Fall Back And Kill

Able Team #23

by Dick Stivers (Series Creator), Chuck Rogers (Contributor)

This was the order Able Team had been given when they were sent to stop a militant biker gang that had hijacked an armored truck, leaving three guards and two cops dead. The Able warriors join up with a Federal strike force and go against their own instincts when they're told to investigate and prosecute, not search and destroy.
When it turns out the hijackers have another target - the President of the United States - Lyons and company decide that if they can't stop the killers with law and order, they'll have to fall back and kill!

188 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

"Dick Stivers" is a house name of the publisher.

Reviews

[Steve Boose · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s a simple action book, but it was the first Gold Eagle novel I ever read, away back in 1987. Still a fun, swift read, even if a lot of the dangled plot lines never develop or resolve.

[Wayne · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Do it legally" is written big across the back of this book. It makes you wonder after 23 outtings, it took someone that long to tell them to try it that way! Of course, this is an action book, from the Gold Eagle library non the less, so you know it doesn't go down that way. The bullets start flying, and the bodies start piling.

The team is on special assignment to try to arrest some white supremacists to stop a plan to kill the President. The try to serve a warrant and do things by the book. About a half dozen dead cops later, the team "Fall Back And Kill." Better than average book in the series.

[Josh Hitch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Closer to a 3.5, it's a middle of road volume of the series. Though it brings back a character from a past book which is always fun. This time the team is assigned to a task force where they actually have to try and arrest the bad guys....perish the thought. But that doesn't last long, they were brought in because of the violent nature of the biker gang/terroist army. And since the gang wouldnt be arrested, they died. After that the Force went back to their old ways to go after the rest including the leader.

Recommended for fans of Men's Adventure, it's what you would expect and it keeps the action moving.

[Mark Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid, redblooded, meat-and-potatoes action offering. These books were always the literary equivalent of fast food, sticking to a formula and doing is reasonably well, and this one is no exception.

There's really not much else to say. You know what to expect when you pick up one of these and that's exactly what it delivers. Lots of auto-burn action, a little hanky-panky, plenty of 80s-esque violence ... you know the drill.

[William Whalen · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book's theme is the Able Team needing to follow the law on how they handle the criminals. Alas, the author only pays very brief attention to what could have been a very interesting storyline. As it is, this a standard enjoyable entry in the series.

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A spin off series from his Executioner books. This series follows several secondary characters that band together. Recommended