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The Executioner
The “Executioner” series stars Mack Bolan, a sniper who in the Vietnam war had very few snipers that were as good or as ruthless as him. He spent twelve years in country and racked up a grand total of 97 kills that were confirmed. It was here that he would get the nickname that would stick with him for quite a long time, The Executioner. When he comes home, he finds that everything there has gone to hell and he starts fighting organized crime and international terrorism. It puts him on a path that divides a lot of people; he goes from town to town and tries to exterminate that town's mafia problem. Some think he does good, some want him stopped.

The series has sold over two hundred million copies and over four hundred installments have been …show more content…
Some found this to be a bit of stretch, as two people who just met are able to fall in love and the woman was a virgin and beautiful. This sounded like something that you would read in Penthouse. There is some trashy stuff to keep things interesting enough.

“Death Squad” by Don Pendleton is the second novel in the “Executioner” series and was released in 1969. Mack plans his next attack, after the battle of Pittsfield left him wanted by federal agents, police, and hoods. He finds a party, and at the party is an old friend of Mack's from the Army who has been tortured for information. The two, Mack and George Zitka, immediately start talking about getting together a death squad to hunt down more of these mafia people to heat up the war between Mack and the mob.

Fans of the novel enjoy the thrills and excitement that these novels have, finding it keeps things rolling for them. You just cannot stop reading these novels, find some. This novel is even better than the novel that starts the series. You get to see what happened to all of those Vietnam vets after they returned from the war; as they failed to find a foot hold on the civilian part of the world. This series is one to be enjoyed by anyone who enjoys reading pulp novels and anyone who is up for a lot of
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