War Against the Mafia - The #1 Executioner

War Against the Mafia, book # 1, Don Pendleton, March 1969. This is the very first of the Executioner series. This is the beginning of it all. You find out why Mack Bolan does what he does, how he starts down this path, insite into how he thinks and what he feels. You learn about his family. You find out about his background and how old he is. He finds a very good friend in the most unlikely place and even falls in love. If you like Mack Bolan you have to read this book, written by Don Pendleton himself, in his unique style. It brings a greater understanding to this character: Mack Bolan. From the back cover: No one before has ever dared defy the Mafia.. but the Executioner not only defies them, he kills, maims and tries to destroy them piece by piece, with his Vietnam-trained tactics...using his knowledge of jungle warfare in his one-man crusade to wipe out the evil web of organized crime in America. Mack Bolan is not the usual hero...this is not a pretty tale...it's not for the squeamish or the weak of heart...but it will thrill you with the audacity of this underdog, fighting odds no one believes he can survive...let alone win!

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This book, whose lead character is still going strong with no end in sight, started a revolution in paperback series publishing. Don Pendleton tapped into the psyche of an America coming to grips with increased violence in TV and movies and coupled it with the examination of the Mafia in Mario Puzo's Godfather. He came up with an action thriller that spawned both copycat Mafia series and a huge assortment of new action heroes. Basically the story of one man's vengeance taken to the ultimate extreme, we see Mack Bolan go after the local Mafia in order to avenge the death of his family-who ironically were not actually killed by the Mafia. The story of vengeance escalates until Bolan faces the man who he particularly blames for the deaths and comes away from the confrontation with a surprising revelation. This is truly an action-adventure classic.

In 1969, Don Pendleton crashed into the literary scene with this novel which would become the first in a long line of books to follow--Don's legacy lives on today, with some 500 separate titles in print on the life and times of Mack Bolan! While probably one of the most mythical of heroes (and the first one to start the new action-adventure genre in literature) Don Pendleton's greatest feat was in what he had to say about the metaphysics of violence. Mack Bolan isn't some maniac... he is truly one of America's all-time heroes. And so is Don Pendleton. If you haven't read Don's "original" Executioner series, then you need to. As a published action-suspense author, I HIGHLY recommend this book!

I have read other books in the Exicutoiner books and this is prabably the best he has written. Anyone who reads the Exicutioner books sould read this, It centers on the strat of his carrer after vietnam and why he does what he does The climax is the best part of the book when in a blaze of fire he starts his quest.