Hellfire Trigger

by Mark Ellis

Book Overview

Solar-power magnate Dexter Deveroux has got the killer weapon to shut down the world's energy supplies. He's harnessed a satellite platform carrying a 300 kiloton nuclear payload. His target is the oil-rich Middle East. Bolan knows that Deveroux's bid for global domination could lead to a final conflict on Earth. The warrior is facing an enemy who will stop at nothing in order to achieve his aims. But the Executioner has an aim of his own.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373642377
• ISBN13: 9780373642373
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Gold Eagle
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

The most James Bondian of any Executioner book I've read.

I now have a new favorite author of the Bolan series. Along with David Robbins, Mel Odom and (with the exception of his third book in the Power Trilogy) Chuck Rogers, now I can definitely add Mark Ellis to the list. I wish there wasa way to tell what other books an author wrote in the series. Pity Gold Eagle doesn't seem to care if any individual writers are preferred; they barely acknowledge the writer's existence at all as an individual in the first place, with only a little mention on the page right above the copyright notice. But I digress... This Bolan book was great fun. I suppose many fans might think the plot was a litle too sci-fi-ish or comic-bookish, but that's precisely what I loved about it. Rather than go for the standard Bolan idea of "Let's-see-how-many-descriptions-of-Bolan-shooting-someone-we-can-put-in-this-book" which sacrifices good plotting or suspense for high body count, Ellis took an approach I've been hoping someone would take fora long time. I heard the Executioner series described as the closest thing to an American James Bond inus te women, and this book even has a woman in it! No sex, but a woman nonetheless. This book has everything...a great plot, suspense, narrow escapes, fascinating gadgetry, and even (Gasp!) a memorable villain! I wish I could say something about the ending, but I don't want to spoil it for anyone. Suffice it to say that the book even has a nontraditional ending for the Executioner series, but one that's perfectly traditional for a comic book. Keep 'em coming, Mark! I'll definitely keep reading 'em!