The bad guys this time around are Puerto Rican terrorists. “So what does Mark get up to this time?” I hear you asking. If I had known beforehand that there was so much continuity when I started these books I would have made an effort to grab a copy of book one, but I suppose we’re all allowed our mistakes. I suppose this is one of the problems of reading these books all out of order. She has the most potential as Mark’s Special Lady whenever she shows up, but at some point she has to stop showing up because after book 29 Angie becomes Mark’s Special Lady, so there you go. The real thing I love most about these books is how stupid they are.) I wouldn’t expect that of a series like that, and knowing that it’s the combined effort of two authors just compounds that wonderment. What I love most about these books is the sheer amount of continuity between them. Well, there aren’t any other blond ladies in the book, so I’m guessing that yeah, it’s Joanna. Meanwhile, the General Lee is about to run over that blond lady.Ĭould it be that the blond lady on the front is the one and only Joanna Tabler, who we first met in book 10? (Bit of a fib, there, since Joanna was apparently first encountered in Hijacking Manhattan, which I have yet to read.) That’s something he apparently does every couple of books, although he always looks the same to me in my head. He’s changed his appearance so as to be less recognizable, you see. He also cut his hair really short, like a buzzcut or something, but that didn’t make it to the cover. He doesn’t have the mustache in the book, either. It’s strictly covert ops, and that means no trademark arrowheads. He doesn’t want to draw too much attention to himself in this book. This is funny because in this book he very explicitly avoids doing that. What I love in particular, though, is that the series summary calls attention to the way Mark drops a flint arrowhead near the bodies of those he takes out. It’s been a long time since my last Penetrator review! Let’s fix that!įirst off, is that some long jacket copy or what? This Penetrator novel, unlike any of the other ones I’ve seen, felt the need to summarize the entire concept of the series on the back. Follow the Penetrator as he travels from place to place, leaving his personal symbol of retribution, a chipped blue flint arrowhead, on the bodies of society’s deadliest enemies. The Penetrator is a warrior without uniform or rank, pledged to fight anyone-on either side of the law-who seeks to weaken or destroy the American way of life. The police blotters of cities across the nation and even as far away as Japan contain evidence of Mark Hardin’s handiwork-the deaths of corrupt hogs at the public table, deaths of men who kill, maim, or cause suffering among the innocent. This is the eighteenth book in the Penetrator Series. One by one, he manages to pick off the terrorist troops, slowly decimating their forces and equalizing the kill count of bombing victims.īut the deadline for Operation Luz is explosively near. Each step brings him closer to the creations of this time table of death and destruction. Racing against the clock, Mark Hardin stalks the streets of Spanish Harlem-his quarry, El Chico, ruthless leader of the fanatic F.A.L.N. The bombings would increase each day, culminating in the big blast, Operation Luz. The message: “Liberty for Puerto Rico or death to all Gringos. Viva el F.A.L.N.” The terrorist tactics of the Fuezas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional Puerto Riquena were being stepped up. The Penetrator #18: Countdown to Terror by Lionel Derrick
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