Morgan's Mercenaries: In the Beginning: Heart of the Wolf/The Rogue/Commando

by Lindsay McKenna

Book Overview

Morgan's Mercenaries: In The Beginning... by Lindsay McKenna released on Mar 25, 2001 is available now for purchase.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373201850
• ISBN13: 9780373201853
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Silhouette Books
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

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Morgan's Mercenaries are a group of men that are employed by the famous Morgan Trayhern. Morgan is the Hero from the previous books by Lindsay Mckenna. The three stories in this book are about men that work for Morgan's company Perseus. This is a company out to make the world a better place. Heart of the Wolf--Morgan Trayhern the famous character from the popular series by Lindsay McKenna has formed his own company called Perseus. The main goal of this company is to make the world a better place. Morgan has plenty of resources at his disposal and his company is made up of only the best. Wolf Harding is one of those men and this is his story. Wolf has returned beaten and battered from his last mission and right now he wants away from it all. Wolf needs away from people, to be able to deal with what happened in South America, and to be able to find peace again. Wolf asks his boss, Morgan, to use his resources to help him get away. Wolf is sent to Montana as a forest ranger. His first day on the job takes him to Sara Thatcher. Sara is a woman in need of protection, and being the man that he is, Wolf will do his best or die trying. There are men that want Sara's land and will do anything to get it. Sara is a bit naive at times and I believe she makes things worse on both her and Wolf. Both Sara and Wolf need to heal from their pasts and hopefully they can help each other. This is a great story of a man who has been through the worst kind of hell, but is now trying to live and love again.The Rogue--Morgan Trayhern the famous character from the popular series by Lindsay McKenna has formed his own company called Perseus. The main goal of this company is to make the world a better place. Morgan has plenty of resources at his disposal and his company is made up of only the best. Sean Killian is one of those men and this is his story. Killian is a very close-mouthed individual which makes his next mission perfect for him. Susannah Anderson is related to Morgan and was shot after returning from a visit with him and his wife. Susannah awakened from a coma after two months and does not remember the accident and is unable to speak. Susannah's life may still be in danger from the gunman. Killian usually does not take jobs that involve women, but Morgan orders him to take this case because its personal and Morgan does not trust anyone else. Killian goes to Susannah, but he is unprepared for the emotions that she stirs in him. Sometimes it is hard to tell who is helping who-Killian helping Susannah or Susannah helping Killian. Out of the two of them I would say that Killian is the more wounded one. This bear of a man has always bottled everything up inside him and Susannah is determined to help bring it all out. This is a good story of a man whose job has him constantly fighting battles physically and it never ends for him mentally or emotionally until one stubborn determined woman enters his life. Commando--Morgan Trayhern the

Excellent -but a bit improbable.

Lindsay's latest three-novel trilogy covers the relationships that develop between three of Morgan's Men- Wolf, Sean [Killian] and Jake, and three somewhat innocent and naive ladies- one's a sapphire miner,one's a schoolteacher, and one's a crusader for the earth. Now, I recognize that it's a common practice for authors in the romance genre to try to balance out world-weary, haunted heros with idealistic women who will love them, no matter what. And to an extent, I enjoy reading about the trials and travails of characters in such a situation. Certainly, Lindsay manages to give all of her female lead characters more depth than your average earth-mother healing type female-character. But there is a limit to my own tolerance, and while Lindsay did an excellent job producing suspenseful situations, interesting and amusing dialog, and sheer emotional 'pull', she failed to do two things, and that failure cost her one star. First of all, this compendium showcases only her more innocent, and, regretably, somewhat foolish female characters. Women in her other books -most recently, Heart of Stone- are more interesting reads, having more character and depth to their actions, as well as to their emotions. Only the last story, Commando, had a female character with the type of grit exibited by Inca and Maya, in their respective stories. The other fault in this book is its lack of well developed 'evil' characters - the antagonists tend toward flat, rather uninspiring or original motivations. Again, read Heart of Stone,or Heart of the Warrior, for an example of Lindsay at her best. Overall, an inspiring and warm read full of positive aspects which make these stories all worthwhile reads, but which lacks the stellar aspect of, say, later novels or one of Elizabeth Lowell's intrigue-filled heart-twisters. Read it, please, but don't believe this is the summit of Lindsay's work. She's done better, more recently. Also, warning to prospective readers: be prepared for a great deal of frustration as you follow up on the series, because almost all of Lindsay McKenna's books have been out of print for ages and will cost you an arm and a leg to get -assuming you can even locate them.

Tragic Heroes

If you like your hero to be brooding, vunerable and tourtured you will love this Three book collection. These three unforgetable characters have faced terrible hardships such as tourture, death of a loved one and failure. All try to overcome these obsticals to be able to be with the wonderful, strong Heroines. I trully enjoyed this book but I am still trying to figure out who the Heroic figures in this book is. The men who overcome or the women who lead their way. Enjoy