always is.
Book 50 didn’t fully live up to the hype I heard about it. But in the end it was a decent change of pace from the globe trotting terrorist hunt the other books were.
When it’s good it’s good. When it’s mid it’s astronomically mid.
Mack finds himself in vacation and kayaking a dangerous river. There he is attacked by mafia hit men and with the help of a young man named Johnny who resembles his actual brother Johnny, mack lays down the hate.
The author of this one REALLY liked kayaks. There are whole chapters dedicated to it. I like the “Hatchet” vibes this gives off but damn it was a lot of kayak info. The Johnny character was nice, but why they didn’t just make him Johnny Bolan I’ll never know.
When it comes to the action it’s some of the best. Bolan isn’t armed to the teeth in this one so he relies mostly on his survival skills and enemy weapons. He’s as brutal as he always is.
Book 50 didn’t fully live up to the hype I heard about it. But in the end it was a decent change of pace from the globe trotting terrorist hunt the other books were.
March 22, 2023
I think this is my favorite Bolan up to this point after the Pendleton written ones. Krauzer has wrote just a fun romp through the woods. Bolan is on vacation, well he suppose to be, however there is a contract to kill him and a very large force has found him. He meets up with a young man who reminds him of his brother and has a running battle with the force through the wilderness on what was suppose to be a relaxing white water trip. Of course Bolan is a lot more comfortable in the wilderness then the force that is recruited to hunt him and so is his new friend.
Highly recommended again just a fun romp that's a quick read. Its a perfect mens adventure novel.
Highly recommended again just a fun romp that's a quick read. Its a perfect mens adventure novel.
August 6, 2021
I truly liked this one in this series. Bolan can't even go on R&R kayaking in Idaho without a hit team tracking him to the River of No Return. Interestingly, he meets a 17-year old young man who reminds him so much of his own brother young Johnny. I enjoyed the interaction between those two because it reminded readers of Bolan's humanity even though he is a killer. The leader of the hit team kidnaps the boy to force Bolan to surrender but of course, we know that's not going to happen. It was thrill-a-minute ride!
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