Don Pendleton
Don Pendleton
Don Pendleton was born on February 12, 1927, in Muncie, Indiana, USA. He was a prolific American author best known for his contributions to the action and adventure genre. Pendleton's work has captivated readers with his compelling storytelling and dynamic characters, establishing him as a notable figure in popular fiction.
Personal Name: Don Pendleton
Birth: 1927
Death: 1995
Don Pendleton Books
(61 Books)
The Executioner targets New York’s five families, who are about to go political
Mack Bolan escapes England unhurt but unarmed, praying for a quiet homecoming. This ex–Vietnam sniper, whose war against the Mafia has taken him around the globe, should have known better. Four mob heavies surround him as he gets off the plane, but it only takes a moment for the man known as the Executioner to take one of their guns as his own. He fights his way to the helipad and lifts off on a short trip to Midtown. The skies are quiet, but the mob will be waiting when he lands.
Injured in his escape, Bolan takes refuge with a trio of kind young women, who nurse him back to health as he discovers a Mafia conspiracy to take control of the nation’s government. His European vacation is over, and it’s time for the Executioner to go to work.
The first installment in the now famous The Executioner series, its creator, Don Pendleton, created the greatest literary action hero, who has now been featured in over 600 novels. Pendleton himself wrote 37 of the first 38 books published by Pinnacle before licensing the rights to Gold Eagle, who then started to use a series of ghost writers to continue the series as MACK BOLAN. Pendleton wrote only 2 of these new episodes before his death in 1995. This first episode tells the background story of the Executioner: released from Vietnam on compassionate leave after the death of his father, Mack goes after the mafia loan sharks who cause his father's demise. Thus starts the greatest and longest running action series ever as Bolan attempts to eradicate the Mafia across America.
Hostaged mind
Lasers! The word holds a promise for peace in the world. And the U.S. is twenty years ahead of its nearest rival in the latest use of the device.
But the secret of this technology lies in the tangled psyche of a former POW, brainwashed years before and let loose on an unsuspecting America. And the Russians hold the key. Mack Bolan is frighteningly familiar with the mind- control techniques used on prisoners in Vietnam.
The specter of that bloody war haunts The Executioner's current mission as a trail of treachery leads him to discover an attempt on the President's life and a world-threatening plot masterminded by Bolan's deadliest enemy. Strakhov returns.
