{"id":10733,"date":"2012-01-04T08:12:22","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T14:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=10733"},"modified":"2012-01-03T10:13:08","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T16:13:08","slug":"book-report-red-hammer-down-by-jack-hild-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/04\/book-report-red-hammer-down-by-jack-hild-1985\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Report: Red Hammer Down<\/i> by Jack Hild (1985)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Book<\/a>I read this book<\/a> as a break in more serious books. It is the sixth book in the series, so it’s the one right after Gulag War<\/a><\/em>, which was the first of the series that I read in 2009. It deals with the aftermath of that book: After a successful mission to Siberia that embarrassed the Soviets, the SOBs scatter and hide out, only to find Spetsnaz kill teams on their trail. The SOBs discover that a fallen team member isn’t dead and is bait for a Russian trap on Majorca. But if you’re trying to trap the SOBs, you might find that the metal clamps shut around you.<\/p>\n

The book is 218 pages, and about 120 of those pages are the climactic battle on Majorca. The preceding 90 are also action-packed and move along very rapidly indeed. There’s less exposition and setup even than the Executioner novels. Although, ultimately, this means they’re not as deep nor character-rich, but as an ensemble cast of sometimes expendable characters, you should expect some of that.<\/p>\n

I’m surprised that the SOBs didn’t get some sort of movie treatment in the 1980s, frankly, and I look forward to stumbling across more of these books in the future.<\/p>\n

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